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Meet MASHBot, the touchscreen-tapping, Nintendo DS-playing robot
New bot shows automated play doesn’t need emulators or controller-port “cheats.”
Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown
Pai's staff to Congress: Carriers selling customer location data is no big deal.
Millions of customers will now pay more for Netflix—here’s how much
To make more original shows and movies, Netflix needs more money.
Ford and VW are forming an alliance—here’s why it’s a smart move
Each has strengths where the other has weaknesses, but this is not a merger.
The digital hermitage: How “remote work” has changed over 20 years
Even before Ars' first post, IT Editor Sean Gallagher was pioneering working from home.
“Mona Lisa effect” is real but doesn’t apply to Leonardo’s painting
Sensation typically occurs when subject's gaze is at angle between 0 and 5 degrees.
Pwn2Own contest will pay $900,000 for hacks that exploit this Tesla
For the first time, foremost hacking competition adds cars to its lineup.
Feds forcing mass fingerprint unlocks is an “abuse of power,” judge rules
"Citizens do not contemplate waiving their civil rights when using new technology."
Gearbox CEO allegedly mocked ex-lawyer’s Christianity with slurs, “ridiculing” gifts
Former general counsel's complaint filed 10 days before Gearbox filed lawsuit.
CBS All Access confirms Star Trek: Discovery spinoff with Michelle Yeoh
New series will focus on Captain Georgiou's adventures with Starfleet's Section 31.
Remember when Bill Gates challenged Slash to Guitar Hero? 13 years of Ars at CES
Some highlighted tech proved game-changing; others were Zen music players and hot air.
Verizon charges new “spam” fee for texts sent from teachers to students
Remind says it must end free texts for Verizon users because of new fee.
The best PCs, gadgets, and future tech of CES 2019
This year's best products mostly involve small tweaks that make them more usable.
New hospital price lists are massive spreadsheets full of gibberish
From unintelligible abbreviations and jargon to $32,456.66 "headaches."
Bird to Boing Boing: We’re sorry about sending you a legal-demand letter
"Our legal team overstretched," Bird says in a statement. "This was our mistake."
As the US nuclear fleet ages, one lab group hopes to give it a second wind
A high-resolution modeling program will allow utilities to make important changes.
Windows 7 enters its final year of free support
Up to three years of paid support will be available after the cut-off.
Previously secret CIA report documents spear attack against surveillance plane
1960s recounting of attack on low-flying spy plane unearthed by MuckRock.
Hackers find Super NES games mentioned in Switch’s emulated NES files
NES Online files include references to dozens of 16-bit classics.
AccuWeather says it has created its own hurricane scale, but why?
New NOAA head may come from AccuWeather.
Apple’s HomePod officially goes on sale in China on January 18
Can Siri's smart speaker give Apple an edge in one of its most important markets?
Ford goes all-out with the new supercharged 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500
700-hp, and a front grill that could swallow an elephant.
Rodents of Unusual Size—Meet the invasive, orange-toothed pests of coastal erosion
New nutria documentary is a whole lotta fun even if the rats themselves very much aren't.
After a boom year for new natural gas plants, renewables set to retake the lead
As US carbon emissions increase, cutting natural gas will be the next job.
Ars Technica turns 20 years old, and we couldn’t have done it without the community
For two decades we've learned, we've laughed, we've cried, and sometimes we've gone wtf.
HBO reveals start date for Game of Thrones‘ final season in new trailer
Sunday night teaser, attached to True Detective, walks fans through a crypt.
Imaging ever closer to the event horizon
Two new papers probe the matter that's right on the edge of falling in.
New ransomware rakes in $4 million by adopting a “big game hunting” strategy
Ryuk lies in wait for as long as a year, then pounces on only the biggest prey.
From Uncharted to Obra Dinn: Lucas Pope dishes on his illustrious game-dev career
Ars chats at length with the creator of Papers, Please in his current home of Japan.
UX rant: The nightmare horrorshow that is the Apple TV remote
Op-ed: Yes, it looks great. It also needs to work!
“Ghost guns,” underage sex, and the First Amendment: Defense Distributed’s legal saga
Legal turmoil for company rolls on as Cody Wilson faces felony charges for sex with a minor.
SpaceX cutting 10 percent of its staff to become a leaner company
"We must part ways with some talented and hardworking members of our team."
Amidst legal battle, Gearbox CEO says he left USB stick of porn at Medieval Times [Update 2]
Alleges Pitchford received $12M bonus, hid from Gearbox staffers, siphoned elsewhere.
Cloud gaming firm: Unity must clarify its terms, reinstate our license [Updated]
Unity says ToS change doesn't actually imperil SpatialOS games.
Huawei employee arrested, accused of “high-level espionage” for China
Polish authorities arrest a Huawei employee and former government security expert.
EFF flips Bird the bird, says Boing Boing post doesn’t violate copyright law
EFF: Bird's legal demand to take down recent Cory Doctorow post is "meritless."
Man says CES lidar’s laser was so powerful it wrecked his $1,998 camera
Power rules ensure lasers are safe for human eyes—but not necessarily for cameras.
Google kills the Chromecast Audio
Google says it has stopped manufacturing the audio dongle.
VLC media player will add AirPlay support, soon reach three billion downloads
Developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf confirmed both milestones at CES.
After broken promise, AT&T says it’ll stop selling phone location data
Data ended up on black market—now carriers say they'll halt sales in March.
The time to binge is upon us once more: Future Man season 2 is now out
Smartly written, very funny, and full of time travel—what more do you want from sci-fi?
Review: Valley of the Boom captures Silicon Valley’s insanity
A mix of documentary and historical reenactment with an emphasis on great acting.
Big Pharma shells out $20B each year to schmooze docs, $6B on drug ads
Persuading doctors and direct-to-consumer ads land 1-2 punch for knockout sales.
AI can diagnose some genetic disorders using photos of faces
DeepGestalt takes faces apart and reassembles them to diagnose genetic disorders.
Quick-stepping hydrogen causes light bulb to flicker
Sharp gold tip dims if hydrogen is near it, glows when hydrogen leaves.
SpaceX launches its first Falcon 9 rocket of 2019
Eighteen missions in 2017. Twenty-one missions in 2018. How many this year?
2019 iPhones: Three new handsets, one with a triple-rear-camera setup
Apple may add and remove features in new iPhones to gain edge over competitors.
Alphabet board sued over massive payout to Android creator, among others
Two investors bring 2 new lawsuits in the wake of scandal involving Andy Rubin.
Rocket Report: Blue nears flight, India to double up, Musk’s Starship love
"Don't think of what you see at Cape Canaveral."
A DNS hijacking wave is targeting companies at an almost unprecedented scale
Clever trick allows attackers to obtain valid TLS certificate for hijacked domains.
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