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Op-ed: Secret rulings should not force tech companies to build backdoors.

Case reopens long-standing questions about link between rats, humans, and hepatitis E.

We chat up quantitative psychologist Dan Hoffman about how your mind lies to you.

Interactive expansion will include Black Mirror, video game properties.

Aeva's lidar uses a continuous beam instead of discrete laser pulses.

Former Facebook CSO Alex Stamos will explore dangers (and a few hopes) for democracy.

Actual Model 3 production in Q3 has averaged out at a little more than 4,000 cars a week.

The change affects 250,000 Amazon employees and more than 100,000 seasonal workers.

New model is bigger, lighter, and more powerful than the outgoing 3 Series.

“LoJax” repurposed LoJack anti-theft agent as rootkit that could survive OS re-installs.

Our heroine beats back the Apocalypse (for now), but at great personal cost.

Study: Appealing to pleasure made people more likely to eat mealworm truffles

Dept's video includes guns-drawn response to hoax call, "sounds... like swatting to me."

It's a smart form factor, and the unusual materials are more than just a gimmick.

Play Assassin's Creed Odyssey through a desktop-class Chrome browser, starting October 5.

DOJ lawsuit tries to block California net neutrality law before it takes effect.

New treatments work against a huge range of cancers, some previously untreatable.

Nostalgic run-and-gun action is equal parts familiar and strange.

Eric Swildens had no dog in the fight other than intellectual curiosity.

Musk seems to taunt SEC with "naughty by nature" tweet.

Would you pay $1,299 for a leather-clad convertible with a Core i5 processor?

Now what exactly does a Chromecast need Bluetooth for?

Waymo poised to launch driverless service with minimal federal oversight.

Ars tested: A quick glance at an iPhone from 3-4 feet away will indeed unlock it.

The second generation is always better.

“I think it certainly has a future. Let’s hope it’s vibrant."

Justice Department sues California—Ajit Pai called state rules "illegal."

Utilities will earn credits for electric car charging stations and subsidize EV purchases.

The final days of Franklin's 1846 expedition have long been a tragic mystery.

The exact cost estimates vary, but the US consistently ranks near the top.

French illustrator Étienne Léopold Trouvelot wanted to capture public's imagination.

Prepped by an expert chef, bugs can fade into a complex dish.

Avoiding a court case allows Musk to remain as Tesla CEO.

Op-ed: Elon Musk is a brilliant entrepreneur—but he's not a great manager.

One of 2018's hottest board games... involves birds, cats, and a little raccoon?

Fresno-based federal judge won't force Facebook to help MS-13 investigation.

A look at what arcades were like long before the days of Pac-Man—and even pinball.

The focus is on the iOS, Android, Web, and Win32 versions of the apps.

Cloudflare Registrar will charge just what the TLDs and ICANN do.

New "Art of Super Mario Odyssey" book shows official tease of a Bowser-ized Peach.

Advertised telco prices would have to include all fees if Democrat's bill passes.

450 cars, dynamic weather and seasons, and enough racing to keep you busy for ages.

Improved writing anchors an effective and affecting tale of brothers on the run.

Bugs in two features enabled mass harvest of single sign-on tokens.

Massive renewable additions will require more grid-stabilizing technology.

The old client's brief reprieve is at an end.

Latest $9.2 billion contract will deliver at least 351 new advanced jet trainers.

Porsche will build 77 of the new cars, but where can they race?

Lidar images suggest connections between cities but also large-scale warfare.

It's the first minor update pushed out to all Watches running watchOS 5.