iOS and iPadOS 14 review: iPhone transformation, iPad iteration

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iOS and iPadOS 14 review: iPhone transformation, iPad iteration

Yes, you can finally change your default email app. | Continue reading


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Battle of the $350 laptops: Acer Swift 1 vs. Gateway Ryzen 3 3200U

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Nikola founder bought truck designs from third party

Company claims Trevor Milton personally developed vehicle images “in his basement.” | Continue reading


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Apple's “benign dictatorship” of the App Store leaves users the dark (2012)

Apple's "benign dictatorship" of the App Store leaves users, devs in the dark. | Continue reading


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Deep algebra for deep beats: The beautiful sounds of musical programming

The beauty of these projects comes as much from sonic textures as from elegant code. | Continue reading


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When coffee makers are demanding a ransom, you know IoT is screwed

Watch along as hacked machine grinds, beeps, and spews water. | Continue reading


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NASA’s 1966 plan for a mission to Mars (2012)

Serious plans for a surface exploration of Mars were underway as early as 1966 … | Continue reading


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Ex-eBay employees to plead guilty in “bloody pig mask” cyberstalking case

eBay workers allegedly harassed journalists with threats and gruesome deliveries. | Continue reading


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Rare case of black licorice poisoning kills man in Massachusetts

The licorice plant naturally contains a toxin called glycyrrhizin. | Continue reading


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Apple backs down on taking 30% cut of paid online events on Facebook

Apple says the 30 percent Apple tax will return at the end of the year. | Continue reading


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Apple Watch Series 6 Review: Still the best smartwatch, but tracking is lacking

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Microsoft boots apps out of Azure used by China-sponsored hackers

Active Directory apps used for command-and-control infrastructure are no more. | Continue reading


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NASA’s 1966 plan for a mission to Mars

Serious plans for a surface exploration of Mars were underway as early as 1966 … | Continue reading


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NASA wants a big budget increase for its Moon plans. Is Congress biting?

Space agency needs Christmastime funding for landers to keep Moon plan on track. | Continue reading


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Former Facebook manager: “We took a page from Big Tobacco’s playbook”

"At worst, I fear we are pushing ourselves to the brink of a civil war," he added. | Continue reading


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H sapiens Y chromosome replaced original Neanderthal 370k to 100k years ago

Newly sequenced Neanderthal Y chromosomes hint at a complex history of mixture. | Continue reading


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What Tesla will put in its new batteries

Every aspect gets touched, but some are more revolutionary than others. | Continue reading


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California to ban new internal combustion engines from 2035

Governor Newsom follows in Europe and China's footsteps with emissions mandate. | Continue reading


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Tesla plans to make batteries cheap enough for a $25,000 car

Tesla’s big “battery day” event, explained. | Continue reading


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Chinese ARM vendor left backdoor in kernel for Android, other devices (2016)

Allwinner's ARM Linux kernel includes "rootmydevice" code that gives apps root. | Continue reading


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Tesla plans to make batteries cheap enough for a $25,000 car

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“LokiBot,” the malware that steals your most sensitive data, is on the rise

"Persistent malicious" activity sees a "notable increase" since July, feds say. | Continue reading


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Arctic sea ice hits 2nd smallest summer extent on record

Extent dropped to 3.74 million square kilometers on September 15. | Continue reading


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What to expect from Google’s 2020 Hardware event

Expect the Pixel 5, Nest Audio, and a merger of Android TV and Chromecast. | Continue reading


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Facebook warns privacy rules could force it to exit European market

Facebook official charges Irish regulators haven't treated Facebook fairly. | Continue reading


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Apple Watch Series 6 teardown unveils missing Force Touch, bigger battery

For the most part, though, it's the same old Watch. | Continue reading


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Chitin could be used to build tools and habitats on Mars, study finds

The manufacturing process would require minimal energy and no specialized equipment. | Continue reading


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Some researchers expect the death toll to reach 378,000 by the end of the year. | Continue reading


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Cheaper Batteries, from Smartphones to Teslas

The economics of cheaper batteries—and why they're good news for the planet. | Continue reading


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New Xeon-capable motherboard offers 20 USB 3.2 ports

Somewhere, Christopher Walken is deliriously chanting “I gotta have more USB!” | Continue reading


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Facebook vows to restrict users if US election descends into chaos

Head of global affairs says Facebook could take exceptional measures. | Continue reading


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A tip from a kid helps detect iOS and Android scam apps’ 2.4M downloads

Smartphone apps raked in ~$500,000, in part thanks to shilling on TikTok and Instagram. | Continue reading


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A German rocket startup seeks to disrupt the European launch industry

"For our customers, it's a pain to go to Russia, the United States, or India." | Continue reading


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Android 11–The Ars Technica Review

It has a new notification panel, smart home controls, new emojis, and more! | Continue reading


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T-Mobile amassed “unprecedented concentration of spectrum,” AT&T complains

T-Mobile rivals say it has too much spectrum, urge FCC to impose limits. | Continue reading


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Android 11–The Ars Technica Review

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EU seeks new powers to penalize tech giants

Companies could be broken up or forced to sell off European operations. | Continue reading


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iOS 14 the most secure mobile OS ever

Behold: The useful and not-so-useful privacy features you've been waiting for. | Continue reading


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Traders set to don virtual reality headsets in their home offices

UBS looks at recreating busy trading floors with HoloLens experiment. | Continue reading


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A fond farewell to the weird and wonderful Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS has come and gone—and I, at least, will miss both it and its era. | Continue reading


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Here's how DOE’s first crop of risky energy tech has done

Comparing 2009 ARPA-E winners to peers yields a mixed bag. | Continue reading


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Court blocks Trump’s WeChat ban from taking effect today

The White House is now 0 for 2 on enforcing bans on China-owned apps today. | Continue reading


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Companies can track your phone’s movements to target ads

A startup gathers data on when you pick up your phone or go out on a run. | Continue reading


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Should Massachusetts extend its right-to-repair law to connected cars?

The proposal is well-meaning, but vague language risks car hacking. | Continue reading


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Sony makes it official: Playstation 5 won’t natively support PS1, PS2, PS3

Bad news for old discs; follows August leak from Ubisoft. | Continue reading


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Wayback Machine and Cloudflare team up to archive more of the Web

Cloudflare-enabled sites get automatic archiving through the Wayback Machine. | Continue reading


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$100k in bribes helped fraudulent Amazon sellers earn $100M, DOJ says

DOJ: Bribes to Amazon workers also helped sellers get rivals' accounts suspended. | Continue reading


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