Submissions by extraterra

Microsoft promises to defend–not attack–Linux with its 60,000 patents

Attorney Generals from 35 States Call on FCC to Stop Illegal Robocalls

The Fantasy Maps That Put the World's Tallest Mountains Side by Side

Pristine Quantum Light Source Created at the Edge of Silicon Chip

Early Warnings of Terrible Earthquakes Appear High in the Sky, a New Theory Says

Turbulence, the oldest unsolved problem in physics

3 Tribes at the Heart of the Fracking Boom

New Phishing Campaign Drops Ursnif into Conversation Threads

Microsoft fixes October Update file deleting bug, resumes insider testing

Help Atlas Obscura Solve a Curious 18th-Century Riddle Menu

US Advanced Weaponry Is Easy to Hack, Even by Low-Skilled Attackers

HP’s x360 14 Chromebook is a radical change from last year’s model

Robots in Photos: SpotMini, iCub, and More from IROS 2018

Microsoft October 2018 Patch Tuesday Fixes 12 Critical Vulnerabilities

To Get to a Zero-Carbon World, a Firm Timeline Is Needed

Google Call Screening targets spam calls, may usher in bot-on-bot armageddon

Google Pixel Slate with Chrome OS Unveiled

The robotic farm of the future isn’t what you’d expect

The never-ending mess from America’s early nuclear tests

Hubble Telescope Stops Collecting Data After Mechanical Fault

Soccer Headers Cause More Brain Damage in Female Players

Proof of the Impossible? A Mathematical Journey

Why Some Amazon Workers Aren’t Happy About Their Raise

ScienceTake: What a Frog Needs to Make That Leap

Firefox Will Show Browser Notifications in the Windows 10 Action Center

Apple releases iOS 12.0.1 to fix charging and WiFi bugs

Intel’s new performance desktop lineup: An overclockable Xeon, 9th-gen Core

In the Streets of Argentina Lie Hidden Memorials to Disappeared People

Google Will Shut Down Its Social Network After User Information Was Exposed

Apple to Congress: Chinese spy-chip story is “simply wrong”