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The hunt is on for a “new Eden” in Snowpiercer S3 trailer
"For the first time since the world ended, a brighter future awaits beyond the train."
Elizabeth Holmes found guilty on 4 of 11 charges
Verdict ends the latest chapter in the Theranos saga, but it’s not the last.
“Digitally unwrapping” Amenhotep I’s mummy shows pharaoh died around age 35
Pharaoh had "narrow chin, a small narrow nose, curly hair, and mildly protruding upper teeth.”
Microsoft fixes harebrained Y2K22 Exchange bug that disrupted email worldwide
A rookie programming error crashed servers because they couldn't process the year 2022.
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes [Updated]
Add to a charity haul that's raised over $30,000 during the holidays.
Apple becomes first $3 trillion company after boost from pandemic demand
Market value rose by $1tn in
Backwards capacitor causes fiery failure for some high-end Asus motherboards
Asus has issued a statement and recall for affected Z690 boards.
Samsung’s 2022 TVs get 144 Hz support and a built-in NFT marketplace
Micro LED TVs saw some improvements this year, too.
Jury in Elizabeth Holmes trial deadlocked on 3 of 11 counts
Jurors have been deliberating for six days.
NASA might just pull off the James Webb Space Telescope deployment
"I don't expect any drama."
Samsung teases the Galaxy S22’s AMD GPU as renders leak
Galaxy Note and S22 Ultra are basically merging, while the base S22 gets smaller.
FDA authorizes boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds, shortens interval for adults [Updated]
The changes are motivated by omicron and backed by data from Israel.
Square Enix signals major push into “blockchain gaming” mania
But buzzwordy plans for a user-generated item market don't sound all that novel.
Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s account over COVID disinfo
Georgia representative’s fifth “strike” spurred the suspension.
Hyundai stops engine development and reassigns engineers to EVs
Yet more proof that the internal combustion engine is on borrowed time.
The world just set a record for sending the most rockets into orbit
The total number of global launch attempts has doubled during the last decade.
Concept Nyx is Alienware’s take on a household gaming server
Alienware explores simultaneous game streaming for four players.
A “war of experts”: Revisiting the infamous 19th-century Flores Street poisonings
The case "inaugurated a new phase of toxicology and forensic chemistry in Portugal."
Samsung brings 240 Hz refresh rates to 4K monitors
The Odyssey Neo G8 32" may be the first 4K monitor with a 240 Hz refresh rate.
How the US census led to the first data processing company 125 years ago
And kickstarted America’s computing industry.
HBO Max rings in a raunchy new year with Peacemaker red band trailer
"Dude, we're saving the world! It's everything we've ever wanted."
Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete
It's a combo of unique volcanic aggregate and unusual chemical interactions over millennia.
To learn Klingon or Esperanto: What invented languages can teach us
NuqneH! Saluton! A linguistic anthropologist studies those who invent new tongues.
Physicists captured, quantified the sound of champagne’s effervescence
The production of the sound coincides with the rupture of the bubble at liquid surface.
Attempt to compare different types of intelligence falls a bit short
Bots and Beasts gets at what makes for intelligence, but SciFi may have done it better.
How leaded fuel was sold for 100 years, despite knowing its health risks
It's been 100 years since leaded fuel was introduced, a purely profit-driven move.
TV Technica 2021: Our favorite shows and binges helped us combat pandemic fatigue
From dark comedies to classic sci-fi adaptations, here's what we loved in 2021.
Researchers built a gecko-bot to study how geckos glide and crash land
The findings could help improve robotic locomotion, making bio-inspired robots more robust
New data on using J&J vaccine to boost itself
Two draft manuscripts look at long term protections offered by this vaccine.
Children’s hospitals are filling nationwide amid tidal wave of omicron
Omicron's severity in kids is still unknown, but more cases mean more hospitalizations.
End of the line finally coming for BlackBerry devices
Key services, including network provisioning, will shut down January 4th.
Tesla is recalling over 475,000 Model 3 and Model S vehicles
NHTSA fingers faulty wiring harness in the Model 3 and frunk latch in the Model S .
Extreme weather could be as expensive as investing in cutting carbon ASAP
Overshoot climate targets, even briefly, and the costs of extreme weather go up.
Say cheese for the Xiaomi 12 Pro smartphone’s monstrous camera
Its three-camera array includes a 1/1.28-inch sensor.
Ars Technica’s favorite films in 2021—whether projected or streamed
No matter where or how you saw films in 2021, these were your best nerdy options.
Could we build a synthetic digestive system for Vision to make him more human?
Also: five Avengers serve as case studies to ponder aging trajectories for superheroes
Omicron smashes US case records as experts are still trying to understand it
The mildness of omicron and the use of rapid tests are still in question.
Elon Musk rejects claims his satellites are squeezing out rivals in space
SpaceX founder points out that space is "extremely enormous," satellites "very tiny."
How “stars” are helping the French keep the night sky dark
A voluntary program is encouraging towns to manage their lighting.
Webb continues to unfold; has enough fuel for over a decade
We're on the verge of trying to fully extend the sunscreen.
Upcoming LG TVs will address one of OLED’s biggest flaws
LG will start mass producing OLED EX TVs in 2022.
Rivian tells buyers of trucks, SUVs with 400-mile range to wait until 2023
Ongoing supply chain woes mean more delays for early adopters.
A year on: the highs and lows of a new engineering education system
Last Christmas, I got a new curriculum, but no curriculum survives actual students.
Worker protests, mass illness lead Apple to put iPhone plant on probation
Production has been halted at Indian plant since December 18.
Amazon Echo Show 15 review: Alexa on the big screen
Size and versatility make the Echo Show 15 a sensible organization hub for tech-savvy families.
Here are the 10 best cars, trucks, and SUVs we tested in 2021
For the first time, more than half our top 10 is fully electric.
With US swamped by omicron, Biden scraps travel bans
Experts have long argued that such travel restrictions are ineffective and harmful.
Tiny tardigrades walk like insects 500,000 times their size
Also: the controversial claim of a frozen water bear achieving quantum entangled state
Alexa suggests 10-year-old put a penny on partially exposed plug
"Alexa: Stop recommending stupid and dangerous things."
China upset about needing to dodge SpaceX Starlink satellites
A formal complaint to the UN under space treaties says the US is responsible.
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