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Updated 2024-11-26 10:00
TurboTax forced to stop misleading “free, free, free” ads and pay back $141M
4.4 million taxpayers to get refunds from Intuit in settlement with all 50 states.
Mozilla releases Firefox version 100 this week
The big number came with a small update on desktop, Android, and iOS.
New lawsuit calls Kotick’s handling of Activision-Microsoft merger “inexcusable”
Shareholders want more corporate books opened in light of "disturbing allegations."
Report: Sonos is launching its own voice assistant in June
Voice assistant would help Sonos be less dependent on frenemies Amazon, Google.
YouTube Go is dead, and you can probably blame YouTube Premium
YouTube Go offered free offline videos, but now you'll need YouTube Premium.
Discs vs. data: Are we helping the environment by streaming?
The number of caveats has only grown since the last few studies were done.
Razer’s 240 Hz laptop makes OLED more appealing to gamers
Highly expensive PC's display balances speed, resolution, and contrast.
Microsoft open-sourced the code for 1995’s 3D Movie Maker because someone asked [Updated]
Among other things, the software introduced us all to Comic Sans.
FAA urges airlines to replace altimeters that can’t filter out 5G signals
Better late than never: FCC asked aviation industry to fix problem in early 2020.
NY Times says Wordle drove “tens of millions” of new users, record growth
But there are already signs that the game's "audience may moderate over time."
Obi-Wan trailer released by Disney for Star Wars Day
The six-part miniseries begins on May 27 on Disney+.
VW sells out of electric cars in US and Europe
World’s second-largest EV manufacturer hit by supply chain bottlenecks.
This time, can Boeing’s Starliner finally shine?
Ten months later, another chance at a do-over for Boeing's crewed spacecraft.
Could this pottery shard be a 1,000-year-old hand grenade? Signs point to yes
Residue analysis suggests it was a grenade but can't completely rule out other uses.
BA.2.12.1 poised to become dominant in US, raising concern for future vaccines
Omicron subvariants are evading vaccines and infection-derived protections.
Every ISP in the US has been ordered to block three pirate streaming services
ISPs ordered to block the pirate websites "by any technological means available."
Gear from Netgear, Linksys, and 200 others has unpatched DNS poisoning flaw
Vulnerability in 3rd-party libraries can send devices' users to malicious sites.
Nintendo Switch Sports review: Wii would like something better than this
Better online, but fails to exceed high bar set by popular Wii Sports originals.
US spending money to spur domestic battery production
Infrastructure funding will be used to boost full life cycle within the US.
Pixel 6 finally getting a Dirty Pipe patch, one month after the Galaxy S22
Samsung somehow shipped Google's patch a month before Google.
Twitter warns of possible employee exodus before Musk completes purchase
Twitter SEC filing cites "inability to attract and retain key personnel."
Nintendo Switch Sports players are breaking TVs like it’s 2006
Flying Joy-Cons recall the errant Wii remotes of the mid-'00s.
NASA chief says cost-plus contracts are a “plague” on the space agency
"You get it done with that competitive spirit. You get it done cheaper."
Kindle e-readers finally (kind of) support ePub books
Support relies on "Send to Kindle" file conversion, is better than nothing.
Turning waste into gold drugs
Given waste as starting material, software finds viable reaction path to drugs.
Rocket Lab catches a 1-ton booster falling back from space
"It's kind of like Ghostbusters in some way."
Ars Frontiers is next week—here’s what’s on tap at our first conference
Interested in attending? We'll tell you how to register for an invite!
Botnet that hid for 18 months boasted some of the coolest tradecraft ever
Once-unknown group uses a tunnel fetish and a chameleon's ability to blend in.
Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 evade protection from earlier omicron infection
Data suggests possibility of new infection wave, though vaccination boosts protection.
Listen to the X-ray echoes of a black hole as it devours a companion star
MIT's "reverberation machine" algorithm revealed eight new sources of those echoes.
Apple clarifies its controversial app removal emails with policy statement
Also, devs will now have 90 days to respond to a removal notice instead of 30.
Lawsuit claims more Fitbits are burn hazards, includes gross pictures
Lawsuit says Fitbits are supposed to help customers "burn calories—not their skin."
FCC Republican backs Musk’s Twitter purchase, slams “restrictions on speech”
Nathan Simington: Musk-led Twitter is good for Americans "who value free speech."
SpaceX engineer says NASA should plan for Starship’s “significant” capability
"We all need to be thinking bigger and better and really inspirationally about what we can do."
DIY Apple Studio Display uses 2014 iMac to save $730
YouTuber strips old iMac of its components and turns it into a 5K monitor.
Apple slammed by EU for denying Apple Pay rivals access to iPhone’s NFC tech
Apple accused of violating EU antitrust law by only letting Apple Pay use NFC.
Online retailers are offering rare, endangered bugs
As insects decline globally, there’s a need for regulating their sale online.
Microsoft is testing a free 1GB-per-month VPN service in its Edge browser
Service is free but requires a Microsoft account sign-up.
Judge dismisses “insufficient” copyright claims in Destiny 2 cheating case
Ruling also cites license agreement to force circumvention claims to arbitration.
The Western space community should put Dmitry Rogozin on “ignore”
"He has spent his time at Roscosmos trying to get back into Putin’s good graces."
New Adaptive-Sync performance tierstackle misleading response times, flicker
More than 50 criteria to earn a MediaSync Display or Adaptive-Sync Display logo.
Porsche and Audi are both going to enter Formula 1 in 2026
"VW Group to F1" rumors have circulated for years, but now it's true.
“Elephant in the room”: Clean energy’s need for unsustainable minerals
Our need for minerals may strain supply and lead to environmental issues.
Square-Enix sells all of its Western game studios—and their games—to Embracer
$300 million deal includes "over 50" classic games' rights, over 1,000 devs.
Scientists blast out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens
"These efforts are like building a big bonfire in the woods and hoping someone finds you."
The weekend’s best deals: Beats, iPads, Samsung portable SSD, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on Apple's MacBook, Withings ScanWatch, Fire TV and more.
Every little bit helps: How to pick the least eco-hostile laptop
Laptops are generally bad for the environment—but some are less bad than others.
Tasting Coca-Cola’s first “gamer” flavor—and the history of game-and-soda tie-ins
Our dive into gaming-soda history goes back to the dubious Pepsi Invaders.
Review: Oura Ring 3 and Whoop 4.0 are 2 ambitious wearables, but they’re tough sells
A focus on recovery is welcome, but not at the cost of easy activity tracking.
Elon Musk sold $8.5B in Tesla stock after agreeing to $44B Twitter deal
Says "no further" sales planned after offloading portion of his stake in company.
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