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We are so on board for Jordan Peele’s clever reinvention of Candyman
"The writing on the wall. The sweet smell of blood. Be my victim."
What’s scarier than hosts gone rogue? Westworld’s idea for privacy laws
Let's hope a real data privacy law, if we had one, would be less Delos-friendly.
The Raspberry Pi 4 gets a RAM upgrade: The 2GB version is now $35
$35 originally got you 1GB of memory, while 2GB was $45.
New US coronavirus case from area with quarantined evacuees from cruise, Wuhan
The latest case is in the same county where hundreds of evacuees were quarantined.
Both Xbox Live Gold and Game Pass Ultimate subscriptions are on sale today
Dealmaster also has offers on Roku streamers, good cheap earphones, and more.
HTTPS for all: Let’s Encrypt reaches one billion certificates issued
The ISRG's Let's Encrypt is putting the S in HTTPS on a massive scale.
T-Mobile conducts layoffs as it prepares to complete Sprint merger
Union predicts tens of thousands of job cuts after T-Mobile and Sprint combine.
Pandemic simulation game Plague Inc. pulled from iOS App Store in China
Authorities offer vague statement alleging "content that is illegal in China."
Everyone agrees: Facebook, Twitter should block disinfo—but probably won’t
2020 misinformation already hard for platforms, with November still months away.
Review: Altered Carbon comes back strong with twisty, fast-paced S2
Fans of the first season won't be disappointed.
Ars Technicast special edition, part 3: Putting AI to work defending your stuff
Our limited edition podcast concludes with a discussion of weaponizing infosec AI.
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.
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