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Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
20 January 2026 @ 10:35 pm
Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
Google temporarily disabled YouTube's advanced captions without warning
20 January 2026 @ 10:17 pm
Google says SRV3 was causing playback errors, so it has "temporarily" disabled them.
Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns
20 January 2026 @ 9:59 pm
Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds.
Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds
20 January 2026 @ 9:25 pm
Study is first to implant micro-electrode arrays to record neurons as they produce facial gestures.
Netflix to pay all cash for Warner Bros. to fend off Paramount hostile takeover
20 January 2026 @ 7:24 pm
Netflix and Warner seek quick shareholder vote as Paramount tries to upend deal.
Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs
20 January 2026 @ 6:58 pm
TCL will own 51 percent of the high-end TVs.
The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch
20 January 2026 @ 3:00 pm
"We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so."
The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
19 January 2026 @ 10:01 pm
After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon.
The first new Marathon game in decades will launch on March 5
19 January 2026 @ 9:07 pm
Development hasn't exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter's 2023 announcement.
Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh
19 January 2026 @ 7:52 pm
Delayed shipping times for current models sometimes means an update is imminent.