Stephen Shankland
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Nuclear weapons are spreading. This plutonium scientist is trying to stop that
Siegfried Hecker serves as a scientific shuttle diplomat, building ties with rival nuclear researchers the world over. → Read More
Apple: Break Safari's privacy rules and we'll treat you like malware
The iPhone maker releases a no-fooling-around policy. → Read More
Firefox's new stylized logo is starting to arrive
To get a sense of the new look, try Mozilla's fast-moving but rough-around-the-edges Firefox Nightly version. → Read More
Adobe promises faster Lightroom photo editing thanks to GPU chip
PC graphics processors are being put to new use in the latest release of Lightroom Classic. → Read More
Twitter users now can send and receive tips with the Brave browser
And other Twitter users can tip you back. The system is coming to Reddit, Vimeo and Github soon. → Read More
5 details about AdBlock Plus every browser user should know
It's complicated. Eyeo, which makes the top ad blocker, is also an ally of online advertising. → Read More
Brave now lets you cash out the ad revenue the browser pays you
You'll have to identify yourself first, though. The feature is arriving in a test version of the ad-blocking browser this week. → Read More
E-bikes won't look so clunky with 2020 motor, battery upgrades
Electric bike powerhouse Bosch has new equipment for the next generation of road, mountain and cargo bikes. → Read More
5 details about AdBlock Plus you should know
It's complicated. Eyeo, which makes the top ad blocker, is also an ally of online advertising. → Read More
Elon Musk says Neuralink plans 2020 human test of brain-computer interface
"A monkey has been able to control a computer with his brain," CEO Musk says of his startup's brain-machine interface. → Read More
Elon Musk's Neuralink plans 2020 human test of brain-computer interface
The startup already has tests with 1,500 electrical probes in a rat brain. → Read More
Intel packs 8 million digital neurons onto its brain-like computer
With 64 Loihi processors, Intel packs 8 million digital neurons into one computer. → Read More
Elon Musk's Neuralink will detail progress in computer-brain interface
A livestreamed event in San Francisco will offer a look at the startup's progress developing a "brain-machine interface." → Read More
Brave browser now can show its privacy-first ads on Android, too
The browser strips out website ads but shows its own, giving you most of the revenue from them. → Read More
Sigma FP full-frame camera tries matching small size with big image quality
A new contender in full-frame mirrorless photography makes some sacrifices to achieve a compact size. → Read More
Japanese telco giant plants research lab flag in Silicon Valley
NTT researchers will pursue cryptography, quantum computing and medicine. → Read More
Startup packs all 16GB of Wikipedia onto DNA strands to demonstrate new storage tech
Biological molecules will last a lot longer than the latest computer storage technology, Catalog believes. → Read More
Google's third subsea cable will pump data from Portugal to South Africa
And eventually Nigeria. The cable is named Equiano, after an enslaved Nigerian writer who bought his own freedom, and uses a new technology called fiber-level switching. → Read More
New Firefox browser for Android shows boosting privacy boosts speed, too
Mozilla tests a faster, more private mobile browser. → Read More
No-pad wireless charging tech comes closer with regulatory approval
The FCC gives a limited OK to Ossia's radio-beamed power -- for business uses. → Read More