Vertical video sheds its black bars on YouTube, Android app adds dark mode

Tweaked design uses more space for video, but it has (inevitably) provoked anger. | Continue reading


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Vaccine-refusing community drove outbreak that cost $395K, sickened babies

Curbing an outbreak is expensive. Should vaccine refusers help foot the bill? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

20 states take aim at 3D gun company, sue to get files off the Internet

Cody Wilson: "They’re trying to stop me posting files on DEFCAD. It already happened." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

A new report questions “viability” of plan to privatize the space station

The future of the space station is up in the air—or rather, a vacuum. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Fortnite on Android may drive its battle bus past Google’s 30% cut

Epic pays percentages to most digital game shops but has its own PC launcher. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Trump seems to think F-35 is “literally invisible” in flight

Trump repeats a claim that "you can't see" F-35 fighter even when it's right next to you. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Pedestrians are a hard problem for self-driving cars–here’s one solution

Self-driving cars need to understand pedestrians. This startup wants to help. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Amazon: cops should set confidence level on facial recognition to 99%

Amazon also calls government's input a "very reasonable idea." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Neural network implemented with light instead of electrons

Can do basic character, object recognition. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Twilight Imperium, a board game with meal breaks (2016)

Master of Orion meets space lions, on your table, for eight hours. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Review: Azul, board game of the year?

A modern "classic" is born. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Intel says not to expect mainstream 10nm chips until 2H19

Intel is going to be building 14nm chips for a long time yet. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Re-testing the MacBook Pro: Apple’s firmware update led to a big improvement

The new MacBook Pro now behaves as expected, but there are still limitations. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Facebook’s “downvote” system begins rolling out wider in US–here’s how it works

Includes clear dictate to "demote" comments that are "uncivil or irrelevant." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

NY orders Charter out of state, says it must sell Time Warner Cable system

After broadband failures, NY gives Charter 60 days to plan for exit from state. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

After 25 years, military told to move from “expendable” to “reusable” rockets

This is a big boon for SpaceX after more than a decade of fighting. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

It’s too soon to tell if the Great Barrier Reef’s bleaching was a catastrophe

After widespread coral bleaching in 2016, progress depends on where you look. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Ebola mysteriously hid in a woman for more than a year before spreading

The study highlights the risk of Ebola “flare-ups” well after outbreaks declared over. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Nintendo’s next Labo kit coming in Sept, looks like next-gen Pilotwings

Drive, swim, fly with Nintendo's third crack at build-your-own cardboard-gaming toys. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

How they did it (and will likely try again): GRU hackers vs. US elections

Latest Mueller indictment offers excruciating details to confirm known election pwnage. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Rocket Report: SpaceX doubles up, European resistance, condensed Kármán

Lots of rocket action around the world this week. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Burglar Wakes Up Couple to Ask for Their Wifi Password

Burglar said he needed network access because he was "out of data." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Californian, Hawaiian homeowners charging ahead on residential batteries

Utility-based installations stalled, however. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Tesla’s cash crunch, explained

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

Serving the Technologist for more than a decade. IT news, reviews, and analysis. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

Serving the Technologist for more than a decade. IT news, reviews, and analysis. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

Accessible packaging: xbox adaptive controllers

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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


@arstechnica.com | 8 years ago

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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