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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.
Twitter repeals retweet roadblocks, Facebook follows suit
Both Twitter and Facebook are winding down some temporary emergency measures.
Google kills Android Things, its IoT OS, in January
Google promised three years of updates at launch but stopped updates after one year.
Looking into the genetics of severe COVID-19
Genetics may underlie some of the variability in people's symptoms.
“Simp,” “incel” part of newly banned insults on Twitch
New policies also tighten restrictions on sexual harassment, hateful content.
MindGeek: The secretive owner of Pornhub and RedTube
Porn is everywhere, but the company that owns the most popular sites is out of sight.
China collects Moon samples, may not share with NASA due to Wolf Amendment
The country returned about 2kg of rocks from the Moon's surface.
Amazon’s answer to SpaceX Starlink delivers 400Mbps in prototype phase
Amazon offers peek into development of antenna for Project Kuiper user terminal.
Don’t try this at home: George’s Marvelous Medicine is quite toxic
Roald Dahl's classic children's story proved "remarkably accurate" about toxic effects.
“Evil mobile emulator farms” used to steal millions from US and EU banks
Scale of operation is unlike anything researchers had seen before.
As the world quieted down in 2020, Raspberry Shakes listened
Humble Raspberry Pis helped scientists track the seismic noise people stopped making in 2020.
HBO Max patches its Roku hole six months after launch
Adds over 100 million potential users; follows deals for PlayStation 5, Amazon Fire.
Qualcomm promises three years of Android updates for its entire SoC lineup
The new plan is three years of major OS updates and four years of security updates.
Google bought CloudReady, the largest ChromiumOS distribution
Google says it will continue to offer the free-as-in-beer Home edition.
What makes The Expanse so great: Good science, balancing epic with personal
Ars chatted with showrunner Naren Shankar and writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
Up to 3 million devices infected by malware-laced Chrome and Edge add-ons
Security firm identifies 28 malicious extensions hosted by Google and Microsoft.
40 GirlsDoPorn victims sue Pornhub for hosting “sex trafficking” videos
Pornhub owner "knew GirlsDoPorn was trafficking its victims," lawsuit alleges.
Google sees major services outages two days in a row
Some users are still reporting problems, especially if they use a third-party client.
Astra set up a rocket launch with five people and came within seconds of orbit
"It's a really nice Christmas present for the team."
Bitcoin price passes $20,000, setting new record
The value of the world's bitcoins is around $380 billion.
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FDA authorizes use of a nonprescription home COVID test
Test works with a cellphone app that can alert local health authorities.
FDA releases data on Moderna’s COVID vaccine: It looks good [Updated]
Data drop comes ahead of a potential Emergency Use Authorization on Thursday.
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