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1. US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

   Bill gives ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok or app loses access to US market.

   Jon Brodkin - Apr 24, 2024 4:14 pm UTC

2. Elite: Dangerous's real-money ship sales spark "pay-to-win" outrage

   In 2019, dev promised purchases would "only be used to buy cosmetic Game Extras."

   Kyle Orland - Apr 24, 2024 3:58 pm UTC

3. SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch

   Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?

   Eric Berger - Apr 24, 2024 3:00 pm UTC

4. Mercedes' electric G-Wagon is more capable than the gas version

   With four motors, deeper fording, and more power, you can forget about the gas version.

   Roberto Baldwin - Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm UTC

5. Hackers are using developing countries for ransomware practice

   Businesses in Africa, Asia, and South America hit before moving on to Western targets.

   Ellesheva Kissin, Financial Times - Apr 24, 2024 1:26 pm UTC

6. Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions

   Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half.

   Jonathan M. Gitlin - Apr 24, 2024 1:16 pm UTC

7. Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says

   The test cannot tell if the virus is live. FDA still considers milk supply safe.

   Beth Mole - Apr 24, 2024 1:20 am UTC

8. The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC

   The curious case of a living room screen making Windows' Settings app disappear.

   Kevin Purdy - Apr 23, 2024 10:15 pm UTC

9. Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine

   Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.

   Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 23, 2024 10:02 pm UTC

Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren't great

Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren't great

This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.

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1. Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries

   Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added sugars in their diets.

   Beth Mole - Apr 23, 2024 9:46 pm UTC

2. You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

   Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.

   Benj Edwards - Apr 23, 2024 9:27 pm UTC

3. FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable

   Chamber of Commerce vows to sue FTC, will try to block ban on noncompetes.

   Jon Brodkin - Apr 23, 2024 9:15 pm UTC

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1. Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP

   eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.

   Dan Goodin - Apr 23, 2024 9:03 pm UTC

2. Microsoft's Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models

   Microsoft's 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of "small language models."

   Benj Edwards - Apr 23, 2024 8:47 pm UTC

3. Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors

   Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.

   Jon Brodkin - Apr 23, 2024 8:31 pm UTC

4. iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years

   Every single iPhone and Mac has come with a calculator app, but not the iPad.

   Andrew Cunningham - Apr 23, 2024 8:17 pm UTC

5. Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid

   The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.

   Jacek Krywko - Apr 23, 2024 6:26 pm UTC

6. Recoding Voyager 1—NASA's interstellar explorer is finally making sense again

   "We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news."

   Stephen Clark - Apr 23, 2024 5:56 pm UTC

1. Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues

   It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage.

   Ron Amadeo - Apr 23, 2024 5:43 pm UTC

2. You can now disable some of Fortnite's most toxic emotes

   Epic: "We want emotes to be a source of good vibes..."

   Kyle Orland - Apr 23, 2024 3:40 pm UTC

3. Apple's next product event happens on May 7, and it's probably iPads

   Reports point to a new OLED iPad Pro with M3 and a big-screened iPad Air.

   Andrew Cunningham - Apr 23, 2024 3:24 pm UTC

4. Linux can finally run your car's safety systems and driver-assistance features

   Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers.

   Jonathan M. Gitlin - Apr 23, 2024 2:43 pm UTC

5. North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows

   Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.

   Matt Burgess, wired.com - Apr 23, 2024 1:42 pm UTC

6. The 2024 Porsche Macan EV has character, pace, and the right badge

   The new electric Porsche Macan starts at $78,800, deliveries begin later this year.

   Alex Goy - Apr 23, 2024 12:00 pm UTC

7. Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo

   Hubble continues to deliver the goods.

   Eric Berger - Apr 23, 2024 11:30 am UTC