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South Korean Carrier Will Start Selling the iPhone 3GS Again
South Korean Carrier Will Start Selling the iPhone 3GS Again

Customers will be able to pick up a brand new decade-old iPhone for just 44,000 won (about $41), no contract required.

Sony’s Response to Fortnite Controversy Completely Misses the Point
Sony’s Response to Fortnite Controversy Completely Misses the Point

Sony's response to the Fortnite controversy proves it doesn't understand — or doesn't care — why gamers are upset in the first place.

The Best Games of E3 2018
The Best Games of E3 2018

As E3 goes through growing pains as it transitions to a more consumer-themed event, the show floor and surroundings have become mildly off-putting. But in spite of the quirks and hiccups, the games announced and shown this year were undeniably fantastic.

Original Donkey Kong Gets Its First Re-Release on Nintendo Switch
Original Donkey Kong Gets Its First Re-Release on Nintendo Switch

If you crave that original Donkey Kong experience, it's available for the first time in decades.

Astronomers Are Watching a Black Hole Tear a Star Apart in Another Galaxy
Astronomers Are Watching a Black Hole Tear a Star Apart in Another Galaxy

In a new study, astronomers claim a star with around two solar masses came apart at the seams when it encountered a black hole with the mass of 20 suns.

NASA Loses Contact With Opportunity Rover as Martian Dust Storm Rages On
NASA Loses Contact With Opportunity Rover as Martian Dust Storm Rages On

NASA now says the rover has missed its latest check-in. That suggests its batteries are drained, and that could spell the end for this tenacious little solar-powered rover.

EU Considers Banning Kaspersky Software ‘Confirmed as Malicious’
EU Considers Banning Kaspersky Software ‘Confirmed as Malicious’

The EU has passed a directive calling for the end of using Kaspersky products after they've been "proven malicious." That particular bar hasn't quite been met, at least not publicly.

PC OEMs Are Selling Laptops With Optane Cache Drives and Claiming It’s Memory
PC OEMs Are Selling Laptops With Optane Cache Drives and Claiming It’s Memory

Multiple OEMs are marketing systems as if their total memory loadout is equivalent to their actual DRAM + Optane cache. That's not how this works.

Google May Be Planning to Run Windows 10 on Pixelbook
Google May Be Planning to Run Windows 10 on Pixelbook

According to a note in Google's open source code, there's evidence that Google is planning to have the Pixelbook certified to run Windows 10 as well.

The Boring Company Will Build High-Speed Transit for Chicago Airport
The Boring Company Will Build High-Speed Transit for Chicago Airport

The Chicago Infrastructure Trust has chosen The Boring Company to build the Chicago Express Loop service, which will carry passengers to and from O'Hare Airport. The company's vision for that involves autonomous electric pods that travel at 150 miles per hour.

Report: AMD Built Navi for Sony PS5, Delayed Vega to Do It
Report: AMD Built Navi for Sony PS5, Delayed Vega to Do It

AMD's Vega development process may have been more troubled than we realized, with resources also pulled to finish Navi — a chip Sony may have specifically commissioned for the PlayStation 5.

Astronomers Discover 3 Exoplanets Forming Around Young Star
Astronomers Discover 3 Exoplanets Forming Around Young Star

Two teams have independently discovered three different exoplanets forming in a star's protoplanetary disk.