Spatial audio is the most exciting thing to happen to pop music since stereo

REM’s original album engineers tell Ars how they harnessed Dolby Atmos to blow us away. | Continue reading


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Ubuntu 18.04: Unity is gone, Gnome is back–and Ubuntu has never been better

Server users will really like 18.04, but the newest Ubuntu works great for all Linux fans. | Continue reading


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Drug made famous by Shkreli’s 5,000% price hike is still $750 a pill

Medicaid paid an average of $35K for each prescription of Daraprim. | Continue reading


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All iOS app updates must support the iPhone X and iOS 11 come July

Apple already required this of new apps; now it's needed to update old ones. | Continue reading


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Google Chrome whitelisted the “top 1000 sites” and broke less popular sites

WebAudio change means HTML5 games won't work without developer action. | Continue reading


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Butterfly MacBook Pro keyboards require more frequent, more expensive repairs

Customers who don't have AppleCare could get saddled with big repair bills. | Continue reading


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Equifax breach exposed millions of driver’s licenses, phone numbers, emails

17.6 million driver's license numbers, thousands of ID images stolen in breach. | Continue reading


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Google Duplex will call salons, restaurants, and pretend to be human for you

Hints to more new voices, "continued conversation" and "pretty please" modes. | Continue reading


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Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash

Sensors detected Elaine Herzberg, but software reportedly decided to ignore her. | Continue reading


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The material science of building a light sail to take us to Alpha Centauri

We're unsure about the best material and don't have the measurements to know. | Continue reading


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Bandwidth is the techno-thriller novel that we need right now

Review: What does fake news even mean when you can no longer distinguish reality? | Continue reading


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GoDaddy has shut down Richard Spencer’s white supremacist site

Site called for "a bit of brutality and vengeance by our guys on the border." | Continue reading


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UK police say 92% false positive facial recognition is no big deal

South Wales Police: "No facial recognition system is 100% accurate under all conditions." | Continue reading


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Google I/O 2018 preview–What we’re expecting from Google’s big show

Android P Preview 2, an Android TV dongle, Android Things 1.0, and more! | Continue reading


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Android Things 1.0 launches, Google promises 3 years of updates for every device

Google's solution to IoT security is to do all the updates itself, for free. | Continue reading


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Why bulky spinning lidar sensors might be around for another decade

We learned a lot talking to two-time lidar startup founder Angus Pacala. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

For the first time, two CubeSats have gone interplanetary

CubeSats could be launched in swarms to planets in the outer Solar System. | Continue reading


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Op-ed: Ray Ozzie’s crypto proposal–a dose of technical reality

"Secure backdoors" might sound good—but are they possible? | Continue reading


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I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention for my research–here’s what I learned

Shifts in who has power to spread information have led to a resurgence in fringe ideas. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Google News to be revamped, incorporate YouTube videos and magazines

Google Play Newsstand, Google's magazine app, would close down. | Continue reading


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Report: Chinese government is behind a decade of hacks on software companies

Though sloppy at times, Winnti Umbrella remain advanced and extremely prolific. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Alan Turing’s chemistry hypothesis turned into a desalination filter

A chemical reaction he suggested can now be done, and it makes a great membrane. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Alan Turing’s chemistry hypothesis turned into a desalination filter

A chemical reaction he suggested can now be done, and it makes a great membrane. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk hung up on NTSB chief during call about Tesla crash probe

The relationship between Tesla and the NTSB has been rather frosty lately. | Continue reading


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The tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative tech torpedoed by corporations (2017)

"Show us that it's being adopted in the industry, and we'll put it in.” | Continue reading


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US military aircraft have been hit many times by lasers, possibly by China

New NOTAM cites "multiple lazing events involving a high-power laser" in Djibouti. | Continue reading


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AT&T explains why it blocked Cloudflare DNS: It was just an accident

AT&T blames "unintentional IP address conflict," promises to fix it. | Continue reading


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Over a 5th of the world’s population is logging in to YouTube

YouTube tempts advertisers with vast reach, new celebrity shows. | Continue reading


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There's no clear evidence Autopilot saves lives

The feds just threw Tesla under the bus on Autopilot safety. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn charged in diesel emissions scandal

Scandal broke in 2015, VW has paid out billions since. | Continue reading


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BattleTech is a more tactical, punishing view of mech battling

Hard-hitting choices and loss management define a fantastic tactical experience. | Continue reading


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Oakland passes “strongest” surveillance oversight law in US

"They are even being exploited by the federal government to fuel mass deportations." | Continue reading


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Facebook security analyst is fired for using private data to stalk women

A reminder that the only way to keep data private is to keep it off social media. | Continue reading


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Amazon blocks domain fronting

Move makes evasion of Middle Eastern countries' censorship of Signal more difficult. | Continue reading


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Woman receives $5,751 ER bill for an ice pack and a bandage

The hospital zeroed out the bill after a reporter asked questions. | Continue reading


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Block 5 rocket launch marks the end of the beginning for SpaceX

Elon Musk seems to be happy with the nine-engine booster—so, he's moving on. | Continue reading


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Neanderthals etched a message on this 36,000-year-old stone tool

The marks on this flint flake may be the latest evidence of Neanderthal symbolism. | Continue reading


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WebGL rowhammer

JavaScript based GLitch pwns browsers by flipping bits inside memory chips. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

Better than reality: New emulation tech lags less than original consoles

"LAGFIX" fast-forwards through "hidden" frames for near-instant response times. | Continue reading


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Oculus reveals its next big VR trick: Wider-FOV lenses that automatically move

"Half Dome" prototype details trickle out during Facebook's F8 Developer Conference. | Continue reading


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Nikola Motors sues Tesla for $2B over alleged design-patent infringement

Nikola: Tesla's cabin design is substantially similar to its Nikola One truck. | Continue reading


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Installation costs so much that it’s better to use expensive solar panels

Expensive yet efficient may work out economically. | Continue reading


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Elon Musk says don’t worry about Tesla’s burn rate–he might be right

History suggests Tesla's cashflow situation is likely to improve this year. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

The CDC says insect-spread diseases have tripled–here’s why that’s misleading

Sixty percent of the rise is from Zika, which mainly affected US territories in one year. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 years ago

YouTube demonetized my tuba videos (also, I make tuba videos)

YouTube can’t decide if I can make money off my 10-year-old Legend of Zelda video or not. | Continue reading


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A Photo of a Falcon 9 Fairing Descending to Earth

Reusing fairings would allow SpaceX to focus more on its next generation rocket. | Continue reading


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Oculus Go review: The wireless-VR future begins today for only $199

Low-priced VR limits can't be ignored, but the great absolutely outweighs the bad. | Continue reading


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Firefox will show sponsored content that’s personalized but private

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