Feed ars-technica Ars Technica - All content

Favorite IconArs Technica - All content

Link https://arstechnica.com/
Feed http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index
Updated 2024-12-02 20:45
Report: Blizzard began making, then canceled, a StarCraft first-person shooter
Kotaku has the scoop on a Battlefield-like prototype that had been in dev for 2 years.
Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on Android devices
After Google successfully beat back Triada in 2017, its developers found a new way in.
Baldur’s Gate III is finally official, coming to PC and Stadia
Divinity: Original Sin devs partner with D&D makers to pick up the RPG classic.
The clever cryptography behind Apple’s “Find My” feature
You can track down your stolen MacBook, but no one else can—not even Apple.
Destiny 2 will become free-to-play later this year, cross-platform [Updated]
Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows 10: finally, play Destiny 2 how you want.
Trump terminates NIH medical research over use of fetal tissue
"This was the president's decision," a White House spokesperson said.
Researchers balance Casimir effects, make tiny hoverboard
Thanks to quantum mechanics, empty space can both push and suck.
Creative thinking: Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean COâ‚‚
Desalination, electrolysis, CO capture, methanol synthesis: all running on solar panels.
Dealmaster: Take $55 off a new Apple Watch Series 4
Plus a 55-inch 4K Vizio TV for $330, SSD and gaming keyboard deals, and more.
YouTube’s anti-extremism crackdown targets journalist who documents extremism
News videos of a Holocaust denier and white supremacist removed by YouTube.
New SEC lawsuit could decide the fate of dozens of blockchain projects
The SEC says Kik's initial coin offering was an unregistered sale of securities.
Despite “revolutionary” promises, Stadia’s biz model is pure establishment
Analysis: Google should offer more options than just selling cloud-based games à la carte.
Google Stadia requires $130 upfront, $10 per month at November launch
Free tier launches in 2020, but both require a la carte game purchases.
Oddworld: Soulstorm gameplay: Abe’s old-school return is a beautiful thing
Pre-E3 hands-on sees us crafting explosives, having a literal (and figurative) blast.
EverQuest’s long, strange 20-year trip still has no end in sight
A game born in an era of dial-up Internet is still doing well after all this time—how?!
This week’s dead Google product is Google Trips, may it rest in peace
Frequent travelers will need to look elsewhere for a trip info app.
The secretive nonprofit that made millions suing companies over cancer warnings
Meet the obscure group behind the fight over cancer warnings on coffee.
YouTube bans neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denial videos in push against hate speech
White supremacists and others who promote discrimination will be banned.
Brad Pitt heads into space with mega daddy issues in first Ad Astra trailer
Director James Gray wants it to have "the most realistic depiction of space travel."
Warnings of world-wide worm attacks are the real deal, new exploit shows
Latest Metasploit module is being kept private, but time is running out.
For 5G, AT&T and T-Mobile buy $1.8 billion worth of 24GHz spectrum across US
Verizon, US Cellular, and Starry also bought plenty in FCC's 5G auctions.
Android Q Beta 4 is out, brings finalized APIs
With final APIs, the Play Store is now accepting Android Q apps.
Following Schrödinger’s cat to its death and giving it a reprieve
Spotting a superposition state's formation predicts oncoming random event.
Baltimore’s bill for ransomware: Over $18 million, so far
Mayor says Baltimore is "open for business," but city has lost millions from slowed payments.
War Stories: How Subnautica made players love being hunted by sea creatures
The trick was to give players a rich world and let them create their own motivations.
Cadillac adds 70,000 miles of new roads to Super Cruise driver assist
The best driver assist tech just got a little better.
World View flies its remote sensing balloon for 16 days and 5,000km
It was the "culmination of a lot of work that’s been going on at World View."
Tesla keeps a promise to early Full Self-Driving customers—sort of
Tesla made a promise to FSD early adopters that's hard to keep.
Target of first human gene editing cuts life expectancy short
While the mutation blocks HIV infection, it apparently creates other risks.
Verizon avoided a decade’s worth of taxes—a new law could make it pay up
Proposed law targets Verizon, which didn't pay tax levied by New Jersey towns.
238 Google Play apps with >440 million installs made phones nearly unusable
Carefully concealed plugin bombarded users with ads during inopportune times.
Dealmaster: Take $50 off Sony’s excellent 1000XM3 noise-cancelling headphones
Plus deals on USB-C chargers, Anker accessories, Ring security cams, and more.
More mangroves? Economies recover faster after tropical cyclones
Analysis measures economic losses with satellite images of nighttime lights.
Congressional hearings signal growing antitrust problems for big tech
Legislator vows to investigate "abusive conduct by platform gatekeepers."
Baltimore ransomware perp pinky-swears he didn’t use NSA exploit
Twitter account shut down after final, expletive-laced warning to mayor.
Did Fallout 76 launch too early or just in time to be saved?
Why do some games survive rough launches and others explode on the launchpad?
Why haven’t genetically engineered crops made food better?
We've tried making GMO crops that provide better nutrition, but it's been a struggle.
“Flying-V” airplane design promises fuel savings, but there’s a catch
The design from TU Delft promises 20% fuel saving over current designs.
Ajit Pai works to cap funding for rural and poor people, gets GOP backing
FCC vote paves way for budget cap on all universal-service broadband programs.
Our first-look photos of Apple’s new Mac Pro and the Pro Display XDR
We took photos and asked a few questions about Apple's new hardware.
Answers to some of your iTunes questions: Old libraries, Windows, and more
Plus, 4K, HDR, and Dolby Atmos over HDMI.
Microsoft says mandatory password changing is “ancient and obsolete”
Bucking a major trend, company speaks out against the age-old practice.
Tesla sold greenhouse gas credits to Fiat and… GM?
As federal regulations get stricter, auto companies seek to buy credits.
Tesla’s next big feature is… a port of Cuphead?
Platformer will be playable on central console alongside Atari classics.
Soviets beat US to first crewed moonwalk in For All Mankind trailer
The series was developed by Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ronald D. Moore.
Minecraft Earth gets first live demo, coming to iOS “this summer”
See your friends' actions in augmented reality, take on Minecraft-caliber challenges.
iPadOS, coming “this fall”: Thumb drives, more gestures, “desktop-class” browsing [Updated]
Report has been updated with supported iPad models—and, praise be, mouse support.
Apple will soon kill off iTunes and, with it, an entire era of music history
Apple will finally kill off the aging iTunes app in favor of new services.
Apple shares its vision for macOS 10.15 Catalina: Cross-platform apps are key
The future of macOS is in iOS—but there's other new stuff to be excited about, too.
Facebook, Google stocks fall on imminent antitrust probes
Deal sees Justice Department probing Google while FTC focuses on Facebook.
...453454455456457458459460461462...