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    Why is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX?

    ...in stark violation of the Logan Act.
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    Private astronauts to fly highest mission since Apollo, make groundbreaking EVA

    I don't object to sending obscenely rich people to space. But why are we bringing them back?
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    Crypto scams surging on X use hijacked gold and gray checks from verified orgs

    Do all rich people get stupid over time or is it just Elon?
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    Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid

    I encourage you to learn more about how vaccines work.
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    Texas sues Pfizer with COVID anti-vax argument that is pure stupid

    Color me shocked that anti-vaxxers and other science deniers suck at math.
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    This inside-out design solves most of the rotary engine’s problems

    LiquidPiston hass a video of how the engine works: https://www.liquidpiston.com/how-it-works
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    Google to pay $8M settlement for “lying to Texans,” state AG says

    And this is the same Ken Paxton, who in addition to felony indictments, recently paid $3 million to try to settle an official misconduct allegation: https://apnews.com/article/politics-district-of-columbia-ken-paxton-texas-crime-e3cbc749a3e5ee1f75957df8a77401f4
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    2,800 fake nurses lurk in the US; states are working to track them down

    Weird that so many passed the exam (although it's within the possibility of statistical likelihood). Perhaps the exams are not sufficiently stringent.
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    Ex-Tesla worker who suffered racist abuse rejects $15M award, seeks new trial

    I'm not entirely thrilled with the optics of a white judge's decision to reduce damages awarded to a POC who was clearly and obviously subject to constant racism.
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    Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Ultra crams 16 CPU cores and a GPU into a tiny desktop

    Lenovo makes an array of external power supplies that use that same rectangular connector (which Lenovo call "slim tip"): 65W, 135W,170W, and 230W
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    Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market

    Yeah... well, if Russia were intentionally killing civilians in my country, I would probably ask for a no-fly zone, too.
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    Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market

    I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Ars has Russian trolls. 🤔
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    Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market

    You get that Russia doesn't have jurisdiction over content that comes in from outside its borders, right? Game updates are (until Russia shuts those down too) a convenient back door.
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    Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market

    What I'd actually like to see is something like a game update that pushes in-game messaging to communicate what's actually happening in Ukraine. Right now, active disinformation in the Russian media is so intense that Russian citizens don't believe their own children when they say that Russia...
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    IBM exec called older workers “dinobabies” who should go “extinct,” lawsuit says

    Good luck finding an IBM i engineer (or even an AIX engineer) who's under 50 years old.
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    Maybe—just maybe—sending billionaires into space isn’t such a bad thing

    Maybe we could send a few Hefty bags with them and they could clean up some of the orbital debris.
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    Google tells free G Suite users: Pay up or lose your account

    Well, Google, you and I never had a great relationship. But now that I know you only want me for my money, I don't think we have much of a future.
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    US airlines warn of “chaos” as telecoms groups roll out 5G

    Is there any actual data to back up the FAA's assertion that the FCC doesn't know how to do their job, or is this just an inter-agency pissing contest?
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    The OnePlus 10 Pro is official, sports 80 W charging

    I love my OnePlus 7 Pro, but I'm not opposed to Hasselblad cameras—especially if they were able to correct the color shift between the cameras that plagues the 7 Pro.