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Human influence on drought started a century ago
Aerosol pollution from the '50s to the '70s may have complicated the picture.
Epic acquires Rocket League studio, bringing game to Epic’s store this year [Updated]
Steam sales will continue for now; Steam "support" will continue indefinitely.
First teaser for Veronica Mars revival is everything we loved about the series
Hulu brings back the cult favorite as an eight-episode miniseries.
Finally, a Denisovan specimen from somewhere beyond Denisova Cave
The 160,000-year-old jawbone is the first Denisovan fossil found outside Siberia.
AMD to launch new 7nm Navi GPU, Rome CPU in 3rd quarter
No mention yet of when the Zen 2 Ryzen 3000s will arrive.
Charter data use “rising rapidly” as cord cutters average 400GB a month
And median data usage exceeds 200GB for all residential customers.
Game with hidden Ruby interpreter pulled from Nintendo Switch eShop
Creator says he regrets overselling the secret, "sandboxed" coding environment.
Judge blasts Assange for jumping bail, sentences him to almost one year
The Wikileaks founder's legal troubles are far from over.
After a decade, NASA finally reveals root cause of two failed rocket launches
"It has been worth every minute, and I am extremely pleased with the entire team."
Scientists confirm that a space rock hit the Moon during the lunar eclipse
The meteoroid strike left a brief flash, lasting just 0.28 seconds.
Highly efficient thermoelectric generation, but only in the cold
In graphene, electrons can efficiently concentrate heat and generate electricity.
How to brew ancient Wari beer
High-tech spectrometry and traditional knowledge shed light on an ancient industry.
Apple sets sights on services as iPhone revenue continues to fall
The iPhone maker saw more of the same during the second quarter of 2019.
Zero-day attackers deliver a double dose of ransomware—no clicking required
High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now.
Ajit Pai-proposed upgrade to 25Mbps starts paying off for rural ISPs
Pai decision raises speeds, but it'll take a decade to reach all 106K locations.
Bloomberg alleges Huawei routers and network gear are backdoored
Details are scarce, but the "backdoor" appears to be benign.
Dealmaster: The latest 9.7-inch iPad is only $250 today
Plus Sekiro and DMC 5 for $45, Fitbit Versa and Roku TV discounts, and more.
Oculus Quest review: 2019’s best new gaming system is wireless, affordable VR
Wireless, powerful, simple, fun: This is the $400 all-in-one VR system to beat.
High cost, lack of support spell trouble for 2024 Moon landing plan
NASA may have a Puerto Rico problem.
Valve Index reveal: The best of VR’s first generation—but is it worth $999?
Great screen and a new "frunk," but with no new Valve games yet, will fans be satisfied?
Genes from an extinct “ghost ape” live on in modern bonobos
The fossil record for our closest relatives is poor, but genetic data could help.
Girl’s $143,000 bill for snakebite treatment reveals antivenin price gouging
The average list price for the antivenin is $3,198. The hospital charged $16,989.
Impact that formed the Moon might have splashed into Earth’s magma ocean
If the Earth's surface was molten rock, an impact could form the Earth-Moon system.
Report: Tesla to slash solar panel prices by 38% to stymie market share loss
Soft costs are a major part of solar installation, and Tesla hopes to cut them down.
A post-action analysis of GoT’s Battle of Winterfell—through a glass, darkly
How do you say "where's the air support" in Dothraki?
Google Pixel 3 is a sales disappointment, sells less than the Pixel 2
Can the Pixel 3a save Google's struggling smartphone program?
Garmin revamps entire Forerunner family, new smartwatches start at $199
New female health tracking is (finally) coming to Garmin Connect, too.
Bosch teams up with PowerCell to bring down the cost of fuel cells
The company is also working on solid oxide fuel cells for stationary applications.
Minecraft creator Notch unwelcome at 10th anniversary due to online conduct
Transphobia, homophobia, and racism aren't Microsoft's core values.
The leading “stablecoin” is no longer backed by $1 for every coin
Bitfinex says funds "are not lost but have been, in fact, seized and safeguarded."
Id Software’s open source shooters get ported to Apple’s iOS, tvOS
But getting them on your iDevice requires a bit of extra work.
SpaceX cuts broadband-satellite altitude in half to prevent space debris
Halving altitude to 550km will ensure rapid re-entry, latency as low as 15ms.
KSC apparently has told its workers they’ll be fired for taking rocket photos
"Photographing, or sharing images, from operations is grounds for termination."
Probable Russian Navy covert camera whale discovered by Norwegians
Russian scientist admits it probably escaped from Russian Navy research effort.
Firefly has successfully tested the upper stage of its Alpha rocket
Firefly has come roaring back into the small launch space race.
You can use this website to help pick new tires—here’s how it tests them
Tires are the the only bit of your car to touch the road, so they're important.
Samsung built a $16,000 vertical TV for (who else?) the millennials
Samsung's "Sero" is a 43-inch TV mounted on a rotating stand.
With its latest battle, Game of Thrones solidifies its seat on TV’s VFX throne
You can kind of tell by looking, but Ars spoke with some VFX pros who concur.
Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game
From the archives: Now on the Switch, Dig Dog is an awesome bit of speech-to-text coding.
The Orville proves it’s one of the best sci-fi shows on TV with S2 finale
There's no word yet on whether Fox will grant the Seth MacFarlane show a third season.
Boys, the wealthy, and Canadians (?) talk the most BS
Students were asked how well they've mastered math concepts that don't exist.
Fear the Man in the Middle? This company wants to sell quantum key distribution
The future of VPNs may be fighting quanta with quanta.
The sim swap the US isn’t using
Foreign phone carriers share data to stop SIM swap fraud; US carriers drag their feet.
1,550 years ago, someone ate a rattlesnake whole—and we have poo to prove it
What would you do to bring rain to the desert?
Some good news for far-future sea level rise
New model finds processes that could help slow loss at some glaciers.
The antibiotics industry is broken—but there’s a fix
Attempts to develop new antibiotics are failing because the projects aren't profitable.
Elon Musk reaches settlement in SEC tweet battle
The SEC is not seeking additional punishments of Musk for a February tweet.
Intel stockpiling 10nm chips, warns that 14nm shortages will continue
After years of problems, the company has finally had some good news about 10nm.
After White House stop, Twitter CEO calls congresswoman about death threats
Dorsey defended decision not to pull Trump tweet that Omar says caused onslaught of threats.
Comcast usage soars 34% to 200GB a month, pushing users closer to data cap
Median usage hit 200GB, but Comcast won't say how many use a full terabyte.
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