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The tools and tricks that let Ars Technica function without a physical office
Looking at the “future of work” with a team that’s been living it for two decades.
Cadillac enhances Super Cruise, adds lane change on demand
The updated system requires GM's new electronic vehicle architecture.
How a $300 projector can fool Tesla’s Autopilot
Semi-autonomous driving systems don't understand projected images.
Planned nuclear storage material could decay faster than expected
The interface between different materials accelerates chemical breakdown.
Maryland bill would outlaw ransomware, keep researchers from reporting bugs
Requires consent before infecting, criminalizes other computering.
Check out Netflix’s Ghost in the Shell trailer and its contentious art style
Despite the CGI controversy, the pedigree of the cast and crew is strong.
Plague Inc. maker: Don’t use our game for coronavirus modeling
Ndemic warns title is "not a scientific model" after spike in popularity.
Rocket League is dropping Mac, Linux because of crazy-low player counts [Updated]
"0.3% of all active players" stat comes after vague explanation last week.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S3 is a mesmerizing melting pot of the macabre
It's all about power: Who gets to have it, and how to wield it responsibly
Google’s upcoming Airdrop clone gets an early demo on video
Send files locally over Wi-Fi, even when there's no Internet connection.
General Motors will invest $2.2 billion to build EVs in Detroit
Detroit-Hamtramck will build battery electric trucks and SUVs, starting in 2021.
Feds, states consider tag-teaming massive Google investigation
It takes a lot of resources to do a deep dive on a company as big as Google.
Verizon brings 5G to the Super Bowl—for part of the stadium, anyway
It looks like Verizon 5G still can't cover a whole NFL stadium.
House legislators want to hand NASA’s human spaceflight program over to Boeing
Lawmakers also appear to like cost-plus contracts.
Linux on laptops: Ubuntu 19.10 on the HP Dragonfly Elite G1
The HP Dragonfly Elite is a great Windows laptop—but how well does it run Linux?
The story of how Nintendo’s iconic logo escaped an “age-up” remake
The classic oval could have changed to “a graffiti style” or something “aged up.”
How Warcraft III birthed a genre, changed a franchise, and earned a Reforge-ing
Team behind Warcraft III looks back—how many games had NASA scientists behind the scenes?
The Wave takes us on a trippy, surreal journey through a fractured timeline
“Time is a far more relative concept than I thought.”
As sea levels rise, little of the United States will be unaffected
If you're not near the coast, get ready for lots of new neighbors.
Patreon can’t solve its porn pirate problem
Two years ago, Patreon promised to crack down on piracy site Yiff.Party.
Tesla needs to fix Autopilot safety flaws, demands Senator Markey
It should be renamed and fitted with a real driver-monitoring system, he says.
Low turnout and polarization are a deadly combo for electoral stability
Electoral instability is driven by low voter turnout and high polarization (duh).
Color Out of Space review: Nic Cage + Lovecraft = Match made in R‘lyeh
Family drama turns to bonkers body horror so gradually you hardly notice.
The most complete brain map ever is here: A fly’s “connectome”
It took 12 years and at least $40 million to chart a region about 250µm across.
After 3,000 years, we can hear the “voice” of a mummified Egyptian priest
It's a single vowel sound, not a running string of speech. But it's a start.
Apple introduces its large-scale gym partnership program, Apple Watch Connected
The program would also enforce strong GymKit support at many gyms.
Star Trek: Picard frontloads fanservice so it can get on with going boldly
Picard premieres with one eye locked on the past and one trying to look ahead.
This amazing glitch puts Star Fox 64 ships in an unmodified Zelda cartridge
"Stale-reference manipulation," 300-character file names, and a clash between worlds.
China locks down 35M people as US confirms second coronavirus case
It’s an emergency in China, but not yet for the rest of the world, WHO says.
Goop’s Netflix series: It’s so much worse than I expected and I can’t unsee it
Vulvas, psychics, and junk science, oh my. I watched so you don't have to.
Google I/O 2020 set for May 12-14 at Shoreline Amphitheater
Hopefully we'll see the launch of the Pixel 4a.
Why can’t I remember? Model may show how recall can fail
Model may predict why you can’t recall what you know you remember.
Sonos sunsets several smart speakers’ software support, spurring storm [Updated]
Sonos met its "at least five years" support pledge, but that window's closed.
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: The future is an ugly disappointment
Samsung shows us how not to build a foldable smartphone.
Rocket Report: It takes three years to build an SLS? Long March 5B coming
”We will now redirect our investment from XSP to other Boeing programs.“
Librem 5 phone hands-on—Open source phone shows the cost of being different
It's not finished, but many of the basics for an open source smartphone are here.
Mac users are getting bombarded by laughably unsophisticated malware
For malware so trite and crude, Shlayer is surprisingly prolific.
Time check: Examining the Doomsday Clock’s move to 100 seconds to midnight
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advance symbol of doom 20 seconds past historic peak.
CenturyLink, Frontier took FCC cash, failed to deploy all required broadband
ISPs fell short of interim deadlines, leaving Americans without service.
EPA reasoning for gutting fuel-economy rule doesn’t hold up, senator finds
The math in the draft rule doesn't add up to its supposed need, one senator says.
Microsoft’s sneaky plan to switch Chrome searches from Google to Bing
Get ready for support calls when users see Bing results they never asked for.
After a decade of drama, Apple is ready to kill Flash in Safari once and for all
The change is just in the preview build so far, but it's likely to go public soon.
Sick of Big Pharma’s pricing, health insurers pledge $55M for cheap generics
Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies partner with Civica to make cheaper generics.
A young couple is trapped in the forever home from hell in Vivarium trailer
Check out house #9: "It has all you'd need and all you'd want."
Doom Eternal hands-on: It’s more, more, more—and maybe just a little bit less, too
It's hard to follow up near-perfection, but the gory magic is still real.
Dealmaster: Our favorite Fitbit fitness tracker is 30% off on Amazon today
Plus deals on PlayStation Plus subscriptions, SSDs, SD cards, and more.
DirecTV races to decommission broken Boeing satellite before it explodes
Boeing satellite has irreversible damage to batteries, creating explosion risk.
Jewel beetle’s bright colored shell serves as camouflage from predators
University of Bristol scientists offer first real evidence for a 100-year-old theory.
No one hurt in Firefly “anomaly” as company tests its Alpha first stage
“It was just very normal rocket testing stuff."
FCC shuts New York out of $20B broadband fund, and senators are angry
NY ineligible for new money because FCC previously gave to a state fund.
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