Californian, Hawaiian homeowners charging ahead on residential batteries

Utility-based installations stalled, however. | Continue reading


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Virgin’s Unity spaceship sets a new altitude record of 52 kilometers

"The views of Earth from the black sky were magnificent.” | Continue reading


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New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over a network

It's no longer necessary to run attacker code on the victim system. | Continue reading


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Neanderthals used stone hand axes to strike a light

It turns out that Neanderthals knew how to light fires as well as any modern hiker. | Continue reading


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Denis Villeneuve is remaking Dune, and that’s a good thing

Frank Herbert's sprawling sci-fi epic is being made into another movie. | Continue reading


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The Usenet Deep Space Nine recapper who helped inspire modern TV criticism

If you watched DS9 and lived on the Internet in the ‘90s, you likely read Tim Lynch. | Continue reading


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NY threatens to kick Charter out of the state after broadband failures

NY: Charter lied about failure to meet merger commitment, faces loss of license. | Continue reading


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YouTube comes down on Alex Jones for hate speech, child endangerment content

As Facebook figures out how to treat inflammatory content, YouTube cracks down harder. | Continue reading


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Tesla’s cash crunch, explained

Tesla has burned through billions. Can it survive without raising more cash? | Continue reading


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Lenovo Smart Display review: The Google Assistant now has a face

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Decade-old Bluetooth flaw lets hackers steal data passing between devices

Serious error in the wireless protocol also lets hackers tamper with data. | Continue reading


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YouTube removes four Alex Jones videos for hate speech, child endangerment

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British man unwittingly gave Russian nerve agent to his girlfriend as a gift

Authorities investigating likelihood of multiple, hidden stashes of the deadly poison. | Continue reading


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Amazon’s Rekognition messes up, matches 28 lawmakers to mugshots

ACLU: "And running the entire test cost us $12.33—less than a large pizza." | Continue reading


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The genetics of education: 1,271 genes account for 10% of the variation

But collectively, they're less important than your parents' education. | Continue reading


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Leaked benchmarks show Intel is dropping hyperthreading from i7 chips

i7 chips will have 8 cores and 8 threads, leaving the 8 core/16 thread combination for the i9. | Continue reading


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Snoopware installed by 11M+ iOS, Android, Chrome, and Firefox users

All of the apps appear to have been recently acquired by a little-known company. | Continue reading


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Google launches “Shielded VMs” to protect cloud servers from rootkits

New features lock down VMs, verifying security at boot—and preventing hostile snapshot "migration." | Continue reading


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A quick word on which versions of Mega Man X Legacy Collection to get–or avoid

Multiple versions, multiple platforms, multiple bugs. | Continue reading


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No, scientists aren’t predicting 10ft higher sea level by 2050

A look at the unusual story behind recent headlines. | Continue reading


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Accessible packaging: xbox adaptive controllers

Hands-on: A controller for reduced-mobility gamers needs a box to match. | Continue reading


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Trump tweets anger at FCC after Pai blocks Sinclair/Tribune merger

Trump: FCC should help Sinclair because it's a "much needed Conservative voice." | Continue reading


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Sergio Marchionne, the man who saved Fiat Chrysler, dies at 66

He suffered an embolism during surgery for a shoulder sarcoma. | Continue reading


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New study blaming warming on disrupted Atlantic flow has scientists “grumpy”

Recent paper makes a big claim, but other scientists are unconvinced. | Continue reading


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Court: Native American tribe can’t be a “sovereign” shield during patent review

Inter partes review of Allergan's patents on dry eye treatment will now proceed. | Continue reading


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Wake up early Wednesday to see two launches within 15 minutes

One Ariane 5. One Falcon 9. Fourteen satellites. It's a party. | Continue reading


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Facebook bows to WA State pressure to remove “discriminatory” ad filters

WA State investigation included 20 fake ads—and FB approved all of them. | Continue reading


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2018 15-inch MacBook Pro review: Better, faster, stronger, throttle-ier?

It offers a huge year-over-year speed boost, but there's still one big unknown. | Continue reading


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Formula 1 cars are about to go through a big change, but is it good?

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2018 15-inch MacBook Pro review: Better, faster, stronger, throttle-ier?

It offers a huge year-over-year speed boost, but there's still one big unknown. | Continue reading


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Today’s the day that Chrome brands plain old HTTP “not secure”

Many sites that have HTTPS enabled can serve content insecurely. | Continue reading


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All Google Apps Redesigned

Early mockups give us an idea of what the future of Google apps will look like. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

We tested throttling on the MacBook Pro – now Apple says it has a firmware fix

We found strange throttling behaviors in our unit but Apple has announced a fix. | Continue reading


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24 people have now been sentenced in India-based phone-scam case

After pleading guilty, a new group of 21 defendants was recently sentenced. | Continue reading


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Tesla clears the air with “farting unicorn” artist after copyright stink

Tom Edwards was miffed by Elon Musk's use of the image without his permission. | Continue reading


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Google video shows all-white redesigns for Gmail, Google Photos, and more

Early mockups give us an idea of what the future of Google apps will look like. | Continue reading


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Google video shows early app redesigns for Gmail, Google Photos, and more

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Facebook follows SpaceX and OneWeb into high-speed satellite broadband

Facebook to launch satellite in 2019 in first test of possible broadband network. | Continue reading


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Student engineers build hyperloop test pods with commercial-class top speeds

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2018’s “Board Game of the Year” Award Goes To… Azul

Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg wins for "complex" game. | Continue reading


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Risky Thailand cave rescue relied on talent, luck–and on sticking to the rules

Professional safety diver Chris Peterman explains the joys and terrors of cave diving. | Continue reading


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US Department of Commerce considering tariffs on uranium

Only 5 percent of uranium used in US energy production comes from the US. | Continue reading


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A quick look at the nominees for 2018’s “Board Game of the Year”

The Spiel des Jahres jury announces prize on Monday. | Continue reading


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This full video shows just how bonkers the VW Pikes Peak record was

If you've got nine minutes to spare today, this video is worth a watch. | Continue reading


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Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test

After the initial report, the company confirmed the issue. | Continue reading


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Boeing suffers a setback with Starliner’s pad abort test

After the initial report, the company confirmed the issue. | Continue reading


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Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary

From the archives: Android is open—except for all the good parts. | Continue reading


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Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary

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