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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.
Skimming heist that hit convenience chain may have compromised 30 million cards
Point-of-sale machines at ~850 Wawa locations were infected for 9 months.
Linus Torvalds pulled WireGuard VPN into the 5.6 kernel source tree
The last likely hurdle to inclusion in the Linux kernel itself is cleared.
AT&T loses another 1.2 million TV subscribers as DirecTV keeps tanking
AT&T began 2019 with 24.5 million premium-TV customers, ended with 20.4 million.
Google’s tenth messaging service will “unify” Gmail, Drive, Hangouts Chat
The GSuite team already has a Slack clone, but now it's making a second Slack clone.
The cheapest climate target to hit? Around 2°C
Action costs money, but so do the consequences of inaction.
Report: Valve Index sales more than doubled amid Half-Life Alyx reveal
Cheaper, portable Oculus Quest continues to outpace PC-based alternatives.
China fears lead Interior Department to limit use of foreign drones
The feds worry about Chinese-made drones sending data back to China.
Report: Webb telescope has just a 12 percent chance of making launch date
NASA generally uses a “70 percent confidence level” to establish dates.
Roku Smart Soundbars can now be used to make surround sound systems
Now you can connect multiple Roku speakers to create a more robust audio system.
SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites, catches a fairing [Updated]
They also found a fairing.
Researchers track fishing fleets by putting radar sensors on birds
Lots of boats seem to shut off their tracking systems.
Apple reports a blowout Q1 2020, but names coronavirus as a worry for the next quarter
The iPhone 11 led the charge in a high-growth quarter that surprised some investors.
Apple releases iOS 13.3.1 and macOS Catalina 10.15.3
The updates give users the ability to disable ultra-wide band on new iPhones.
London to deploy live facial recognition to find wanted faces in a crowd
Tech from NEC aimed at spotting wanted persons on the streets to alert officers.
Amazon’s Ring app shares loads of your personal info, report finds
Ring isn't the only company getting a ton of info about you and your setup.
Samsung Galaxy Z flip gets official renders, full spec sheet
It has last year's Snapdragon chip and a glass cover.
Amazon faces employee revolt over slow climate action
Employees are defying a company ban on talking publicly about Amazon practices.
Here’s the latest on the novel coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan
Case counts are jumping quickly as the outbreak continues and testing increases.
Dealmaster: Amazon’s whole Fire TV streamer lineup is on sale for the Super Bowl
Plus deals on the Nvidia Shield, AMD Ryzen chips, the Google Pixel 3a, and more.
Ajit Pai promised faster broadband expansion—Comcast cut spending instead
Despite net neutrality repeal, Comcast spent less on expanding cable network.
Troubled Iranian rocket industry preparing for another launch attempt
Launch will take place from same site revealed by President Trump in August.
Bethesda restores characters who lost their clothes in Fallout 76 hack
One month later, hack victims get items back and in-game currency for the trouble.
Video: How Myst’s designers stuffed an entire universe onto a single CD-ROM
"War Stories" continues with this look at one of the best-selling PC games of the 90s.
The tools and tricks that let Ars Technica function without a physical office
Looking at the “future of work” with a team that’s been living it for two decades.
Cadillac enhances Super Cruise, adds lane change on demand
The updated system requires GM's new electronic vehicle architecture.
How a $300 projector can fool Tesla’s Autopilot
Semi-autonomous driving systems don't understand projected images.
Planned nuclear storage material could decay faster than expected
The interface between different materials accelerates chemical breakdown.
Maryland bill would outlaw ransomware, keep researchers from reporting bugs
Requires consent before infecting, criminalizes other computering.
Check out Netflix’s Ghost in the Shell trailer and its contentious art style
Despite the CGI controversy, the pedigree of the cast and crew is strong.
Plague Inc. maker: Don’t use our game for coronavirus modeling
Ndemic warns title is "not a scientific model" after spike in popularity.
Rocket League is dropping Mac, Linux because of crazy-low player counts [Updated]
"0.3% of all active players" stat comes after vague explanation last week.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina S3 is a mesmerizing melting pot of the macabre
It's all about power: Who gets to have it, and how to wield it responsibly
Google’s upcoming Airdrop clone gets an early demo on video
Send files locally over Wi-Fi, even when there's no Internet connection.
General Motors will invest $2.2 billion to build EVs in Detroit
Detroit-Hamtramck will build battery electric trucks and SUVs, starting in 2021.
Feds, states consider tag-teaming massive Google investigation
It takes a lot of resources to do a deep dive on a company as big as Google.
Verizon brings 5G to the Super Bowl—for part of the stadium, anyway
It looks like Verizon 5G still can't cover a whole NFL stadium.
House legislators want to hand NASA’s human spaceflight program over to Boeing
Lawmakers also appear to like cost-plus contracts.
Linux on laptops: Ubuntu 19.10 on the HP Dragonfly Elite G1
The HP Dragonfly Elite is a great Windows laptop—but how well does it run Linux?
The story of how Nintendo’s iconic logo escaped an “age-up” remake
The classic oval could have changed to “a graffiti style” or something “aged up.”
How Warcraft III birthed a genre, changed a franchise, and earned a Reforge-ing
Team behind Warcraft III looks back—how many games had NASA scientists behind the scenes?
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