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OneWeb joins the satellite Internet gold rush this week
“Our style is not confrontational. We're using a different model.”
Tracking the future of remote workplaces: Apps, communication, and liability
Ars' work-from-home series continues with macro-level guesses about the inevitable.
Virus tricked into glowing reveals entryway to cellular victim
Viral path to cell nucleus tracked by injecting it with tiny glowing dot.
Flat surfaces surf past each other on the peak of a wave
Simple model describes the transition from static to dynamic friction.
Success kid’s mom won’t stand for Steve King’s “meme” ad
Laney Griner, mother behind the meme, sent cease-and-desist to the Iowa congressman.
Email release reveals chaos sowed by President Trump’s hurricane tweets
"What's next? Climate science is a hoax?"
White dwarf causes strange relativity effect called frame dragging
We've struggled to measure it near Earth but now have data from distant stars.
We are entering the Golden Age of studying our Sun
"There is no doubt that the observations and insight will be unprecedented."
Dear Ashley Madison user, I know everything about you. Pay up or else
Emails threaten to publish intimate details unless members pay a hefty ransom.
The fractured future of browser privacy
Browser makers increase privacy protection but disagree on how exactly it should work.
Fast & Furious 9 trailer: The only 4 minutes of the film you’ll need to watch
Film brings back fan-favorite character Han Lue (Sung Kang), who is not dead after all.
Ajit Pai: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
Pai tells lawmakers that "one or more wireless carriers" violated US law.
Huawei outsells Apple in 2019, becomes No. 2 global smartphone vendor
The US export ban places a serious cloud over Huawei's future, though.
Coronavirus outbreak sparks first federal quarantine in over 50 years
The 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan are now under 14-day quarantine amid outbreak.
Linux Star Trek fans, rejoice: CBS All Access now works in your OS [Updated]
There's probably a lot of overlap in the Star Trek↔Linux Venn diagram.
Ajit Pai’s “surprise” change makes it harder to get FCC broadband funding
Nearly 30 states may have “eligibility reduced or eliminated,” Democrat says.
FCC proposes to fine racist troll $13 million for robocalling spree
One call featured "caricature of a black dialect with jungle background noises."
Levitating sand escapes classical world, enters quantum ground state
We're close to being uncertain about where hundreds of millions of atoms are.
Nintendo: No new Switch model planned for 2020
Power gap between the portable hybrid and new next-gen consoles looks set to widen.
The 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB gets good infotainment, but don’t get the AI
The GLB takes a niche slot and throws shade at the smaller GLA.
WarCraft III Reforged: Not the flavor of chaos we were hoping for
We tried—seriously—to keep our cool while cataloging this $30 re-release's woes.
Rocket Report: Starlink flies, OneWeb has next mega-constellation launch
“This marks the start of a regular launch campaign during 2020.”
Amazon reports big earnings, crosses $1 trillion in value
Investors went gaga over the report, raising Amazon's stock market value by 11%.
Exonerated: Charges dropped against pentesters paid to break into Iowa courthouse
Dismissal is a victory for the security industry and the customers who rely on it.
Browser review: Microsoft’s new “Edgium” Chromium-based Edge
The final release version of Microsoft's new Edge looks quite promising.
CBS makes Star Trek: Picard pilot free on YouTube for a limited time
CBS hasn't said when the free viewing period will end, but it's the full episode.
US government sees renewables passing natural gas in 20 years
But renewables' prices seem to make the report's projections obsolete already.
Google Stadia’s latest free game only has a few thousand total players
Thumper hasn't been a big draw for Stadia's seemingly limited player base.
More than 200 browser extensions ejected from Firefox and Chrome stores
Firefox ousts almost 200 add-ons while Google detects a significant increase in abuse.
AT&T slashed billions from network spending, cut tens of thousands of jobs
Despite government favors, AT&T capital spending and employment keep declining.
Caltech wins $1.1 billion patent award against Apple and Broadcom
Caltech's patent claimed a new type of error-correcting codes.
Novel coronavirus spreads in US as WHO declares global emergency
The immediate risk to the United States is still considered LOW.
Avast shutters data-selling subsidiary amid user outrage
Users were not happy to learn "security" software sold their browsing habits.
DOD tester’s report: F-35 is still a lemon
Inaccurate gun, cybersecurity issues, and poor reliability found by testing director.
Spectacular sunrises and a sense of optimism mark the 2020 Rolex 24
IMSA and Le Mans are converging, and everyone still hates Balance of Performance.
Dealmaster: Lenovo’s already affordable Thinkbook 13s is on sale for $581
Plus savings on Audible memberships, robot vacuums, smart TVs, and more.
A deep dive into the Apollo Guidance Computer, and the hack that saved Apollo 14
How on Earth do you patch the software on a computer orbiting the Moon? Very carefully.
DOD launches swarming drone in test of C-130 “drone mothership” concept
Next comes test of in-flight capture and recovery with sky-hook equipped cargo plane.
An extended interview with Oddworld’s creator, Lorne Lanning
If you've got three hours to kill, we'll take you on a magical trippy journey.
Here are the 62 brand-new emoji for 2020
We're up to 3,304 total emoji, which should show up in your next big OS update.
Microsoft’s Azure is still growing fast to take on AWS, but Xbox is still struggling
The tech giant reported impressive revenue in everything but gaming.
DOJ sues US telecom providers for connecting Indian robocall scammers
One provider connected 720 million calls in 23 days.
Purell’s unproven disease-fighting claims get sanitized after FDA warning
The FDA said it wasn't aware of any data to support the company's claims.
Ancient poop reveals what happened after the fall of Cahokia
People hunted and raised small farms near the ruins of the ancient city.
Tesla made $105 million profit in Q4 2019 after record deliveries
Tesla shares soar in aftermarket trading as a result.
New “Off-Facebook Activity” portal lets you know where you’re being followed
It's helpful to know which businesses track you, but you can't do much about it.
Waymo’s self-driving cars will carry packages for UPS in Phoenix
Waymo vehicles will carry packages from UPS stores to a central UPS warehouse.
Dozens of companies have data dumped online by ransomware ring seeking leverage
Maze operators "gift" Pensacola by removing data dump, but others not so lucky.
Blizzard now claims full copyright for player-made “custom game” mods
New legal language would ensure total ownership of the next Dota.
Cruise’s autonomous Origin hints at a “McDonald’s of mobility”
Being affordable, inoffensive, and homogeneous could be a plus for the startup.
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