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SpaceX launches 143 satellites into orbit, most ever [Updated]
Party in the payload bay: 143 total satellites deployed in a dozen waves.
Is this a fossilized lair of the dreaded bobbit worm?
The giant worms hunted in pretty much the most nightmarish way possible.
DDoSers are abusing Microsoft RDP to make attacks more powerful
DDoS amplification attacks have abused all kinds of legit services. Now, it's Windows.
What’s the technology behind a five-minute charge battery?
The company behind a new battery isn't saying much, but we figured a few things out.
The art and science of boarding an airplane in a pandemic
Researchers and airlines obsessed over efficiency now worry about safety, too.
This site posted every face from Parler’s Capitol Hill insurrection videos
Faces of the Riot used open source software to detect, extract, and deduplicate every face.
What happens to the brain on sudden impact? Egg yolks could hold the answer
Rotational deceleration causes most deformation—like getting punched on the chin
Waymo CEO dismisses Tesla self-driving plan: “This is not how it works”
Elon Musk and John Krafcik have very different theories about driverless tech.
Blizzard absorbs acclaimed Activision studio as a dedicated “support” team [Updated]
Vicarious Visions impressed with Tony Hawk 1+2. Now? Possibly a Diablo II remake.
Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants, memo shows
A long and growing list of agencies are using money to bypass Carpenter ruling.
Home alarm tech backdoored security cameras to spy on customers having sex
Employee for ADT accessed ~200 customer cams on more than 9,600 occasions.
How desperate are you for GPUs, CPUs, consoles? Newegg tests with new lottery
System counters (some) issues with scalpers, inventory, but are the hoops worth it?
Google: We’ll shut down Australian search before we pay news sites for links
Tim Berners-Lee says Aussie law would break a fundamental principle of the Web.
Report: The MacBook Air is getting a major redesign, too
Also, a bit of a bombshell: The new MacBook Pro will have an SD card slot.
CenturyLink, Frontier missed FCC broadband deadlines in dozens of states
US law gives the ISPs one extra year before they have to forfeit money.
Loon’s bubble bursts—Alphabet shuts down Internet balloon company
After eight years, Loon couldn't find a "long-term, sustainable business."
Today’s best tech deals: Apple Magic Keyboard, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and more
Dealmaster also has wireless headphones, security cameras, and microSD cards.
Xbox Live price increase sets a new $10/month floor for online access
Move seems designed to push users to expanded $15/month Game Pass Ultimate sub.
Chrome and Edge want to help with that password problem of yours
The line between browsers and password managers is blurring.
Rocket Report: Starship going offshore, Blue Origin may launch humans in April
"We're smarter as a team having been through this process."
A look at all of Biden’s changes to energy and environmental regulations
There's a lot going on in addition to some of Biden's high-profile moves.
Resident Evil VIII gets May release date, massive preview, playable demo
A free no-combat demo goes live on PlayStation 5 today; will hit Xbox, PC later.
“Complete incompetence:” Biden team slams Trump’s COVID work
Biden Administration starts off with a flurry of orders, actions, and comprehensive plan.
Parler’s attempt to get back on Amazon Web Services rejected by judge
Judge denies injunction motion, says Parler's claims against Amazon are weak.
Google agrees to pay French news sites to send them traffic
The French agreement could become a template for similar deals across Europe.
Facebook calls in its Oversight Board to rule on Trump ban
Facebook finally made a judgement call; now wants someone else to decide if it was right
Democrat Jessica Rosenworcel replaces Ajit Pai, is now acting FCC chairwoman
Net neutrality supporter Rosenworcel leads FCC on at least an interim basis.
Phishing scam had all the bells and whistles—except for one
A reminder that stuff published on the Internet gets published on the Internet.
Ars online IT roundtable: What’s the future of the data center?
Join Sean Gallagher, Dell's Ivan Nekrasov, and me today, January 21, at 3:15pm Eastern!
Ubuntu Linux is now running on M1 Macs
We still have a way to go before easily dual-booting Linux and macOS.
Samsung is making “very large quantities” of 90Hz OLED displays for laptops
Samsung Display says several customers are shipping 90Hz OLED laptops this year.
Ars Technicast special edition, part 1: The Internet of Things goes to war
Ars presents a two-part limited edition podcast on the "connected battlespace."
GamersNexus’ Steve Burke overclocks his YouTube channel’s best comments
Learn the true secrets of thermal paste application from the Six Billion Hertz Man.
QAnon in crisis as day of reckoning fails to materialize
Pro-Trump cult believed election results would be violently overturned on January 20.
Report: Apple’s VR headset will be a pricey, high-end niche standalone
High-res displays, M1-beating processors, and prescription lenses could push up cost.
One of Biden’s first climate actions looks at fuel efficiency rollback
The EPA has to consider "suspending, revising, or rescinding" the weaker rules.
Three rows, 37mpg, and under $34,000? The 2021 Kia Sorento Hybrid
We think the Sorento Hybrid will be in high demand.
Treasury nominee Yellen is looking to curtail use of cryptocurrency
Yellen argues many cryptocurrencies are used "mainly for illicit financing."
New metamaterial merges magnetic memory and physical changes
A mix of actuator and bit-level memory.
Twitch’s Trump ban sustained after leaving office
Video-streaming account launched in 2019, faced first suspension in 2020.
Amazon offers Biden help to speed up vaccine distribution
A huge number of Amazon's own 800,000 employees are considered essential workers.
PC fan port of early Sonic games lets you zoom the camera way, way out
This is quite literally Sonic like you've never seen him before.
Security firm Malwarebytes was infected by same hackers who hit SolarWinds
Group backed by a nation-state rifles through company's email servers.
3Mbps uploads still fast enough for US homes, Ajit Pai says in final report
Pai's last report keeps 6-year-old broadband standard and gives ISPs high marks.
LG says it might quit the smartphone market
LG says it needs to make "a cold judgment" about its only money-losing division.
CBS All Access is dead, long live Paramount+: “New” streaming service launches March 4
The service combines CBS, MTV, BET, Paramount, Nickelodeon, and more.
Trump pardons engineer who copped to stealing a Google secret for Uber
Peter Thiel, Palmer Luckey, and others asked Trump to pardon Levandowski.
Porsche adds a cheaper, lighter Taycan to its electric lineup
At almost $20,000 less than an entry-level 911, it seems like a bargain.
The persistence of memory in B cells: Hints of stability in COVID immunity
Studies are small so far, but they're pointing to decent long-term immune responses.
First task for Biden’s CDC director: Fix everything Trump broke
In wide-ranging interview, she also cautioned not to panic over coronavirus variants.
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