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New York Governor vetoes bill that would have made electric scooters legal
Scooter startups, public safety, and food delivery make for a complicated mix.
A “Cybertruck” goes on sale for $10,800—in Russia
In case you can't wait for Tesla to put it into production.
How AI helps unlock the secrets of Old Master and modernist paintings
Two recent papers offer innovative twists on machine learning as applied to art.
After an amazing decade in space, these are humanity’s top achievements
Can you guess number one?
Trump could mandate free access to federally funded research papers
Publishers warn the change could "jeopardize the IP of American organizations."
Ars Technica’s best films of 2019
Superheroes, documentaries, and perspective-bending terror abound this year.
FAA announces new system for remotely identifying and tracking drones
The new system will help enable large-scale commercial use of drones.
Driver training was reportedly too much of “a bottleneck” for Amazon
Time you use to train thousands of drivers is time they aren't making deliveries.
88% of Americans use a second screen while watching TV. Why?
Second screens and the sickness unto death.
Galactic cosmic ray model works without physics, and that is bad
Cosmic ray statistical model removes dark matter, even when present.
Travis Kalanick quits Uber’s board, sells off all his Uber stock
A series of scandals led to Kalanick's ouster in 2017.
This timeless piece of “body art” of people having sex in an MRI turns 20
Oh, yes, there is (slightly NSFW) video footage.
Why the 2010s were the Facebook Decade
Facebook grew 600% in 10 years, worming its way into basically everything. How?
GPS is going places
Here are five things you didn’t know the navigation system could do.
We calculated emissions due to electricity loss on the power grid
More carbon emissions come from lost electricity than the chemical industry.
The 2010s were full of video games we’ll gladly revisit for decades to come
From epic RPGs to mobile time-wasters, these titles all made an impact on us.
The surprisingly complicated physics of why cats always land on their feet
Ars chats with physicist Greg Gbur about his book, Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics
2019’s most commented stories on Ars Technica—and their top comments!
2019 was a year filled with controversy.
Apollo Flight Controller 101: Every console explained
From the archives: A handy reference to each station in the Apollo Mission Control room.
The 20 most popular sci-tech stories of 2019
Which stories caught everyone's attention this year?
Ars Technica’s best games of 2019
The last year of the 2010s had some wonderful titles to while away the time.
Finding stars that vanished—by scouring old photos
Comparing images taken nearly a century apart.
T-Mobile/Sprint deal is good actually, Feds tell court in states’ lawsuit
13 states are suing to block the deal; the DOJ and FCC want it to go through.
Electric truck startup Rivian raises $1.3 billion more to challenge Tesla
Rivian has raised almost $3 billion in 2019 as it prepares to begin production.
Why I dislike what “quantum supremacy” is doing to computing research
Another quantum computing architecture closes in on quantum supremacy.
Boeing fires CEO after disastrous year with 737 MAX
Boeing's 737 MAX planes have been grounded since March.
Cox Communications hit with $1 billion verdict over music piracy
A big win for the recording industry, which is also suing other ISPs.
The 8 best board game apps of 2019
Tabletop games invade your digital devices.
Facebook removes accounts with AI-generated profile photos
Likely the first use of AI to support an inauthentic social media campaign.
The five best new podcasts to help nerds escape the news cycle
From pop culture's nerdiest stars to history's most overlooked women in science.
Ars’ favorite movies of the 2010s (John Wick most definitely included)
In non-caped crusades, space films soared and everyone loved a Zuck biopic?
Starliner makes a safe landing—now NASA faces some big decisions
Contract says a docking demonstration is needed. Will NASA waive this requirement?
How the scourge of cheating is changing speedrunning
How do you catch fakes when it's easier than ever to manipulate video?
Lessons from scorching hot weirdo-planets
The first kind of exoplanet found, Hot Jupiters still perplex and captivate 25 years later.
Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse
From the archives: "Pelésh mi ere imbobo rum Oakland."
Giant surveillance balloons are lurking at the edge of space
Balloons in the stratosphere snap images of Earth with unprecedented resolutions. Cheese!
Physicists measured forces behind why Cheerios clump together in your bowl
It all comes down to gravity, surface tension—and tilt.
Archaeologists unearth gold-lined Mycenaean royal tombs in Greece
The tombs offer insights into Mycenaean culture and trade connections.
TV changed a lot in the 2010s, and the decade’s best reflects that
Bingewatching, streaming services, aftershows, expanded universes, and more.
Netflix’s 6 Underground is Chocobo Racing without the Final Fantasy
6 Underground is what happens when you ask Michael Bay to make a bunch of minigames.
Acidifying oceans could eat away at sharks’ skin and teeth
Researchers show that prolonged exposure to acidified water corrodes the scales that make up a shark's skin.
“OxySacklers” angry that Tufts removed family name from campus
Sacklers claim the move was "contrary to basic notions of fairness."
Report: Apple is developing satellites so the iPhone can skip wireless carriers
The company hopes to deploy something within five years, according to Bloomberg.
Motorola gets cold feet, delays $1,500 Razr foldable days before launch
Moto claims the delay isn't "significant," but it also won't give a new launch date.
Chrome is getting a dedicated media control button
It's just like Android's media controls, but for your browser.
New federal rule will hurt renewables, help gas and coal
Rule artificially raises bids from plants that get certain state subsidies.
Woman had 524x the normal level of mercury in her blood from skin cream use
A new case report on the July poisoning highlights just how toxic organic mercury is.
Suction fans, a V12, and manual gears for Gordon Murray’s new car
Its active aerodynamics will be the most advanced in the world.
Starliner’s timer was off—capsule thought engines were firing when they weren’t
"Boeing and NASA are working together to review options."
New boson appears in nuclear decay, breaks standard model
Weird electron-positrons from decaying beryllium and helium hint at new boson.
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