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The 911 Carrera S: Two pedals good, three pedals better
Porsche designed the 992 around the PDK gearbox; why is the manual so darn good?
The Apple Watch Series 6 is $60 off at Amazon today
Dealmaster also has deals on tons of video games, wireless headphones, and more.
SARS-CoV-2’s spread to wild mink not yet a reason to panic
A monitoring program picked up a single case and no indications of wider spread.
“America’s doctor,” Anthony Fauci, gets Moderna vaccine
Fauci was vaccinated alongside NIH director and HHS secretary.
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Ars Technica’s best games of 2020
These 20 titles helped a quarantined 2020 pass by that much more quickly.
$50-per-month emergency broadband subsidies approved in pandemic stimulus
Congress creates $3.2 billion fund for people with low incomes or who have lost jobs.
Russia’s space chief is hopping mad over most recent US restrictions
"The first thing they did is spit into the Samara well."
Yukon gold miner unearths a mummified Ice Age wolf pup
Look upon the face of an Ice Age predator, and say "Aww."
Apple is allegedly working on a passenger car, breakthrough battery tech
Reuters cites several anonymous sources in this update to Project Titan
Pornhub squarely targeted in bipartisan bill to regulate sex work online
The bill would cause more harms to sex workers than it would fix, critics argue.
Zero-click iMessage zero-day used to hack the iPhones of 36 journalists
Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords.
What we know about the new SARS strain that’s shutting down the UK
Policy is to treat it like a potential threat, but the emphasis is on "potential."
After riots, iPhone manufacturer says it “deeply regrets” exploiting workers
Apple flags Wistron for "violations of our Supplier Code of Conduct."
AT&T reportedly struggling to sell DirecTV at anything but a huge loss
AT&T told bidders it may cancel auction if offers don't improve, NY Post reports.
These tires work better in snow thanks to 3D printing
Additive manufacturing helps create 3D "sipes" that open and close as you drive.
Lost Sega arcade classics born anew in cute, $130 Astro City Mini [Updated]
Fun, clicky buttons, Sega rarities, and solid emulation—albeit with some issues.
Russia’s space chief cannot seem to get “gentle” SpaceX out of his mind
"I wonder if gentle SpaceX is able to work in such conditions?"
Review: Alice in Borderland takes us down a deliciously bonkers rabbit hole
Alice in Wonderland and Ready Player One meet Lord of the Flies and Cube.
Humanity is in danger of becoming obsolete technology in LX 2048
Director Guy Moshe chats with Ars about his ambitious sci-fi film.
How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world
1987's Acorn Archimedes was the first production RISC-based personal computer.
Russia’s hacking frenzy is a reckoning
US still has no good answer for "supply chain" attacks that let Russia run wild.
Car crashes killed 36,096 people in the US in 2019
Urban pedestrian and cyclist deaths have risen over the last decade.
Kazakhstan spies on citizens’ HTTPS traffic; browser-makers fight back
Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate.
The 15 best films of a bizarre (and probably historic) year for film
Some good 2020 news: Most of our favorite films this year can now be enjoyed from home.
Second COVID vaccine approved for use in the US
More vaccines will help ease shortages, work through priority list.
Wildfire smoke is loaded with microbes. Is that dangerous?
Researchers want to study potential effects of microbe-filled haze on human health.
A clever strategy to deliver COVID aid—with satellite data
Togo used image analysis algorithms to target economic support for most vulnerable.
Miyamoto leads fans through Super Nintendo World—and it looks incredible
Nintendo, Universal Studios went all out to deliver a Nintendo-fan destination.
Microsoft may be developing its own, in-house ARM CPU designs
Bloomberg's unconfirmed report relies on confidential sources within Microsoft.
Stanford hospital erupts in protest after vaccine plan leaves out residents [UPDATED]
Only 0.5% of the medical residents at Stanford are in on the first round of shots.
Some Big Sur users are unable to update macOS due to an MDM bug
A bug in Mobile Device Management is causing major headaches for some users.
US government bans tech exports to top drone maker DJI
Chinese smartphone firms Huawei and ZTE have been on the list for several years.
Greenland is as much a love story as an epic spectacle of impending disaster
Director Ric Roman Waugh on bringing hope and humanity to a harrowing tale.
Law banning “rental” fees for customer-owned routers takes effect Sunday
New law also targets hidden cable-TV fees and lets users cancel without penalty.
NOAA expects La Niña weather patterns through March
Here's last month's summary and the outlook for the next three.
Biomarkers are how cancers give up their secrets
An animated look at the evolving science behind modern oncology.
Finger-pointing abounds as states get fewer vaccines than planned
Pfizer: We have "millions more doses" with no shipping instructions from Feds.
Back 4 Blood alpha test: Building decks, killing zombies, having co-op fun
Design director says he's learned from Evolve—and fun, familiar co-op combat checks out.
Why racing drivers trust their lives to a fireproof fabric called Nomex
Today's gear is lighter, brighter, more comfortable to wear, and protects longer.
Battery prices have fallen 88 percent over the last decade
Cheaper batteries are making it easier to fight climate change.
Rocket Report: Angara finally flies again, Falcon 9 customers embrace reuse
"We've fallen below the number of staff we feel we require."
Microsoft president calls SolarWinds hack an “act of recklessness“
Of 18,000 backdoored servers, hackers followed up on only a few dozen.
Sony delists PlayStation version of Cyberpunk 2077, offers refunds to all owners
Follows abysmal performance issues on base PS4; no word yet if Xbox will follow suit.
Microsoft is reportedly added to the growing list of victims in SolarWinds hack
Other reported victims include the Energy Department nuke security administration.
Moderna vaccine gets the thumbs-up for emergency use
A daylong meeting results in a decisive vote: 20 for, none against.
Jeremy Bulloch, the original Boba Fett, has passed away
News confirmed by the actor who played childhood Boba in prequels.
Google committed “antitrust evils,” colluded with Facebook, new lawsuit says
The AGs of 52 US states and territories are joining the feds to sue Google.
Tesla Cybertruck Hot Wheels toy ships late—just like real Tesla cars
Elon Musk can't be blamed for this production delay.
SolarWinds hack that breached gov networks poses a “grave risk” to the nation
Nuclear weapons agency among those breached by state-sponsored hackers.
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