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Bethesda says its Orion tech can make all cloud gaming better, faster
More efficient rendering/encoding leads to lower latency and bandwidth usage.
Fallout 76 updates promise turnaround after “well-deserved criticism”
Battle royale mode, human NPCs, and free trial among coming changes.
DOOM Eternal gameplay world premiere: Devil horns in the air—literally
I played E3's new DOOM demo twice. I'm not sure it was enough.
Bethesda revives ‘80s PC series Commander Keen as a… free-to-play mobile game
What better way to honor an early '90s MS-DOS Mario clone from id Software?
Double Fine Productions is Microsoft’s latest Xbox acquisition
Crowdfunders will still get Psychonauts 2 on their chosen platform.
Xbox at E3: Halo Infinite leads massive first-party deluge of Xbox, PC games
Microsoft moves on Sony's E3 absence with a smorgasbord of Xbox Game Studios fare.
Microsoft reveals first details on “Project Scarlett” game console for 2020
Faster load times, real-time ray-tracing capabilities, and backward compatibility.
Cyberpunk 2077’s April 2020 release date confirmed by, uh, Keanu Reeves
The famed actor is a character in the game: "I'm always drawn to fascinating stories."
Kevin Bacon shares the Tremors TV pilot—Val is washed, Graboids are hungry
Cancelled, never-before-seen SyFy episode had the right mix of campy, comedic, and chilling.
The Catch-22 that broke the Internet
Google's big outage also blocked access to the tools Google needed to fix it.
BGP event sends European mobile traffic through China Telecom for 2 hours
Improper leak to Chinese-government-owned telecom lasts up to two hours.
Ars To-Be-Read: Our most anticipated books for the second half of 2019
A graphic memoir, a bioterror thriller, a nonfiction about space junk, and more.
Report: Google argues the Huawei ban would hurt its Android monopoly
Export ban would create a competitor to US operating systems, argues Google.
17 automakers tell Trump that fuel economy rollback needs to include California
Automakers lobbied for this rollback, now asking for another round of negotiations.
The Lamborghini Huracán Evo is actually proof of intelligent design
In our short seat time, clever electronics flatter the driver in this facelifted supercar.
Congress drops proposal to ban the IRS from competing with Turbotax
Tax-prep companies lobbied to ban the IRS from offering a competing service.
NASA will allow private astronauts on the ISS for $11,250-$22,500 a day
The space agency wants to create a sustainable economy in low Earth orbit.
Get an early look at the very rectangular Samsung Galaxy Note 10
We've got giant screens, no headphone jacks, and a centered front camera hole.
Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to inflate bills, judge finds
Comcast deception leads to refunds and $9M fine, a fraction of the amount sought.
Dealmaster: Sony and Microsoft launch a bunch of PS4 and Xbox deals ahead of E3
We sort out which PS4 and Xbox One deals are actually worth it.
Rat brains provide even more evidence our brains operate near tipping point
"Avalanches" in electrical activity between neurons provide a telltale signature.
Rocket Report: A Yellow Sea launch, SpaceX’s upcoming high-value mission
"NASA in this new paradigm would operate more as a venture capitalist."
Dark Phoenix isn’t an epic X-Men conclusion—but it’s a darned good teen flick
Game of Thrones's Sophie Turner turns in a superhero acting tour de force.
Millions of machines affected by command execution flaw in Exim mail server
In some cases, it's trivial for remote attackers to execute commands with root privileges.
How many more will die in US heatwaves as world warms?
The difference between 1.5°C and 3°C worlds can be thousands of lives.
Measles cases hit 1,001 as anti-vaxxers hold another rally of disinformation
Health officials are fuming and country's measles elimination status is in jeopardy.
Phone companies can block robocalls by default starting today, FCC says
FCC changes robocall rules and urges carriers to step up call blocking.
Report: Blizzard began making, then canceled, a StarCraft first-person shooter
Kotaku has the scoop on a Battlefield-like prototype that had been in dev for 2 years.
Google confirms that advanced backdoor came preinstalled on Android devices
After Google successfully beat back Triada in 2017, its developers found a new way in.
Baldur’s Gate III is finally official, coming to PC and Stadia
Divinity: Original Sin devs partner with D&D makers to pick up the RPG classic.
The clever cryptography behind Apple’s “Find My” feature
You can track down your stolen MacBook, but no one else can—not even Apple.
Destiny 2 will become free-to-play later this year, cross-platform [Updated]
Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Windows 10: finally, play Destiny 2 how you want.
Trump terminates NIH medical research over use of fetal tissue
"This was the president's decision," a White House spokesperson said.
Researchers balance Casimir effects, make tiny hoverboard
Thanks to quantum mechanics, empty space can both push and suck.
Creative thinking: Researchers propose solar methanol island using ocean COâ‚‚
Desalination, electrolysis, CO capture, methanol synthesis: all running on solar panels.
Dealmaster: Take $55 off a new Apple Watch Series 4
Plus a 55-inch 4K Vizio TV for $330, SSD and gaming keyboard deals, and more.
YouTube’s anti-extremism crackdown targets journalist who documents extremism
News videos of a Holocaust denier and white supremacist removed by YouTube.
New SEC lawsuit could decide the fate of dozens of blockchain projects
The SEC says Kik's initial coin offering was an unregistered sale of securities.
Despite “revolutionary” promises, Stadia’s biz model is pure establishment
Analysis: Google should offer more options than just selling cloud-based games à la carte.
Google Stadia requires $130 upfront, $10 per month at November launch
Free tier launches in 2020, but both require a la carte game purchases.
Oddworld: Soulstorm gameplay: Abe’s old-school return is a beautiful thing
Pre-E3 hands-on sees us crafting explosives, having a literal (and figurative) blast.
EverQuest’s long, strange 20-year trip still has no end in sight
A game born in an era of dial-up Internet is still doing well after all this time—how?!
This week’s dead Google product is Google Trips, may it rest in peace
Frequent travelers will need to look elsewhere for a trip info app.
The secretive nonprofit that made millions suing companies over cancer warnings
Meet the obscure group behind the fight over cancer warnings on coffee.
YouTube bans neo-Nazi and Holocaust-denial videos in push against hate speech
White supremacists and others who promote discrimination will be banned.
Brad Pitt heads into space with mega daddy issues in first Ad Astra trailer
Director James Gray wants it to have "the most realistic depiction of space travel."
Warnings of world-wide worm attacks are the real deal, new exploit shows
Latest Metasploit module is being kept private, but time is running out.
For 5G, AT&T and T-Mobile buy $1.8 billion worth of 24GHz spectrum across US
Verizon, US Cellular, and Starry also bought plenty in FCC's 5G auctions.
Android Q Beta 4 is out, brings finalized APIs
With final APIs, the Play Store is now accepting Android Q apps.
Following Schrödinger’s cat to its death and giving it a reprieve
Spotting a superposition state's formation predicts oncoming random event.
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