Insecure satellite Internet is threatening ship and plane safety

Attacks that worked 10 years ago have only gotten worse despite growing use. | Continue reading


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Many of Mars’ stream valleys might have formed under an ice sheet

Analysis of valley shapes might alter your mental image of a wet Mars. | Continue reading


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An early version of Starship takes its first tentative steps off Earth

Mars remains a long way away. But it seems closer tonight. | Continue reading


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Google Music shutdown starts this month

August begins the four-month Google Music shutdown. | Continue reading


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Google Music shutdown starts this month, music deleted in December

August begins the four-month Google Music shutdown. | Continue reading


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Beware of find-my-phone, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, NSA tells mobile users

And don't forget to limit ad tracking. Advisory contains a host of recommendations. | Continue reading


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Twitter faces FTC probe, likely fine over use of phone numbers for ads

Twitter's use of the data for advertising purposes was discovered in 2019. | Continue reading


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Google Invests $450M in ADT

ADT will use Google hardware, and Google gets an army of ADT installers. | Continue reading


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More data, but still confusion over how much children spread SARS-CoV-2

With school reopening looming, we still don't have a clear picture of risk. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

In wake of Apple acquisition, Dark Sky ends Android support

The Web version got an extension, but we don't know for how long. | Continue reading


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SpaceX now plans for 5M Starlink customers in US, up from 1M

SpaceX asks FCC for license expansion after 700,000 people register interest. | Continue reading


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Cell phones and Facebook are changing remote Nunatsiavut

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What’s this? A bipartisan plan for AI and national security

More Pentagon spending, a Cold War-style "hotline," and a curb on chip exports to China. | Continue reading


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Electric car startup Lucid is challenging Tesla’s anti-Lidar stance

Lucid aims for "hands off, eyes off" freeway driving by 2023—but no robotaxis. | Continue reading


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Cell phones and Facebook are changing remote Nunatsiavut

Canada’s Inuit culture has come to Instagram and Facebook. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Neurologists warn of the danger of “stem cell tourism”

Clinics, including some in the US, offer stem cells, false hopes, and risks. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Florida teen charged as “mastermind” in Twitter hack

The 17-year-old is facing 30 felony fraud charges. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

As Covid-19 rages around the globe, other infectious diseases shrink away

Social distancing and breakdowns in reporting have led to startlingly low numbers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Red Hat and CentOS systems aren’t booting due to BootHole patches

Well, you can't be vulnerable to BootHole if you can't boot your system. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Amazon investing $10B to compete against SpaceX in satellite broadband

FCC approves Amazon plan to offer low-latency Internet with 3,236 satellites. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Telegram files EU antitrust complaint against Apple’s App Store

Messaging company is latest company to criticize restrictions and fees. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

GM teams up with EVgo to deploy more than 2,700 new DC fast chargers

The five-year rollout begins in 2021. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

IBM completes successful field trials on Fully Homomorphic Encryption

FHE allows computation of still-encrypted data, without sharing the secrets. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Covid-19 hospital data is a hot mess after feds take control

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Emails detail Amazon’s plan to crush a startup rival with price cuts

Amazon allegedly took $200 million in losses to stop the growth of diapers.com. | Continue reading


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Hackers broke into real news sites to plant fake stories

Infiltrated CMS of Eastern European media outlets to spread misinformation about NATO. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

SpaceX completes static fire of Starship prototype, will hop next

It's been 11 months since Starhopper took flight. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Flight Simulator hands-on: Microsoft looks different 20k feet in the air

The news is (mostly) great: VR, Steam, TrackIR, night flying, tons more. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Comcast lost 477,000 cable-TV customers in Q2 amid 12% drop in revenue

Broadband is up but TV revenue dropped 3.2%, and overall revenue is down 11.7%. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

The Covid-19 pandemic highlights how reacting to diseases may not be good enough

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights how reacting to diseases may not be good enough. | Continue reading


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Flight Simulator hands-on: Microsoft looks different 20k feet in the air

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@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Google wants Samsung to kill Bixby and Galaxy app store

Google offers Samsung a higher revenue share in exchange for offing its ecosystem. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Bacteria live despite burial in seafloor mud for 100M years

Ancient communities of bacteria jump to life with a fresh meal. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Judge orders New York to pay unemployment to Uber and Lyft drivers

Uber and Lyft argue their drivers are not employees, but some courts disagree. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Ancient trash heaps reveal the Plague of Justinian’s economic toll

Israeli sites show how the plague impacted the fringes of the Byzantine Empire. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

North Korea’s Lazarus brings state-sponsored hacking approach to ransomware

In search of funds for country's weapons program, Lazarus goes hunting for big game. | Continue reading


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Mounting poisonings, blindness, deaths as toxic hand sanitizers flood market

The FDA is "extremely concerned" by the growing risks of toxic sanitizers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft has six passenger seats and lots of windows

The cabin design looks nice. But why are these renderings? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

First US Phase III trial for Covid-19 vaccine begins

Shares rise after 30,000 participants get their Phase III jabs. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

NASA, SpaceX preparing to bring Crew Dragon home this week

So far, this test flight has been a great success. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Offshore wind in Europe won’t need subsidies much longer

Analysis shows costs—and subsidies—are falling rapidly. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

A $200 FPGA-Powered Portable Game Console

More specs for Pocket’s pair of FPGA boards, plus “original display modes” feature. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Intel 7nm delayed. Will happen during TSMC 3nm

Intel's 7nm parts are now projected to arrive alongside TSMC's 3nm, in 2022/23. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

20 years ago, Steve Jobs built the “coolest computer ever”–and it bombed

"Nobody ever made anything like that," said Steve Jobs. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

Russia’s GRU hackers hit US government and energy targets

A previously unreported Fancy Bear campaign persisted for well over a year. | Continue reading


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F5 flaw allows complete network takeover; Cisco bug discloses sensitive info

F5 flaw allows complete network takeover; Cisco bug discloses sensitive info. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

“Zuck off”: Doctors, nurses, scientists rail against Zuckerberg

Backlash against Facebook's policies continues. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 years ago

FAA orders inspections of 737s after four non-fatal engine shutdowns

In four recent cases, one of a 737's two engines has shut down unexpectedly. | Continue reading


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