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Loki and Star Wars: The Bad Batch get Disney+ premiere dates
2h By Samuel Axon
Also: the new Spider-Man movie has a name.

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Fed glitch shuts down wire transfers, direct deposits, other services
2h By Timothy B. Lee
A Fed statement attributed the outage to "operational error."

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Biden admin plans executive order to address chip-shortage woes
2h By Kate Cox
Semiconductor demand isn't going to drop, but supply has proven a problem.

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Cox’s bad customer service stymies users who don’t want upload speeds cut
2h By Jon Brodkin
Cox told media that customers can keep speed plans but didn't tell sales reps.

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Firefox 86 brings multiple Picture-in-Picture, “Total Cookie Protection”
2h By Jim Salter
Despite a steadily slipping market share, Firefox is snappy and feature-forward.

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Lone high-energy neutrino likely came from shredded star in distant galaxy
3h By Jennifer Ouellette
Provides evidence that tidal disruption events can also be cosmic particle accelerators.

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Ukraine says Russia hacked its document portal and planted malicious files
3h By Dan Goodin
Ukraine says Russia also backed massive DDoS attack using never-before-seen methods.

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EA, BioWare cancel Anthem’s sweeping overhaul
4h By Sam Machkovech
Casey Hudson, who had led BioWare's plans for "reinvention," left in December.

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LG enters fray with Google, Amazon, Roku for TV operating system dominance
1:31pm By Samuel Axon
Licensees will use an older version of the OS, though.

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Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine safe and effective, FDA review concludes
12:21pm By Beth Mole
An advisory committee for the agency will further review the vaccine this Friday.

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Google Maps for Android officially gets dark mode support
12:13pm By Ron Amadeo
Google Maps is the last major Google app to support dark mode.

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USPS picks a new mail truck—and no, they won’t all be electric [Updated]
12:02pm By Jonathan M. Gitlin
Oshkosh Defense will design and build 50,000-165,000 NGDV trucks over 10 years.

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D-Wave’s hardware outperforms a classic computer
11:43am By John Timmer
The company's quantum annealer handles complexity better than a traditional CPU.

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Hyundai will recall 82,000 Kona EVs to replace batteries
11:13am By Jonathan M. Gitlin
South Korea's transport ministry blames LG Chem, LG Chem blames Hyundai.

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China officially plans to move ahead with super-heavy Long March 9 rocket
9:56am By Eric Berger
The rocket would have more lift than even the most powerful version of NASA's SLS.

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California can enforce net neutrality law, judge rules in loss for ISPs
9:50am By Jon Brodkin
Judge denies injunction, letting Calif. enforce law while ISPs' suit continues.

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Android users now have an easy way to check the security of their passwords
7:52am By Dan Goodin
Feature checks user credentials against a list of billions of compromised passwords.

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Confirmed: Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores
12:52am By Sam Machkovech
Former king of build-your-own-PC retailers couldn't survive COVID, consignment shift.

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Scientists create new class of “Turing patterns” in colonies of E. coli
Tue 6:10pm By Jennifer Ouellette
Computer science pioneer Alan Turing first proposed the patterning mechanism in 1952.

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Garden-variety germs may explode in COVID’s wake, study suggests
Tue 4:55pm By Beth Mole
In coronavirus's wake, garden-variety germs may come roaring back.

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Loki and Star Wars: The Bad Batch get Disney+ premiere dates

Fed glitch shuts down wire transfers, direct deposits, other services

Biden admin plans executive order to address chip-shortage woes

Cox’s bad customer service stymies users who don’t want upload speeds cut

Firefox 86 brings multiple Picture-in-Picture, “Total Cookie Protection”

Lone high-energy neutrino likely came from shredded star in distant galaxy

Ukraine says Russia hacked its document portal and planted malicious files

EA, BioWare cancel Anthem’s sweeping overhaul

LG enters fray with Google, Amazon, Roku for TV operating system dominance

Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine safe and effective, FDA review concludes

Google Maps for Android officially gets dark mode support

USPS picks a new mail truck—and no, they won’t all be electric [Updated]

D-Wave’s hardware outperforms a classic computer

Hyundai will recall 82,000 Kona EVs to replace batteries

China officially plans to move ahead with super-heavy Long March 9 rocket

California can enforce net neutrality law, judge rules in loss for ISPs

Android users now have an easy way to check the security of their passwords

Confirmed: Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores

Scientists create new class of “Turing patterns” in colonies of E. coli

Garden-variety germs may explode in COVID’s wake, study suggests

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