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Second body cam video of Baltimore cops manufacturing evidence discovered
Second video prompts another dropped case—bringing it to nearly three dozen so far.
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Kitchen sponges are festering germ dens—and sanitizing them doesn’t help
The old ‘pop it in the microwave/dishwasher’ trick is worthless, new study shows.
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Apple can’t end lawsuit over “breaking” FaceTime on iPhone 4, judge rules
“FaceTime is a ‘feature’ of the iPhone and thus a component of the iPhone’s cost.”
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All the things the Internet hates about the Tesla Model 3 have me excited
The screen doesn’t bother me, and if it’s fun to drive, they deserve to sell millions.
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HBO confirms hack that reportedly included script to upcoming GoT episode
Video for episodes of Ballers and Room 104 also reportedly stolen.
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Google’s new scheme to connect online to offline shopping scrutinized
"Consumers cannot easily avoid Google’s tracking of their in-store purchase behavior."
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Kepler data may hold a Neptune-sized surprise, our first exomoon
Super-Jupiter shows hints that something big is orbiting it.
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Sprint still seeks merger partner after being rejected by Charter
Sprint wanted to merge with Charter—or T-Mobile.
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State attorneys general team up to scare you from “content theft sites”
PSA is titled "Be safe on the Internet to Protect Your Family."
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FCC says its specific plan to stop DDoS attacks must remain secret
Revealing technical details would "undermine our system security," FCC says.
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Niantic cancels European Pokémon Go gatherings after Chicago fiasco
Dev wants to "guarantee the best possible gameplay" after Chicago cell failure.
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Can cellphones handle vehicle-to-vehicle comms better than radio networks?
It's going to be a long time before DSRC-equipped vehicles are common on our roads.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Con man, brilliant mind, or myth? Jury in Shkreli trial now decides
Colorful closing arguments cap weird trial for the ex-pharmaceutical exec.
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Photons direct photons, giving hope for all-optical quantum logic
Photons talk to each other, making optical quantum computer more feasible.
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Russian official on new US sanctions and NASA: “Nothing lasts forever”
This is not the first time Dmitry Rogozin has tweaked NASA.
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The complete history of the IBM PC, part two: The DOS empire strikes
The real victor was Microsoft, which built an empire on the back of a shadily acquired MS-DOS.
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RX Vega 64 and RX Vega 56: AMD will “trade blows” with GTX 1080 for $499
$399 RX Vega 56 goes up against GTX 1070; RX Vega 64 goes for $499—both launch August 12.
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LinkedIn: It’s illegal to scrape our website without permission
A legal scholar calls LinkedIn's position “hugely problematic.”
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What Fitbit needs to do to make a great smartwatch in 2017
One is on the way, but there are still many unanswered questions
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Reddit users re-enable Alien: Isolation’s VR mode with unofficial patch
It’s a Rift-only alpha and lacks comfort features, but it works very, very well.
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Better Call Saul needed 3D printing and an Arduino to arm Mike Ehrmantraut
BCS' SFX/props team is so good, it had to dumb-down some work to keep it legal.
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Pokemon Go Fest’s blunders result in class-action lawsuit
What could go wrong other than spotty Internet, huge lines, and a server meltdown?
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Placing humans at center of computer optimization yields hot plasmas
Human decision making in computer optimization yields hot plasma in alt-fusion.
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34 criminal cases tossed after body cam footage shows cop planting drugs
“It is incumbent upon us as prosecutors to be the ministers of justice.”
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When sextortion suspect refused to unlock her iPhone, the FBI stepped in
“We on some Bonnie Clyde shit I couldn’t have choose a Better partner crime lol.”
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Ever wondered why US Special Forces love the Chevy Suburban so much?
Delta Force vets show us why they love Chevy’s big SUVs.
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Hypnotic suggestion prevents action, not recognition
Hypnotic suggestion doesn't block sight, but it inhibits acting on visual information.
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Kim Dotcom set to receive seized funds, “4 containers full of seized property”
Megupload founder adds he plans to move his family to Queenstown, New Zealand.
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Pared-down electric experience: Driving one of the first Model 3s off the line
Standard 3 goes 220 miles for $35K, Long-range 3 goes 310 miles for $44K.
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Sprint seeks merger with Charter to create wireless and cable giant
Comcast could have veto power over deal because of agreement with Charter.
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See IndyCar’s bold new look for 2018
Better looking than ever, the cars should be safer and race even closer, too.
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Broadcom chip bug opened 1 billion phones to a Wi-Fi-hopping worm attack
Wi-Fi chips used in iPhones and Android may revive worm attacks of old.
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Apollo 13 escape room at Houston Escape Hunt is absolutely delightful
And while we didn’t quite all survive, the joy was indeed in the journey.
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Dating site OkCupid removes decade-old workaround for its paid version
Singles now have one fewer data point to see who might be interested.
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An action-packed new Star Wars animated series is on YouTube now
Forces of Destiny is a series of shorts about our favorite characters' everyday heroism.
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Redfin set out to disrupt real estate—it was harder than it looked
CEO once called real estate "by far the most screwed up industry in America."