Ars Technica - All content

Yet another Electron implementation of a “secure” app turns out not to be.

Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead scribe was famously reclusive with the press.

A new study says footprints in volcanic rock probably belong to Homo heidelbergensis.

Dell is releasing the 2019 and 2020 editions of its Linux laptop just four months apart.

Study reveals that polymers of varying strand lengths are the key ingredient.

Machine-learning software fills in missing details to produce realistic images.

For something like $8 billion a year, it could soak up a lot of COâ‚‚.

It's much less efficient than photovoltaics, but it works around the clock.

The company has caught a lot of flak for its privacy practices in the past year.

Flaw affecting selected sudo versions is easy for unprivileged users to exploit.

Xiaomi's India-focused phone offers a big spec sheet and a really low price.

Tesla's latest share price values the company at more than $170 billion.

AT&T lost $1.2B in Q4 by preventing Time Warner shows from airing on Netflix.

The main source of infections is most likely people coughing and sneezing.

Plus, we've launched a newsletter!

SSL certificates aren't optional anymore—no cert, no authentication, no service.

Untested platform from campaign tech startup buckles under strain of caucus tallies.

GeForce Now works with hundreds of games you may already own, includes free tier.

Google parent offers increased transparency to improve dealings with shareholders.

Google's data export service exported the wrong data.

Before Ferdinand Porsche invented the world's first hybrid, he built a BEV.

"This is not a hack or an intrusion," a party official says.

Ekans represents a "new and deeply concerning" evolution in malware targeting control systems.

A rundown of the biology behind testing for a virus we hadn't seen before.

Backers have ignored experts who say online voting is a security nightmare.

Child pornography also found on 21-year-old's hard drive.

You don't need mad coding skills to make Google Maps show you bad data.

It's a slice of Scandinavia in the Midwest.

“It is outrageous that Goop continues to exploit health issues in order to make money.”

Labels suing ISP want to know if jurors read Ars, use BitTorrent, or support EFF.

TCL's brand-name license will expire, leading to a clean, swift death.

A spoiler-y homage to what just might be the best sitcom ever.

Homo habilis knew how to choose the right rock for the job, a new study suggests.

Worldcom inflated its earnings to mask the impact of the 2001 dot-com crash.

The new company is called Prime Planet Energy and Solutions.

“Our style is not confrontational. We're using a different model.”

Ars' work-from-home series continues with macro-level guesses about the inevitable.

Viral path to cell nucleus tracked by injecting it with tiny glowing dot.

Simple model describes the transition from static to dynamic friction.

Laney Griner, mother behind the meme, sent cease-and-desist to the Iowa congressman.

"What's next? Climate science is a hoax?"

We've struggled to measure it near Earth but now have data from distant stars.

"There is no doubt that the observations and insight will be unprecedented."

Emails threaten to publish intimate details unless members pay a hefty ransom.

Browser makers increase privacy protection but disagree on how exactly it should work.

Film brings back fan-favorite character Han Lue (Sung Kang), who is not dead after all.

Pai tells lawmakers that "one or more wireless carriers" violated US law.

The US export ban places a serious cloud over Huawei's future, though.

The 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan are now under 14-day quarantine amid outbreak.