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Valve Index reveal: The best of VR’s first generation—but is it worth $999?
Great screen and a new "frunk," but with no new Valve games yet, will fans be satisfied?
Genes from an extinct “ghost ape” live on in modern bonobos
The fossil record for our closest relatives is poor, but genetic data could help.
Girl’s $143,000 bill for snakebite treatment reveals antivenin price gouging
The average list price for the antivenin is $3,198. The hospital charged $16,989.
Impact that formed the Moon might have splashed into Earth’s magma ocean
If the Earth's surface was molten rock, an impact could form the Earth-Moon system.
Report: Tesla to slash solar panel prices by 38% to stymie market share loss
Soft costs are a major part of solar installation, and Tesla hopes to cut them down.
A post-action analysis of GoT’s Battle of Winterfell—through a glass, darkly
How do you say "where's the air support" in Dothraki?
Google Pixel 3 is a sales disappointment, sells less than the Pixel 2
Can the Pixel 3a save Google's struggling smartphone program?
Garmin revamps entire Forerunner family, new smartwatches start at $199
New female health tracking is (finally) coming to Garmin Connect, too.
Bosch teams up with PowerCell to bring down the cost of fuel cells
The company is also working on solid oxide fuel cells for stationary applications.
Minecraft creator Notch unwelcome at 10th anniversary due to online conduct
Transphobia, homophobia, and racism aren't Microsoft's core values.
The leading “stablecoin” is no longer backed by $1 for every coin
Bitfinex says funds "are not lost but have been, in fact, seized and safeguarded."
Id Software’s open source shooters get ported to Apple’s iOS, tvOS
But getting them on your iDevice requires a bit of extra work.
SpaceX cuts broadband-satellite altitude in half to prevent space debris
Halving altitude to 550km will ensure rapid re-entry, latency as low as 15ms.
KSC apparently has told its workers they’ll be fired for taking rocket photos
"Photographing, or sharing images, from operations is grounds for termination."
Probable Russian Navy covert camera whale discovered by Norwegians
Russian scientist admits it probably escaped from Russian Navy research effort.
Firefly has successfully tested the upper stage of its Alpha rocket
Firefly has come roaring back into the small launch space race.
You can use this website to help pick new tires—here’s how it tests them
Tires are the the only bit of your car to touch the road, so they're important.
Samsung built a $16,000 vertical TV for (who else?) the millennials
Samsung's "Sero" is a 43-inch TV mounted on a rotating stand.
With its latest battle, Game of Thrones solidifies its seat on TV’s VFX throne
You can kind of tell by looking, but Ars spoke with some VFX pros who concur.
Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game
From the archives: Now on the Switch, Dig Dog is an awesome bit of speech-to-text coding.
The Orville proves it’s one of the best sci-fi shows on TV with S2 finale
There's no word yet on whether Fox will grant the Seth MacFarlane show a third season.
Boys, the wealthy, and Canadians (?) talk the most BS
Students were asked how well they've mastered math concepts that don't exist.
Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution
The future of VPNs may be fighting quanta with quanta.
The sim swap the US isn’t using
Foreign phone carriers share data to stop SIM swap fraud; US carriers drag their feet.
1,550 years ago, someone ate a rattlesnake whole—and we have poo to prove it
What would you do to bring rain to the desert?
Some good news for far-future sea level rise
New model finds processes that could help slow loss at some glaciers.
The antibiotics industry is broken—but there’s a fix
Attempts to develop new antibiotics are failing because the projects aren't profitable.
Elon Musk reaches settlement in SEC tweet battle
The SEC is not seeking additional punishments of Musk for a February tweet.
Intel stockpiling 10nm chips, warns that 14nm shortages will continue
After years of problems, the company has finally had some good news about 10nm.
After White House stop, Twitter CEO calls congresswoman about death threats
Dorsey defended decision not to pull Trump tweet that Omar says caused onslaught of threats.
Comcast usage soars 34% to 200GB a month, pushing users closer to data cap
Median usage hit 200GB, but Comcast won't say how many use a full terabyte.
Apple reportedly discussed buying Intel’s smartphone-modem chip business
Talks have reportedly ended, and Intel is considering other buyers.
Systems with small disks won’t be able to install Windows 10 May 2019 update
Both 32- and 64-bit requirements have been increased.
Trump administration puts offshore drilling expansion in Arctic, Atlantic on ice
Interior secretary also faces opposition from 17 governors.
Fiber-guided atoms preserve quantum states—clocks, sensors to come
Guided atomic states in hollow fiber may be key to next-gen atomic clocks.
NASA to perform key test of the SLS rocket, necessitating a delay in its launch
"Urgency is our mantra and we must do it right."
What to know about measles in the US as case count breaks record
US measles cases hit 695, the highest count since 1994.
Cox Internet now charges $15 extra for faster access to online game servers
Cox is reselling a PC-only game service—there's no net neutrality issue here.
Blackmagic eGPU Pro mini-review: Quiet, fast, and extremely expensive—like a Mac
The higher-end cousin to Blackmagic's first Mac eGPU delivers where it counts.
Review: Avengers Endgame is three of Marvel’s best films, rolled into one
Our spoiler-free review should make you feel good about your opening-weekend ticket.
Rocket Report: Complex Falcon Heavy flight, Mars 2033, not happening
"I was delighted with the way the vehicle flew."
Did a vigilante ROM leaker go too far to “preserve” a lost Atari ROM?
Long hoarded by collectors, Akka Arrh prototype is now part of MAME.
Samsung puts the screws to iFixit, makes it remove the Galaxy Fold teardown
In going after iFixit, Samsung is likely to get a lesson about the Streisand Effect.
Amazon plans to make Prime shipping one-day by default
Still building up support for more products, ZIP codes before nationwide rollout.
Wireless carriers fight ban on throttling firefighters during emergencies
Committee passes Calif. bill spurred by Verizon throttling despite CTIA objection.
Russia launches sub that will carry doomsday nuke drone torpedo
Giant sub 27 years in the making, Belgorod is the mother of all "special project" boats.
Daimler North America CEO says future “does not include plug-in hybrids”
Daimler says it will have 50 all-electric test trucks on roads by end of 2019.
Password1, Password2, Password3 no more: Microsoft drops password expiration rec
For years, Microsoft's baseline security policy has expired passwords after 60 days.
Radioactivity detected from a half-life of once every trillion universes
Since we had a few tonnes of liquid xenon sitting around anyway...
Dealmaster: Take $20 off the latest version of Apple’s AirPods
Plus deals on new video games, iPads, portable batteries and chargers, and more.
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