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The world's most advanced commercial robot can now open doors and turn valves.

Record-pace gaming profits face drag from loss-leading PS5's "strategic price points."

Google has vowed to shutter Australian search engine before paying for news links.

Randy Pitchford will stay on atop Gearbox under Swedish conglomerate Embracer.

Out: Max Polyakov. In: Two senior US government officials.

The TL;DR of our first-day impressions: "This nearly launched as a $70 game?!"

It's real, and it's spectacular.

"It's not like they were huge idiots who wanted to throw their rocket away."

It's the same underlying process behind the coffee ring effect and wine tears.

Easing off restrictions while cases are still common is asking for another surge.

There's a lot of unknowns, but it's clear the virus isn't done trying to outwit us.

Partnership with CLC means new title will feature rights to 100 individual schools.

What if everything—and we mean everything—was a container?

AWS executive Andy Jessy will replace Bezos as Amazon CEO in Q3 this year.

About 5,500 workers will receive a few hundred dollars each from the deal.

Speeds raised to 50Mbps down and 5Mbps up after complaints from students.

Stealthy Kobalos malware has infected HPC networks belonging to high-profile organizations.

Among the changes: game-streaming clarification, payment requirements, and more.

In late January, the automaker told NHTSA there was no defect; NHTSA disagreed.

It's time to see if SN9 can stick the landing in South Texas.

...but they certainly aren't helping.

I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite 4K upgrade on the Citadel.

Dealmaster also has deals on the MacBook Air, OLED TVs, and lots of video games.

No discernible difference between Huawei's "all-new" OS and Android.

Adobe: You can't use Flash in 2021. South Africa: Watch me!

"Highly sophisticated threat actors" exploit flaws in coordinated attack on SonicWall.

It's "time for people who say and think they have information to start providing it.”

It's part of a 5-year exclusive TV development deal for the Black Panther director.

macOS update comes a week after updates to iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS.

"This is an important milestone towards enabling access to space for everyone."

Victims of deceptive "unlimited" plans paid hundreds, get just a fraction back.

In 9.5 months, New Horizons makes up almost half of all Animal Crossing sales.

Internal report found top civic groups "non-recommendable" due to hate, harassment.

If you've used NoxPlayer in the past 5 months, it's time to check for malware.

Service isn't changing, but path to streaming-exclusive games will clearly narrow.

In a new test, Facebook pre-empts Apple's required prompt with its own.

Xiaomi says DOD ruling last month "deprived the company of legal due process."

Ford and Google are also partnering to improve vehicle cloud services.

They accompanied the first people to set foot in the Americas.

"A second, longer hot fire test should be conducted and would pose minimal risk."

How the military is striving to make its technology a little more Lego-like.

Company says its next window for a test flight opens on February 12.

Speedrunner talks to Ars, claims the remake is (mostly) on par with N64 original.

$4.5 billion drop in assets after bets against the likes of GameStop go sour.

Director Mikael Håfström on making a military action movie that is ultimately anti-war.

We may well see an electric touring car series in the US in the next few years.

How do photons travel across light years? (Their quantum waviness enables modern telescopes.)

In 2050, benefits to the US offset costs, but there are some unexpected outcomes.

Inoculating kids can help protect an entire population.

Banning a Matrix client for content is really no different from banning a Web browser.