Rewilding: Four tips to let nature thrive by Ars Staff on 2021-05-29 11:45 (#5JDT2) Comprehensive international study on rewilding has practical tips to re-establish nature.
NASA budget goes all-in on science, stays the course on Moon lander by Eric Berger on 2021-05-28 21:42 (#5JDBA) "The goal is 2024, but I think we have to be brutally realistic."
AT&T/Verizon lobby keeps claiming that home-Internet prices are dropping by Jon Brodkin on 2021-05-28 20:55 (#5JD9R) USTelecom's "Broadband Pricing Index" doesn't measure what the average user pays.
CDC loosened mask guidance to encourage vaccination—it failed spectacularly by Beth Mole on 2021-05-28 20:07 (#5JD7E) FDA approval and paid time off would make people more likely to get a shot, poll finds.
Review: A Quiet Place Part 2 is a worthy sequel that was worth the wait by Jennifer Ouellette on 2021-05-28 19:40 (#5JD5H) Paramount, director John Krasinski opted to shelve the movie until theaters reopened
Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal: Ride a horse, pet a dog, set lots of things on fire by Sam Machkovech on 2021-05-28 19:13 (#5JD5J) Gunplay in wide-open Pseudo-Cuba: "F___ed up situations call for f___ed up solutions."
Redesigned AirPods are coming soon, report claims by Samuel Axon on 2021-05-28 18:48 (#5JD38) AirPods would have shorter stems, and AirPods Pro might have no stems at all.
Game Builder Garage hides powerful programming tools behind a cute interface by Kyle Orland on 2021-05-28 18:03 (#5JD39) Preview: Kids can learn to make Switch games without a single line of code.
Google Photos wants money: Stricter storage limitations kick in next week by Ron Amadeo on 2021-05-28 17:12 (#5JD0T) All new photos will start counting against the 15GB storage limit on June 1.
Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe by Tim De Chant on 2021-05-28 16:50 (#5JD0V) Black start generators—and their backups—failed en masse during deep freeze.
Engineered virus and goggles restore object recognition in a blind man by John Timmer on 2021-05-28 16:26 (#5JCY6) What started out as an experimental tool has evolved into a treatment.
How I learned to love the Indianapolis 500, America’s greatest race by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2021-05-28 14:34 (#5JCV1) The 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 takes place on Sunday, May 30.
Covert channel in Apple’s M1 is mostly harmless, but it sure is interesting by Dan Goodin on 2021-05-28 12:15 (#5JCJA) Technically, it's a vulnerability, but there's not much an attacker can do with it.
Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary and the soft, squishy science of language by Lee Hutchinson on 2021-05-28 11:30 (#5JCFS) A deep dive into xenolinguistics, pragmatics, the cooperative principle, and Noam Chomsky!
Rocket Report: Russia plans nuclear space tug, Falcon Heavy launch delays by Eric Berger on 2021-05-28 11:00 (#5JCFT) "Europe really needs to build infrastructure to get to space."
SolarWinds hackers are back with a new mass campaign, Microsoft says by Dan Goodin on 2021-05-28 08:15 (#5JCA6) Kremlin-backed group uses hacked account to impersonate US aid agency.
Ohio lawmakers want to abolish vaccine requirements—all vaccine requirements by Beth Mole on 2021-05-27 23:45 (#5JBYW) Someone would only have to verbally decline vaccination and cite "reasons of conscience."
Horizon Forbidden West gameplay reveal: Swimming with tropical robo-saurs by Sam Machkovech on 2021-05-27 22:11 (#5JBX9) Gorgeous shift to tropical, flooded future San Fran—but how will it look on PS4?
More people are buying wearables than ever before—and Apple is in the lead by Samuel Axon on 2021-05-27 20:40 (#5JBVJ) But the fastest-growing categories are ones Apple hasn't even touched yet.
Charter charges more money for slower Internet on streets with no competition by Jon Brodkin on 2021-05-27 20:32 (#5JBS5) Spectrum costs $30 for 400Mbps on one street, $50 for half the speed on another.
Sony’s “Days of Play” sale discounts a bunch of PS4 and PS5 exclusives by Ars Staff on 2021-05-27 20:08 (#5JBS6) Dealmaster also has deals on Apple Macs, Dell monitors, and Bluetooth speakers.
PlayStation users left out of Borderlands 3 cross-platform features by Kyle Orland on 2021-05-27 19:10 (#5JBPW) Sony's recently revealed cross-platform revenue-sharing plan may be to blame.
Downloading Ubuntu via BitTorrent gets Comcast customer a DMCA warning by Jim Salter on 2021-05-27 17:53 (#5JBHF) Put down your pitchforks—it looks like the DMCA warning was bogus.
Google’s 80-acre megacampus will take over a chunk of San Jose by Ron Amadeo on 2021-05-27 17:29 (#5JBHG) Google does not yet know the cost of the 10- to 30-year construction project.
Big Oil finds it hard to ignore pollution amid investor, court pressure by Tim De Chant on 2021-05-27 16:14 (#5JBF0) Two shareholder votes and one court ruling hint at a sea change for oil and gas.
Announcement: Ars is hiring two reporters by Eric Bangeman on 2021-05-27 16:12 (#5JBF1) We are seeking reporters of a most intelligent nature!
Wolves create a “landscape of fear,” slowing deer-car collisions by Doug Johnson on 2021-05-27 15:47 (#5JBBF) Wolves scare deer away from highways, a marked economic and ecological benefit.
We got our first ride in the electric Lucid Air sedan by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2021-05-27 12:10 (#5JB1M) The stylish and spacious electric sedan goes into production later this year.
Sony lists PC version of Uncharted 4 in investor report by Kyle Orland on 2021-05-27 03:20 (#5JAHE) Listed under "more PC releases planned" amid strong returns for Horizon's port.
Scientists induced hallucinations in mice to learn more about human psychosis by Jennifer Ouellette on 2021-05-26 23:02 (#5JAAM) Study uncovered a surprising link between how human and mouse minds malfunction.
Windows 10 21H1 available now, improves document load times by Jim Salter on 2021-05-26 21:56 (#5JA8C) The changes in 21H1 are mostly minor—much bigger things are coming in October.
These offline, disc-based games require an online check-in on Xbox Series X by Kyle Orland on 2021-05-26 21:23 (#5JA8D) One-time connection required for configuration on Xbox One and Smart Delivery discs.
No, it doesn’t just crash Safari. Apple has yet to fix exploitable flaw by Dan Goodin on 2021-05-26 20:04 (#5JA74) WebKit bug that was fixed upstream has yet to find its way into Apple products.
Arm’s Cortex X2-based CPUs are 30 percent faster and more efficient by Ron Amadeo on 2021-05-26 19:36 (#5JA5G) Arm is also floating a laptop chip design with eight Cortex X2 cores.
Russia tried to spread dangerous lies about Pfizer vaccine, France suspects by Beth Mole on 2021-05-26 19:20 (#5JA5H) French officials likened the lies to campaigns run by Russia's Internet Research Agency.
Apple TV 4K gets 8 out of 10 repairability score in iFixit’s latest teardown by Samuel Axon on 2021-05-26 19:03 (#5JA5J) The Apple TV 4K itself is surprisingly easy to service. Its remote? Not so much.
JJ Abrams: Lack of plan in Star Wars’ latest trilogy was a “critical” flaw by Sam Machkovech on 2021-05-26 18:45 (#5JA3R) Hindsight is 20/20: "There's nothing more important than knowing where you're going."
Falcon 9 completes its 100th successful flight in a row [Updated] by Eric Berger on 2021-05-26 17:31 (#5J9ST) The company has rarely used such a "young" rocket for a Starlink mission.
Amazon to buy MGM for $8 billion in major boost to Prime Video library by Jon Brodkin on 2021-05-26 17:00 (#5JA25) Amazon announces purchase, promises "greater access" to historic studio's films.
Dutch court orders Shell oil company to cut carbon emissions 45% by 2030 by John Timmer on 2021-05-26 15:52 (#5JA01) The energy giant plans to go carbon-neutral—but not quickly enough for the court.
EU suspects Facebook of abusing power with Marketplace, report says by Tim De Chant on 2021-05-26 15:31 (#5J9XS) Company allegedly pushed Marketplace to undermine rival classified ad sites.
The 2021 BMW M3: When you’re driving it, you don’t have to see its nose by Ars Staff on 2021-05-26 13:31 (#5J9P6) The new M3 proves to be more than just an aesthetic punchline.
Knockout City is the best team-deathmatch game we’ve played in years by Sam Machkovech on 2021-05-26 11:30 (#5J9H9) Step one: Replace guns with dodgeballs. Steps two through 27: Tweak for madcap fun.
New USB-C Type 2.1 standard offers up to 240 W power delivery by Jim Salter on 2021-05-26 10:45 (#5J9ES) 240 W power delivery over USB-C lets high-powered laptops lose the barrel jack.
Moderna’s data in kids ages 12-17 “consistent with a vaccine efficacy of 100%” by Beth Mole on 2021-05-25 22:28 (#5J8WJ) The company plans to seek FDA authorization in early June.
Amazon’s most-favored nation clauses slammed in lawsuit filed by Washington, DC by Jon Brodkin on 2021-05-25 21:35 (#5J8S1) DC AG: "Amazon fixed online retail prices through contract provisions and policies."
Vulnerability in VMware product has severity rating of 9.8 out of 10 by Dan Goodin on 2021-05-25 20:42 (#5J8QQ) Remote code execution flaw in vCenter Server poses "serious" risk to data centers.
Today’s best tech deals: Nintendo Switch games, Logitech mice, and more by Ars Staff on 2021-05-25 19:25 (#5J8NP) Dealmaster also has deals on phone mounts, USB-C hubs, and gaming monitors.
Exclusive: Valve is making a Switch-like portable gaming PC by Sam Machkovech on 2021-05-25 19:15 (#5J8NQ) We can confirm some, but not all, of what's in store for the codenamed "SteamPal."
Florida makes it illegal for Facebook and Twitter to ban politicians by Jon Brodkin on 2021-05-25 18:47 (#5J8M9) Leaders compare Big Tech to “communist rule,” will issue $250,000 per-day fines.