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HUGE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HIT BY CYBERATTACK

A cyberattack targeting the huge Los Angeles school district prompted an unprecedented shutdown of its computer systems as schools increasingly find themselves vulnerable to attacks at the start of a new year.

NFL FEATURES RECORD-TYING 10 NEW HEAD COACHES

There will be a new look on the sideline in Week 1 of the NFL season with a record-tying 10 new head coaches.

LEAK RUINS NASA MOON ROCKET LAUNCH BID; NEXT TRY WEEKS AWAY

NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call offtheir second attempt this week to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now offfor weeks, if not months.

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ELIZABETH HOLMES SEEKS NEW TRIAL, CITES KEY WITNESS' REGRETS

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup.

EXCITEMENT RISES AS ‘DON'T WORRY DARLING' ARRIVES IN VENICE

The Venice Film Festival is buzzing with anticipation for Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” which is having its world premiere Monday night on the Lido.

United Makes ‘conditional' Order for Electric Air Taxis

United Airlines thinks that in a few years, plenty of big-city customers will pay $100 or more for a one-way ride to the airport in a four-seat, electric-powered air taxi.

'Like, Comment, Subscribe' Looks at Youtube's Rise

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Stereophile PRESENTS RECOMMENDED COMPONENTS RC2022

Every product listed here has been reviewed in Stereophile. Everything on the list, regardless of rating, is genuinely recommendable. Within each category, products are listed by class; within each class, they're in alphabetical order, followed by their price, a review synopsis, and a note indicating the issues in which the review, and any subsequent follow-up reports, appeared. "Vol.45 No.6" indicates our June 2022 issue, for example. "WWW" means the review is also posted online.

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FTC ACCUSES DATA BROKER OF SELLING SENSITIVE LOCATION DATA

Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information that can be used to identify people and track their movements to and from sensitive locations, including reproductive health clinics, homeless shelters and places of worship.

TAIWAN FORCES FIRE AT DRONES LYING OVER ISLAND NEAR CHINA

Taiwan’s military fired warning shots at drones from China flying over its outposts just off the Chinese coastline, underscoring heightened tensions and the self-ruled island’s resolve to respond to new provocations.

TWITTER READIES EDIT FEATURE FOR PREMIUM USERS

Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past.

EQUITY IS GOAL, NOT MANDATE, IN CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC CAR RULE

Discounted prices, car-share programs and at least one million more public charging stations are among the ways California will try to make electric cars easier to buy and drive as it phases out the sale of gas-powered cars.

MICRON TO INVEST​​​​​​​ $15 BILLION ON MEMORY CHIP PLANT IN BOISE

Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the chipmaker said will create 17,000 American jobs.

GROUNDBREAKING ADVANCES EMERGING VEHICLE BATTERY PRODUCTION

Kentucky reached another stage in developing an electric vehicle battery sector, with groundbreaking for a $2 billion plant by a Japanese company that will create 2,000 full-time jobs.

China Demands US Drop Tech Export Curbs After Nvidia Warning

The Chinese government called on Washington to repeal its technology export curbs after California-based chip designer Nvidia said a new product might be delayed and some work might be moved out of China.

California Lawmakers Ok Bills Aimed at Social Media Content

California lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom two groundbreaking bills intended to limit the downside of social media, as they faulted Congress for failing to act on the problem.

2023 Nissan Leaf VS. 2023 Chevy Bolt EV

Shopper interest in electric vehicles, or EVs, is rising. According to data from the Pew Research Center in 2021, 40% of non-EV owners are very or somewhat likely to purchase an EV as their next vehicle. But many of the latest models are also pricey; a Rivian R1T pickup, for example, starts at more than $70,000 and can easily cost more than $90,000.

Cat-and-Mouse With Pyongyang's Hackers

South Korean experts track cyberattacks coming from their northern neighbor

YouTube's Free Radicals

Google’s video site cracked down on Muslim extremism. White nationalism, not so much. An excerpt from Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination

Don’t Know Much About History - Enhancing efficiency with history

The versatile Bash history command can save you time and effort at the command line.

Getting Small - Roll your own IoT Linux with Buildroot

Whether you need a tiny OS for 1MB of flash memory or a complex Linux with a graphical stack, you can quickly set up a working operating system using Buildroot.