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Physicists’ simple spanks economists’ complex in economic growth forecasts
Take economic ideas, add a touch of dynamics, get accurate GDP predictions.
Ars on your lunch break: Tim O’Reilly on why the future doesn’t have to suck
But inequality and economic distortions give us ample opportunity to blow it.
Apple shuts App Store affiliate program, imperiling recommendation sites
TouchArcade: "Apple extending a massive middle finger" to third-party linkers.
Alex Jones podcast episodes yanked from Spotify over “hate content”
But numerous episodes of The Alex Jones Show remain available on Spotify.
Spider-Man for PS4 preview: A love letter to comics and open-world tropes
The new game offers plenty of lore for comics fans, but gameplay feels familiar.
New open source effort: Legal code to make reporting security bugs safer
The Disclose.io framework seeks to standardize "safe harbor" language for security researchers.
Tesla whistleblower’s lawyer: My client may have been effectively swatted
Storey County Sheriff's Office releases report detailing June 20 incident.
Tesla posts bigger-than-expected loss, bigger-than-expected revenue
Company expects to be cash flow positive in the next two quarters.
Boeing shifts schedule for Starliner, calls 2019 crew launch “realistic”
"These development programs are hard. Especially for human spacecraft."
Elon Musk to video game devs: Help me put “super fun games” on Tesla screens
Follows announcement of Atari Easter eggs coming to Tesla's v9.0 software update.
DOJ announces arrest of 3 men allegedly behind notorious FIN7 hacking group
Feds: "One of the most sophisticated and aggressive malware schemes in recent times."
Doctors cut out a large chunk of a boy’s brain—now he’s doing just fine
Boy’s recovery shows just how adaptable our noggins can be.
Password breach teaches Reddit that, yes, phone-based 2FA is that bad
Attackers steal password data, user messages, email addresses, and more.
Blue diamonds come from ocean floor that is pushed nearly to Earth’s core
The Hope Diamond is rare evidence that the Earth recycles.
Time is running out for dieselgate Volkswagen owners to get their money
Failing to turn in the paperwork won't boot the cars off the road, however.
Valve’s first new game in 5 years, Artifact, coming in November, starting at $20
Price, date announced alongside promised public hands-on, free keys, at PAX West.
Russian embassy trolls US launch industry after new rocket engine sale
"Russian rocket engines to continue launching America into space."
NY ordered Charter to leave the state—but Charter won’t go without fight
Charter ready for "lengthy" legal battle to save Time Warner Cable merger in NY.
661Tbps through a single optical fiber: The mind boggles
Researchers stuff the world’s current fiber capacity into a single link.
Steam sees surprising, significant usage dip in 2018
Exodus from PUBG could be behind 12-percent drop.
Climate change brings the UK’s hidden past to the surface
A heat wave reveals ghostly outlines of long-buried archaeological sites in the UK.
Engine maker Cummins to recall 500,000 trucks after failed emissions tests
There's already a fix for the vehicles in question.
Ars on your lunch break: Tim O‘Reilly discusses the birth of “open source”
We flash back to a time in the '90s when it seemed like Microsoft would eat everything.
Report: Google is preparing to cave to Chinese search censorship
Google left the Chinese market in 2010 over censorship concerns.
Latest Windows 10 build will support “Your Phone” content sharing
Initially, it appears limited to photo syncing and Android handsets.
Samsung’s Tab S4 is both an Android tablet and a desktop computer
Can desktop mode help keep Samsung's Android tablets alive?
Work begins on rocket engines for SLS flights a decade from now
This represents quite a long lead-up time for these engines.
“P is for Power”—Android engineers talk battery life improvements in Android P
Learn how Google experiments, tracks, and improves Android power consumption.
3D-printed gun website yanks CAD files after federal judicial order
Washington AG lauds temporary restraining order as a "victory."
Services drove Apple’s best third quarter ever, but iPhone sales aren’t growing
CEO Tim Cook addressed concern about trade between the US and China as well.
Man accused of sabotage at Tesla brings his own lawsuit over defamation
Martin Tripp says he reported waste but was punished for it, among other claims.
Waymo pilot program shows how self-driving cars could boost transit
Self-driving cars could strengthen public transit—or replace it.
Facebook’s latest meddling disclosure: “We expected the organization to evolve”
32 accounts shut down on Tuesday thanks to connection to 2016 IRA meddling.
Toyota’s heavy-duty fuel cell truck project moves from alpha to beta
The new truck uses the same powertrain but now has 50-percent more range.
Dealmaster: Get a pair of Apple AirPods for $145, a rare discount
Plus deals on Xbox Live Gold, Google's Pixelbook, Kindle Unlimited, and more.
Ars on your lunch break: Sitting down with legendary publisher Tim O’Reilly
The granddaddy of tech publishing discusses early days and epic meetings.
Find shows 4,000-year-old trade routes stretched from Carolinas to Great Lakes
Cremated remains and a copper band suggest far-flung trade and social connections.
Valve removes Steam game after allegations of hidden cryptocurrency miner
Company says Abstractism was "shipping unauthorized code" behind simple 2D game.
Uber’s controversial self-driving truck division shuts down
Uber paid hundreds of millions of dollars for the unit in 2016.
Sorry, Elon: Nuking Mars’ icecaps won’t geoengineer planet
Carbon dioxide's the main greenhouse gas on Mars, and most of it was lost to space.
Comcast, Charter dominate US; telcos “abandoned rural America,” report says
AT&T and Verizon have generally built fiber only where they face competition.
Firefox is getting new icons; Mozilla shows off two competing designs
Mozilla: A "fox with a flaming tail doesn’t offer enough design tools" for its products.
Sitrep: The Air Force’s senior-citizen chopper may have to hold off retirement
Video: The 48-year-old Huey, made famous in Vietnam, could be waiting even longer for its relief.
Don’t try to rejuvenate your vagina, FDA warns after scolding companies
The FDA notes that the “energy-based” therapies are unproven and can cause serious harm.
Ex-SolarCity employees: We were fired after reporting millions in fake sales
Gay ex-employee also sues Tesla over alleged “continuous” insults including “f****t.”
Vertical video sheds its black bars on YouTube, Android app adds dark mode
Tweaked design uses more space for video, but it has (inevitably) provoked anger.
A new report questions “viability” of plan to privatize the space station
The future of the space station is up in the air—or rather, a vacuum.
Vaccine-refusing community drove outbreak that cost $395K, sickened babies
Curbing an outbreak is expensive. Should vaccine refusers help foot the bill?
20 states take aim at 3D gun company, sue to get files off the Internet
Cody Wilson: "They’re trying to stop me posting files on DEFCAD. It already happened."
Trump seems to think F-35 is “literally invisible” in flight
Trump repeats a claim that "you can't see" F-35 fighter even when it's right next to you.
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