Report: Microsoft is going to try to make a cheap Surface tablet… again

$400 Intel-powered device reported to be coming later this year. | Continue reading


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Comcast charges $90 install fee at homes that already have Comcast installed

$90 fee may be required even if you buy your own modem and plug it in yourself. | Continue reading


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North Korea-tied hackers use Google Play and Facebook to infect defectors

Apps hosted in Google market for two months were spread over Facebook. | Continue reading


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As the Web moves toward HTTPS by default, Chrome will remove “secure” indicator

The browser is changing to flag the things that are dangerous, not the ones that are safe. | Continue reading


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Alphabet’s Verily has a “smart diaper“ design that distinguishes pee from poo

Beyond simple moisture detectors, this techy nappy will analyze the latest download. | Continue reading


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New study quantifies Bitcoin’s ludicrous energy consumption

Bitcoin could consume 7.7 gigawatts by the end of 2018. | Continue reading


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Intel makes its first 10nm Cannon Lake chips official

Intel said it was making 10nm processors; now we know what processor and which customer. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

It seems someone is producing a banned ozone-depleting chemical again

Decline of CFC-11 has slowed in recent years, pointing to a renewed source. | Continue reading


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FDA to start naming names of pharma companies blocking cheaper generics

Commissioner Gottlieb hopes the list will discourage bad behavior. | Continue reading


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Google Chrome no longer breaks Web games, but the fix won’t last

Many developers aren't satisfied with new October deadline to update code. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Senate votes to overturn Ajit Pai’s net neutrality repeal

Senate defies "armies of lobbyists," but House may help FCC kill net neutrality. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Trump eliminates national cyber-coordinator job

Reps Lieu and Langevin introduce bill to restore job; IT industry asks White House to reconsider. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Amazon Prime members to get new discounts at Whole Foods

Amazon attempts to get grocery shoppers to sign up for Prime, despite price increase. | Continue reading


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Man who claims he created Bitcoin committed perjury, lawsuit says

Craig Wright once told another court that he co-owned W&K—but now denies it. | Continue reading


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Greenland ice cores track Roman lead pollution in year-by-year detail

Studying the ice cores may help reconstruct fluctuations in the ancient economy. | Continue reading


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Defying Republicans, Senate Democrats schedule vote to save net neutrality

Democrats force Senate to vote this week—FCC repeal would take effect on June 11. | Continue reading


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Here’s why people are eating an ingredient in face creams–and why they shouldn’t

With little evidence, some believe that the supplement will rejuvenate. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Forget carbon fiber–we can now make carbon nanotube fibers

They hold up to more than 10 times the strain that Kevlar does. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Surface Hub 2 coming in 2019, looks amazing

It's smaller but a whole lot slicker. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Cryptocurrency has been great for GPU makers–that might change soon

The cryptocurrency boom helped GPU makers score another quarter of huge profits. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

A dozen Google employees quit over military drone project

Googler: "The strongest possible statement I could take against this was to leave." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Hurricane season begins in two weeks, but hype season is in full swing

"Hurricane season may be even worse in 2018 after a harrowing 2017." What?!? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

A year ago, the NES Classic flew off the shelves–now it’s coming back

Nintendo expects stock "through the end of the year" after June 29 relaunch. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Germany’s Typhoon problem: Only four fighters can be made combat ready

Video: Most of Germany's fighter jets (and tanks and ships and helicopters) are broken. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

GPU-equipped Ryzen Pros give AMD what it needs to conquer the corporate desktop

Integrated graphics mean that AMD's chips can now go head to head with Intel's. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Plimsoll Gear, which sells T-shirts with icon, threatens trademark lawsuit

Mark dates back to 19th century, as a way to know if a ship is overloaded. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

A relatively easy to understand primer on elliptic curve cryptography

Everything you wanted to know about the next generation of public key crypto. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Decade-old Efail flaws can leak plaintext of PGP- and S/MIME-encrypted emails

Researchers explain the attack behind their warning to disable email plugins for now. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Lenovo hypes up an all-screen (no, really) flagship smartphone

Stunning Lenovo design has 95-percent screen-to-bezel ratio, but will they build it? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Little-known Soviet mission to rescue a dead space station

How two Cosmonauts battled extreme cold, darkness, and limited resources to save Salyut 7. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

The flaws can expose emails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Yes, Europa really is sending plumes of water into space

Galileo's closest approach to Europa brought it within 206km of the moon's surface. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Trump vows to reopen smartphone giant ZTE to save Chinese jobs

Trump vows to help shuttered Chinese phone giant ZTE "get back into business." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

How long can a neutron survive outside an atom?

Again, fundamental physics values shouldn't change based on how you measure them. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Jails are replacing visits with video calls–inmates and families hate it

We tried one of the awful video services many jails offer instead of visitation. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Two spaces after dot are better

After APA style change sets world afire, researchers justify double-space but plea for peace. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted e-mails. Uninstall now

The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Critical PGP and S/MIME bugs can reveal encrypted e-mails

The flaws, can expose e-mails sent in the past and "pose an immediate threat." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

How a “location API” allows cops to figure out where we all are in real-time

"Securus takes no steps to verify that uploaded documents in fact provide authorization…" | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Syfy has canceled the Expanse, but its producers want to find it a new home

Earthers, Martians, and Belters have to wait to see if it's picked up elsewhere. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Here’s what’s going on with Hawaii’s erupting volcano

Curious why there's flaming hot rock in the middle of a subdivision? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Stem cell clinics that blinded women used smallpox vaccine go to war with feds

As promised, FDA got DOJ to crackdown on shady, dangerous stem cell clinics | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Formula 1 finally launches its livestream – and it was a total mess

Plenty of buffering problems for the stream's debut event. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Report: Bitcoin money laundering suspect spared from prison poison plot

"There are people who are extremely interested in him not coming to Russia." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

The Block 5 version of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket goes for attempt #2

Musk: "Man, anyway, I'm stressed." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

AT&T says hiring Trump lawyer was “big mistake,” forces top lobbyist out

"Our reputation has been damaged," AT&T CEO tells employees in internal memo. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Remediating Fukushima–“When everything goes to hell, you go back to basics”

It may take 40 years for the site to appear like "a normal reactor at the end of its life. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Google works out a fascinating way for AI to isolate voices in a crowd

Google researchers try to replicate the “cocktail party effect” for computers. | Continue reading


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