COVID-19 spread 4X faster in one Amazon warehouse than local area by Kate Cox on 2020-06-30 17:04 (#55750) US employees get a “thank you” bonus; German warehouse workers are on strike.
Mercury and algal blooms poisoned Maya reservoirs at Tikal by Kiona N. Smith on 2020-06-30 16:32 (#55720) A recent study analyzed sediments from large reservoirs in the Maya city of Tikal.
How holographic tech is shrinking VR displays to the size of sunglasses by Kyle Orland on 2020-06-30 16:21 (#55721) Facebook Research unveils new lightweight prototype that's just 9mm thick.
Detroit police chief cops to 96-percent facial recognition error rate by Timothy B. Lee on 2020-06-30 16:12 (#55722) Detroit police are under fire for a mistaken arrest using the technology.
NatGeo expedition hunts for 1924 climber’s body in Lost on Everest documentary by Jennifer Ouellette on 2020-06-30 15:35 (#556Y6) A 1999 expedition found mummified remains of Andrew Irvine's climbing partner, George Mallory.
Human Interface: What (almost) every button in an F-15C fighter’s cockpit does by Lee Hutchinson on 2020-06-30 15:10 (#556Y7) We kick off a new video series designed to show off high-tech systems and how they work.
How’s this for aerodynamic? The Lucid Air’s drag coefficient is only 0.21 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2020-06-30 14:40 (#556Y8) Lucid Motors wants the Air to travel 400 miles on a single charge.
Harmonix’s Fuser wants to make you a DJ… but only up to a point by Sam Machkovech on 2020-06-30 13:00 (#556RF) Preview: Successor to DropMix succeeds where DJ Hero failed, but is that enough?
Developers leak benchmarks from the Apple silicon Mac transition kit by Jim Salter on 2020-06-29 21:19 (#555YV) How will legacy Mac apps perform under Rosetta on Apple silicon?
Chrome for Android finally gets a bottom tab bar in new experiment by Ron Amadeo on 2020-06-29 21:05 (#555YW) A new flag in Chrome Beta will create a strip of favicons at the bottom of the screen.
Microsoft adds WINFR file undeletion tool to the Microsoft Store by Jim Salter on 2020-06-29 20:00 (#555WV) Ready to finally throw away those 15-year-old shareware UNDELETE utilities?
Reddit bans pro-Trump /r/The_Donald for “rule-breaking content” by Timothy B. Lee on 2020-06-29 18:50 (#555TP) Reddit says its site is “not for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups.”
Facebook will label rule violations as Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks join ad “pause” by Kate Cox on 2020-06-29 17:43 (#555R5) The 2016 policy seems finally to have cracked to the point of breaking.
Russia’s replacement for the Proton rocket costs way too much by Eric Berger on 2020-06-29 16:57 (#555MT) "Angara has no chance of successful competition."
New hack runs homebrew code from DVD-R on unmodified PlayStation 2 by Kyle Orland on 2020-06-29 15:20 (#555EX) Exploit found in DVD player software can also load copies of full PS2 games.
A decidedly non-Linux distro walkthrough: Haiku R1/beta2 by Jim Salter on 2020-06-29 12:20 (#55568) 1995’s finest operating system in 2020—plus, our $140 EVOO laptop rides again.
Search engine startup asks users to be the customer, not the product by Jim Salter on 2020-06-29 11:49 (#55569) Rival privacy-focused search engine Startpage is not impressed.
This is what Ford’s new F-150 display and infotainment system looks like by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2020-06-28 14:30 (#55489) It’s tastefully restrained and very legible—exactly what you want in an interface.
New polymer easily captures gold extracted from e-waste by Scott K. Johnson on 2020-06-28 14:00 (#5548A) Dissolve e-waste, harvest gold, profit.
How to move your role-playing game nights online by Ars Staff on 2020-06-28 13:30 (#5547A) A look at Roll20, which helps you run RPGs online.
An embattled group of leakers picks up the WikiLeaks mantle by WIRED on 2020-06-28 12:00 (#5546J) DDoSecrets was banned from Twitter after releasing hacked law enforcement files.
TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data by Dan Goodin on 2020-06-27 16:52 (#553K0) Passwords, bitcoin addresses, and anything else in clipboards are free for the taking.
Empirical analysis tells Reviewer 2: “Go F’ Yourself” by John Timmer on 2020-06-27 14:00 (#553HT) "Pennywise the Clown, combined with el chupacabra, wrapped in the Blair Witch."
The rocket motor of the future “breathes” air like a jet engine by WIRED on 2020-06-27 12:00 (#553GY) This theoretical engine could drastically reduce the cost of getting to space.
Doomscrolling is slowly eroding your mental health by WIRED on 2020-06-27 10:50 (#553GG) Checking your phone for an extra two hours every night won’t stop the apocalypse.
Mulan release date bumped to August 21 as coronavirus pandemic rages on by Jennifer Ouellette on 2020-06-27 02:23 (#553E9) The good news: it will open in near future, not during the holidays (or on Disney+).
Back to kick some demon derrière: Wynonna Earp S4 trailer is finally here by Jennifer Ouellette on 2020-06-27 01:28 (#553E1) S4 production was plagued first by financial troubles, then by pandemic woes.
US logs record 40K COVID-19 cases in a day as experts brace for rise in deaths by Beth Mole on 2020-06-26 22:33 (#553A5) 16 states are seeing both increases in cases and increases in positive test rates.
Gaming on Apple platforms is set for some big changes—here are a few by Samuel Axon on 2020-06-26 20:25 (#5535Q) This year's WWDC was a big one for game development.
Amazon pays $1.2 billion for self-driving startup Zoox by Timothy B. Lee on 2020-06-26 19:35 (#5533B) Zoox aimed to create its own self-driving software, vehicle, and taxi service.
FCC helps Charter avoid broadband competition by Jon Brodkin on 2020-06-26 18:30 (#5530J) FCC helped Charter but denied Frontier bid to block funds in parts of 29 states.
Microsoft’s “new approach” to retail stores: Closing them forever by Kate Cox on 2020-06-26 17:54 (#5530K) Microsoft designed its retail stores to be cool like Apple's. It didn't work.
Tiny pendulum may reveal gravity’s secrets by Chris Lee on 2020-06-26 17:48 (#5530M) Gravity and quantum mechanics may influence each other as tiny pendulum swings.
SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of Starlink satellites [Updated] by Eric Berger on 2020-06-26 17:16 (#552XN) No new launch date has yet been set.
The Kia Telluride is the most surprising SUV of the year by Eric Bangeman on 2020-06-26 17:02 (#552XP) Kia's biggest SUV can do it all, both off-road and on.
A massive Saharan dust plume is moving into the Southeast US by Ars Staff on 2020-06-26 16:51 (#552XQ) It's bringing technicolor sunsets and suppressing tropical storms.
What’s new in Windows 10 Build 2004 by Jim Salter on 2020-06-26 16:20 (#552VC) Improved Linux, Sandbox, and Cortana features dominate Build 2004's changelist.
California set to ban all heavy diesel trucks and vans by 2045 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2020-06-26 16:13 (#552VD) Heavy-duty trucks are responsible for 70% of vehicle air pollution in the state.
Verizon joins growing Facebook advertiser boycott [Updated] by Kate Cox on 2020-06-26 13:47 (#54WZG) Civil rights groups go after company’s bottom line.
Chinese bank requires foreign firm to install app with covert backdoor by Dan Goodin on 2020-06-26 12:00 (#552F2) A multinational tech company gets schooled in the risks of doing business in China.
Tesla factory workers who stayed home due to COVID fears face termination by Timothy B. Lee on 2020-06-26 11:41 (#552F3) In May, Tesla told workers they could stay home if they felt unsafe.
Hump!, the online porn fest that wouldn’t have happened without quarantine by Sam Machkovech on 2020-06-26 11:30 (#552CZ) Safe-for-work chat with the famed sex columnist behind this crazy online event.
Rocket Report: Used Falcon 9s to launch humans, Scottish spaceport advances by Eric Berger on 2020-06-26 11:00 (#552D0) “We're not going to make it more dangerous than orbital flight.”
Everything we know about the new Ford F-150 truck—including the hybrid by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2020-06-26 00:00 (#551XH) New features include fold-flat seats, work surfaces, and onboard power.
Europe officially sets its sights on a giant LHC successor by John Timmer on 2020-06-25 22:45 (#551VN) An enormous ring under Lake Geneva will host two colliders in succession.
CDC: Here’s the latest on who gets the sickest from COVID-19 by Beth Mole on 2020-06-25 22:08 (#551TA) Risk increases with age and certain underlying health conditions.
In trailer for Brave New World, everyone but John the Savage knows their place by Jennifer Ouellette on 2020-06-25 21:50 (#551TB) "If you're not happy, you're nothing at all."
Apple makes another acquisition: IT startup Fleetsmith by Samuel Axon on 2020-06-25 21:20 (#551QX) The future of Apple + Jamf is a bit fuzzy now.
Three cops fired after accidental dashcam activation captures racist rants by Kate Cox on 2020-06-25 21:01 (#551QY) Standard, internal review of dashcam recording found "extremely racist" footage.
Google gives Android depth sensing and object occlusion with ARCore 1.18 by Ron Amadeo on 2020-06-25 18:15 (#551FV) Virtual objects can appear behind real objects and collide with them.