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Guidemaster: The best Qi wireless charging pads for your smartphone
Wireless charging can be tricky to understand—these devices make it a no-brainer.
Jedi: Fallen Order game review: More like, the Force goes back to sleep
EA finally releases a single-player Star Wars game, but promising intro falls apart.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the single leading source of anti-vax ads on Facebook
Researchers dig into Facebook's ad library.
Google gives up on US carriers, will roll out its own RCS chat system
After the carriers shun Google RCS, Google rolls its own service out to the US.
Apple plans a Prime-like subscription bundle, but that has News+ publishers worried
Apple made deals with publishers to include their content in such a bundle.
Another company is dialing back expectations for self-driving taxis
The key question about self-driving is which applications will be viable first.
Stadia what? Xbox game streaming will become part of Game Pass in 2020
But Xbox is currently playing coy about whether xCloud access will cost extra.
New 3D display combines visuals, haptic feedback, and sound
A small sphere levitated on sound can be moved around fast enough to be a display.
NASA report finds Boeing seat prices are 60% higher than SpaceX
"Boeing has made significant investments in the commercial crew program."
FCC sued by dozens of cities after voting to kill local fees and rules
Cities challenge FCC vote to preempt local fees and broadband regulations.
FTC head asks Congress for real privacy laws he can enforce
Simons has several times expressed frustration that the FTC can't do more.
Dealmaster: Get discounts on board games, AirPods Pro, Xbox Game Pass, and more
Plus deals on USB-C hubs, Apple battery cases, Bose sports headphones, and more.
Impeachment hearing reveals major White House phone security fail
Diplomat's testimony of Sondland-Trump call just the latest apparent OPSEC lapse by administration.
Google Maps translate feature will speak local place-names
Google Translate text-to-speech options let you communicate during foreign travel.
Google Stadia will be missing many features for Monday’s launch
Among the missing: 4K on PC, Achievement UI, Google Assistant, Family Sharing...
Ford opens its order books for Mustang Mach-E electric crossover
You can reserve one for $500 after Idris Elba reveals the Mach-E on Sunday.
Physics holds the secret to volleyball’s highly unpredictable “float serve”
Scientists performed wind tunnel experiments to study volleyball aerodynamics.
Major fish nurseries are awash in microplastics
Which means larval fish are snacking on a lot of plastic.
The ByteCode Alliance wants to bring binary apps into your browser
The Bytecode Alliance aims to promote safe use—and reuse—of untrusted code at speed.
Moto Razr 2019 is official: A foldable smartphone with no display crease
One of the most iconic flip phones ever is rebooted as a $1,500 foldable smartphone.
Breach affecting 1 million was caught only after hacker maxed out target’s storage
Hacker's data archive file grew so big that the target's hard drive ran out of space.
How the FCC solves consumer problems—well, it doesn’t, really
FCC refers complaints to Internet providers, and that's about it.
Google will offer checking accounts, says it won’t sell the data
Checking accounts would be rich data trove Google says it will keep to itself.
Scandal of kids posing as researchers continues to grow in South Korea
As in the US, South Korea is scrutinizing how elites get their kids into college.
Stadia launch dev: Game makers are worried “Google is just going to cancel it”
Kine maker thinks Google wants to start small, scale slowly.
Google: You can trust us with the medical data you didn’t know we already had [Updated]
Google has 50M people's medical records but won't merge them with other Google data.
Russian man charged with running money-back-guaranteed criminal marketplace
Cardplanet offered 150,000 cards and defrauded US holders of >$20 million.
How to spot the SpaceX Starlink satellite train overhead this week
Ars’ resident rocket photographer shares three tools to track Starlink satellites above.
Pokémon Sword and Shield review: A big adventure with a small Pokédex
A truly console-scale Pokémon RPG, marred by a lack of some legacy Pokémon.
This system from Garmin can land a private plane when your pilot can’t
Unfortunately it’s only available for two GA aircraft, and neither is exactly cheap.
Google fires staffer, suspends two others, amid rising workplace tensions
Workplace political battles are steadily eroding Google’s open culture.
Apple introduces a redesigned, thicker MacBook Pro
Apple also announced that the Mac Pro and Pro Display XDR are coming in December.
How a turf war and a botched contract landed 2 pentesters in Iowa jail
Despite no evidence of criminal intent, Coalfire employees face charges of criminal trespass.
Guidemaster: Ars picks its favorite tech gifts you can buy for under $50
Good tech can get really expensive really quickly—here are some affordable gems.
Living with range anxiety: Two weeks with the Jaguar I-Pace
We tested the I-Pace in the dead of winter and the heat of summer.
A “mouse-deer,” seen once in the last century, has now been caught on film
No sightings of the silver-backed chevrotain for most of the last century.
EPA still moving to limit science used to support regulations
Draft published by New York Times expands on version started under Scott Pruitt.
The world finally has an approved vaccine against Ebola
The WHO wasted no time to "prequalifying" the newly approved vaccine.
US violated Constitution by searching phones for no good reason, judge rules
ICE and Customs violated 4th Amendment with suspicionless searches, ruling says.
How does Plume get all these ISP partnerships? Open source software
Simplified device management might be more attractive than Wi-Fi mesh itself.
Tesla announces its next car factory will be near Berlin
"Everyone knows that German engineering is outstanding," Musk said.
Amazon gains unfair edge by making sellers use its shipping, complaint says
Chinese knockoffs and Amazon's shipping carrot/stick hurt vendors, reports say.
Dealmaster: Get a year of Disney+ for free if you’re a Verizon Wireless user
Or a new Fios or 5G user. Plus deals on Kindle Unlimited, AMD CPUs, and more.
High demand causes login problems on Disney+ launch day
Demand “has exceeded our high expectations,” Disney says.
Two years later, Apple’s AR/VR headset plans reportedly pushed back two years
Combined VR/AR headset for 2022 to be followed by “lightweight” AR glasses in 2023.
Sonic the Hedgehog’s movie look is fixed following fan outcry
The main character appears to be completely redone—and much better for it.
Amazon fails to unseat pro-tax city council members in Seattle
Big business spent $1.5 million trying to unseat pro-tax candidates.
A new paper concludes that hurricane damage is increasing
Replication isn't only about repeating the exact same study.
Partisan differences show up in reasons why Americans support NASA
Democrats want it for the environment, Republicans want it for national security.
The Mandalorian’s first episode is a no-brainer reason to pay for Disney+
A bounty hunter’s surprising journey in a post-Empire world: Giddyap, space cowboy.
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