An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The Japanese probe Akatsuki has observed…

Scientists Turn Docile Mice Into Ruthless Hunters
BenBoy writes: A couple of years ago, a story surfaced about smarter mice: Scientists Create…

Apple/Samsung Patent Case Returns To Court To Revisit Infringement Damages
An anonymous reader quotes MacRumors: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on…

How A Professional Poker Player Conned a Casino Out of $9.6 Million
Phil Ivey is a professional poker player who’s won ten World Series of Poker bracelets…

Windows 10 Upgrade Bug Disabled Cntrl-C In Bash
An anonymous reader quotes InfoWorld: A massive set of changes to the Windows Subsystem for…

Microsoft's Security Bulletins Will End In February
Remember how Microsoft switched to cumulative updates? Now Computerworld points out that that’s bringing another…

Researchers Create A Lithium-Ion Battery With Built-In Flame Retardant
An anonymous reader quotes Engadget: One big problem with lithium-ion batteries is that they have…

'Superbug' Resistant To 26 Antibiotics Kills A Patient In Nevada
An anonymous reader quotes UPI: A Nevada woman in her 70s who’d recently returned from…

California's Bullet Train Hurtles Towards a Multibillion-Dollar Overrun
schwit1 quotes the Los Angeles Times: California’s bullet train could cost taxpayers 50% more than…

SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing
Applehu Akbar writes: SpaceX successfully launched a 10-satellite Iridium NEXT package, and then landed on…