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Eagles fly to Iran, rack up huge roaming charges
Eagle forgot to check roaming rates before traveling internationally.
Facebook’s new political-ad policy already showing cracks, loopholes
The company is trying to hold a firm line while the sands shift under it.
Meet the new best Android TV device: The 2019 Nvidia Shield TV
The cheaper Shield TV uses a crazy in-line cylinder form factor.
Apple announces AirPods Pro
They're in-ear headphones with active noise canceling, and they aren't cheap.
Australia wants to use face recognition for porn age verification
What could possibly go wrong?
AT&T loses another 1.3 million TV customers as DirecTV freefall continues
AT&T tries to make peace with investors after losing 5M subscribers since 2016.
Luigi’s Mansion 3 review: The most “Nintendo” game from Nintendo in years
Nitpicks aside, there's a reason we're calling this Switch's must-own game of 2019.
Kojima’s Death Stranding coming to PC next summer
Non-console release, now officially confirmed, has been hinted at since 2015.
The Air Force’s secretive space plane returns after more than two years
The space plane spent 779 days, 17 hours in space.
Are you a mouse who can’t let go of fear? Your microbiome might be the problem
After antibiotics, mice still fear a tone that they should think is harmless.
Watchmen and the golden era of the single-season series
We recall the ways some solid, recent series knew the glory of a one-and-done run.
A health care algorithm offered less care to black patients
Shows risks of making decisions using data that reflects inequities in American society.
American whiskeys leave behind a web-like “fingerprint” as they evaporate
Scotch whisky (minus the "e") doesn't produce these web-like patterns.
As the Arctic heats up, what’s in store for its food webs?
A remote Norwegian fjord has shown resilience—up to a point.
Full motion, full emotion: Bandersnatch’s Emmys as a (literal) game changer
Acclaimed FMV game makers dish in the wake of Black Mirror's Emmys.
The FTC fosters fake reviews, its own commissioners say
"Dishonest firms may come to conclude that posting fake reviews is a viable strategy."
4K projector turns any wall into theater-quality screen from inches away
Vava's 4K projector offers ultra short throw distance and Harmon-Kardon speakers.
Roundup: Three “programming” board games that will tickle your pseudocode
Gamify your algorithms.
Johannesburg’s network shut down after second attack in 3 months
Attackers claim to have full control of network and demand $32,000 to give it back.
Sony is trying to sell off PlayStation Vue, but it might have a hard time of it
One potential buyer has expressed interest, but success is far from assured.
Man kept getting drunk without drinking. Docs found brewer’s yeast in his guts
His “auto-brewery syndrome” relapsed when he had pizza and soda.
Comcast fights Google’s encrypted-DNS plan but promises not to spy on users
Comcast makes privacy pledge as it fights Google plan to encrypt DNS in Chrome.
The “original disruptors” go head to head in The Current War: Director’s Cut
Audiences finally get to see Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's original vision for the film.
Red quits the smartphone business after a single, terrible phone
Red's smartphone experiment leaves only a string of broken promises, lighter wallets.
Fossil bonanza paints detailed picture of mammals after dinosaur extinction
Treasure trove of fossils skyrockets our picture of post-extinction recovery.
Plastic invisibility cloak hides you from people with plastic brains
A YouTube video of disappearing body parts is very clever—but it's not invisibility.
Congress concerned teenagers’ favorite app is national security threat
TikTok is the latest in a line of apps to face concern over Chinese ownership.
Bethesda pledges to fix early “Fallout 1st” bugs and complaints
Friends-list privacy hole, item-eating scrap boxes among subscription server issues.
Apple Arcade isn’t the only subscription: GameClub revives old iOS games
The service is curated by TouchArcade's Eli Hodapp.
Rocket Report: Would you buy Virgin Galactic stock? Rocket Lab goes lunar
"Small satellites will play a crucial role in science and exploration."
Pixelbook Go review: A cheaper Pixelbook does not come without compromises
Keeping costs low means eliminating some features from Google's new $649 Chromebook.
Jaguar designed an electric sportscar just for Gran Turismo
Inspired by the C-Type and D-Type, it's a free download for GT Sport in November.
Man planted keyloggers in companies’ networks and stole their data
Ankur Agarwal admits to stealing secrets the old-fashioned way: With physical trespass.
Microsoft beat expectations with strong Windows revenue, but Xbox had a rough quarter
Surface didn't post good numbers, but that could change in the next quarter.
NASA sets launch date for Starliner mission to space station
As with all launch dates, some uncertainty remains.
Man sues AT&T after fraudulent SIM swap led to $1.8M cryptocurrency theft
AT&T didn't stop employees from selling access to customer phones, lawsuit says.
Here’s what the people who claimed Google’s quantum supremacy have to say about it
"If you were invited to come here [Ars was], you probably read the leaked paper [we did]."
End-Cretaceous mass extinction saw big swings in ocean pH
Ocean chemistry didn't work the same for over a million years.
Microsoft finally built a repairable Surface Laptop
We never thought we'd see a day when iFixit said nice things about the Surface.
Zuckerberg faces heat in Congress: “It’s almost like you think this is a joke”
Hearing on Libra cryptocurrency went off the rails, running down the CEO.
We’ve officially annihilated a second strain of polio. Only one remains
Still a tough road ahead, but we're getting closer.
“I could’ve told you that” might have a useful role to play in science
Individual predictions might not tell us much, but group predictions are useful.
Volkswagen unveils the all-new 2020 Golf hatchback
But only the Golf GTI and Golf R are confirmed for the US.
Intel wants back in the tablet space with its new Tremont architecture
Intel flubbed its first entry into the tablet space—but it's ready to try again.
Dealmaster: Get our favorite dash cam, the Anker Roav Duo, for just $110
Plus deals on portable chargers, smart security systems, new video games, and more.
Google: Stadia exclusives to have features “not possible” on home hardware
From thousands of on-screen soldiers to Duplex-powered "believable human interactions."
Pixel 4 teardown finds two surprise chips, Soli radar system
Is the "Pixel Neural Core" a single chip or two chips?
Rainbow Six cheat maker faces Ubisoft lawsuit after BBC appearance
Developer says it spends "enormous sums of money" and time to fix cheaters' damage.
Bollinger Motors reveals the price of its hand-built EVs—$125,000
The boutique BEVs pack 125kWh batteries and are nearing production.
Study: Ants are “immune” to traffic jams
Unlike self-interested humans, ants have a common goal: The colony's survival.
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