Enlarge / Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference. A Florida judge on Friday struck down Governor Ron DeSantis’ controversial executive order barring school districts from mandating masks in schools. Reading from his notes, Leon County Circuit Judge
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Amazon urges FCC to reject SpaceX proposals for next-generation Starlink
Amazon is urging US regulators to reject an update to SpaceX’s plan for a second-generation Starlink system. Kuiper Systems, Amazon’s satellite-broadband subsidiary, says that SpaceX broke Federal Communications Commission rules by “propos[ing] two different configurations for the nearly 30,000 satellites
Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs
Enlarge / You can’t see the part number which distinguishes the newer, slower drive from the older, faster one on the box—you need to check the PN field in the top center of the label on the drive itself. Jim
“Worst cloud vulnerability you can imagine” discovered in Microsoft Azure
Enlarge / Cosmos DB is a managed database service offering—including both relational and noSQL data structures—belonging to Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure. Cloud security vendor Wiz announced yesterday that it found a vulnerability in Microsoft Azure’s managed database service, Cosmos DB,
Engineering a second genetic code in parallel with the normal one
Enlarge / A cartoon of the process that translates the genetic code in DNA into a protein. All living things on Earth use a version of the same genetic code. Every cell makes proteins using the same 20 amino acids.
Microsoft will support some, but not most, 7th-gen Intel Core CPUs in Windows 11
If you were hoping for Microsoft to backtrack on Windows 11’s stringent security-focused new system requirements, we have good news and bad news. The good news is that a small handful of 7th-generation Intel Core processors have been added to
EU set to launch formal probe into Nvidia’s $54 billion takeover of Arm
Arm Brussels is set to launch a formal competition probe early next month into Nvidia’s planned $54 billion takeover of British chip designer Arm, after months of informal discussions between regulators and the US chip company. The investigation is likely
Rocket Report: Webb telescope ready for launch, LOX shortage slows SpaceX
Enlarge / Estes is now selling a New Shepard model rocket for $69.99. Welcome to Edition 4.13 of the Rocket Report! While there may be a LOX shortage in launch, there is no shortage of launch news this week. So
Blizzard will rename Overwatch cowboy named after fired designer
Enlarge / The cowboy formerly known as McCree is currently the “Man with No Name.” Overwatch’s cowboy is getting a new name. This is Blizzard’s latest attempt to salvage its image. The studio is dealing with a lawsuit filed by
Upcoming game turns Quest VR headsets into real-life laser tag machines
Enlarge / Coming September 9. We’ve only played a few minutes of this, but rest assured, Ars Technica will absolutely have a review of this real-world VR laser tag option upon the game’s launch on Oculus Quest VR headsets. I-Illusions
Need to get root on a Windows box? Plug in a Razer gaming mouse
Razer This weekend, security researcher jonhat disclosed a long-standing security bug in the Synapse software associated with Razer gaming mice. During software installation, the wizard produces a clickable link to the location where the software will be installed. Clicking that link
Apple will finally let devs tell users about non-App Store purchase options
Getty Images | NurPhoto Apple will finally let developers tell users about purchase options available outside the iOS App Store. The iPhone maker agreed to this and other concessions—including $100 million in payments to developers—in a proposed settlement of a
New evidence shows this uranium cube is likely relic of Nazi A-bomb program
Enlarge / This is likely one of 664 uranium cubes from the failed nuclear reactor that German scientists tried to build in Haigerloch during World War II. For decades, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has been home to an
More people are poisoning themselves with horse-deworming drug to thwart COVID
Enlarge / tablets of Ivermectin drugs in Tehatta, West Benga, India on 19 May on 2021. Amid the current delta-fueled wave of COVID-19, officials have noted a dangerous surge in the misuse of a deworming drug routinely used in livestock.
YouTube Music comes to Wear OS, but only for the Galaxy Watch 4
The YouTube Music app, finally on Wear OS, but only version 3. Google The play screen with all the usual buttons. Google You have to download everything to play it, which will be tough on your tiny smartwatch storage. Google