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Updated 2025-09-14 14:00
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.
Google has access to detailed health records on tens of millions of Americans
"Project Nightingale" is an attempt to squeeze more money from patients.
NY regulators investigating Apple Card after viral complaint of sexism
Customer service reportedly blamed "the algorithm" for discrepancies.
Guests get more than they bargained for in trailer for Fantasy Island reboot
Think Westworld meets Cabin in the Woods, with a dash of Lost for good measure.
Comcast is trying to “dismantle” Civil Rights Act of 1866, MLK’s daughter says
Comcast's court defense would change law to allow more discrimination, King says.
Tesla shows off Chinese-made Model 3s ahead of Shanghai factory start
Tesla broke ground on its Chinese factory in January.
Solved: Why in-the-wild Bluekeep exploits are causing patched machines to crash
Metasploit module is being rewritten to fix incompatibility with 2018 Meltdown fixes.
Twitter wants your feedback on its proposed deepfakes policy
The company proposes warning labels—is that enough?
Microsoft Edge is coming to Linux. But will anybody use it?
Edge wasn't even popular on Windows—adding Linux support is a curious move.
Uber CEO downplays Khashoggi murder, then walks back his comments
"I said something in the moment that I do not believe," Dara Khosrowshahi said.
SpaceX adds five dozen more Starlink satellites to burgeoning constellation
SpaceX has now had 50 consecutive successful launches.
Space cowboy successes, and failures, ahead of The Mandalorian’s Disney+ launch
Mixing sci-fi and westerns should be a nerdy PB and chocolate. Except when it's not.
Space-grade CPUs: How do you send more computing power into space?
Figuring out radiation was a huge "turning point in the history of space electronics."
A personality quiz for fans of math and history: Are you a Newton or a Leibniz?
Newton and Leibniz are like night and day, or derivatives and integrals.
Limits, schlimits: It’s time to rethink how we teach calculus
Ars chats with math teacher Ben Orlin about his book Change Is the Only Constant.
Earth’s core too hot ‘n heavy for oxygen, but may have rusty coating
Earth's core rejects oxygen, cools slower, magnetic field harder to explain.
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands impressions: Leveling alts is about to get a lot more fun
New zones look great, but it's new ways to play old ones that have me excited.
Can science break its plastic addiction?
Gloves, sample tubes, and vials—labs produce millions of tonnes of waste each year.
How Airbnb’s fight to overturn a New Jersey law imploded
More than $4 million spent opposing new rules that crack down on short-term rentals.
RunCode challenge returns with coding, pwning puzzles—and prizes
In its third year, hacking/coding challenge tests a range of skills.
Great apes pass a false-belief test, hinting at a theory of mind
Apes may anticipate when a person will wind up believing something in error.
Dealmaster: A number of early Black Friday tech deals are available today
Including deals on Sony and Bose headphones, microSD cards, laptops, and more.
Diablo 4 impressions: Soaking in dark atmosphere and feel-good combat
The atmosphere of Diablo 2 meets the tight action of Diablo 3.
Night Has Come is remarkable work of genuine found-footage horror
"I used footage of the past to create a future that reflects our present day society."
The best science and math moments in Sesame Street’s first 50 years
From 1971's Yip-Yips to modern pop-culture nods to GoT, Stranger Things.
Google enlists outside help to clean up Android’s malware mess
New App Defense Alliance tries solving longstanding Play Store malware problem.
GirlsDoPorn owner charged with child porn for scene with 16-year-old
Owner Michael Pratt reportedly fled to New Zealand in September.
One of the world’s most advanced hacking groups debuts new Titanium backdoor
Malware hides at every step by mimicking common software in long multi-stage execution.
Watch this beautifully disgusting liver fluke parasite explore man’s innards
He went to the doctors complaining of fatigue.
Six arrested for selling Chinese gear to military as “Made in America”
Cameras and other gear were sold to military marked "Made in America." They weren't.
Goldeneye 007’s lost remaster emerges again via massive, polished video leak
Thirty minutes of inside stories in Rare Replay format: Was Microsoft close to a launch?
Sony has a PlayStation Now problem
Poor branding, lack of first-party exclusives drag down Sony's subscription service.
Why more than 168,000 Valentine’s day text messages arrived in November
Vendor's text-message server failed on February 14, got reactivated yesterday.
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