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This 1.4 million-year-old hand axe was chipped off a hippo femur
The rare find suggests H. erectus toolmakers were more versatile than we realized.
Ars readers hated this startup’s privacy policy—so the company changed it
Neeva's new privacy policy is a significant improvement over the original.
How COVID-19 transformed Pokémon Go into “Pokémon stay-at-home”
Players worry how remote play will affect a game centered on social encounters.
Spreading rock dust on farms could be a major climate action
Accelerated mineral weathering could suck up carbon and improve soils.
Google bans ads for stalkerware apps—with some exceptions
Google doesn't allow stalking apps in the Play Store but hadn't yet banned ads.
Sadly, none of the big rockets we hoped to see fly in 2020 actually will
Which will fly first: NASA's SLS rocket or SpaceX's Super Heavy booster?
Decades later, these remakes haven’t fixed their racial representation issues
Final Fantasy VII and Trials of Mana both have problems portraying people of color.
Ensigns are the scrappy underdogs in new Star Trek: Lower Decks trailer
Alex Kurtzman tapped Rick and Morty head writer Mike McMahan to spearhead the project.
Watch Dogs: Legion hands-on: Play as anyone, care about no one
More games should let you fight and hack as a grandma. But maybe not like this.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla hands-on: An incomplete Witcher-ization
Assassin's Creed veers deeper into RPG-like territory. Is the latest fit for a Viking?
Two months after infection, COVID-19 symptoms persist
Almost 90 percent still have at least one symptom long after the virus has gone.
What will happen to the Hagia Sophia now that it’s a mosque again?
This isn't the first time the former cathedral has been repurposed.
Ubisoft’s “most powerful creative force” resigns in wake of sweeping allegations
CCO Serge Hascoet is out. So are the global head of HR, head of Canadian studios.
Review: Palm Springs is a fresh, slyly self-aware addition to time-loop trope
Director Max Barbakow’s film snagged the biggest deal in Sundance Film Festival history.
Why is this copy of Super Mario Bros. worth a record $114,000?
Auction house estimates a "single digit" number of this sealed variant still exist.
This self-driving startup built a “car without wheels” for remote driving
Voyage pulled the curtain back on its system for remote driving.
How small satellites are radically remaking space exploration
"There’s so much of the Solar System that we have not explored."
SpaceX stands down from Starlink launch for the third time [Updated]
It's not clear why additional checkouts were needed, again.
WHO still skeptical SARS-CoV-2 lingers in air—despite what the NYT says
The WHO has not released a new guidance on how to stay safe—or changed its stance.
CERN has discovered a very charming particle
Two charm quarks, two anti-charms make for a massive tetraquark.
Yes, Apple silicon Macs will have Thunderbolt ports
Company's statement offers clarification in the wake of Intel's announcement.
Amazon bans TikTok on employee phones, then calls it a mistake [Updated]
Amazon told workers to delete TikTok or lose mobile access to company email.
Review: Charlize Theron shines as a world-weary immortal in The Old Guard
Director Gina Prince-Bythewood's film shares strengths, weaknesses of Extraction
For the second time this year, Amazon Games puts a new title into hiding
Follows Crucible's unceremonious un-launch in June.
IBM has a problem with Google’s Open Usage Commons
The ties between the Open Usage Commons and Google may be too strong and clear.
Google’s new Nest smart speaker is all cloth
We just don’t know what it’s called.
Charter’s hidden “Broadcast TV” fee now adds $197 a year to cable bills
Hidden fee not included in Spectrum’s advertised prices raised yet again.
Commerce “Sharpiegate” report finally released without redaction
Emails, texts, interviews reveal who was responsible.
Florida men charged with selling bleach as COVID-19 cure, threatening “a Waco”
“Church of Bleach” members allegedly failed to comply with court order, threatened judge.
Tesla rival Rivian raises $2.5 billion to make electric trucks and SUVs
The market for electric trucks is about to get crowded.
Apple’s AirPods and wireless charging case are down to their lowest Amazon price
Dealmaster also has deals on Switch games and gear, Echo devices, and more.
French parliament passes porn age-verification legislation
A similar proposal in the UK was put on hold last year.
Augmented reality heads-up displays for cars are finally a real thing
Mercedes-Benz will be the first OEM to offer the tech in the new S-Class sedan.
Rocket Report: Surprise Israeli launch, Britain decides to bail out OneWeb
“iRocket will be competing with SpaceX.”
Android 10 has the fastest update rate ever, hits 16% of users in 10 months
Google's next target? Linux kernel portability and modularity.
Unreal’s new iPhone app does live motion capture with Face ID sensors
It's another rare, killer app for the iPhone's TrueDepth sensor array.
Valve secrets spill over—including Half-Life 3—in new Steam documentary app
No VR headset is required to dive into this $10 multimedia explosion.
120,000-year-old necklace tells of the origin of string
String may have been invented between 160,000 and 120,000 years ago.
Frontier misled subscribers about Internet speeds and prices, AG finds
Washington state AG forces Frontier Northwest to clearly disclose prices, speeds.
Get your first look at the Samsung Galaxy Note 20
See a hands-on video and photos of Samsung’s next flagship.
The return of the $70 video game has been a long time coming
Top-end game pricing has never been lower when measured in constant dollars.
Manage your expectations about the benefits of emissions cuts, study says
Climate is variable, so how long does it take for our efforts to be obvious?
Google Play apps with 500,000 downloads subscribe users to costly services
Malware family that has infiltrated Play since 2017 strikes again.
Is SARS-CoV-2 airborne? Questions abound—but here’s what we know
A look at the data on aerosol transmission.
First teaser for The Boys S2 promises another wild and bloody ride
“Don't you worry. Daddy's home.”
CDC to issue new guidelines on reopening schools after Trump blowup
Trump has intensified calls to open schools, despite clear plans and surging COVID-19.
Microsoft neuters Office 365 account attacks that used clever ruse
Businesses in 62 countries targeted in financial fraud scam.
Amid oil- and gas-pipeline halts, Dakota Access operator ignores court
Pipelines are having a bad week.
Intel details Thunderbolt 4: Required DMA protection, longer cables, and more
It will be fully compatible with USB4.
Superpowered siblings time travel to save the world in Umbrella Academy S2 trailer
Same weird family. New weird problems. And maybe the end of the world as we know it.
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