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Biden has nominated acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to formally take over that role. He also nominated activist Gigi Sohn to fill the open seat. Once confirmed, the new commissioner will give the FCC what it needs to tackle net neutrality again.

Intel’s Alder Lake line of CPUs will hit store shelves on November 4, and the chip giant is sharing some additional data about specs and pricing ahead of its debut next week. We’ve written several deep dives on Alder Lake already this year, but to recap:Alder Lake is Intel’s next-generation desktop chip. It’s built on…

Verizon will use Amazon's upcoming Kuiper satellite internet for backhaul, boosting coverage in rural areas where bandwidth is in short supply.

DJI's new 4K Action 2 camera breaks new ground with a modular system enabled through the use of magnetic couplings between components. We got a chance to put one through its paces at the F1 Grand Prix in Austin before it was released.

Beyond looking cool, wooden dinner knives can be more sustainably manufactured than their steel counterparts. Plus, they cut through steak like butter.

Apple's new M1 Pro and M1 Max aren't always faster than what Intel and AMD have to offer, but they appear to be much more power efficient.

A new discovery courtesy of NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory could point the way to yet another exoplanet, but this one is a bit more distant. If confirmed, this would be the very first exoplanet discovered in another galaxy. That's not very likely unless you're very patient, though.

A new FTC report examines what ISPs are doing with your data, and it's not good news. Even when they promise not to sell your information, it often ends up in the hands of advertisers and other third-parties.

If you've ever wanted to help find an exoplanet, now is your time. There's a new distributed exoplanet hunting project, and it's open to anybody who wants to help. You don't even have to have a telescope.

The release of the Oculus Go in 2018 was an important step for Facebook's Virtual Reality division, but the product was short-lived. After being made obsolete by the Oculus Quest, the company discontinued the Go in 2020. Still, Facebook sold millions of the standalone headsets, and now they're more capable thanks to an unlocked software update.

If you're adamant about buying a smart assistant, Alexa might not be your best option. A new privacy comparison rates the commerce giant's devices dead last.

In recent years, conservative politicians and activists have railed against "cancel culture", claiming Twitter and other social media outlets are biased against them—hence, the existence of right-wing alternatives like Gab, Parler, and Trump's new Truth Social. Twitter has just published some internal research that suggests the opposite. According to the paper, its algorithm actually favors right-wing voices.