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How will our warming climate stabilize? Scientists look to the distant past
Can the deep past help us understand our future?
That time Catherine the Great championed smallpox vaccinations
The Russian monarch's 1787 letter calling for widespread vaccination is up for auction.
ESPN, other Disney-owned channels return to YouTube TV [Updated]
Disney-owned channels had been removed from YouTube TV due to a carriage dispute.
The weekend’s best deals: Epic Games Store holiday sale, Apple devices, and more
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Mask up! The best face masks for use against COVID-19 [Updated]
Finding masks that meet CDC and WHO guidelines is tough. We did the work for you.
Google warns that NSO hacking is on par with elite nation-state spies
ForcedEntry is “one of the most technically sophisticated exploits.”
Anti-5G “quantum pendants” are radioactive
Dutch authority for nuclear safety issues warning, bans 10 scammy "negative ion" products.
Vaccine trial finds a glitch with children in one age range
Company is adding a third dose to the trial after finding a low immune response.
Putting the fear of bass into mosquitofish—with a robot
A notorious invasive species stays scared for weeks after seeing a fake predator.
Judge rejects Sackler immunity deal, vacating Purdue Pharma opioid settlement
Judge: Bankruptcy Court didn't have authority to give legal immunity to Sacklers.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 developer quickly cancels NFT plans after fan outcry
Reversal comes less than 36 hours after announcement: "If you care, we care, too."
FedEx receives its first electric BrightDrop delivery vans
The first vans will start delivering packages in Los Angeles in 2022.
A domestic newspaper warns of the Russian space program’s “rapid collapse”
"The space program is rotting from within."
War Stories: How Deus Ex was almost too complex for its own good
We caught up with Warren Spector and picked his brain about JC Denton & pals.
A sublime landscape: New model explains Pluto’s lumpy plains
The convection thought to drive the area's geology may come from cooling, not heat.
The Wheel of Time episode 7 finally tells us who the Dragon is
We barrel toward the season finale with a big reveal—and maybe a couple of missteps.
What physics can teach us about Pamplona’s annual running of the bulls
New model accounts for speed, density, time dependency, and probability of runners falling.
Rocket Report: SpaceX plans a Falcon 9 flurry, Bill Gates buys into rockets
SpaceX seeks to launch three mission in 72 hours to close out 2021.
Review: Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is a powerful laptop with heat problems
Laptop's performance improves quite a bit if you're willing to let it run hot.
The Hyundai Ioniq 5 is the best EV we’ve driven in 2021
It's the first EV to use the automaker's new 800 V EV platform.
Google Play app with 500,000 downloads sent user contacts to Russian server
Joker malware, which surreptitiously signs up users to pricey services, strikes again.
I don’t want another Netflix adaptation—I want Mega Man Legends 3
We don't know much about Mega Man movie, but it's definitely not the game I've wanted for decades.
Electric vehicles ask a lot of their tires—here’s why
EVs have more mass and lots of torque, but the tires need to be efficient and quiet.
Fossil fuel combustion kills more than 1 million people every year, study says
Study examined global exposure to PM2.5, a pollutant linked to many diseases.
After months-long battle, Apple takes the due date off its return-to-office plans
Rising virus cases and the new variant were the cited reasons.
Backdoor gives hackers complete control over federal agency network
Avast researchers say the malware has ties to a previously seen espionage hack.
Comcast delays data caps in Northeast US for at least another year
Most Comcast customers are still capped, but Northeast states get another reprieve.
Players invest $54M in Molyneux’s NFT game Legacy in hopes of earning even more
But are these games a brave new world or a FOMO-driven gold rush bubble?
Focusing sound vibrations precisely can knock over one Lego minifig among many
The key is a signal processing technique that is akin to ventriloquism.
Final Fantasy VII Remake on PC: A gorgeous start, but where are the toggles?
Square Enix backtracks on recent record of enabling its PC games' customizations.
Rigetti announces 80 qubit processor, experiments with “qutrits”
An 80-qubit processor made by linking two 40-qubit ones.
Current vaccines are enough to fight omicron, but massive wave is coming fast
With just 17% of the US boosted, a massive omicron wave could peak in January.
New York City bans new natural gas hookups in step toward all-electric future
"The next generation of buildings is going to be electric."
Patch fixing critical Log4J 0-day has its own vulnerability that’s under exploit
If you've patched using Log4J 2.15.0, it's time to consider updating again. Stat.
Today’s best deals: Apple Watch Series 7, gaming gift cards, and more
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Tesla sexual harassment lawsuits multiply as 6 more women sue Musk-led firm
Lawyer: Musk "enables the pattern of pervasive sexual harassment and retaliation."
Pfizer’s anti-COVID drug still looks effective after further analysis
No deaths, ~80 percent drop in hospitalization compared to the placebo group.
No jab, no job: Google will fire unvaccinated employees
Less than 1 percent of employees have strong reservations about vaccination.
Polestar 2 owners will be able to purchase more performance via OTA update
ADAS tweaks and charging schedules are among the latest improvements to all cars.
Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home is the best superhero film of the year
I don't need spoilers to explain why I'd see this masterful comic book film again.
Dell’s magnetic wireless webcam concept may help you forget about that infamous nose cam
Wireless webcam prototype pops out of its base and sticks to anything magnetic.
The Ars Technica 2021 holiday gift guide: Procrastinator’s edition
Not sure what to get those last few people on your list? Let us help.
A potential hangup for quantum computing: Cosmic rays
For quantum chips, the problems they cause are too big for error correction.
Porsche builds a sporty red wagon: The 2022 Taycan GTS Sport Turismo
We get our first drive in the latest electric Porsche, and it's a station wagon.
You asked. Ars answers. Here’s how to give an electric eel an MRI
Bonus: Shedd Aquarium vets spill the beans on how to perform knee surgery on a bullfrog.
Omicron is rising rapidly in the US—3% of cases nationally, 13% in NY and NJ
Dr. Tedros: "Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant."
Ajit Pai and Tom Wheeler agree: The FAA is behaving badly in battle against FCC
FAA fights use of spectrum that's already deployed safely in dozens of countries.
Concerns about sexism in the aerospace industry land at SpaceX
"What will life on Elon's Mars be like? Probably much like life at SpaceX."
Google is building a new augmented reality device and operating system
Job listings expose plans for a mobile AR platform intended to reach "billions."
Turns out that “HDMI 2.1” ports don’t need to actually support HDMI 2.1 features
HDMI 2.1 is an upgrade to HDMI 2.0, except when it isn't.
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