The President is Missing…a few finer points on how the cyber works in this novel

Book review: A president and a factory novelist collaborate on a cyber-thriller. Oh. No. | Continue reading


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The Global State of Science (2017)

US and Europe still science superpowers, but China is rising fast. | Continue reading


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NIH shuts down controversial $100M drinking study backed by Big Alcohol

Study leaders wooed industry and biased scientific framing to favor daily drinking. | Continue reading


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In nearly 500 pages of answers, Facebook stonewalls some senators’ questions

Written answers follow CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before two Senate committees. | Continue reading


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Finding North America’s lost medieval city (2016)

Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why. | Continue reading


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How ARKit 2 works, and why Apple is so focused on AR

Apple is investing in AR today, even though the killer use case isn’t here yet. | Continue reading


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Ross Ulbricht’s Alleged Confidant “Variety Jones” Extradited to US

Roger Thomas Clark previously told Ars, "They don't have shit on me." | Continue reading


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FBI Recovers WhatsApp, Signal Data Stored on Michael Cohen’s BlackBerry

Letter to judge reveals 731 pages of messages, call logs uncovered on one of two phones. | Continue reading


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Seafloor fiber optic cables can work like seismometers

Anything that shakes the cable can be detected with the right setup. | Continue reading


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Hyperloop-related Arrivo chooses Denver, but tickets to ride far off

A $15 million test center in Aurora will advance research on better rail travel. | Continue reading


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Cyberpunk 2077 world premiere: 50 minutes of William Gibson-level insanity

CD Projekt RED's first series since Witcher 3: A violent, first-person sci-fi RPG. | Continue reading


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George Lucas reveals his plan for Star Wars 7 through 9–and it was awful

Compared to this, Rian Johnson saved your childhood. | Continue reading


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Supermassive black hole swallows star, lights up galaxy core

Star's death produces jets moving at nearly a quarter the speed of light. | Continue reading


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Sony is locking Fortnite accounts to PS4

Can the PS4's walled garden contain the world's biggest free-to-play game? | Continue reading


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Decades-old PGP bug allowed hackers to spoof just about anyone’s signature

SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg. | Continue reading


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Fed-up AMA doctors overwhelmingly support gun restrictions in sweeping votes

They voted to support assault weapon bans, minimum buying age, and closing loopholes. | Continue reading


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Mammalian species around the globe are becoming night-owls in order to avoid us

Mammalian species around the globe are becoming night-owls in order to avoid us. | Continue reading


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Windows 10 April 2018 Update now open to all, thanks to machine learning

New update claimed to reduce system stability issues by 20 percent. | Continue reading


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Google is readying the Pixelbook to run Windows 10

Google is making firmware changes to pass Microsoft's hardware compatibility tests. | Continue reading


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Forget about that Tesla–the Jaguar I-Pace is the most compelling EV yet

On the road, off-road, and at the track, this EV excels. | Continue reading


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Chicago Selects Elon Musk's Boring Company to Build Express Line from O'Hare

Announcement comes one month after plans announced for a proof-of-concept tunnel. | Continue reading


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Volkswagen Group will pay another $1.2B in Germany over diesel scandal

As the fines become fewer and farther between, more executives feel the heat. | Continue reading


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Backdoored images downloaded 5M times finally removed from Docker Hub

17 images posted by a single account over 10 months may have generated $90,000. | Continue reading


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Liquid-air energy storage: The latest new “battery” on the UK grid

New energy-storage solution solves some problems but creates others. | Continue reading


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The Joy of Sleeping: Bob Ross recordings recast as bedtime audio series

"Using his voice to help put people to sleep? Well, he would love that." | Continue reading


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Comcast offers $65B for Fox, says government won’t stop merger

Comcast gains confidence from AT&T's victory over Trump administration. | Continue reading


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Comcast disabled throttling system, proving data cap is just a money grab

Congestion-management system was deployed after 2008 BitTorrent controversy. | Continue reading


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Apple bans developers from creating, selling user Contacts databases

One less thing developers can do with Contacts information after they have it. | Continue reading


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Microsoft Hardware Roadmap Leaked: New HoloLens, Surface Devices

Microsoft is hoping to define a new form factor as it once did with Surface Pro. | Continue reading


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Microsoft rebuilding the Office interface to align Web, mobile, and desktop

This is the first big overhaul since Office 2007 introduced the ribbon. | Continue reading


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This app in Google Play wants to use phone mics to enforce copyrights

App with 10 million downloads asks for mic and GPS permissions to catch scofflaws. | Continue reading


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Ars on your lunch break: the ins and outs of genomics, 30 minutes at a time

A podcast experiment featuring genomicist and CRISPR co-inventor George Church. | Continue reading


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Tesla lays off thousands of workers in corporate restructuring

Job cuts are needed to reach sustained profitability, Elon Musk said. | Continue reading


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ArsTechnica – This is what we learned about our science-reading audience

We looked at over 9,000 responses to understand what you want from science journalism. | Continue reading


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Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed EU Copyright Overhaul

Overhaul would bring chilling effects, costs, and legal uncertainty along for the ride. | Continue reading


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For ~11 years, hackers could easily bypass 3rd-party macOS signature checks

Technique caused security apps to falsely show untrusted apps were signed by Apple. | Continue reading


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Tesla updates Autopilot to nag users to hold the wheel more often

Tesla changes its software after Autopilot-related crashes. | Continue reading


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First state net neutrality law took effect today, countering FCC repeal

Washington state law replaces repealed federal regulations. | Continue reading


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This wild, AI-generated film is the next step in “whole-movie puppetry”

Results are admittedly limited due to a 48-hour crunch—but hint at a wild future. | Continue reading


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Bitcoin prices continue to fall as yet another exchange reports a breach

Coinrail of South Korea says 30 percent of its reserves is missing. | Continue reading


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Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

Pai says problems will be "identified and corrected" because of disclosure rule. | Continue reading


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Hurricanes are moving more slowly than they used to

Record shows a trend that could mean higher storm rainfall totals. | Continue reading


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Brazil suspends voting paper trail, calls e-voting critics conspiracy theorists

Country's top court equates e-voting critics with conspiracy theorists. | Continue reading


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China built the world’s largest telescope, but has no one to run it (2017)

"Most astronomers in the United States do not like to work abroad." | Continue reading


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Ars Technica’s ultimate board game buyer’s guide

Need to buy a board game? Our 2017 guide has you covered. | Continue reading


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Everyone complaining about MS buying GitHub needs to offer a better solution

GitHub needed a buyer, and there aren't too many options. | Continue reading


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A reunion with Futurama, because only one show used climatic math theorems

At ATX TV Festival, some of the cast reunites for a live table read and Q&A. | Continue reading


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In a blow to e-voting critics, Brazil suspends use of all paper ballots

Country's top court equates e-voting critics with conspiracy theorists. | Continue reading


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