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GOP, Dem Senators officially introduce loot box, “pay-to-win” legislation

KYLE ORLAND

Expansive prohibitions could heavily impact large swathes of the game industry.

NASA officially orders its first segment of a lunar space station

ERIC BERGER

"This time when we go to the Moon, we're actually going to stay."

New Assange indictment adds 17 espionage charges

SEAN GALLAGHER

Obtaining, disclosing "National Defense Information" charges could trigger 1st Amendment battle.

Original Content podcast: Dragons love symbolism, and other lessons from the ‘Game of Thrones’ finale

ANTHONY HA

This post and podcast include spoilers for "Game of Thrones." Remember how it felt six weeks ago, right before "Game of Thrones" returned for its final season? The excitement? The anticipation? That was so, so long ago. Darrell Etherington, the original co-host of the Original Content podcast, joins us once again to wrap up our […]

SpaceX returns its Falcon 9 to the pad for another Starlink launch attempt

ERIC BERGER

Guess who's back, back again. Sooty's back, tell a friend.

Snap, which has yet to release a diversity report, hires its first head of D&I

MEGAN ROSE DICKEY

Snap has brought on its first-ever diversity and inclusion lead, former Google Director of Diversity Strategy Oona King. In a memo sent to Snap employees today, Snap Chief People Officer Lara Sweet announced King's hiring. Although Snap is late in the game of hiring a diversity lead and has yet to release a diversity report, […]

The Julian Assange Espionage Act Charges Target Press Freedom

BRIAN BARRETT

By invoking the Espionage Act against Julian Assange, the Justice Department will effectively put national security journalism on trial.

Streem buys Selerio in effort to boost its AR teleconferencing tech

LUCAS MATNEY

Streem, an AR startup that is meshing teleconferencing software with computer vision tech, has acquired a small UK startup called Selerio that's also building out augmented reality technologies. The startups were both members of betaworks' VisionCamp accelerator program last year where they met and collaborated while tackling separate computer vision problems in the AR space. […]

Chemically treated wood could send excess heat to space

JOHN TIMMER

Boiled in hydrogen peroxide and compressed, the wood can passively manage heat.

Automakers have a choice: Become data companies or become irrelevant

DAVID RIGGS

Cars are here to stay, whether they have drivers or not. Automakers can ensure their seat at the table by implementing strategies better suited for the digital age.

The Danger in Assange’s Charges, a Memory Experiment, and More News

ALEX BAKER-WHITCOMB

Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.

You can do it, robot! Watch the beefy, 4-legged HyQReal pull a plane

DEVIN COLDEWEY

It's not really clear just yet exactly what all these powerful, agile quadrupedal robots people are working on are going to do, exactly, but even so it never gets old watching them do their thing. The latest is an Italian model called HyQReal, which demonstrates its aspiration to winning strongman competitions, among other things, by pulling an airplane behind it.

Fake cryptocurrency apps on Google Play try to profit on bitcoin price surge

DAN GOODIN

Researchers uncover two purported wallets uploaded after bitcoin prices rise.

Canopy’s upscale co-working business adds a new location in SF on the heels of strategic funding

JONATHAN SHIEBER

Canopy, an upscale, profitable developer of co-working spaces, has expanded its footprint in San Francisco to a third location on the heels of a strategic financing round. Co-founded by the product designer Yves Behar; the second generation design-build developer Amir Mortazavi; and serial entrepreneur and medical office space developer Steve Mohebi, Canopy bills itself as […]