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Rocket Report: Delta IV Heavy gets a new date, SpaceX to destroy test tank
“We believe the current providers address the plans we have today for the near future.”
Apple’s September 15 “Time Flies” event: What to expect
It's a strange event for a strange time—will the iPhone 12 actually appear?
The Ars Technica ultimate buying guide for your home office setup
From monitors to standing desks, we find the best buys for your new workspace.
Trump vows not to extend TikTok deadline beyond September 15
TikTok could face a US ban if it doesn't find a US buyer in the next five days.
It’s the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season, and the tropics are bonkers
It is quite zany, but if these storms remain out to sea then, hey, go crazy, 2020.
Immortals hands-on: I guess Ubisoft is copying Breath of the Wild now
Formerly titled Gods & Monsters, it launches Dec. 2. It's pretty, but it's messy.
Revisiting the spectacular failure that was the Bill Gates deposition
In the 1990s, Microsoft wore its disdain for antitrust on its sleeve. Now, not so much.
New gravitational-lensing study hints at problems for dark matter models
On a fine scale, the Universe seems lumpier than it should be.
AT&T hopes you’ll forget its years-long fight against accurate broadband maps
AT&T's call for new maps ignores its ongoing fight against more accurate data.
Microsoft’s first Android phone, the Surface Duo, is now available
The dual-screen phone costs a lofty $1,399.
Motorola’s Razr 2 hopes to right the wrongs of the original Razr reboot
It's only slightly different from the Razr 1, hopefully with all the bugs worked out.
As waters warm, these species are stuck going the wrong way
Earlier spring warmth puts young in stronger southward currents.
Maserati’s new MC20 supercar uses F1 engine efficiency technology
Hybrid and even battery versions may come, but first, twin combustion engines.
Console options without disc drives could be GameStop’s final death knell
Or: What would happen if Tower Records tried to sell iPods?
NASA says it will pay private companies to gather Moon rocks
NASA will only pay the bulk of the funds after lunar material is collected.
Portland adopts strictest facial recognition ban in nation to date
New laws ban public and private use of the tech, in nationwide first.
Lucid announces the price and specs for the Air electric sedan
Early adopters will need deep pockets, because 517 miles of range isn't cheap.
System76’s Lemur Pro: A powerful, ultralight OEM Linux laptop
This sleek 14" OEM Linux laptop feels great and offers incredible battery life.
Beware of sandworms: Dune trailer gives us our first look at an epic world
Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation provokes mixed reactions among Ars staffers.
Xbox All Access seems like one of the best deals in gaming
Subscribers pay nothing upfront for hardware and can save money over two years.
Climate change may wreck economy unless we act soon, federal report warns
Fires and floods are expensive and disruptive and we're not ready, report finds.
Trump audio shows he knew about COVID’s severity even as he misled public
Trump told reporter COVID is worse than flu, said he "wanted to play it down."
Top memory and display suppliers drop Huawei after new US restrictions
It's going to be hard to build smartphones without chips or displays.
Russian vaccine trial data has some odd-looking data [Updated]
Most of the results are fairly expected, but there are some interesting details.
“Not uncommon at all”: AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial
Trial of frontrunner COVID-19 vaccine paused to probe single unexplained illness.
Researchers demonstrate in-chip water cooling
Chip is designed so that water channels are next to its hottest components.
Microsoft confirms $499 Xbox Series X for Nov. 10
Lower-end Series S launches the same day at $299.
Arm’s new Cortex-R82 is its first 64-bit real-time processor
Blending full-stack and real-time CPU designs opens new hardware possibilities.
Star Trek: Discovery S3 goes back to the future in first trailer
“We are completely disconnected. But we are also together.”
Apple says Epic’s Fortnite payment scheme “is theft, period.”
iOS’ App Store requirement is needed for “security and privacy,” Apple adds.
COVID vaccine makers vow science—not Trump—will dictate release timing
Trump denied politicizing vaccine but said it could arrive “before a very special date.”
Lidar is becoming a real business
Two of Velodyne's biggest rivals have released hard financial numbers.
Pentagon’s review of controversial $10B contract was a sham, Amazon claims
Amazon says DOD actions were "political cronyism" and review was "illusory."
Colin Kaepernick hits the field in Madden NFL 21 without actual NFL deal
Individual licensing deal brings former QB back for first time since 2016.
AT&T’s current 5G is slower than 4G in nearly every city tested by PCMag
AT&T phones often get just 5MHz of 5G spectrum, slowing them down in speed tests.
Grab leftover Labor Day deals on Switch games, Dell monitors, and more
Dealmaster also has deals on noise-cancelling headphones and top USB-C chargers.
China plans new data policy in response to Trump admin’s “bullying”
A “certain country” keeps making baseless claims, China foreign minister says.
Android 11 is final with day-one updates from Google, betas for other OEMs [Update]
Update: Pixel phones get a day-one update, while other devices get beta builds.
Apple’s next event is on September 15
Possible announcements include iPhone, Apple Watch, and the Apple Silicon Mac.
Epic asks court to force Fortnite back onto the iOS App Store
Epic says it faces unfair retaliation, irreparable harm for battling iOS monopoly.
Tesla’s shares fall 15 percent after S&P 500 snub
Tesla is down 30 percent from September 1, but up 300 percent from January 1.
General Motors will engineer and build Nikola’s hydrogen pickup
Nikola will use GM's batteries and fuel cells, giving GM $2 billion in stock.
Online voting vendor Voatz urges Supreme Court to limit security research
Unauthorized security research can “cause harmful effects,” Voatz says in baffling brief.
Another Chinese rocket falls near a school, creating toxic orange cloud
Most of China's launch fleet is powered by hydrazine fuel and nitrogen tetroxide.
Taking 5G to work, in offices, and on the factory floor—will it help?
Hazy predictions start to coalesce around some concrete realities.
From Pong to Civilization: How I made “one more turn” work on consoles
A chapter reprint from Sid Meier's Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games, now in stores.
Xbox Series S confirmed by Microsoft after next-gen Xbox price leak [Updated]
Now we have an idea of what Series S will look like—and it's Xbox One X-sized.
Western Digital is trying to redefine the word “RPM”
Well those measurements of rotational speed are just, like, your opinion, man...
NASA versus Katrina: August 29, 2005
From the archives: How 38 NASA employees kept the program alive amid the devastating hurricane.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things: The most un-Netflix “Netflix film” to date
“You’re being willfully obtuse,” Lucy says to Jake (and not to Charlie Kaufman, I think).
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