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Western Digital Launches New M.2 SSD With Monster Performance and Modest Price
Western Digital Launches New M.2 SSD With Monster Performance and Modest Price

Western Digital offers the Black 3D NVMe in 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB capacities. They're priced at $120, $230, and $450, respectively.

VR and Now AR Medical Solutions Are Gaining Ground in Hospitals
VR and Now AR Medical Solutions Are Gaining Ground in Hospitals

In something of an irony, while demand for consumer VR headsets hasn't kept up with rosy forecasts, their existence has made possible a wide variety of uses in the field of medicine.

CERN Determines the Color of Antimatter
CERN Determines the Color of Antimatter

As part of an effort to better understand antimatter, researchers at CERN have conducted experiments to examine the "color" of antihydrogen. So far, it looks surprisingly like matter version.

There Won’t Be a New Mac Pro Until 2019
There Won’t Be a New Mac Pro Until 2019

Apple power users have been left without a modern desktop computer for a long time now. The last update to Apple's Mac Pro was way back in 2013, and five years later, they'll have to keep on waiting.

Congress Asks FCC Not to Kick Poor People Off the Internet
Congress Asks FCC Not to Kick Poor People Off the Internet

Proposed changes to the federal Lifeline program could leave many low-income households without any access to the internet, neutral or not. Congress is urging the FCC to reconsider, but the agency doesn't have to listen.

Google Begins Testing Wi-Fi Calls for Google Voice
Google Begins Testing Wi-Fi Calls for Google Voice

After years of neglect, Google is again working to improve Google Voice by updating its apps and rolling out new features — and one long-awaited feature has just entered testing.

Rolling Thunder: The Coming Battle Over MPG, Emissions, and States’ Rights
Rolling Thunder: The Coming Battle Over MPG, Emissions, and States’ Rights

The Trump administration wants to roll back the near-term efficiency rating from 51 mpg (government speak mpg) or about 36 real-world mpg. If a rollback happens, it may not survive past 2020.

Rumored PlayStation 5 Specs Leak, Suggest Launch as Early as 2018
Rumored PlayStation 5 Specs Leak, Suggest Launch as Early as 2018

With the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X firmly established in-market, thoughts have already begun to turn towards what sort of console might be coming in the not-too-distant future.

Google Employees Revolt Over Project Maven Pentagon Collaboration
Google Employees Revolt Over Project Maven Pentagon Collaboration

Google employees are more than a little concerned about the company's collaboration with the DoD on Project Maven and many have called on Sundar Pichai to withdraw from it altogether.

New AI Classifies the Chance of Life on Other Worlds
New AI Classifies the Chance of Life on Other Worlds

Researchers have created an AI to classify planets by how much of a chance they have of supporting life.

Latest macOS Update 10.13.4 Completely Breaks Multi-Desktop Displays
Latest macOS Update 10.13.4 Completely Breaks Multi-Desktop Displays

Apple may have added external GPU support in macOS 10.13.4, but it appears to have removed something just as valuable — DisplayLink compatibility.

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica Got Data on 87M Users
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica Got Data on 87M Users

The tally is based on how many users took the original survey and how many friends they had at the time.