Odds of the U.S. and China cooling off their trade war further diminished on Friday after the world’s most populous nation said it would create a list of “unreliable” foreign firms of its own. From a report: Gao Feng, a spokesman of China’s commerce ministry, said today that the nation will create an “entity list”…

We go behind the scenes of a show that combines tech with a steampunk aesthetic to reinvent Jeff Wayne’s musical version of the classic H.G. Wells story. …read more Source:: CNet

Keep an eye out for your phone plan’s data limits. …read more Source:: CNet

Case being heard in US, but disties in Middle East, Europe warn delays will go on till at least August Exclusive A courtroom showdown over a patent infringement allegation that Fujifilm brought against Sony is crippling supply of LTO-8 tape media stateside and further afield, and a resolution doesn’t appear to be imminent.… …read more…

The consumer version of the app is closing its digital doors, but there’s a replacement. …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: California regulators on Thursday approved allowing utilities to cut off electricity to possibly hundreds of thousands of customers to avoid catastrophic wildfires like the one sparked by power lines last year that killed 85 people and largely destroyed the city of Paradise. Utilities’ liability can reach…

Three security experts offer a sneak peek into their upcoming Black Hat USA talk on organizing female infosec communities in Korea, Japan and Taiwan. …read more Source:: DarkReading

Sorry, wrong Eton – the power distribution specialist says rent out battery capacity to the grid Power distribution specialist Eaton has kicked off a pilot project in Ireland that uses data centre UPS systems to help power the grid in periods of peak demand, to avoid grid-level outages.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The streaming site already upped its prices in the US. …read more Source:: CNet

Master Chief is suiting up for another big battle. …read more Source:: CNet