From Win32 to Cocoa: A Windows User’s Would-Be Conversion to Mac OS X, Part III

From the archives—Windows disappoint led to an earnest look at the Mac, "my mistake." | Continue reading


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Comcast bug made it shockingly easy to steal customers’ Wi-Fi passwords

Activation site leaked passwords in plain text to anyone with an account number. | Continue reading


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Watch Out Elon: Nikola Is Offering More Than Just Trucks

This go-anywhere vehicle goes on sale next year. | Continue reading


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This capsule of glowing E. coli will probe your gut for signs of trouble

Engineers married genetic and electrical circuitry for this gulp-able sensor. | Continue reading


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It’s always windy somewhere: Balancing renewable energy in Europe

Harnessing wind in the Balkans and Scandinavia would get Europe consistent power. | Continue reading


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Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 review: Meet the child of Intel and AMD’s unholy union

A chipset that combines Intel's CPU with AMD's GPU makes the XPS 15 thinner. | Continue reading


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Pandemic Legacy: Season 2–The world’s “best board game” gets better

The sequel to mega-hit Pandemic: Legacy is finally here. | Continue reading


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Essential cancels its next smartphone, future of the company in doubt

Andy Rubin's smartphone company is no longer making smartphones. | Continue reading


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Trump feels presidential smartphone security is “too inconvenient”

Report: President Trump clings to his Twitter phone, reluctant to allow security checks. | Continue reading


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What exactly are “preppers” prepping for?

Motivations include lots of government warnings and media coverage of disasters. | Continue reading


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Rocket report: China goes lunar, Antares flies, and a 140-ton Sea Serpent

Also, some scoop on Bezos maybe trying to outdo Musk. | Continue reading


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Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio

The call that started it all: "Unplug your Alexa devices right now." | Continue reading


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White House policy seeks fewer lawyers, more engineers at space companies

"They're moving quickly to address the shortcomings." | Continue reading


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Gamers involved in December’s “swatting” death just got indicted

Gamers charged with obstruction for deleting possibly incriminating messages. | Continue reading


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Apple has rejected iOS version of Steam Link app

Denial cites "business conflicts" despite approval of other desktop sharing apps. | Continue reading


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The NSA’s SKYNET program may be killing thousands of innocent people (2016)

"Ridiculously optimistic" machine learning algorithm is "completely bullshit," says expert. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Amazon confirms that Echo device secretly shared user’s private audio [Updated]

The call that started it all: "Unplug your Alexa devices right now." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Stellarator’s plasma results show a triumph of engineering and modeling

A possible route to fusion makes a very impressive start. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

NTSB: Uber’s sensors worked; its software utterly failed in fatal crash

Driver says she was looking at an Uber touchscreen, not a smartphone, before crash. | Continue reading


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The "interactive space" around Trump tweets is a public forum, judge rules. | Continue reading


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Arizona state education standards see evolution deleted

Never mention "change over time" by its name. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

VPNFilter can survive reboots and contains destructive "kill" function. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Sony: Next PlayStation is at least three years off

"We will use the next three years to prepare the next step." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Matt Groening’s first fantasy-cartoon series finally has release date, screens

First 10 episodes of Netflix's Disenchantment will land in August of this year. | Continue reading


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US gov’t employee in China left with brain injury after strange sounds, pressure

The case draws eerie similarities to mysterious "health attacks" in Cuba. | Continue reading


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Comcast confirms plan to buy 21st Century Fox and control of Hulu

Comcast preparing to outbid Disney in attempt to expand media empire. | Continue reading


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Internal Uber email announces shutdown of Arizona driverless car testing

"We intend to drive in a much more limited way," Uber executive writes. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

In absence of fog, the images from a SpaceX launch Tuesday are stunnin

Rarely do photographers get such viewing conditions at Vandenberg Air Force Base. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

EPA boots reporters from meeting on chemicals called a PR disaster

The EPA was already under scrutiny about its actions regarding these contaminants. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

HTC’s new flagship smartphone has a translucent back, dual front cameras

Will fancy color options and some edge gestures get you to buy an HTC phone? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Who Is Arthur Chu?: When Jeopardy ended, the real puzzles of online life began

Airing on PBS, new doc explores ups and downs of growing up—and growing in stature—online. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

The SpaceX rocket used for the ill-fated Zuma mission to fly again today

The company will also make another attempt to recover a payload fairing. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

NASA’s EM-drive is a magnetic WTF-thruster

Test reveals that the magic space unicorns pushing the EM-drive are magnetic fields. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Ariane chief seems frustrated with SpaceX for driving down launch costs

“I cannot tell my teams: 'Goodbye, see you next year!'” | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Capcom requires high-speed streaming to play Resident Evil 7 on Switch

Japanese release tries simpler method for high-end graphics on low-end hardware. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Intel’s Mobileye wants to dominate driverless cars–but there’s a problem

Why we're skeptical of Mobileye's plan for validating self-driving car safety. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

A perfect time for Fahrenheit 451 remakes; HBO’s version falls short

Story remains rich as ever and performances can be great, but there are a few clunkers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Small group of iOS devs form “Developers Union” to request App Store changes

There's little in the way of organization, but some notable names are attached. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Website leaked real-time location of most US cell phones to almost anyone

Easily found bug in free demo let visitors track phones from four top US carriers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Blunder burns unicorn attack that exploited Windows and Reader

Clicking on a PDF was all it took to infect older versions of Windows. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

FCC investigates site that let most US mobile phones’ location be exposed

Wyden: mobile phone companies', contractors' view of security is "negligent." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

A dozen years after near-death, Star Trek’s future may be stronger than ever

2005's Enterprise finale stopped ~18 years of Trek on TV—how did today's renaissance occur? | Continue reading


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In the lab with Xbox’s new Adaptive Controller, which may change gaming forever

Microsoft's most incomplete accessory ever, at only $100, is also its most ambitious. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk talks proof-of-concept tunnel parallel to the 405 in Los Angeles

Musk's youngest company will keep LA Metro informed of its plans. | Continue reading


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NASA asks for Europa lander science experiments–and that’s a big deal

A mundane federal solicitation may be key to ensuring the lander happens. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

It has been a bad week for encrypted messaging and it’s only Wednesday

PGP and S/MIME email and Signal and Telegram desktop messages all have risks. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Energy jobs reports say solar dominates coal, but wind is the real winner

Latest report offers a look at how the last year of policy has affected energy jobs. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

All of mugshots.com's alleged co-owners arrested on extortion

Mugshots.com is a "business permeated with fraud," California AG says. | Continue reading


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