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Ted Cruz and Ron Wyden try to fight censorship with bipartisan JAWBONE Act
11 June 2026 @ 7:31 pm
Cruz/Wyden bill would help Americans sue federal officials over censorship.
AcuRite admits new app falls short, delays old app’s May shutdown to fix problems
11 June 2026 @ 7:08 pm
The old app "still needs to be retired," AcuRite tells us.
After nearly breaking, NASA's Deep Space Network "worked well" on Artemis II
11 June 2026 @ 6:34 pm
"Some missions are using more than what their paperwork would say."
F1 teams spend millions on their simulators—what makes them different?
11 June 2026 @ 6:18 pm
Latency, bandwidth, and fidelity all matter when you're chasing milliseconds.
Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?
11 June 2026 @ 5:21 pm
Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.
"This cannot continue": Xbox leaders lay out "hard truths" behind sagging brand
11 June 2026 @ 1:56 pm
Brutal self-assessment paints a picture of a Microsoft gaming division in crisis.
Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network
11 June 2026 @ 1:19 pm
Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.
The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species
11 June 2026 @ 12:44 pm
Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.
Several things I like about macOS 27 Golden Gate that have nothing to do with AI
11 June 2026 @ 11:00 am
AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements.
Diabetes org apologizes for ejecting scientists over criticism of Trump
10 June 2026 @ 10:16 pm
For days after the stunning incident, the ADA had doubled-down on the choice.