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The final weekend in May marks the unofficial start of summer (at least at the Orbiting HQ, where our season simulator is aligned...

Why the quirky Playdate portable could succeed where Ouya failed

Remember microconsoles? Years before "the streaming era" that Sony now says is upon us, there was a period there where the conventional wisdom...

The Boring Company appears to have its first paying customer

On Wednesday, the board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) voted to grant The Boring Company—Elon Musk's private tunneling venture—a...

Serial publisher of Windows 0-days drops exploits for 3 more unfixed flaws

A serial publisher of Microsoft zeroday vulnerabilities has dropped exploit code for three more unpatched flaws, marking the seventh time the unknown person...

Billion-year-old fossils may be early fungus

When did the first complex multicellular life arise? Most people, being a bit self-centered, would point to the Ediacaran and Cambrian, when the...

Anti-abortion clinics that try to trick women face new Google ad policy

Google will roll out a policy next month to crack down on deceptive advertisements dealing with abortion—a topic rife with misleading and false...

Seattle makes history with electric garbage truck

If you live in Seattle, your scheduled garbage pickup might be about to get a lot quieter. Recology, a West Coast waste management...

Superconductivity reported at the temperature of a good freezer

Superconductivity offers the promise of hyper-efficient electric motors, ultra powerful magnets, and the transmission of electricity without losses. The reality, however, has fallen...

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