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Jupiter may have had a head-on collision with a massive protoplanet

Planet-forming disks start out as a mix of dust and gas, but the gas doesn't stick around for long. As the star at...

Kylo Ren makes a cameo in trailer for Star Wars Resistance season two

It's safe to say that , which drops right before Christmas, is the most hotly anticipated film release of the year. In the...

Found: World-readable database used to secure buildings around the globe

Researchers said they have found a publicly accessible database containing almost 28 million records—including plain-text passwords, face photos, and personal information—that was used...

Warren: FTC’s $125 cash option in Equifax settlement “misled” customers

Equifax's massive 2017 data breach screwed over more than 140 million people, so it was not terribly surprising when tens of millions of...

FAA tells airlines MacBook Pros with defective batteries can’t fly

The Federal Aviation Administration has banned certain 15-inch MacBook Pros with potentially defective batteries from US flights. The move, which follows Apple's June...

These bats can use leaves as “sound mirrors” for better navigation

Leaf-nosed bats can locate even small prey with echolocation by exploiting an "acoustic mirror" effect, according to a recent paper in Current Biology. If...

Microsoft: Cloud gaming is “inevitable” but “years” from mainstream

With the planned 2019 launch of Project Xcloud, Microsoft isn't ignoring the game industry's current mania for streaming gaming. But in a recent...

Apple’s new credit card comes with forced arbitration—here’s how to opt out

Apple's new credit card is rolling out in stages to interested users (I got mine Monday!) and the early reception is generally positive....

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