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+ Biden administration puts a price on carbon—Enlarge (credit: Picture Alliance / Getty Images) On Friday, the ...

+ Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket is delayed for years. What went wrong?—Enlarge / Jeff Bezos, founder of Blue Origin, speaks during the 32nd...

+ Archaeologists discover “Lamborghini” of chariots near ruins of Pompeii—Enlarge / A four-wheeled ceremonial chariot discovered by archaeolog...

+ B.1.1.7 variant now 10% of US cases—and cases are once again ticking up—Enlarge / President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President...

+ The 2008 moment when triumph turned to torment for SpaceX—Enlarge / The launch of Flight Three of the Falcon 1 rocket looked p...

+ Pure nonsense: Debunking the latest attack on renewable energy—Enlarge / Miraculously, the video at issue did not accuse wind turbi...

+ FDA authorizes J&J COVID vaccine after unanimous vote [Updated]—Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2...

+ Atlantic currents seem to have started fading last century—Enlarge / The Gulf Stream, as imaged from space. (credit: NASA image...

+ Perseverance’s eyes see a different Mars—Enlarge / Perseverance's two Mastcam-Z imagers (in the gray boxes) a...

+ A 3rd shot? A new booster? Vaccine makers race to trials to beat variants—Enlarge / COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center in Madrid on Feb....

+ Live chat: Ars Texas on living through last week’s arctic adventure— Click here for transcript. Most of Texas endured record or near...

+ Rocket Report: Cornwall says “LOL, no” to space tourism, Korean rocket on track—Enlarge / We won't be seeing New Glenn take flight for nearly two ye...

+ CDC’s VaccineFinder aims to help you find COVID shots—but needs a lot of work—Enlarge / A registered nurse practitioner holds up a sign and a flag...

+ The genetics of relatively healthy obesity—Enlarge (credit: Matthew Horwood / Getty Images) In general, obes...

+ Lone high-energy neutrino likely came from shredded star in distant galaxy—Enlarge / The remains of a shredded star formed an accretion disk ar...

+ Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine safe and effective, FDA review concludes—Enlarge / A sign at the Johnson & Johnson campus on August 26, 2...

+ D-Wave’s hardware outperforms a classic computer—(credit: D-Wave) Early on in D-Wave's history, the company made b...

+ China officially plans to move ahead with super-heavy Long March 9 rocket— China released this...

+ Scientists create new class of “Turing patterns” in colonies of E. coli— Scientists have shown how a new class of Turing patterns work by ...

+ Garden-variety germs may explode in COVID’s wake, study suggests—Enlarge / Young children go back to kindergarten following COVID-19 ...

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+ Trump’s is one of 15,000 Gab accounts that just got hacked—Enlarge (credit: Gab.com) The founder of the far-right social med...

+ Donald Trump is one of 15,000 Gab users whose account just got hacked—Enlarge (credit: Gab.com) The founder of the far-right social med...

+ Verizon tells users to disable 5G to preserve battery, then deletes tweet—Enlarge / A Verizon booth at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los A...

+ Hackers tied to Russia’s GRU targeted the US grid for years—Enlarge (credit: Yuri Smityuk | Getty Images) For all the nation-...

+ Hard-coded key vulnerability in Logix PLCs has severity score of 10 out of 10—Enlarge (credit: Rockwell Automation) Hardware that is widely use...

+ AT&T announces deal to spin off DirecTV into new company owned by… AT&T—Enlarge / AT&T's logo at its corporate headquarters on March 13,...

+ Code-execution flaw in VMware has a severity rating of 9.8 out of 10—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Hackers are mass-scanning the Inte...

+ Verizon and AT&T dominate spectrum auction, spending combined $69 billion—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | metamorworks) Verizon and AT&...

+ Cox’s bad customer service stymies users who don’t want upload speeds cut—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Jill Ferry Photography) Cox has b...

+ Ukraine says Russia hacked its document portal and planted malicious files—Enlarge (credit: Oleksii Leonov) Ukraine has accused the Russian ...

+ Android users now have an easy way to check the security of their passwords—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Google is adding its password chec...

+ Confirmed: Fry’s Electronics going out of business, shutting down all stores—Enlarge / Fry's Electronics in Fremont, CA. (credit: Getty Images) ...

+ Musk: Starlink will hit 300Mbps and expand to “most of Earth” this year—Enlarge / A stack of 60 Starlink satellites launched in 2019. (credi...

+ The bitcoin blockchain is helping keep a botnet from being taken down—Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) When hackers corra...

+ AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | CalypsoArt) AT&T and Frontier...

+ New malware found on 30,000 Macs has security pros stumped—Enlarge (credit: Jayson Photography / Getty Images) A previously ...

+ Comcast reluctantly drops data-cap enforcement in 12 states for rest of 2021—Enlarge / A Comcast van in Sunnyvale, California, in November 2018. ...

+ New browser-tracking hack works even when you flush caches or go incognito—Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) The prospect of Web users being tr...

+ Microsoft says SolarWinds hackers stole source code for 3 products—Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) The hackers behind ...

+ France ties Russia’s Sandworm to a multiyear hacking spree—Enlarge / The logo of the French national cybersecurity agency Agenc...

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+ 3 ransomware distribution methods popular with attackers

+ Malware researcher speculates on the future of ransomware

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+ Ultra low power LED flasher using the Padauk PFS154— Low power LED flasher on PFS154: Flashing a LED is certainly ...

+ esp32s2Stick— Luca Dentella designed and built a USB stick powered by esp32-s2 ...

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+ New Jailbreak Tool Works on Most iPhones—The Unc0ver team has released a tool that works on iOS 11 and later, a...

+ Universal Health Services Suffered $67 Million Loss Due to Ransomware Attack—Earnings report points to diversion of care during incident for financ...

+ MSP Provider Builds Red Team as Attackers Target Industry—NinjaRMM, which provides tools for managed service providers, aims to ...

+ Cybercrime 'Help Wanted': Job Hunting on the Dark Web—How's your 'Probiv'? How about customer service? Here's how Dark Web f...

+ Building a Next-Generation SOC Starts With Holistic Operations—The proper template for a modernized SOC team is one that operates sea...

+ NSA Releases Guidance on Zero-Trust Architecture—A new document provides guidance for businesses planning to implement ...

+ 'Nerd' Humor—Some jokes never get old. [Link to media]

+ The Edge Pro Tip: Fasten Your Seatbelts—An unprecedented 2020 has shaken up security leaders' usual list of mu...

+ Securing Super Bowl LV—A peek at open XDR technology, and defense that held up better than th...

+ Attackers Turn Struggling Software Projects Into Trojan Horses—While access to compromised systems has become an increasingly common ...

+ After a Year of Quantum Advances, the Time to Protect Is Now—Innovations in quantum computing mean enterprise and manufacturing org...

+ Inside Strata's Plans to Solve the Cloud Identity Puzzle—Strata Identity was founded to change businesses' approach to identity...

+ Microsoft Releases Free Tool for Hunting SolarWinds Malware—Meanwhile, researchers at SecurityScorecard say the "fileless" malware...

+ North Korea's Lazarus Group Expands to Stealing Defense Secrets—Several gigabytes of sensitive data stolen from one restricted network...

+ Ransomware, Phishing Will Remain Primary Risks in 2021—Attackers have doubled down on ransomware and phishing -- with some tw...

+ Thousands of VMware Servers Exposed to Critical RCE Bug—Security experts report scanning activity targeting vulnerable vCenter...

+ 5 Key Steps Schools Can Take to Defend Against Cyber Threats—Educational institutions have become prime targets, but there are thin...

+ How to Avoid Falling Victim to a SolarWinds-Style Attack—A multilayered, zero-trust security posture provides a better chance o...

+ Cybercriminals Target QuickBooks Databases—Stolen financial files then get sold on the Dark Web, researchers say....

+ New APT Group Targets Airline Industry & Immigration—LazyScript bears similarities to some Middle Eastern groups but appear...

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+ A FLIR One Pro Sees Again, Thanks To Some Nifty Soldering—The Flir One Pro is a thermal camera that attaches to a mobile phone w...

+ Lowering The Electricity Bill By Mining Cryptocurrency—Wherever you are in the world, the chances are that a large portion of...

+ Open Source CAM Software In The Browser—3D printers, desktop CNC mills/routers, and laser cutters have made a ...

+ Machining a Honing Jig Will Keep Skills Sharp—[Amy Makes Stuff] has long used a pair of diamond honing blocks to fre...

+ Shredding The Ice With Powered Skates—The availability of small and powerful brushless motors has been instr...

+ Street-Legalize Your Ebike With A Magnet—Getting into e-biking is a great hobby. It can get people on bikes who...

+ World’s First eVTOL Airport Will Land This November—We have to admit that flying cars still sound pretty cool. But if we&#...

+ Putting Lasers to Work Hack Chat—Join us on Wednesday, March 3 at noon Pacific for the Putting Lasers t...

+ There’s Only One Way To Play A Star Wars Game—Most computer and console games have a variety of different control sc...

+ Wind Turbines and Ice: How They’re Tailored for Specific Climates—Wind turbines are incredible pieces of technology, able to harvest win...

+ Electroplating 3D Printed Parts for Great Strength—Resin 3D printers have a significant advantage over filament printers ...

+ SVG To Gerber, Without The Pain—We’ve all marveled at the high quality PCB artwork used within t...

+ Tim Hunkin Rides Again With The Secret Life Of Components—Long-time readers may remember one of the occasional Engineering Heroe...

+ Reliable Frequency Reference from GPS—GPS technology is a marvel of the modern world. Not only can we reliab...

+ Hackaday Links: February 28, 2021—In an announcement that came as a surprise to few, NASA now says that ...

+ BGA Soldering and Inspection—If you want to build cool things these days, you’ve probably had...

+ Hidden TV-Out On The Nintendo DS Lite—The Game Boy DS Lite was one of Nintendo’s most popular handheld...

+ Fail of the Week: How not to Build a Filament Extruder—It would be great if you could create your own filament. On the face o...

+ Nissan’s Office Pod Concept is a Productivity Paradise on Wheels—All this working from home is pretty great, but we have to admit that ...

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+ NASA, SpaceX to Launch Second Commercial Crew Rotation Mission to International Space Station— Crew-2 members Megan McArthur, Thomas Pesquet, Akihiko Hoshide and S...

+ Josef Aschbacher Takes Over as ESA Director General— Josef Aschbacher (Credit: ESA–Philippe Sebirot, 2016) PARIS (ES...

+ You’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Why Rocket Lab is Building the Neutron Launch Vehicle—by Douglas MessierManaging Editor Rocket Lab’s announcement t...

+ This Week on The Space Show— This week on The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston: Monday...

+ Spire Global Goes SPAC: Space-based Data & Analytics Company to Go Public Through a Merger with NavSight Holdings— Spire collects spaced-based data through their proprietary const...

+ Rocket Lab Goes SPAC: Company to Go Public in Merger with Vector Acquisition Corp.— Transaction will provide capital to fund development of reusable...

+ Never Say Never Again: Watch Rocket Lab’s Peter Beck Eats His Hat—Introducing Neutron – our new 8-ton class reusable rocket tailored for...

+ Rocket Lab Unveils Plans for Larger Neutron Launch Vehicle Aimed at Mega-Constellations, Planetary Missions and Human Spaceflight— LONG BEACH, Calif., March 1, 2021 (Rocket Lab PR) — Rocket...

+ NASA Funds Research into Small Robots Designed to Explore Martian Caves— Illustration of ReachBot traversing a Martian cavern using microspine...

+ Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Parachute Deployment—Video obtained by camera aboard the Mars 2020 spacecraft during parach...

+ Zero Gravity Corporation Announces Investment From Private Equity Firm Rock Mountain Capital— Cryogenic propellant chill-down experiments from the University of Fl...

+ Video: Vice President Kamala Harris Calls NASA Astronaut Victor Glover on International Space Station—Video Caption: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris placed a special phon...

+ China Launches 3 Yaogan-31 Military Reconnaissance Satellites— Long March 4C lifts off with three Yaogan-31 reconnaissance satellite...

+ SpaceX to Launch 60 Starlink Satellites on Sunday— Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites. (Credit: SpaceX webcast) ...

+ India Launch Amazonia-1 Earth Observation Satellite for Brazil, 18 Secondary Payloads— PLSV-C51 launches with the Amazonia-1 satellite. (Credit: ISRO) ...

+ Russia Launches Arktika-M Meteorological Satellite to Monitor the Arctic—MOSCOW (Roscosmos PR) — This morning, February 28, 2021 at 09:55...

+ GomSpace and J.P. Morgan Test Blockchain Transaction on GOMX-4 Constellation— ESA’s biggest small satellite yet: the GomX-4B six-unit CubeSat will ...

+ ICEYE’s 3 Newest Satellites From Late January Launch Return First Radar Images— San Diego (Credit: ICEYE) ICEYE is currently delivering SAR Dat...

+ NIAC Award: Building a Levitating Railroad on the Moon— Artist’s depiction of the FLOAT lunar railway system to provide relia...

+ ISRO to Launch Brazilian Earth Observation Satellite, 18 Secondary Payloads— PSLV-C51 on the launch pad. (Credit: ISRO) SRIHARIKOTA, India (...

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+ People Literally Don't Know When to Shut Up--or Keep Talking, Science Confirms—We are really bad at navigating a key transition point during one of t...

+ Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests—A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in...

+ The COVID Zoom Boom Is Reshaping Sign Language—Deaf people are adapting signs to accommodate the limitations of video...

+ Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights—In 1916 he strapped on his “safety hood” and dragged ...

+ Mystery of Spinning Atomic Fragments Solved at Last—New experiments have answered the decades-old question of how pieces o...

+ Graveyards Are Surprising Hotspots for Biodiversity—Even the smallest burial sites could help conserve natural habitats in...

+ Unraveling the Complex Link between COVID and Diabetes—Infection with the pandemic-causing virus seems to trigger diabetes in...

+ COVID Variants May Arise in People with Compromised Immune Systems—The case history of a U.K. man in his 70s shows how selective “p...

+ A Few Fixes Could Cut Noise Pollution That Hurts Ocean Animals—Redesigning ship propellors and installing acoustic “curtains&rd...

+ 'March Mammal Madness' Brings Simulated Animal Fights to Huge Audiences—The annual science education event describes imaginary encounters to t...

+ New Supernova Alert System Promises Early Access to Spectacles in Space—Upgrades to the SuperNova Early Warning System (SNEWS) detection syste...

+ Massive Power Failure Could Finally Cause Texas to Connect with the Nation's Power Grids—Energy from neighboring states could have helped Texans survive their ...

+ Experts Answer the Biggest COVID Vaccine Questions—What does “95 percent effective” mean? Should you get...

+ Perseverance Has Landed! Mars Rover Begins a New Era of Exploration—NASA’s latest mission to the Red Planet will seek out signs of a...

+ People Answer Scientists' Queries in Real Time while Dreaming—Researchers demonstrate that during REM sleep, people can hear—a...

+ Nursing Home Workers Had One of the Deadliest Jobs of 2020—An analysis of incomplete data shows they had a death rate higher than...

+ The First 100 Days on Mars: How NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Begin Its Mission—With the space agency’s latest rover set to touch down on Februa...

+ Booster Shots against Scary COVID Virus Variants Are In the Works—Vaccine makers are designing follow-up shots, based on new mutations, ...

+ Mammoth Genomes Shatter Record for Oldest DNA Sequences—Researchers extracted DNA from fossils that are more than a million ye...

+ How NASA Aims to Achieve Perseverance's High-Stakes Mars Landing—The robotic rover’s touchdown is meant to be the most accurate e...

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+ Distributor of Asian food JFC International hit by Ransomware—JFC International, a major wholesaler and distributor of Asian food pr...

+ Gootkit delivery platform Gootloader used to deliver additional payloads—The Javascript-based infection framework for the Gootkit RAT was enhan...

+ Intern caused ‘solarwinds123’ password leak, former SolarWinds CEO says—Top executives of the software firm SolarWinds blamed an intern for ha...

+ ByteDance agreed to pay $92M in US privacy Settlement for TikTok data collection—ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, agreed to pay $92 million in a s...

+ NSA embraces the Zero Trust Security Model—The National Security Agency (NSA) published a document to explain the...

+ EU leaders aim at boosting defense and security, including cybersecurity—During a video conference of the members of the European Council, EU l...

+ New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia hacked again—The New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia suffered a new...

+ Security Affairs newsletter Round 303—A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every we...

+ Experts found a critical authentication bypass flaw in Rockwell Automation software—A critical authentication bypass vulnerability could be exploited by r...

+ Hotarus Corp gang hacked Ecuador’s Ministry of Finance and Banco Pichincha—‘Hotarus Corp’ Ransomware operators hacked Ecuador’s...

+ T-Mobile customers were hit with SIM swapping attacks—The telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a data breach after so...

+ New Ryuk ransomware implements self-spreading capabilities—French experts spotted a new Ryuk ransomware variant that implements s...

+ Microsoft releases open-source CodeQL queries to assess Solorigate compromise—Microsoft announced the release of open-source CodeQL queries that it ...

+ Data Breach: Turkish legal advising company exposed over 15,000 clients—Data Breach: WizCase team uncovered a massive data leak containing pri...

+ Hackers are selling access to Biochemical systems at Oxford University Lab—Hackers have broken into the biochemical systems of an Oxford Universi...

+ Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirms DoppelPaymer ransomware attack—Dutch Research Council (NWO) confirmed that the recent cyberattack tha...

+ China-linked TA413 group target Tibetan organizations—The Chinese hacking group, tracked as TA413, used a malicious Firefox ...

+ Cisco fixes three critical bugs in ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator, Application Services Engine, and NX-OS—Cisco addressed over a dozen vulnerabilities in its products, includin...

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+ James Webb Space Telescope Completes Final Functional Tests to Prepare for Launch—February marked significant progress for NASA's James Webb Space Teles...

+ ISS Astronauts Conclude Spacewalk—NASA astronauts Kate Rubins and Victor Glover concluded their spacewal...

+ Genomics On Orbit—NASA astronaut and Expedition 64 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins collects ...

+ Accurately Measuring The Temperature Of Red Supergiant Stars—Red supergiants are a class of star that end their lives in supernova ...

+ Meteorites Remember The Conditions Of Stellar Explosions—A team of international researchers went back to the formation of the ...

+ Hubble Looks at a 'Black Eye' Galaxy—This image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features NGC...

+ Building A Highly Accurate Digital Twin Of Our Planet —To become climate neutral by 2050, the European Union launched two amb...

+ NASA Weekly ISS Space to Ground Report for 26 February, 2021—NASA's Space to Ground is your weekly update on what's happening aboar...

+ NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 25 February, 2021 - Space Manufacturing Techniques—Two NASA astronauts are getting their tools and spacesuits ready for S...

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+ Taylor Swift, Evermore Theme Park Dispute Escalates As Swift's Team Countersues— In early February, we discussed an extremely dumb lawsuit brought by ...

+ Utah Prematurely Tries To Dance On Section 230's Grave And Shows What Unconstitutional Garbage Will Follow If We Kill It— As Mike has explained, just about every provision of the social media...

+ Oregon Court: A Stop So Pretexual Cops Forgot About The Pretext Is A Rights Violation— Pretextual stops are legal. The courts have said repeatedly that it's...

+ Utah's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Terrible, Censorial 'Free Speech' Bill Is A Disaster In The Making— A month ago, we noted that a bunch of state legislatures were pushing...

+ Federal Court Says There's Nothing Wrong With Arresting Someone For Parodying A Police Department Facebook Page— You know what's always ripe for parody? Government agencies. You know...

+ Daily Deal: Project Management Fundamentals Course— In the Project Management Fundamentals Course, you will be introduced...

+ Why The Problems With Police And Social Media Both Are Symptoms Of The Same Disease: A Failure Of Society To Actually Help Those In Need— I've written in the past, many times, about how so many people keep w...

+ AT&T Appears Committed To Being Comically Hypocritical On Section 230— Telecom giants like Comcast and AT&T have spent the last three or...

+ Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt— This week, both our winners on the insightful side come from our post...

+ Game Jam Winner Spotlight: Art Apart and There Are No Eyes Here— So far, we've featured ~THE GREAT GATSBY~ and The Great Gatsby Tablet...

+ The Best Summary Of Australia's News Link Tax / 'Bargaining Code'— I've been somewhat amazed at the response to Facebook's decision in A...

+ Content Moderation Case Study: Removing Nigerian Police Protest Content Due To Confusion With COVID Misinfo Rules (2020)— Summary: With the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, most of the la...

+ Oracle, Which Promised To Protect TikTok User Data From China, Helps Chinese Law Enforcement Snarf Through Lots Of Private Data— As you'll recall, last summer there was a whole performative nonsense...

+ India's New Cyber Law Goes Live: Subtracts Safe Harbor Protections, Adds Compelled Assistance Demands For Intermediaries— New rules for social media companies and other hosts of third-party c...

+ Illinois Lawmaker Proposes Unconstitutional Ban Of 'GTA' In Response To Carjackings— If ever there were a stupid, unconstitutional notion that appears to ...

+ Daily Deal: The Learn to Code 2021 Bundle— The Learn to Code 2021 Bundle has 13 courses to help you kickstart yo...

+ Content Moderation At Scale Is Impossible: Recent Examples Of Misunderstanding Context— I've said over and over and over again that content moderation at sca...

+ Study Shows California Telcos Are Simply Letting Their Networks Fall Apart— On the one hand, it's understandable that US phone companies companie...

+ Fifth Circuit Says Tasing A Person Soaked In Gasoline And Setting Them On Fire Isn't An Unreasonable Use Of Force— So, here's where we're at in the Fifth Circuit: cops can literally se...

+ Monster Energy Goes After Autobody Shop Because Of It's 'M' Logo And Use Of Green Color— For regular readers of Techdirt, Monster Energy is one of those compa...

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+ An Update on the Fourth Industrial Revolution— We are in the midst of what many are calling the Fourth Industrial...

+ Successful Phishers Make Slim Gains in 2020— Catastrophic events, like a pandemic, coupled with hasty technolog...

+ Lessons Learned From the SolarWinds Supply Chain Hack— In a recent Linux Foundation blog post titled "Preventing Supply C...

+ Silver Sparrow Malware Hatched on 30,000 Macs— Nearly 30,000 Macs have been infected with a new malware strain. D...

+ It's Time to Consider 3D Printed Homes— This emerging building method is far less wasteful, far faster, an...

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+ Sacramento, CA: UFOs filmed with IR camera 17-Feb-2021—This UFO activity was recorded over Sacramento, California on 17th Feb...

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+ On This Day, March 2: Supreme Court allows Westboro church to picket funerals— On March 2, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a Kansas church h...

+ Elizabeth Warren, Senate Democrats introduce proposal for 3% tax on billionaires— Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats introduced the "Ultra-Milli...

+ Senate confirms Miguel Cardona as secretary of education— The Senate voted 64-33 on Monday to confirm Miguel Cardona to serve a...

+ California lawmakers reach agreement to return schools to in-person learning— California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers reached an agreement...

+ Presidents Joe Biden, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to talk immigration, COVID-19 at 1st bilateral meeting— President Joe Biden held a bilateral meeting with Mexican President M...

+ Pentagon says one militia member killed, two injured in Syria airstrike— The Pentagon on Monday said the U.S. airstrike carried out in Syria l...

+ UPI's Kevin Dietsch receives top honor for Joe Biden inauguration photo— UPI photographer Kevin Dietsch won the first-place prize in the White...

+ Dow gains 603 points as markets surge behind COVID-19 vaccine optimism— The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 603 points on Monday as major...

+ U.S. Navy rolls out aboard-ship stress management initiative— Sailors aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg are among th...

+ Biden administration to allow migrant families to reunite in the U.S.— The Biden administration will allow migrant families separated under ...

+ Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group conducts flight operations near Canary Islands— A large flight operations exercise, led by the aircraft carrier USS D...

+ U.S. to send additional $125M in military aid to Ukraine— A $125 million defense package to Ukraine includes armored patrol boa...

+ Navy orders four more CMV-22B variant aircraft in $309.5M deal— The Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office received a$309.5 million Navy co...

+ Interior Department promises help for coal communities— The Biden administration announced Monday more than $260 million avai...

+ U.S. COVID-19 cases decline; White House team says Johnson & Johnson vaccine on the way— There were 51,200 new coronavirus cases in the United States on Sunda...

+ Activists call for boycott of Mitsubishi amid ‘comfort women’ uproar— Online activists are calling for the boycott of Mitsubishi products i...

+ EU auditors warn of risks of spending Brexit reserve funding on ineligible measures— The European Court of Auditors warned Monday of risks related to 5 bi...

+ Senate panel approves nomination of Merrick Garland as attorney general— The Senate judiciary committee on Monday approved President Joe Biden...

+ South Korean pastor accused of calling women followers ‘prostitutes’— A South Korean church leader is coming under fire for allegedly descr...

+ Volkswagen says it will unveil autonomous minibus next year— After years of a rumored return, Volkswagen's iconic minibus took a s...

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+ Instagram Live Now Hosts More People With ‘Rooms’—Instagram is finally giving creators their most requested feature—whic...

+ The Best Fitness Trackers and Watches for Everyone—Whether you're backcountry skiing or running around the backyard, we h...

+ What Life Is Like Under Myanmar's Internet Shutdown—One couple living in Yangon explain the impact of the military coup's ...

+ One Free Press Coalition Spotlights Journalists Under Attack - March 2021—Female journalists around the world are telling important stories, in ...

+ Facebook's Oversight Board Must Uphold the Ban on Trump—It's not just about penalizing the former president. It's about protec...

+ Sherry Turkle Talks Going Remote, Loneliness, and Her Memoir—In The Empathy Diaries, the pioneering computer researcher finally stu...

+ The Raging Evolutionary War Between Humans and Covid-19—Fighting the pandemic isn’t only about vaccines and drugs. It’s about ...

+ Why a YouTube Chat About Chess Got Flagged for Hate Speech—AI programs that analyze language have difficulty gauging context. Wor...

+ Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data—The transparency group DDoSecrets says it will make the 70GB of passwo...

+ The Best Nintendo Switch Games for Every Kind of Player—From Hyrule to Hallownest, these are our absolute favorite video game ...

+ A Decades-Long Quest Reveals New Details of Antimatter—Twenty years ago, physicists began investigating a mysterious asymmetr...

+ How to Set Up a 4G LTE Wi-Fi Network as an Alternative to Broadband—Connecting to cell networks is an increasingly viable option—here’s ho...

+ Warnings From the Queer History of Modern Internet Regulation—Section 230 faces countless reform efforts. But a look back reminds us...

+ Period Underwear Changed My Life—and I'm Never Going Back—Wearing underwear designed to absorb my menstrual flow—with no additio...

+ The SolarWinds Body Count Now Includes NASA and the FAA—Plus: Firefox blocks more tracking, how to fight a robodog, and more o...

+ NFTs Boom as Collectors Shell Out to ‘Own’ Digital Art—Non-fungible tokens provide a way to invest in and own digital imagery...

+ Clubhouse Cured My Imposter Syndrome—The scammers turned savants and the whimsical nerds who abound on the ...

+ Ultimate Ears' Fits Are the Comfiest Earbuds I've Ever Tried—The company's custom-molding headphones fit perfectly, even if you hav...

+ Border Disputes Threaten Climate Science in the Himalayas—Cross-border teams of scientists need to collaborate on climate models...

+ The 20 Best Weekend Deals If You Work From Home—Standing desks, computer monitors, and chairs are all on sale if you’r...

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+ The Raging Evolutionary War Between Humans and Covid-19—Fighting the pandemic isn’t only about vaccines and drugs. It’s about ...

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