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Facebook’s latest hollow effort to fight climate change denial
Facebook prefers to counter false information with more information. It doesn't work.
Boeing hid design flaws in 737 Max jets from pilots and regulators
Congressional report finds aerospace group cut corners.
Daimler’s dirty diesel defeat device deal: $1.5 billion to say sorry
From 2009-2016, diesel Sprinter vans and Mercedes-Benz cars were emissions cheats.
Nvidia RTX 3080 review: 4K greatness at $699—and good news for cheaper GPUs
Have your 60fps-at-4K cake—and eat your ray-traced frosting, too.
Super Mario 3D All-Stars review: A bare-bones nostalgia warp zone
It's no more and no less than three of the best 3D platformers ever made.
Mathematicians may have unlocked the secret of how “stone forests” form
Soluble rocks dissolve, the surrounding fluid gets heavy, and gravity pulls it downward.
Safety driver in 2018 Uber crash is charged with negligent homicide
Prosecutors decided not to prosecute Uber in 2019.
Bonkers federal podcast downplays COVID-19, blasts health restrictions
The mind-bending podcast blames the media and rich people for pandemic's effects.
Oracle’s TikTok non-acquisition seeks Treasury, White House approval
Oracle looks victorious in the TikTok saga—but the deal is far from final.
“This is the way”: Disney drops first trailer for The Mandalorian S2
“The songs tell of battles between Mandalor the Great and an order called Jedi.”
The new iPad Air goes all-screen, adds Magic Keyboard support
A year and a half after the previous refresh, Apple takes a scalpel to the iPad Air.
Introducing Apple One, Apple’s subscription bundle answer to Amazon Prime
Apple Arcade, TV+, Music, and iCloud in one package. News+, more iCloud for more.
GM has no reason to back out of its one-sided deal with Nikola
“For GM, there’s really no downside to the deal,” one expert told us.
The Apple Watch Series 6 adds blood-oxygen monitoring and more
Plus, Apple announced a lower-cost Apple Watch option to compete with Fitbit.
Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s “Time Flies” event at 1pm ET today
Head here as Ars guides you through all the latest updates when the event starts.
A paper we covered has been retracted, and we couldn’t be happier
Magic shouldn't be offered up as a mechanism in a scientific paper.
New Google Fiber plan: $100 for 2Gbps, plus Wi-Fi 6 router and mesh extender
$100 plan in beta next month, should come to “most” Google Fiber cities in 2021.
Hurricane Sally will bring devastating floods to the Southern United States
Just one more Atlantic storm to go before we dust off the Greek alphabet.
Apple’s AirPods Pro are on sale for $199 today
Dealmaster also has deals on USB-C chargers, Ghost of Tsushima, and more.
New Windows exploit lets you instantly become admin. Have you patched?
Zerologon lets anyone with a network toehold obtain domain-controller password.
Sweeping internal Facebook memo: “I have blood on my hands”
BuzzFeed News: “The memo is a damning account of Facebook's failures.”
Chemical that shouldn’t be there spotted in Venus’ atmosphere
No obvious way Venus' environment could make it, leaving speculation about life.
War Stories: How Forza learned to love neural nets to train AI drivers
Catching up with Forza's Dan Greenawalt to meet the ghosts in the machine.
Microsoft declares its underwater data center test was a success
Underwater pods can reduce latency by moving cloud services closer to customers.
Eero mesh Wi-Fi 6 hardware test results have been spotted at the FCC
Eero isn't saying anything officially yet—here's what we know so far.
Facebook leak reveals Oculus Quest 2 as a 4K standalone VR headset
New Snapdragon XR2 processor pushes nearly 50% more pixels than the original Quest.
Nvidia will keep ARM licensing “neutral,” wants to license GPU tech, too
But can Nvidia play nice with Apple, Linux, and other ARM partners?
Nikola admits prototype was rolling downhill in promotional video
“This thing fully functions,” Trevor Milton said in 2016. It didn't.
YouTube unlawfully violates kids’ privacy, new $3.2B lawsuit claims
YouTube is “a weird technicolored nightmare” for families, nonprofit alleges.
Verizon to buy TracFone, expanding big carriers’ control of prepaid industry
Verizon would surpass AT&T and T-Mobile in prepaid if TracFone deal is approved.
Beautifully preserved cave bears emerge from Siberian permafrost
Two finds recently unearthed the frozen remains of an adult cave bear and a cub.
Lexus’ new 2021 LC500 Convertible puts on the pretty
Slicing the roof off improves what was already the most attractive Lexus in years.
Feds seize OnePlus Buds, mistaking them for “counterfeit” AirPods
One of these things is not like the others...
Private data gone public: Razer leaks 100,000+ gamers’ personal info
No need to breach any systems when the vendor gives the data away for free.
5G in rural areas bridges a gap that 4G doesn’t, especially low- and mid-band
The mmWave revolution isn't here yet, but the other parts of 5G are more important.
Astra finally launches its first orbital rocket, and it flew for 30 seconds
“For us, what's expensive is not learning.”
Oracle, one of Donald Trump’s favorite companies, wins TikTok deal
Ellison has raised money for Trump. Trump has called Ellison a “tremendous guy.”
How the Warsaw Ghetto beat back typhus during World War II
Social distancing, self-isolation, underground training of medical students were key.
Nvidia buys ARM Holdings from SoftBank for $40 billion [Updated]
UK set to impose strict terms including protection of jobs, UK headquarters
AI ruined chess. Now it’s making the game beautiful again
Testing variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns.
Political appointees demand ability to rewrite CDC case reports
“CDC to me appears to be writing hit pieces on the administration,” reads one email.
Rush Limbaugh downplaying hurricane Irma may have decreased evacuations
Phone-location dataset shows correlation with election results.
Defying crackdowns, QAnon continues its relentless global spread
Persistent online conspiracy theory repurposes itself for new audiences around the world.
Don’t risk your health to see Tenet, which is uber-fun but still just a movie
No film critics were at risk in the making of this review—thank you rural Texas drive-ins.
Why online voting is harder than online banking
A common argument for online voting doesn't actually make sense.
Porn surfers have a dirty secret. They’re using Internet Explorer
IE users, take note: Malvertising is rearing its head after laying low for a while.
Trump and Twitter are on likely showdown path with expanded misinfo rules
Social media firms are trying to stop making things even worse before it's too late.
Review: Small World of Warcraft takes the tabletop strategy hit to Azeroth
But it works best with a crowded table.
How does a Sturgis-sized crowd affect COVID-19? It’s complicated
A paper on the South Dakota motorcycle rally had flaws, but it's not useless.
E-sports pros have “dream” jobs—but game publishers have all the power
What happens when a marketing initiative becomes a billion-dollar industry
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