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New York passes its Green New Deal, announces massive offshore wind push
A Green New Deal with an emphasis on the green part.
How private is your browser’s Private mode? Research into porn suggests “not very”
Data brokers like Facebook, Google, and Oracle might know more than you think.
Chrome 76 prevents NYT and other news sites from detecting Incognito Mode
In Chrome 76, websites can no longer check FileSystem API to detect private mode.
The Greatest Leap, part 4: Catching Apollo fever as a new NASA employee
“In today’s day and age, they’d probably all be in jail or something.”
Google tries to reassure gamers it’s behind Stadia for the long haul
But buying individual games that only live in the cloud presents a new kind of risk.
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The Corvette goes mid-engined—supercar performance for $60,000
The C8 Corvette has finally emerged from cover.
Half a century after Apollo, why haven’t we been back to the Moon?
After we beat the Soviets in 1969, there wasn't much left to prove.
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 beats Pegasus on price, Vega has its first failure
The Falcon 9 rocket has 50 times the lift capacity of a Pegasus vehicle.
Journey creator’s Sky debuts on iPhone and iPad
Building positive social bonds is key in thatgamecompany's ambitious new title.
Microsoft closes fiscal 2019 with revenue spikes driven by cloud services
It's looking sunny up in the cloud, with revenue jumps for Azure, Office 365, and more.
Shkreli stays in jail; Infamous ex-pharma CEO quickly loses appeal
The three-judge panel disagreed with Shkreli's argument that jurors were misinformed.
As Russian “FaceApp” gobbles up user photos, Schumer asks FBI to investigate
FaceApp—which edits photos to make you look older—says no pics stored in Russia.
Facebook is backpedaling from its ambitious vision for Libra
Under pressure from regulators, Facebook is rethinking Libra's design.
Top Gun: Maverick world premiere trailer: It’s not just F-18s this time
Two-minute trailer is scant on details, so we pick apart Maverick's return.
Nigerian scammers slide into DMs, so Ars trolls them
Romance scams persist, somehow, by preying on the gullible; Twitter is fertile ground.
The Greatest Leap, part 3: The triumph and near-tragedy of the first Moon landing
Across the cislunar blackness, we set sail for a landing that almost didn't happen.
New trailer for IT Chapter Two ratchets up the horror
Pennywise gets nostalgic: "For 27 years I dreamt of you. I craved you. I missed you."
Dealmaster: A handful of good Prime Day deals are still available today
Including deals on good board games, Samsung SSDs, Roku streamers, and more.
Dropbox silently installs new file manager app on users’ systems [Updated]
Dropbox ambushes its users with a radically different version of its sync app.
Warming climate likely leading to larger California fires
Warmer temperatures mean drier fuels and more fire for much of the state.
More on DataSpii: How extensions hide their data grabs—and how they’re discovered
Is your browser extension tracking your every move online?
My browser, the spy: How extensions slurped up browsing histories from 4M users
Have your tax returns, Nest videos, and medical info been made public?
Microsoft warns 10,000 customers they’re targeted by nation-sponsored hackers
Hacking remains a tool of choice for influencing elections, company warns.
Zombifying fungus bypasses the brain to make ants its puppets, study finds
SEM images showed strange bead-like particles that could also play a role.
WHO declares Ebola outbreak an international emergency
"It is time for the world to take notice and redouble our efforts."
Painted-on salt provides glowing thermometer for tiny things
Fast and tiny temperature changes visible in the glow of a 2D salt.
DEA tracked every opioid pill sold in the US. The data is out—and it’s horrific
Just three drug makers and six distributors were behind the flood.
Turkey crosses “red line,” gets booted from F-35 partnership
ErdoÄŸan's welcome of Russian missiles puts nail in coffin of F-35 buy.
Xiaomi’s Mi A3 brings stock Android, OLED display for€249
It seems like a solid midranger, but we worry about the 720p display.
Censored Chinese search project is “terminated,” Google rep testifies
The project drew criticism from elected officials and Google employees.
New archaeological layer discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows
The story of the only undisputed Norse site in the Americas just got more complicated.
The Greatest Leap, part 2: The 50/50 bet that won the Space Race for America
If Apollo 8 failed, NASA's Moon dreams would crumble.
OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
OneWeb's first six satellites pass test as company moves closer to real service.
NASA’s large SLS rocket unlikely to fly before at least late 2021
"NASA has not been good at setting realistic budget and schedules."
War Stories: Designing Dead Cells was a marriage of man and machine
Finding a balance between hand-made creations and algorithmic variation.
Ford designs a pickup truck emoji, petitions Unicode Consortium
The best-selling vehicle in the US might become an actual emoji.
New standard Switch model will improve battery life 40 to 80 percent
Minor revision coming to US/Japan in August, UK in September.
New research on Tunguska finds such events happen less often than we thought
Eyewitness: "Suddenly the sky appeared like it was split in two, high above the forest."
Losing yourself in virtual worlds can have good as well as negative effects
Psychologist Pete Etchells chats with Ars about his first book, Lost in a Good Game.
Justice John Paul Stevens, dead at 99, promoted the Internet revolution
He was one of the most pragmatic and tech-savvy justices in court history.
Apple is planning to buy up original podcasts with exclusivity in mind
Apple already has original content in music and TV; are podcasts next?
Musk’s newest startup is venturing into a series of hard problems
Elon Musk will describe his plans for Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company.
Apple celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with a new peek at For All Mankind
Ronald D. Moore, Michael Okuda, Maril Davis, and more discuss the new show.
The first all-new Lotus in years will be a 1,971hp electric car
Flush with Geely's funding, this hypercar marks the start of a new chapter.
We’re getting a fourth Thor film, and Taika Waititi is directing it
But it means the director's anticipated adaptation of Akira is delayed indefinitely.
Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons
GrandPooBear says he'd "rather make a ROM hack" than go on under SMM2's unclear rules.
Formula E racing tech will improve the charger for your electric car
ABB and Enel X provide modified production fast chargers used at each ePrix.
The $139 Nokia 2.2 brings back the removable battery
It has a notched camera design, a plastic body, and a removable battery.
FCC gives ISPs another $563 million to build rural-broadband networks
Tens of millions of Americans still don't have broadband Internet.
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