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Anti-vaxxers wage war in Conn., lawmaker calls vaccines “witches brew”
A bill to ban religious vaccine exemptions faces intense protest.
LG’s 2020 flagship smartphone is LG V60 ThinQ
The optional accessory gives you a total of three displays.
First Amendment doesn’t apply on YouTube; judges reject PragerU lawsuit
YouTube can restrict PragerU videos because it is a private forum, court rules.
In a historic first, one private satellite docks to another in orbit
Northrop says this is a first step toward a fleet of satellite-servicing vehicles.
People survived the Toba supervolcano’s global winter after all
Previous studies suggest volcanic winter caused a population bottleneck 74,000 years ago.
Intel promises Full Memory Encryption in upcoming CPUs
Intel's security plans sound a lot like "we're going to catch up to AMD."
Apple tells moviemakers that villains can’t use iPhones, Rian Johnson says
It's not clear how Apple enforces the alleged no-iPhones-for-villains rule.
Researchers find an animal without mitochondria
The “powerhouse of the cell” is apparently not necessary for animal life.
NTSB blasts Tesla, CalTrans, and NHTSA for Autopilot death
There was plenty of blame to go around for the Apple engineer's death in 2018.
Making a more accurate pregnancy test for humpback whales
The current pregnancy test offers up lots of false negatives.
Secretive face-matching startup has customer list stolen
Losing data to an intruder is not a great look for a law enforcement partner.
GOG asks you to please not abuse its expansive new 30-day refund policy
DRM-free store now offers more generous refund terms than digital competitors.
Flaw in billions of Wi-Fi devices left communications open to eavesdroppng
Cypress and Broadcom chip bug bit iPhones, Macs, Android devices, Echoes, and more.
Clarence Thomas regrets ruling that Ajit Pai used to kill net neutrality
Thomas says he was wrong in Brand X case that helped FCC deregulate broadband.
Ars takes the new Opera R2020 browser for a spin
Opera bundles in some killer UI features that Firefox and Chrome don't.
Amazon made a bigger camera-spying store—so we tried to steal its fruit
It's like other Amazon Go stores, only bigger. But it's a meaningful difference.
Lenovo refreshes its ThinkPad lineup with AMD Ryzen Pro 4000
Some of these laptops will get 10th-gen Intel Core vPro chips later this year, too.
CDC tells Americans to brace for coronavirus
WHO's insights from China suggest that the virus can be contained.
Thanks, Qualcomm: Mandatory 5G means phones now ship with disabled 5G modems
Pay for a 5G modem you can never use, thanks to Qualcomm's Snapdragon 865 design.
The wear patterns of your jeans aren’t good forensic evidence
Low reliability, high rate of false alarms in denim-matching forensics
New Netflix series Night on Earth shows wildlife in a startling new light
Moonlight cameras, thermal imaging, night-vision goggles, infrared light, and more.
Dealmaster: Get our favorite budget gaming monitor for just $190
Plus deals on noise-cancelling headphones, Xbox Live Gold, Fire TV, and more.
Space Channel 5 VR review: The worst value proposition for a PSVR game yet
Does an uneven 27-minute campaign for $40 sound good to you? We didn't think so.
The nuclear option: EA bans “abusive” FIFA player from all of its games
Fenech: “I never said anything I shouldn’t have.” EA: “[He] crossed a line of decency.”
Delay seems likely as parachute problems plague European Mars lander
"This plan will be examined by the two agency heads."
VW to appoint “aggressive” climate activist to scrutinize policies
German group is first big carmaker to create post as it steps up drive to go green and electric.
Marsquakes and ancient magnetic fields: InSight’s first data
Last year, we activated the first useful seismograph on Mars.
A peanut butter brand has put its spoon into the GIF pronunciation debate
Instead of letting a brand have the final word, we called a lexicographer about it.
The mid-engined Corvette was 60 years in the making, now we’ve driven it
Decades of aborted plans and concepts led to the production mid-engined 'Vette.
Push-button warfare: How artists use games to capture drone strike horror
Interactive exhibits hold a mirror to the rise in "game-like" remote warfare.
Firefox turns encrypted DNS on by default to thwart snooping ISPs
US-based Firefox users get encrypted DNS lookups today or within a few weeks.
Removing a GPS tracking device from your car isn’t theft, court rules
Indiana high court: Removing a small unmarked device from your car isn't theft.
WHO tries to calm talk of pandemic, says the word “does not fit the facts”
Meanwhile, US coronavirus cases hit 53 as more cruise passengers test positive.
Apple Maps expands its Street View competitor to Boston, DC, Philadelphia
This follows a US-wide expansion of more detailed maps.
The next Xbox will quadruple XB1’s CPU, octuple its GPU performance
AMD RDNA2 GPU, “Smart Delivery” versioning, and multi-game “quick resume.”
Petnet goes offline for a week, can’t answer customers at all
Failing to work is one problem; failing to communicate with customers is another.
New Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone looks handsome, costs a ridiculous $1,300
It has a funny name, a square design, and a very high price.
One of NASA’s greatest mathematicians, Katherine Johnson, has died
"Anything that could be counted, I did."
Open source licenses: What, which, and why
Learn what open source licenses are, which one to choose, and why it matters.
Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice
The trick is a timely combination of side-to-side and see-sawing motions.
The Ars Technica semi-scientific guide to Wi-Fi Access Point placement
Wi-Fi is like real estate—the secret is location, location, location.
Climate change is drying up the Colorado River
Less snow means more evaporation in a critical water resource.
Cities fighting climate woes hasten “green gentrification”
Planning for rising tides can push the price of housing up—and longtime residents out.
Physics undergrads crunched numbers for Star Trek’s tribble problem
It would only take 4.5 days for tribbles to completely fill the USS Enterprise.
A neural network picks promising antibiotics out of a library of chemicals
Evaluating over a million molecules takes four days of computer time.
January was warmest on record for the globe
NOAA’s January summary is out, along with its outlook for spring.
The Mandalorian was shot on a holodeck-esque set with Unreal Engine, video shows
This video depicts one of the most radical evolutions of filmmaking in years.
Companies are stealing influencers’ faces
And there's not much they can do about it.
Review: Time travel and murder combine in HBO’s riveting Beforeigners series
It's a thoughtful, moving, often ribald and funny tale of worlds colliding.
Google faces state lawsuit alleging misuse of schoolkids’ private data
Collecting and using kids' data from educational tools is a no-go, state AG says.
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