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China to stop building coal plants in developing nations
Enlarge / Coal plants at the end of the line? Chinese President Xi Jinping used his speech to the United Nations General Assembly to announce a major new step…
Braille display demo refreshes with miniature fireballs
Enlarge / The device can provide haptic information by expanding bubbles (left) or pushing up pins (right). Heisser, et. al. There have been a lot of advances…
Apple’s newest 10.2-inch iPad is already $30 off
Ars Technica Today’s Dealmaster is headlined by a small but notable discount on Apple’s new ninth-generation iPad, the 64GB Space Gray version of which is…
Boeing still studying Starliner valve issues, with no launch date in sight
Enlarge / Close-up of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner capsule, white room attached, atop the mighty Atlas V launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-41. Trevor…
Apple rolls major Safari redesign out to Macs ahead of Monterey release
Enlarge / Safari’s new look (and some light fixtures?) Apple This week, Apple released Safari 15 for macOS Big Sur and Catalina. Among other things, the new…
$5.9 million ransomware attack on farming co-op may cause food shortage
Iowa-based provider of agriculture services NEW Cooperative Inc. has been hit by a ransomware attack, forcing it to take its systems offline. The BlackMatter…
CIA director “fuming” after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India
Enlarge / William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), arrives for a closed hearing at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, May…
Amazon announces new Kindle Paperwhite lineup with 6.8-inch screens, USB-C
The new Kindle Paperwhite is faster and has a larger screen than the old model. It also inherits the “warm light” feature from the Kindle Oasis. Larger screen…
Dell XPS 15 9510 review: Come for the screen, stay for everything else
Dell’s XPS 15 9510. Andrew Cunningham Like the XPS 13, the laptop’s design is understated and modern. Andrew Cunningham One USB-C port, an SD card reader, and…
Astronomers solve centuries-old mystery of supernova observed in 1181
Enlarge / Hubble Space Telescope mosaic image of the Crab Nebula, a six-light-year-wide expanding remnant of a star’s supernova explosion in 1054 CE…
Apple and Google cave to Putin’s censors, block Navalny app as election begins
Enlarge / A sculpture of Russian opposition leader and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny in front of the Brandenburg Gate at an anti-Putin demonstration…