No jab, no job: Google will fire unvaccinated employees

Less than 1 percent of employees have strong reservations about vaccination. | Continue reading


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A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays

For quantum chips, the problems they cause are too big for error correction. | Continue reading


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Dell’s Concept Luna PC disassembles easily so Dell can reuse its parts

Concept Luna's parts are easily accessible for repair or reuse in another laptop. | Continue reading


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There’s a lot we don’t know about ocean CO₂ removal

There are some intriguing ideas, but big questions remain about all of them. | Continue reading


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How to give an electric eel an MRI

Bonus: Shedd Aquarium vets spill the beans on how to perform knee surgery on a bullfrog | Continue reading


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Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system

Job listings expose plans for a mobile AR platform intended to reach "billions." | Continue reading


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New PS4 homebrew exploit points to similar PS5 hacks to come

WebKit bug allows kernel-level code execution through PS4 firmware 9.00. | Continue reading


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With further delays to BE-4 rocket engine, Vulcan may not make 2022 debut

"These are really big, heavy, complicated pieces of machinery." | Continue reading


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“The situation is critical”: Minnesota hospitals beg people to get vaccinated

"How can we as a society stand by and watch people die?" | Continue reading


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Woman lost metaverse Instagram handle days after Facebook name change

Nearly decade-old account was blocked for "pretending to be someone else.” | Continue reading


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Toyota owners have to pay $8/mo to keep using their key fob for remote start

Feature requires subscription even though it doesn’t use connected services. | Continue reading


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Amid violent threats, lawmaker ditches bill to make unvaxxed pay hospital bills

“We just can’t have a reasonable conversation anymore," Illinois Rep. Carroll said. | Continue reading


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Don’t Look Up is fiction. Here’s the real science of that doomsday scenario

Ars chats with Amy Mainzer about why we don't need comet and asteroid insurance just yet. | Continue reading


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The Log4Shell zeroday 4 days on. What is it and how bad is it really?

If the max severity 0day hasn't already dampened your xmas spirit it likely soon will. | Continue reading


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Take one last look at Google Toolbar, which is now dead

Google Toolbar is dead, but we took it out for one last spin before it died. | Continue reading


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Defending quantum chess champion takes the title again in 2021 tournament

AWS' Aleksander Kubica defeated Seneca Meeks from Google Quantum AI in the final match | Continue reading


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Saving the shuttle simulator–“It was an artifact that needed to be preserved”

"We hope to have it in place at the museum in April." | Continue reading


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Mary, Queen of Scots, sealed her final missive with an intricate letterlock

Catherine de' Medici and Elizabeth I also secured some letters with spiral locks. | Continue reading


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Firefox 95 for Windows and Mac introduces RLBox, a new sandboxing tech

The update also enables Firefox 94's Site Isolation by default. | Continue reading


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The Internet’s biggest players are all affected by critical Log4Shell 0-day

Seeing is believing. Critical Log4j vulnerability is an Internet-wide threat. | Continue reading


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Microsoft Pushed Apple for Compromise to Get Game Pass on the App Store

Xbox maker dangled possibility of "exclusive AAA titles" streaming on iOS. | Continue reading


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Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system

Drivers will be able to take their eyes off the road at speeds of up to 37 mph. | Continue reading


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Zeroday in ubiquitous Log4j tool poses a grave threat to the Internet

Minecraft is the first, but certainly not the last, app known to be affected. | Continue reading


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The NES: How it began, worked, and saved an industry

On July 15, 1983, Nintendo sold its first Famicom. Gaming hasn't been the same since. | Continue reading


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Shkreli's price gouging scheme shut down in 40M settlement

The trial against Martin Shkreli is slated to begin next week. | Continue reading


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Why F1’s switch from 13-inch to 18-inch tires is important

Pirelli tells us about next year's racing rubber—and why that rubber is in F1. | Continue reading


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Google releases tablet-focused Android 12L beta for select devices

It'll run on Pixels and one expensive Lenovo tablet or in the Android emulator. | Continue reading


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The remarkable history of the hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator

For two decades, the Curta was the best portable calculator in the world. | Continue reading


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Revisiting the “Tsar Bomba” nuclear test

Sixty years after the historic detonation, a historian offers a fresh interpretation. | Continue reading


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Anime convention of 53K is first US case study for omicron spread, CDC says

CDC says over 35,000 anime fans have already been contacted. | Continue reading


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Tor under threat – Russian censorship and Sybil attacks

Tor Project leaders disconnect rogue nodes and call on volunteers to bypass censorship. | Continue reading


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Despite mountain of evidence, Holmes claims to remember things differently

Prosecution sought to rebut key points in Holmes’ defense. | Continue reading


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Malware-laden packages increasingly found in repositories like NPM

People's trust in repositories make them the perfect vectors for malware. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

Microsoft Seizes Domains Used by a Chinese Hacking Group

Move allows Microsoft to intercept traffic infected devices send to hacker's servers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

Apple won’t have to allow iPhone apps to use third-party payments tomorrow

The status quo will stay in place until an appeal has been resolved. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

Some “true believers” in space settlement are starting to make it happen

Dylan Taylor, a former real estate executive, wants to make Gerry O'Neill's vision reality. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

Ubisoft’s first NFT plans make no sense

The blockchain adds nothing to this experiment in "unique" cosmetic DLC. | Continue reading


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Microsoft rolls out revamped Notepad app to Windows 11 Insiders

Dark mode and updated look are the biggest changes to Notepad in quite a while. | Continue reading


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Google is working on making Chromebooks less sluggish at startup

ARCVM can hog up to 300 percent of the CPU before you even open an Android app. | Continue reading


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Power companies band together for coast-to-coast EV fast-charger network

Coalition will focus on Interstate Highway System to alleviate range anxiety. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook engineered a secret $275B deal with China

Apple invested heavily in Chinese tech to prevent hostile regulations. | Continue reading


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Verizon overrides users’ opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history

Verizon renamed scanning program and enrolled customers who previously opted out. | Continue reading


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Lawsuit seeks to hold Facebook accountable for Rohingya genocide

Facebook knew it was fanning flames of violence, did nothing, lawsuit alleges. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

NASA has 10 new astronauts, and they could not have joined at a better time

"We're always looking for smart, dedicated people in their current fields." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 2 years ago

France Seeks to Catch Up on Reusable Rockets

"It's a real break from French strategy, and clearly inspired by the USA." | Continue reading


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23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys (2018)

Flap that goes public renews troubling questions about issuance of certificates. | Continue reading


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After a “thorough review,” NASA awards additional astronaut flights to SpaceX

"NASA commends Boeing for its ongoing investigation." | Continue reading


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A carbon tax can fight inequality and climate change

Carbon taxes don’t need to come at the expense of lower-income people: research | Continue reading


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