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I abandoned OpenLiteSpeed and went back to good ol’ Nginx

Cruise failed to disclose disturbing details of self-driving car crash

The life and times of Cozy Bear, the Russian hackers who just hit Microsoft and HPE

Rocket Report: Iran reaches orbit; Chinese firm achieves impressive landing test

Did an AI write that hour-long “George Carlin” special? I’m not convinced.

Review: Radeon 7600 XT offers peace of mind via lots of RAM, remains a midrange GPU

Inside the making of National Geographic’s A Real Bug’s Life docuseries

Wild Apples: The 12 weirdest and rarest Macs ever made

The physics of an 18th-century fire engine

Higher vehicle hoods significantly increase pedestrian deaths, study finds

Netflix will stream WWE Raw in $5 billion deal

Daily Telescope: Looking up to brilliant skies Down Under

Modder re-creates Game Boy Advance games using the audio from crash sounds

Will demand for the Volkswagen ID Buzz outstrip supply?

NASA loses, and then recovers, contact with its historic Mars helicopter

What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?

What happens when you trigger a car’s automated emergency stopping?

The 2024 Kia EV9, an electric three-row SUV designed with the US in mind

$40 billion worth of crypto crime enabled by stablecoins since 2022

Japan’s “Moon sniper” mission aims for precise lunar landing

Rocket Report: A new estimate of Starship costs; Japan launches spy satellite

Former NASA administrator hates Artemis, wants to party like it’s 2008

Supreme Court may overturn precedent governing climate regulations

Daily Telescope: In which the space station proves it truly is international

How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity

BMW showed off hallucination-free AI at CES 2024

What to expect from the Apple Vision Pro in February

New UEFI vulnerabilities send firmware devs across an entire ecosystem scrambling

Review: Nvidia’s $600 GeForce RTX 4070 Super is one of its best values

Daily Telescope: The Cygnus Wall lights up the night sky

Twin Galaxies, Billy Mitchell settle Donkey Kong score case before trial

Getting “forever chemicals” out of drinking water is expensive

Daily Telescope: Life on Earth, and maybe in the heavens above, in a single photo

The 5 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2024

Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar?

eBay hit with $3M fine, admits to “terrorizing innocent people”

I parked a BMW from across the parking lot at CES 2024

Child abusers are covering their tracks with better use of crypto

Rocket Report: A Chinese launch you must see; Vulcan’s stunning debut

Hertz is selling 20,000 used EVs due to high repair costs

I found David Lynch’s lost Dune II script

The largest US dam-removal effort to date has begun

Plastic is everywhere, including our food and bottled water