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Amazon caught selling counterfeits of publisher’s computer books—again
Bill Pollock says Amazon is printing them—and even the product photo is fake.
Citing lack of demand, Airbus cancels A380 superjumbo aircraft
"What we’re seeing here is the end of the large, four-engine aircraft."
Crackdown 3 review: Half-baked action with tasty triple-jumping
Leaping around an enticing metropolis can't make up for flat combat, dumb enemies.
Alita: Battle Angel rises above its ugly ads, flies to a cloud city of awesome
Call it "Spy Kids 5: Spy Mecha-Violent Teens" if that helps. A must-see stunner.
Good Omens fans will love finding all the Easter eggs in new teaser
Adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's novel hits Amazon Prime May 31.
MalwareTech loses bid to suppress damning statements made after days of partying
Researcher said statements he made after taking intoxicating substances should be thrown out.
Super Mario Maker 2, Link’s Awakening remaster headline latest Nintendo Direct
Tons of news, including a surprise announce of Tetris battle royale. (Yes, really.)
Apple’s insider-trading policy enforcer accused of insider trading
Lawyer accused of avoiding $377,000 in losses by selling ahead of bad news.
Raw milk drinkers in 19 states at risk of rare, dangerous infectious disease
Without pasteurization, scary, elusive bacteria are on the loose.
Aluminum may be key to making exosolar systems with water worlds
Radioactive aluminum could control water content of planetary building blocks.
Selling 911 location data is illegal—US carriers reportedly did it anyway
AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint sale of GPS data called "unquestionably illegal."
Android Things is no longer for “Things,” focuses on smart speakers and displays
The good news is that Google still has, like, three other IoT OS projects.
In 2017, the feds said Tesla Autopilot cut crashes 40%—that was bogus
Small firm gets Tesla crash data after 2-year legal battle with NHTSA, finds flawed study.
Ex-director of FBI, CIA takes on a phone scammer—and wins
Scammer took hundreds of thousands of dollars from more than 30 victims.
Elsa and the gang are back and in a dark place in first teaser for Frozen 2
The Mouse House has a big challenge to recreate magic of this blockbuster original.
Amid layoffs, Blizzard won’t release a “major” new game in 2019
Work continues on existing titles, future Warcraft, Diablo games.
Metro Exodus: A beautiful, brutal single-player game—with insane RTX perks
Plus, a deeper look at Nvidia's proprietary DLSS system, which absolutely impresses.
Opportunity did not answer NASA’s final call, and it’s now lost to us
It roved a staggering 45.16 kilometers across the Red Planet.
Apple in talks to create “Netflix for news” subscription service
But Apple wants a huge bite of the subscription revenue—reportedly 50 percent.
Danish haunted-house studies seek to reveal the seductive appeal of horror
Mathias Clasen of Aarhus University on why we're drawn to scary entertainment.
Microsoft patches 0-day vulnerabilities in IE and Exchange
IE info bug was under active exploit; exploit code for Exchange flaw was circulating.
Activision-Blizzard lays off 775 people after “record results in 2018”
News follows split with Bungie and a year with no major Blizzard releases.
Mozilla to use machine learning to find code bugs before they ship
Regrettably, humans still have to write the code in the first place.
Researchers use Intel SGX to put malware beyond the reach of antivirus software
Processor protects malware from attempts to inspect and analyze it.
Dealmaster: A number of Apple devices are deeply discounted today
Including iPads, MacBooks, and Apple Watches. Plus deals on Xbox One X and more.
Lawsuit: Verizon tempted customers with free Amazon Echos, failed to deliver
Verizon surprised by lawsuit, says it already fixed the problem.
“Catastrophic” hack on email provider destroys almost two decades of data
VFEmail says data for virtually all US users is gone for good.
Since Trump tariffs, solar jobs have atrophied
Solar jobs slip for the second year in a row, says The Solar Foundation annual report.
For Valentine’s Day, Ars writers describe the tech they cherish the most
A few Arsians get personal for V-Day and serenade the gear that brings them joy.
Military to investigate decision to certify the Falcon Heavy rocket
"We plan to begin the subject evaluation in February 2019."
Advanced driver assists come to the world of big-rig class 8 trucks
Automatic emergency braking and blind spot monitoring is now available at Freightliner.
Amazon acquires Eero, maker of mesh Wi-Fi routers
Eero's routers could help Amazon connect its various Echo and Alexa devices.
Electric car batteries might be worth recycling, but bus batteries aren’t yet
The more emissions-efficient way to recycle an EV battery is to remove the cathode.
Not even the bathtub is safe in new trailer for The Curse of La Llorona
Aquaman Director James Wan returns to his horror roots as producer of new film.
Stranger Things franchise is getting spin-off prequel novel about Jim Hopper
Adam Christopher penned Darkness on the Edge of Town, to be published June 4.
Microsoft teases next-gen HoloLens ahead of February 24 reveal
Unveiling will take place at Mobile World Congress.
Hackers keep trying to get malicious Windows file onto MacOS
Clever trick may be designed to bypass Gatekeeper protections built into macOS.
Valve has some new thoughts on what’s “humanly possible” in SteamVR
Expert Beat Saber players are rotating their wrists at over 3,600 degrees/second.
Texas lawmaker wants to ban mobile throttling in disaster areas
Democrat proposes ban apparently in response to Verizon throttling firefighters.
To almost no one’s surprise, Mars One is done [Updated]
Mars One's greatest sin may be making Lee Hutchinson look smart.
Anti-vaxxers plan to subvert changes to vaccination laws
Eliminating non-medical vaccine exemptions isn't enough; CA medical exemptions tripled.
Marvel’s “Offenders” will bring comic baddies, weirdos to 4 new Hulu series
Howard the Duck, M.O.D.O.K. headline new series, which are coming nowhere near Disney Plus.
SpaceX seeks FCC OK for 1 million satellite broadband Earth stations
SpaceX Starlink team wants quick FCC approval to support "ambitious timetable."
Augmented Reality Google Maps is coming, starts testing in private
Forget GPS and a compass, this uses more accurate camera-based positioning.
Following lawsuit, Activision starts refund program for Guitar Hero Live
Move comes after December server shutdown cut off 90% of the game's music library.
After glitch grants access, Bethesda says locked Fallout 76 vault will open
Accidental entry leads to an early look at area still under development.
Shipwreck reveals ancient market for knock-off consumer goods
Ceramics from a 900-year-old shipwreck hint at complex Indian Ocean trade routes.
Driverless delivery startup Nuro raises almost $1 billion
Nuro is already doing fully driverless grocery deliveries in the Phoenix area.
NASA has taken a significant step toward human landings on the Moon
Traditional aerospace powers as well as newer companies like SpaceX are likely to bid.
After a remarkable resurrection, Firefly may reach space in 2019
"They said 'Screw it, let’s just do it and go to space.'"
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