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Updated 2025-07-04 06:30
Censored Chinese search project is “terminated,” Google rep testifies
The project drew criticism from elected officials and Google employees.
New archaeological layer discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows
The story of the only undisputed Norse site in the Americas just got more complicated.
The Greatest Leap, part 2: The 50/50 bet that won the Space Race for America
If Apollo 8 failed, NASA's Moon dreams would crumble.
OneWeb’s low-Earth satellites hit 400Mbps and 32ms latency in new test
OneWeb's first six satellites pass test as company moves closer to real service.
NASA’s large SLS rocket unlikely to fly before at least late 2021
"NASA has not been good at setting realistic budget and schedules."
War Stories: Designing Dead Cells was a marriage of man and machine
Finding a balance between hand-made creations and algorithmic variation.
Ford designs a pickup truck emoji, petitions Unicode Consortium
The best-selling vehicle in the US might become an actual emoji.
New standard Switch model will improve battery life 40 to 80 percent
Minor revision coming to US/Japan in August, UK in September.
New research on Tunguska finds such events happen less often than we thought
Eyewitness: "Suddenly the sky appeared like it was split in two, high above the forest."
Losing yourself in virtual worlds can have good as well as negative effects
Psychologist Pete Etchells chats with Ars about his first book, Lost in a Good Game.
Justice John Paul Stevens, dead at 99, promoted the Internet revolution
He was one of the most pragmatic and tech-savvy justices in court history.
Apple is planning to buy up original podcasts with exclusivity in mind
Apple already has original content in music and TV; are podcasts next?
Musk’s newest startup is venturing into a series of hard problems
Elon Musk will describe his plans for Neuralink, a brain-computer interface company.
Apple celebrates Apollo 11 anniversary with a new peek at For All Mankind
Ronald D. Moore, Michael Okuda, Maril Davis, and more discuss the new show.
The first all-new Lotus in years will be a 1,971hp electric car
Flush with Geely's funding, this hypercar marks the start of a new chapter.
We’re getting a fourth Thor film, and Taika Waititi is directing it
But it means the director's anticipated adaptation of Akira is delayed indefinitely.
Nintendo deletes popular Mario Maker 2 level for unexplained reasons
GrandPooBear says he'd "rather make a ROM hack" than go on under SMM2's unclear rules.
Formula E racing tech will improve the charger for your electric car
ABB and Enel X provide modified production fast chargers used at each ePrix.
The $139 Nokia 2.2 brings back the removable battery
It has a notched camera design, a plastic body, and a removable battery.
FCC gives ISPs another $563 million to build rural-broadband networks
Tens of millions of Americans still don't have broadband Internet.
The Greatest Leap, part 1:How the Apollo fire propelled NASA to the Moon
“The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,” said Gus Grissom.
Dealmaster: Amazon Prime Day deals you can snag for under $50
Here's the TL;DR version of the best affordable Prime Day deals.
Brains scale better than CPUs. So Intel is building brains
The new Pohoiki Beach builds on the 2017 success of Intel's Loihi NPU.
Elon Musk announces another price hike for “full self-driving” package
Musk says full autonomy is 18 months away, but past predictions haven't held up.
No exomoons yet, but we may have spotted a disk that will form them
Plus there's a weird feature that we can't explain at this point.
Minecraft Earth’s closed beta: This augmented reality needs more augmenting
Microsoft's cute, polished answer to Pokemon Go is interesting but unfinished.
Tesla cuts prices and simplifies its product line
The federal tax credit for Tesla vehicles declined by $1,875 on July 1.
Dealmaster: The best Prime Day tech deals from retailers besides Amazon
Including deals on Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon, a Switch bundle, and more.
American kids would much rather be YouTubers than astronauts
Becoming an astronaut ranked last among five professions.
Measles is killing more people in the DRC than Ebola—and faster
"Frankly, I am embarrassed to talk only about Ebola," WHO director-general says.
SpaceX nears completion of Dragon investigation, has a “good path forward”
"Through this process, we will continue to learn things that will help us fly safer.”
Ajit Pai’s new gift to cable companies would kill local fees and rules
Cities can't use cable authority to charge broadband fees, Pai says.
Twitter is changing Twitter.com to be more like mobile app
One site to rule mobile and desktop, with modular code that adapts to client.
Lawrence of Arabia takes on Rasputin in first trailer for The King’s Man
Director Matthew Vaughan explores early 20th-century origins of fictional spy agency.
Italian police raid of neo-fascist militants finds air-to-air missile [Updated]
Back from fighting in Donbass, group hoped to sell Qatari missile to "foreign government."
Office 365 declared illegal in German schools due to privacy risks
Microsoft's future in Germany is in question again.
Why is there no smoking in Gears 5? It depends on who you ask
Either way, you won't see cigars dangling from COG mouths any time soon.
Flay your mind: Stranger Things S3 just might be the show’s best season yet
The Duffer Brothers raise the bar yet again with deft plotting, strong cast.
The Snapdragon 855 is getting an upgrade to the Snapdragon 855+
Devices ship soon, starting with the Asus ROG Phone 2 later this month.
Ars is hiring a technology reporter
Do you love writing about CPUs, GPUs, smartphones, and storage?
There’s a slight problem with Russia’s proposed Federation spacecraft
"The Federation spacecraft has a colossal problem in the event of a launch abort."
Dealmaster: All the best Amazon Prime Day 2019 tech deals we can find
No, it's not all garbage. Here are the Prime Day tech deals we actually like.
Dealmaster: Amazon discounts almost its entire product lineup for Prime Day 2019
Save big on Echo speakers, Fire TV Sticks, Kindles, and more.
Alternative theory of gravity makes a nearly testable prediction
A massive simulation done with a "chameleon" theory of gravity.
RetroArch will be Steam’s biggest emulation launch yet, coming July 30
But will this "completely free" release run afoul of Steam Community Guidelines?
Atari 2600 rarity Extra Terrestrials goes on sale for $90,000
Extremely limited 1984 release was practically unheard of until 2011.
Stranger Things 3, eps. 1-4: Hawkins, Indiana, will never be the same
In S3's first half, teen angst must quickly take a backseat to far-reaching trouble.
OurPact returns to App Store, reviving debates about Apple’s impartiality
What OurPact's return means for similar apps, iOS security, and antitrust cases against Apple.
Gartner, IDC agree that PC sales are up—but they don’t agree what a PC is
The PC market is doing well so far, largely due to Windows 7's impending demise.
Facebook’s FTC fine will be $5 billion—or one month’s worth of revenue
Fine will settle privacy investigation triggered by Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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