Robot Dog Gets an Arm

The world's most advanced commercial robot can now open doors and turn valves. | Continue reading


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AT&T customer since 1960 buys WSJ print ad to complain of slow speeds

Open letter to CEO asks why AT&T left DSL areas with shoddy Internet access. | Continue reading


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25-GPU cluster cracks every standard Windows password in

All your passwords are belong to us. | Continue reading


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Google Maps, Windows Phone, and an avoidable mess (2013)

A failure to abide by its own principles has made Google look like a bad guy. | Continue reading


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Microsoft backs Australian law forcing Google to pay for news links

Google has vowed to shutter Australian search engine before paying for news links. | Continue reading


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$5k electric motorcycle is a cast aluminum frame

The Sondors Metacycle will have a range of 80 miles and a top speed of 85mph. | Continue reading


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Containerize all the things with Ubuntu Core 20

What if everything—and we mean everything—was a container? | Continue reading


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Putting the latest Starship crash into perspective–it’s “stupidly difficult”

"It's not like they were huge idiots who wanted to throw their rocket away." | Continue reading


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EA is getting back into college football without NCAA, player licenses

Partnership with CLC means new title will feature rights to 100 individual schools. | Continue reading


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New study cracks the case of why food sticks to center of nonstick pans

It's the same underlying process behind the coffee ring effect and wine tears. | Continue reading


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Jeff Bezos to leave Amazon CEO post after 27 years, become executive chair

AWS executive Andy Jessy will replace Bezos as Amazon CEO in Q3 this year. | Continue reading


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High-performance computers are under siege by a newly discovered backdoor

Stealthy Kobolos malware has infected HPC networks belonging to high-profile organizations. | Continue reading


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Mass Effect Legendary Edition 4K remaster coming May 14

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite 4K upgrade on the Citadel. | Continue reading


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After flying without a waiver, SpaceX gets FAA permit for SN9 launch

It's time to see if SN9 can stick the landing in South Texas. | Continue reading


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Huawei’s HarmonyOS: “Fake it till you make it” meets OS development

No discernible difference between Huawei's "all-new" OS and Android. | Continue reading


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Shipwreck reveals ancient market for knock-off consumer goods (2019)

Ceramics from a 900-year-old shipwreck hint at complex Indian Ocean trade routes. | Continue reading


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Flash is dead–but South Africa didn’t get the memo

Adobe: you can't use Flash in 2021. South Africa: watch me! | Continue reading


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Hackers are exploiting a critical zeroday in firewalls from SonicWall

"Highly sophisticated threat actors" exploit flaws in coordinated attack on SonicWall. | Continue reading


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Dogs have been our best friends for at least 23,000 years

They accompanied the first people to set foot in the Americas. | Continue reading


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Victims of AT&T unlimited-data throttling get only $22 in settlements

Victims of deceptive "unlimited" plans paid hundreds, get just a fraction back. | Continue reading


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70% of top “civic” Facebook groups are toxic or violent, report finds

Internal report found top civic groups "non-recommendable" due to hate, harassment. | Continue reading


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Google closes Stadia’s dedicated game studios after less than 2 years

Service isn't changing, but path to streaming-exclusive games will clearly narrow. | Continue reading


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Facebook makes the case for activity tracking to iOS 14 users in new pop-UPS

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An electric race car has lapped Daytona for the first time

We may well see an electric touring car series in the US in the next few years. | Continue reading


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Goldeneye 007’s lost Xbox 360 remaster has leaked–as a full-game speedrun

Speedrunner talks to Ars, claims the remake is (mostly) on par with N64 original. | Continue reading


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Hedge fund Melvin sustains 53% loss after Reddit onslaught

$4.5 billion drop in assets after bets against the likes of GameStop go sour. | Continue reading


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Google Play bans open source Matrix client Element, citing “abusive content”

Banning a Matrix client for content is really no different from banning a Web browser. | Continue reading


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A curious observer’s guide to quantum mechanics, pt. 4: Looking at the stars

How do photons travel across light years? (Their quantum waviness enables modern telescopes.) | Continue reading


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GM says no more tailpipe emissions by 2035, carbon neutrality by 2040

GM says that 40 percent of US models will be battery electric vehicles by 2025. | Continue reading


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Google Play bans open-source Matrix client Element, citing “abusive content”

Banning a Matrix client for content is really no different from banning a web browser. | Continue reading


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No, WallStreetBets isn’t robbing Wall Street to help the little guy

Analysis: A seductive "short squeeze" narrative obscures what's really happening. | Continue reading


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It’s the wombat’s strange intestines, not its anus, that produces cubed poo

"Our research finally proves that you really can fit a square peg through a round hole." | Continue reading


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Lawmakers take aim at insidious digital “dark patterns”

New laws bar efforts to trick consumers into handing over data or money. | Continue reading


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New Biden executive order makes science, evidence central to policy

Agencies will perform evidence-based evaluations of their own performance. | Continue reading


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What’s Going on with Elon Musk, the FAA, and Starship?

In the end, it's likely that cooler heads will prevail. | Continue reading


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What is scientifically known about the Covid variants

The Ars guide to the coronavirus variants | Continue reading


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Robinhood’s plan to “democratize finance” hit a GameStop-shaped speed bump

Liquidity requirements lead to unexpected restraints, and it's probably legal. | Continue reading


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Every crazy thing that happened in Apple and Facebook’s privacy feud today

Apple CEO Tim Cook claims Facebook’s model leads to polarization and violence. | Continue reading


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Coronavirus variants: What they do and how worried you should be

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Rocky Linux gets a parent company, with $4m Series A funding

Money can't buy you love—but it can certainly help you start a new Linux distro. | Continue reading


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Tesla Model S to get comprehensive refresh, 200mph “Plaid” version

There are new batteries and motors, and a yoke instead of a steering wheel. | Continue reading


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State reps try to ban Comcast data cap and price hikes until pandemic is over

Massachusetts bill would halt data caps, price hikes, new fees, and ISP shutoffs. | Continue reading


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The Trump administration left Biden with a rocket dilemma

"NASA needs to go back and look at what the options are to go to the Moon." | Continue reading


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Unstable helium adds a limit on the ongoing saga of the proton’s size

Putting a muon in orbit around a helium nucleus gives us measurements that make sense. | Continue reading


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Chromecast, Fire TV Stick, or Roku: What’s the best streaming stick for –$50?

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SpaceX adds laser links to Starlink satellites to serve Earth’s polar areas

Laser links connect Starlink satellites, reducing need for ground stations. | Continue reading


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Web host gives FCC a 28.8Kbps slow lane in net neutrality protest (2014)

NeoCities finds FCC's internal IP block, throttles connections to dial-up speed. | Continue reading


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Google Maps will soon show Covid vaccine locations

Vaccine site listings will show access requirements and appointment info. | Continue reading


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