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NASA Finds Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice Sheet
NASA Finds Second Impact Crater Under Greenland Ice Sheet

What's more unexpected than an impact crater? A second impact crater.

Malicious USB Cables Embed Wi-Fi, Can Remotely Control Connected PC
Malicious USB Cables Embed Wi-Fi, Can Remotely Control Connected PC

Forget bad USB drives — now we need to worry about malware-loaded USB cables.

OnePlus Breaks Into Top 5 Premium Phone Makers in US Market
OnePlus Breaks Into Top 5 Premium Phone Makers in US Market

The prices are higher than they once were, but OnePlus is still clocking in less expensive than the phones from Samsung, LG, and Google.

Engineers Are Using AI to Predict How New, Unknown Materials Will Perform
Engineers Are Using AI to Predict How New, Unknown Materials Will Perform

Researchers at MIT have used AI to predict the behavior of materials. This approach could yield substantial dividends in the long term.

Microsoft Teases HoloLens 2 Announcement Ahead of MWC
Microsoft Teases HoloLens 2 Announcement Ahead of MWC

Microsoft is teasing HoloLens 2, with a debut expected later this month.

Musk Says Tickets to Mars Could Cost Just $500,000
Musk Says Tickets to Mars Could Cost Just $500,000

Musk cautions that his ballpark estimate is highly dependent on volume, though.

Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Info Leaks From Multiple Retailers
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Info Leaks From Multiple Retailers

Retailer leaks have confirmed that the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti are coming, but details on their specs and pricing are still pointing in different directions. This could reflect Nvidia's intent to support a variety of configurations with the same par, as it did with the GTX 1060.

Russia Will ‘Unplug’ From Internet to Test Cyberdefenses, Censorship
Russia Will ‘Unplug’ From Internet to Test Cyberdefenses, Censorship

The goal of the experiment is to provide feedback and gather insight on how the Russian national intranet would perform if severed from the main internet backbone.

Mars One Is Dead, but it Was Doomed From the Start
Mars One Is Dead, but it Was Doomed From the Start

We haven't heard much from Mars One, the company that promised to send people to colonize Mars as part of a reality TV show. It's looking like we won't hear from it again, either.

Custom GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Model Information Leaks From Multiple Retailers
Custom GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Model Information Leaks From Multiple Retailers

Retailer leaks have confirmed that the GTX 1660 and GTX 1660 Ti are coming, but details on their specs and pricing are still pointing in different directions. This could reflect Nvidia's intent to support a variety of configurations with the same par, as it did with the GTX 1060.

Google Testing Augmented Reality Navigation in Maps
Google Testing Augmented Reality Navigation in Maps

Google Maps AR navigation uses GPS for approximate location data, but it adds computer vision and machine learning to nail down exactly where you are.

New Photos Reveal Ultima Thule Is a Pancake Stuck to a Dented Walnut
New Photos Reveal Ultima Thule Is a Pancake Stuck to a Dented Walnut

Ultima Thule isn't the snowman-shaped object we thought it was. It's more of a lumpy-pancake-meets-mashed-walnut kind of thing.