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A senior engineer has left SpaceX to work for Relativity Space
Dunn played an important role in the history of SpaceX.
Walmart’s $99 Android tablet actually looks pretty good
Android 10, Google Play, and USB-C? This is... good?
Ars coronavirus Monday update, May 18
Promising vaccine trials, questionable research ethics, and clearly bad policy.
With new Switch-hacking tech looming, Nintendo targets retailers
Team-Xecuter hackers plan solderable device that even works on "updated" hardware.
Judge denies Shkreli’s “delusional self-aggrandizing” plea to get out of jail
He had hoped to spare his health—and everyone else's, too.
Apple reopens some US stores amid COVID-19, but they’ll work differently
Face masks and screenings will make for a different retail experience.
Members of Congress can vote from home for now—but not by using tech
Representatives have to nominate a proxy—no Zoom votes here.
iPhone crypto hid al-Qaida link to naval base shooting, AG fumes
Investigators say they spent 4 months and huge sums to decrypt suspected iPhones.
Madden NFL’s technical problems were on full display in ESPN championship
Champ's username checks out: "iRUNyouPASSiWIN."
3 different countries, 1 result: Stay-at-home orders work
France, Germany, and the US all show less SARS-CoV-2 spread after restrictions.
Cell-tower attacks by idiots who claim 5G spreads COVID-19 reportedly hit US
US warns carriers to boost security, citing reports of attacks in several states.
Sunday’s launch of a secret space plane produced some eye-catching images
We may not see the X-37B in space, but we can still enjoy its Earth departure.
Uber lays off 3,000 people in second big round of cuts
Uber is closing 45 offices in a bid to cut annual expenses by $1 billion.
Footprints capture a lakeside stroll by a group of ancient hunter-gatherers
408 footprints record how Pleistocene hunter-gatherers foraged and socialized.
Report: Tesla plans to build a new car factory in Texas
The new factory is slated to build the Model Y crossover and the Cybertruck.
I’m a doctor with quadriplegia—thanks to tech, I’m back at work
Tech sometimes gets a bad rap—but it enables plenty of good, too.
ZFS versus RAID: Eight Ironwolf disks, two filesystems, one winner
We exhaustively tested ZFS and RAID performance on our Storage Hot Rod server.
Take a virtual tour of the Museo Galileo in Florence, Italy
The museum holds one of the world's major collections of scientific instruments.
We now have more evidence that Galileo likely never said “And yet it moves”
Astrophysicist Mario Livio talks about his new book Galileo and the Science Deniers.
Corkscrew light promises higher optical-communication data rates
An infinite number of orbital angular momentum states are there for the taking.
For the sixth year in a row, an Atlantic named storm forms early
Seasonal forecasters have predicted the 2020 Atlantic season will be busy.
When audio deepfakes put words in Jay-Z’s mouth, did he have a legal case?
Examining how a megaton rapper did (and did not) respond to faked YouTube videos.
Quarantine is a weirdly good time for animation
Going remote is giving animators lots of opportunities to shine.
An Atlas V rocket sends a secret US space plane into orbit [Updated]
The weather was lousy on Saturday morning.
Have a Good Trip is a gateway drug to de-stigmatizing psychedelics
Director Donick Cary on how he brought internal psychedelic experiences to vivid life.
Man shoots down drone, gets hit with felony charges in Minnesota
The drone's owner was taking aerial images of a meat-processing facility.
A brief ode to Seinfeld’s Frank Costanza, terrible computer salesman
Jerry Stiller died at 92 this week. His most famous character was not Bill Gates 2.0.
Humans are complicated—do we need behavioral science to get through this?
Some scientists think social science isn’t ready for the COVID-19 crisis.
I enrolled in a coronavirus contact tracing academy
Experts say we need ~200,000 more people to track down anyone who crossed COVID-19's path.
Game devs hold virtual meeting from hell in Mythic Quest: Quarantine teaser
"Poppy is being mean in Australian. Is the meeting almost over?"
11 million tests in 10 days: Wuhan lines up after COVID-19 cluster
There was only six cases, but China wants to nix the risk of a second wave.
All your reaction GIFs now belong to Facebook, as it buys Giphy for $400M
Facebook's onward march to bring all of the Internet in house continues apace.
From iOS to SQL: The world’s most incorrectly pronounced tech terms
We're going to set the record straight on some age-old debates.
Epic Games’ biggest PC game sale yet is a coupon frenzy, lasts until June 11
Savings in the 66-90% range for a number of "Ars Approved" classics.
2020 looks like the year US renewables first out-produce coal
Latest projection of US emissions drop grows larger as coal and oil use sink.
Hands-on with Google Chrome’s slick new tab grouping feature
Chrome can now color-code your incredible number of open tabs.
Charter tells court that its no-refund policy helps prevent price increases
Charter tries to kill Maine law requiring prorated refunds for partial months.
Formula 1’s driver chaos, explained
Sebastian Vettel's split with Ferrari has everyone switching teams.
Star Trek will go to Strange New Worlds in new spinoff series
They will probably also seek out new life and new civilizations.
Sorry, Mr. President, America’s testing capacity isn’t “unrivaled”
The US is still far behind leading countries on tests per confirmed COVID case.
Researchers count the kinks in a ring, predict their stability
A study of collapsing soap films shows how rings buckle under surface tension.
NASA creates Artemis Accords in effort to extend its values to the Moon
"We don’t want to only carry astronauts to the Moon, we want to carry our values."
Rocket Report: Branson sells Virgin Galactic shares, LEGO’s deep-space rocket
Also, SpaceX becomes a good Samaritan at sea.
Nvidia ditches Intel, cozies up to AMD with its new DGX A100
Nvidia's first Ampere hardware is headed for the data center, not the game room.
COVID-19 linked to 30-fold increase in rare childhood inflammatory disease
The condition is rare, but it could help explain mysteries of COVID-19.
Quiz miniseries revisits notorious 2001 game-show cheating scandal
Charles Ingram and his wife, Diana, were convicted of cheating on a game show in 2003.
Breath of the samurai: Sony’s Ghost of Tsushima finally looks like a video game
Standard open-world gameplay, gorgeous world, "Guiding Wind," and "samurai cinema."
Apple acquired NextVR, suggesting it still harbors VR ambitions
It's not yet clear what Apple has in mind for the sports-focused VR startup.
How a rejected My Little Pony game helped save a historic tournament
Fan passion and some unexpected help make for a happy ending.
Chrome will soon block resource-draining ads. Here’s how to turn it on now
Fed up with cryptojacking ads? Google developers have you covered.
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