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Mozilla plans ground-up UI redesign for Thunderbird email client this July
"Why does Thunderbird look so old, and why does it take so long to change?"
Out of the box: Ars’ first impressions of the PSVR2 hardware
Large, comfortable controllers and a simple connection cable meet a striking design.
Rocket Report: SpaceX’s Super Heavy is lit, court strikes down Georgia spaceport
LauncherOne failure due to part that "was dislodged and caused mischief downstream."
A quick look at the Switch’s new Game Boy and Game Boy Advance emulation
Nintendo's oldest handhelds are finally playable on its newest handheld.
Earthquake deaths top 20,000 as survivors face cholera, other health threats
WHO warns of "secondary crisis" as water disinfection tablets ship alongside trauma kits.
Valve waited 15 months to patch high-severity flaw. A hacker pounced
Vulnerability had an 8.8 severity rating. Valve took its time patching anyway.
SpaceX completes a hot fire test of its massive Super Heavy rocket [Updated]
"The real goal is to not blow up the launch pad, that is success."
Study: Mexican jumping beans use random walk strategy to find shade
It's not the fastest strategy, but it maximizes the likelihood of success.
MacBook buying guide: The right M1 or M2 laptop for each use case
Updated for 2023: Still on Intel? We revisit a primer on your M1/M2 options.
FCC approves Amazon’s satellite broadband plan over SpaceX’s objections
Amazon's 3,236-satellite plan greenlit despite SpaceX seeking 578-satellite limit.
Controlled experiments show MDs dismissing evidence due to ideology
When it comes to evaluating COVID treatments, MDs are only human.
Man sells $38 part to enable AirPods Pro case self-repairs, USB-C connectivity
If he can do it, why won't Apple?
Android’s upcoming “app cloning” feature will make multiple accounts easy
Cloned apps would leverage Android's multi-user system to have duplicate app icons.
Redwood gets $2 billion commitment from DoE for recycled batteries
The company has already started producing copper-anode foil from recycled cells.
Want to delete your Twitter DMs? Good luck with that
People make requests to delete their private messages, but Twitter ignores them.
Twitter hit with EU yellow card for lack of transparency on disinformation
EU “disappointed” in Twitter fact-checking plan amid Russia disinfo campaigns.
The Chrysler Pacifica is still the best plug-in hybrid minivan on the market
It's also the only one. But it's still very good.
The next Zelda game is Nintendo’s first $70 Switch title
Company says future game pricing will be decided on a "case-by-case basis."
Autopilot had no involvement in fatal Texas Tesla crash, NTSB says
Alcohol and sedating antihistamines were to blame, according to crash investigator.
Comcast gave false map data to FCC—and didn’t admit it until Ars got involved
Comcast insisted false data was correct; error seems to affect dozens of homes.
Nintendo Direct gives us Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom details, Metroid, and more
Also: Samba de Amigo, a Castlevania Dead Cells, Advance Wars, and Pikmin 4.
Twitter experiencing international outages; most users can’t tweet or DM [Updated]
Musk pausing Twitter feature updates amid global outage, report says.
Microsoft Teams Free data won’t transfer over to Microsoft Teams (free)
$4-per-user-per-month Essentials tier is the only way to keep your stuff.
In Paris demo, Google scrambles to counter ChatGPT but ends up embarrassing itself
So far, the expected Microsoft-Google AI war has turned into an AI fizzle.
Dwarf planet hosts a ring that’s unexpectedly far from the planet
At that distance, the ring should condense into a moon. Why hasn't it?
Hackers are selling a service that bypasses ChatGPT restrictions on malware
ChatGPT restrictions on the creation of illicit content are easy to circumvent.
Grim Reaper starts coming for fax machines, pagers, landlines
China will stop giving network-access permits to some legacy communication tech.
Hertz wanted 100,000 Teslas by the end of 2022; it has fewer than 50,000
The rental company's new goal is for a quarter of its fleet to be electric by 2024.
Apple seems ready to re-release its revamped Home architecture in iOS 16.4
New code suggests the faster, more-efficient system is due to arrive soon.
Android 14 Preview 1 is out, will officially ban installation of old apps
Google kicks off monthly releases of Android 14 Developer Previews.
Goodbye flu, RSV, and COVID waves; hello, norovirus!
Outbreak data is lagging, but test positivity has exceeded last year's peak.
Auto industry has a lot of work to do to meet climate goals, report says
EVs are a good start, but energy grids and supply chains must decarbonize, too.
Canon’s newest budget full-frame mirrorless camera will shoot 60 fps 4K video
And the EOS R50 camera is the cheapest way to buy into the RF lens family.
The UK government just threw a huge wrench in Microsoft’s Activision deal
Preliminary report suggests divesting Call of Duty business may be key to approval.
Lost and found: Codebreakers decipher 50+ letters of Mary, Queen of Scots
The cache of letters sheds new light on Mary Stuart's years of captivity in England.
OnePlus takes on the iPad with the OnePlus Pad
It's a midrange-ish tablet with a pen, keyboard, and aluminum body.
Report: Sonos’ next flagship speaker will be the spatial audio-focused Era 300
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 6 are maybes.
Google will soon default to blurring explicit image search results
Unless you're logged in and over 18, don't expect to find violent or racy stuff.
Microsoft announces AI-powered Bing search and Edge browser
ChatGPT-style AI tech brings more context to search, available today in a limited preview.
Creation of largest US lithium mine draws closer despite protest over land use
Thacker Pass mine considered critical to Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan.
OnePlus unveils its first mechanical keyboard: Mac layout, custom switches
Of course, it comes with homegrown switches.
Musk says he saved Twitter from bankruptcy, but it still has big money problems
Low Twitter Blue subscription rate, unpaid-bill lawsuits highlight money troubles.
Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that break current App Store rules
Currently, all iOS and iPadOS browsers need to use the same engine as Safari.
OnePlus 11 comes to the US with killer $699 price tag
OnePlus' flagship smartphone is cheaper than it was last year.
Mercedes-Benz’s electric eSprinter van debuts, US sales later this year
The electric cargo van will be built in South Carolina as well as Germany.
As Antarctic fieldwork ends, a sexual harassment reckoning looms
A 2022 report described harassment as a “fact of life” on the continent.
Here’s why Europe is abandoning plans to fly aboard China’s space station
Increasingly, the European Space Agency is aligned with NASA and the West.
James Cameron did the experiment: Titanic’s Jack probably wouldn’t have survived
Documentary also revisits lifeboat situation and whether the ship broke in half.
New battery seems to offer it all: Lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes
In the lab at least, its materials are stable for over 1,000 cycles.
US woman has walked around with untreated TB for over a year, now faces jail
Recent X-rays of her lungs were so bad, doctors thought she had cancer.
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