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Amazon begins drone deliveries in California and Texas
Amazon Prime Air wants to deliver packages within 60 minutes.
Twitter rival Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status
Open-source microblogging site has seen surge of interest since Musk took over Twitter.
NatureMetrics launches biodiversity platform based on environmental DNA
Service can help businesses monitor their impact on biodiversity
Here are the 10 most popular auto stories of the year
Ford's ultimatum to dealers and EV charger reliability led the way this year.
Top US launch companies of 2022—The Ars Technica power ranking
The top three were easy to choose. After that, things got tough.
Comcast debacles dominate Ars Technica’s biggest ISP horror stories of 2022
$210,000 fee for Comcast Internet, a plan to block competition, and more ISP stories.
“Please slow down”—The 7 biggest AI stories of 2022
Highlights from a year when generative AI went mainstream.
Some day soon we might be making popcorn with infrared poppers
It's fast, energy efficient, environmentally friendly compared to conventional heating
New GeForce RTX 3050 variant offers the same performance but lower power use
GA107 die has just the right number of CUDA cores for an RTX 3050.
No more TikTok on House of Representatives’ smartphones
Security issues make the app "high risk," according to House cybersecurity office.
Musk contradicts Twitter safety chief, disavows statement as “fake news”
It's still unclear which Twitter exec was telling the truth.
Leaker posts an early, canceled 2D version of the infamous Duke Nukem Forever
The game's long, convoluted history gets longer and more convoluted.
Military device with biometric database of 2K people sold on eBay for $68
Researchers say DOD ignored attempts to flag the leak impacting 2,632 people.
Old dog, new trick: Microsoft tests a tabbed UI for Notepad.exe in Windows 11
Windows 1.0-era app picks up a hot new Windows XP-era feature.
What are mud volcanoes?
Mud volcanoes form when a combination of mud, fluids, and gases erupt at the Earth’s surface.
Is it time for GDPR 2.0?
EU rules preserve some privacy but can be better.
2022 in GPUs: The shortage ends, but higher prices seem here to stay
Intel Arc joins the fray, and Nvidia charges big money for big performance.
Twitter sells blue checks, Tumblr allows nudes: 2022’s biggest Big-Tech U-turns
Gmail stops filtering political spam, Meta allows some death threats, and more.
Let it snow: Scientists make metallic snowflakes out of nanoparticles
Different metals produce differently shaped crystals that self-assemble in liquid gallium
Apple’s business under growing threat from China’s Covid wave
Outbreak following reversal of zero-Covid curbs creates uncertainty for iPhone maker.
Video games in 2022: Massive mergers and peculiar portables
2022 also saw the death of Stadia and the birth of gaming labor unions.
Experts debate the risks of made-to-order DNA
Advances may make it easier to build dangerous biological materials from scratch.
J. Robert Oppenheimer cleared of “black mark” against his name after 68 years
Manhattan Project physicist was infamously stripped of his security clearance in 1954.
Danish physicists give the gift of world’s smallest Christmas record—in stereo
"Nanofrazor" cuts tiny single with first 25 seconds of “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”
The 20 most-read stories on Ars Technica in 2022
Looking back on 2022's top topics, including AI, Alexa, James Webb, and more.
Meta to pay $725 million to settle Cambridge Analytica lawsuit
Data harvested by Cambridge Analytica was used for political campaigns.
Meta and Alphabet lose dominance over US digital ads market
Long-held duopoly that rules the $300 billion market is hit by growing competition.
Exxon’s bad reputation got in the way of its industry-wide carbon capture proposal
Shell initially resisted the Houston project and believed Chevron had doubts, too.
A very special Dealmaster: Last-minute deals you can still grab
Dealmaster has discounts on some of our favorite fitness trackers, 4K TVs, and smart home devices.
Google vs. Amazon: The smart display showdown
Both companies' smart displays often feel pretty dumb.
LastPass users: Your info and password vault data are now in hackers’ hands
Password manager says breach it disclosed in August was much worse than thought.
With voice assistants in trouble, Home Assistant starts a local alternative
With Big Tech reconsidering voice profitability, Home Assistant enters the fray.
TikTok cops to running “covert surveillance campaign” on Western journalists
Fired employees “misused their authority to obtain access to TikTok user data.”
Backup Soyuz can’t get to ISS before late February
In the wake of a Soyuz coolant loss, NASA and Roscosmos still exploring options.
Blu-ray player gathering dust? Turn it into a laser-scanning microscope
Not as powerful as a commerical one, but thousands cheaper.
Driver updates will fix abnormally high power use for AMD’s new RX 7900 GPUs
Video playback, high-refresh screens, and multi-monitor setups can cause issues.
Compromised dispatch system helped move taxis to front of the line
Defendants allegedly conspired with Russians, drew as many as 1,000 daily trips.
TikTok, blocked? US access may rest on shaky terms of natsec deal
A former Secret Service agent recommended to oversee TikTok's US division.
Eight-car Thanksgiving pileup blamed on Tesla “Full Self-Driving” software
California Highway Patrol say only Tesla knows if the system was active.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s top associates plead guilty to US charges
Feds say other execs are cooperating as crypto entrepreneur is extradited.
YouTube is taking over the NFL Sunday Ticket package [Updated]
Don't expect a revolution in pricing for the $300-a-year sports package, though.
Mastodon is hurtling toward a tipping point
With rising popularity comes rising costs, culture shifts—and potential legal risks.
Here’s why electric vehicles need EV-specific tires
The differences between ICE vehicles and EVs go all the way down to the tarmac.
John Cleese’s classic “silly walk” burns more calories than a normal gait
Increasing the inefficiency of physical activity could boost cardiovascular fitness.
Okta says source code for Workforce Identity Cloud service was copied
Code stored on GitHub was copied after threat actor gained unauthorized access.
Enigmatic canal-filled ruins may have been above water when built
Nan Madol, a strange site in the Pacific, may be on an island that's sinking.
Review: ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5 is impressively fast, with the right settings
Equal parts mobile workstation and grown-up gaming laptop.
Microsoft sued by Call of Duty gamers opposing Activision merger
Loyal gamers extremely vulnerable to potential Microsoft monopoly, lawsuit says.
Looking for a new EV? Don’t get suckered by the top-of-the-line model
From Polestar 2 to Porsche Taycan, the cheapest, least powerful version is the one.
Eufy publicly acknowledges some parts of its “No clouds” controversy
Eufy changed some cloud behavior, admitted it can do more, ignored some issues.
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