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Review: Snowpiercer starts slow and builds to intense cliffhanger finale
TNT's reboot of 2013 Bong Joon-ho film stars Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs.
NASA’s human spaceflight chief just resigned, and the timing couldn’t be worse
Effective immediately, Ken Bowersox will serve as acting associate administrator.
Dell launched sweeping update of its Latitude, Precision business laptop lines
They're more refinements than reinventions, but most of the changes are welcome.
The sprawling, must-read history of Maxis’ former “serious games” division
The history of rare software that made SimCity look like Candy Crush in comparison.
Your Equifax settlement $125 isn’t coming, but banks get their $5.5M
Sure, you might only get a few cents at this point, but where is it?
Failure is not an option in latest Space Force trailer
“There will be setbacks. But if you fall on your face, you get back up.”
AMD’s powerful Ryzen 9 3900X CPU is down to its lowest Amazon price to date
Dealmaster also includes the Switch Pro Controller, Sega Genesis Mini, and more.
Trump threatens to take US out of WHO entirely and stop all funding
Trump letter blasts WHO's COVID-19 response, says US will “reconsider membership.”
Leaker claims to have seen “Apple Glass” AR glasses, details how they’ll work
YouTuber claims he's seen a prototype video of the device, and has a list of details.
People who know more about self-driving technology trust it more
More knowledge equals less fear, but confusion about the technology is rampant.
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Crucible, Amazon’s new online shooter: Alexa, does this game have a chance?
Can Amazon’s uneven gaming track record put the “service” in “game as a service?”
Linux distro review: Fedora Workstation 32
We took Red Hat's bleeding-edge desktop distribution for an extended spin.
A senior engineer has left SpaceX to work for Relativity Space
Dunn played an important role in the history of SpaceX.
Walmart’s $99 Android tablet actually looks pretty good
Android 10, Google Play, and USB-C? This is... good?
Ars coronavirus Monday update, May 18
Promising vaccine trials, questionable research ethics, and clearly bad policy.
With new Switch-hacking tech looming, Nintendo targets retailers
Team-Xecuter hackers plan solderable device that even works on "updated" hardware.
Judge denies Shkreli’s “delusional self-aggrandizing” plea to get out of jail
He had hoped to spare his health—and everyone else's, too.
Apple reopens some US stores amid COVID-19, but they’ll work differently
Face masks and screenings will make for a different retail experience.
Members of Congress can vote from home for now—but not by using tech
Representatives have to nominate a proxy—no Zoom votes here.
iPhone crypto hid al-Qaida link to naval base shooting, AG fumes
Investigators say they spent 4 months and huge sums to decrypt suspected iPhones.
Madden NFL’s technical problems were on full display in ESPN championship
Champ's username checks out: "iRUNyouPASSiWIN."
3 different countries, 1 result: Stay-at-home orders work
France, Germany, and the US all show less SARS-CoV-2 spread after restrictions.
Cell-tower attacks by idiots who claim 5G spreads COVID-19 reportedly hit US
US warns carriers to boost security, citing reports of attacks in several states.
Sunday’s launch of a secret space plane produced some eye-catching images
We may not see the X-37B in space, but we can still enjoy its Earth departure.
Uber lays off 3,000 people in second big round of cuts
Uber is closing 45 offices in a bid to cut annual expenses by $1 billion.
Footprints capture a lakeside stroll by a group of ancient hunter-gatherers
408 footprints record how Pleistocene hunter-gatherers foraged and socialized.
Report: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
The new factory is slated to build the Model Y crossover and the Cybertruck.
I’m a doctor with quadriplegia—thanks to tech, I’m back at work
Tech sometimes gets a bad rap—but it enables plenty of good, too.
ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner
We exhaustively tested ZFS and RAID performance on our Storage Hot Rod server.
Take a virtual tour of the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy
The museum holds one of the world's major collections of scientific instruments.
We now have more evidence that Galileo likely never said “And yet it moves”
Astrophysicist Mario Livio talks about his new book Galileo and the Science Deniers.
Corkscrew light promises higher optical-communication data rates
An infinite number of orbital angular momentum states are there for the taking.
For the sixth year in a row, an Atlantic named storm forms early
Seasonal forecasters have predicted the 2020 Atlantic season will be busy.
When audio deepfakes put words in Jay-Z’s mouth, did he have a legal case?
Examining how a megaton rapper did (and did not) respond to faked YouTube videos.
Quarantine is a weirdly good time for animation
Going remote is giving animators lots of opportunities to shine.
An Atlas V rocket sends a secret US space plane into orbit [Updated]
The weather was lousy on Saturday morning.
Have a Good Trip is a gateway drug to de-stigmatizing psychedelics
Director Donick Cary on how he brought internal psychedelic experiences to vivid life.
Man shoots down drone, gets hit with felony charges in Minnesota
The drone's owner was taking aerial images of a meat-processing facility.
A brief ode to Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza, terrible computer salesman
Jerry Stiller died at 92 this week. His most famous character was not Bill Gates 2.0.
Humans are complicated—do we need behavioral science to get through this?
Some scientists think social science isn’t ready for the COVID-19 crisis.
I enrolled in a coronavirus contact tracing academy
Experts say we need ~200,000 more people to track down anyone who crossed COVID-19's path.
Game devs hold virtual meeting from hell in Mythic Quest: Quarantine teaser
"Poppy is being mean in Australian. Is the meeting almost over?"
11 million tests in 10 days: Wuhan lines up after COVID-19 cluster
There was only six cases, but China wants to nix the risk of a second wave.
All your reaction GIFs now belong to Facebook, as it buys Giphy for $400M
Facebook's onward march to bring all of the Internet in house continues apace.
From iOS to SQL: The world’s most incorrectly pronounced tech terms
We're going to set the record straight on some age-old debates.
Epic Games’ biggest PC game sale yet is a coupon frenzy, lasts until June 11
Savings in the 66-90% range for a number of "Ars Approved" classics.
2020 looks like the year US renewables first out-produce coal
Latest projection of US emissions drop grows larger as coal and oil use sink.
Hands-on with Google Chrome’s slick new tab grouping feature
Chrome can now color-code your incredible number of open tabs.
Charter tells court that its no-refund policy helps prevent price increases
Charter tries to kill Maine law requiring prorated refunds for partial months.
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