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Santa falls into an ambiguous category between "real" and "nonreal" for many children

Yesterday we brought you the most popular stories of 2020. These are the most talked-about.

Nikola has been on the defensive since fraud allegations surfaced in September.

George Clooney directed and stars in adaptation of the Lily Brooks-Dalton novel

It's our annual rundown of the most-read stories.

MuZero handles both rules-based and open-ended games.

Congress already scheduled veto override votes for after Christmas.

Basic impressions of what to expect—and hopes for patches to come.

Agreement means Pfizer will provide a total of 200M doses, with option for 400M more.

Tesla got near bankruptcy as it ramped up Model 3 production in 2017 and 2018.

The phone is due out earlier than ever, in mid-January.

Birx was widely seen as too accommodating to Trump but got sidelined anyway.

"It has surely been a year of challenges."

DOE gets a long list of clean energy R&D projects.

When you haven't been updated since 2016, expiring certificates are a problem.

Research could help slow down deterioration of aging artwork, unmask counterfeits.

Congress also made streaming pirated works a felony.

Mozilla follows Apple's and Google's leads on partitioning, then one-ups them.

The law doesn't love it when competitors promise to cooperate in certain ways.

Porsche designed the 992 around the PDK gearbox; why is the manual so darn good?

Dealmaster also has deals on tons of video games, wireless headphones, and more.

A monitoring program picked up a single case and no indications of wider spread.

Fauci was vaccinated alongside NIH director and HHS secretary.

Help us set a new giving record by adding to our $35,000+ charity haul so far.

These 20 titles helped a quarantined 2020 pass by that much more quickly.

Congress creates $3.2 billion fund for people with low incomes or who have lost jobs.

"The first thing they did is spit into the Samara well."

Look upon the face of an Ice Age predator, and say "Aww."

Reuters cites several anonymous sources in this update to Project Titan

The bill would cause more harms to sex workers than it would fix, critics argue.

Malicious messages installed spyware that recorded audio and pics and stole passwords.

Policy is to treat it like a potential threat, but the emphasis is on "potential."

Apple flags Wistron for "violations of our Supplier Code of Conduct."

AT&T told bidders it may cancel auction if offers don't improve, NY Post reports.

Additive manufacturing helps create 3D "sipes" that open and close as you drive.

Fun, clicky buttons, Sega rarities, and solid emulation—albeit with some issues.

"I wonder if gentle SpaceX is able to work in such conditions?"

Alice in Wonderland and Ready Player One meet Lord of the Flies and Cube.

Director Guy Moshe chats with Ars about his ambitious sci-fi film.

1987's Acorn Archimedes was the first production RISC-based personal computer.

US still has no good answer for "supply chain" attacks that let Russia run wild.

Urban pedestrian and cyclist deaths have risen over the last decade.

Kazakhstan gov required citizens to install self-signed root certificate.

Some good 2020 news: Most of our favorite films this year can now be enjoyed from home.

More vaccines will help ease shortages, work through priority list.

Researchers want to study potential effects of microbe-filled haze on human health.

Togo used image analysis algorithms to target economic support for most vulnerable.

Nintendo, Universal Studios went all out to deliver a Nintendo-fan destination.

Bloomberg's unconfirmed report relies on confidential sources within Microsoft.

Only 0.5% of the medical residents at Stanford are in on the first round of shots.