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Chinese researchers build robot nanny for fetuses in artificial womb

The new version of GPT-3 is much better behaved (and should be less toxic)

Huawei takes Sweden to court following 5G ban

FTC: Americans lost $770 million from social media fraud surge

KFC's Beyond Fried Chicken Tastes Like KFC's Fried Chicken

A Chinese Satellite Just Grappled Another And Pulled It Out Of Orbit | The maneuver raises concerns about the potential militarization of satellites designed to inspect, manipulate, or relocate other satellites.

Starlink satellite crashes back to Earth and is seen in MA and TO - Brazil

Fact Check-FAA warning over 5G risks for aviation safety does not mean 5G poses risk to human health

The Great Contamination: How Bots And Fake Users Can Skew An Organization's Data And Analytics

FCC announces $1.2 billion fund for broadband deployment in rural areas

Epic largely lost to Apple, but 35 states are now backing its fight in a higher court

Pirates Spammed an Infamous Soviet Short-wave Radio Station with Memes

Toyota heading to moon with cruiser, robotic arms, dreams

Boeing invests a further $450 million in the air taxi startup launched by Google cofounder Larry Page to develop pilotless aircraft

Apple shares hold up to tech rout on strong results, metaverse tease

U.S. appeals court upholds California net neutrality law

Hungarian journalists targeted with Pegasus spyware to sue state

Hackers have stolen $80 million in cryptocurrency from the Qubit DeFi platform

Epic gets 35 attorneys general to support its Apple App Store appeal — “Apple’s conduct has harmed and is harming mobile app developers”

China’s New Winged Rocket Can Soar From New York to Beijing in 1 Hour | Flying 2,600 miles per hour.

The Epic Games Store generated $840m in consumer spending during 2021

UK watchdog to study music streaming amid claims of raw deal for artists and fans

New US Privacy Bill Seeks to Ban “Surveillance Advertising”

'X particle' from the dawn of time detected inside the Large Hadron Collider

FCC unanimously approves ‘nutrition labels’ for broadband services

AG Ferguson investigation shuts down Amazon price-fixing program nationwide

U.S. warns that computer chip shortage could shut down factories

Amazon ends widely mocked scheme that turned workers into Twitter “ambassadors”

A SpaceX Rocket Is Going to Slam Into the Moon | The collision will mark the first time that our space stuff has unintentionally reached the lunar surface.

A 19-year-old built a flight-tracking Twitter bot. Elon Musk tried to pay him to stop

Tesla's California factory built more cars than any other North American auto plant in 2021

To my surprise and elation, the Webb Space Telescope is really going to work

Automakers Are Determined To Pretend Right To Repair Doesn't Exist For As Long As Possible - This is about convenient scapegoats, an archaic revenue stream and a deep-seated fear of competition — not your privacy.

Manufacturers have less than five days’ supply of some computer chips, Commerce Department says

Despite Decades of Hacking Attacks, Companies Leave Vast Amounts of Sensitive Data Unprotected

No more pencils: New SAT will be shorter, all online and report scores faster

LG Energy Solution, GM to build $2.1 billion battery factory in U.S.

U.S. Commerce Dept says chips shortage to persist, will review some pricing

Will World War III begin in cyberspace?

Hactivists say they hacked Belarus rail system to stop Russian military buildup — if confirmed, the attack would be one of the first times ransomware has been used this way.

The James Webb Space Telescope has arrived at L2

Shell’s massive carbon capture facility in Canada emits far more than it captures, study says

‘Our account had less than $1’: This couple made nearly $120,000 in under 6 hours selling NFTs to save their home from foreclosure

FCC chair plans crackdown on ISP/landlord deals that prevent competition

An OpenSea bug let attackers snatch Apes from owners at six-figure discounts

European Parliament approves initial proposal to ban some targeted ads

Director James Cameron on the dangers of deepfakes

Dundee Researchers Use AI Hand Recognition to Catch Paedophiles

Thirty Four Raven Software QA Employees Unionize After Weeks Of Striking

Sony seems to be serious about electric cars as it gears up for a major EV push