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A sports car in SUV clothing: The Jaguar E-Pace reviewed
This compact SUV drives like a sports car but suffers from some design flaws.
Splitting water for fuel while removing COâ‚‚ from the air
Technique could be practical enough to scale.
Amazon buying online pharmacy with nationwide reach; drug store stocks dive
The online retail giant reportedly put up about $1 billion for the deal.
Dealmaster: Get an Apple Watch Series 1 with an extra band for $159
Plus deals on Vizio 4K TVs, Jaybird headphones, Dell PCs, and more.
AT&T removed HBO from an unlimited data plan after buying Time Warner
AT&T alters unlimited plans and makes the cheapest one $5 more expensive.
Visitor from another solar system accelerated away from the Sun
Simplest explanation for the visitor's motion is heated jets of gas.
The Note 9 launches August 9—here’s what to expect
As usual, it sounds like the Note 9 will be very close to the Galaxy S9+.
Switch pirates don’t want you to pirate their piracy-enabling firmware
But anti-piracy hackers are hacking the piracy hack for themselves.
Ars on your lunch break, week 3: Mary Lou Jepsen and peering into the brain
Seeing farther into our gray matter might involve near-infrared light.
Prey: Mooncrash’s dystopic nightmare hits a little too close to home
We're not all trapped on the Moon, but it sure feels like we are sometimes.
Kroger will use autonomous vehicles to deliver groceries this fall
Self-driving delivery startup Nuro scores major deal with Kroger.
Nintendo: Docked and undocked play time for Switch is “about even”
Online telemetry data varies heavily by individual game and player, though.
Archaeologists armed with spears demonstrate how Neanderthals hunted
A new experimental archaeology study reconstructs Neanderthal hunting tactics.
Amazon is turning its Fire tablets into portable Echo Shows
Plus a new Kids Edition version of the Fire HD 10.
How does the third-party doctrine apply to future autonomous robots?
Video: At Ars Live, 2 Ars editors enter, have a fun chat, and 2 Ars editors leave.
“Dancing Baby” lawsuit finally settles, baby is now a middle-school student
Universal says it now has a "fair and tempered process for… potential takedowns.”
Microsoft pulls Windows Sets “tabbed windows” feature from next release
Feature is removed from latest preview, with reports that it's not coming this year.
Samsung and Apple have had enough of the court battles, finally settle
Surprise move comes weeks after a jury awarded Apple $539 million in damages.
This novel, one-and-done flu drug could be available soon in the US
The FDA is expected to make a decision by December 24, 2018.
Video: Looking behind the scenes of League of Legends with its lead designer
Riot Games' Greg Street explains some mysteries of one of the world's most-played games.
Webb Space Telescope pushed back again, won’t launch until 2021
It'll also need to get another $800 million out of Congress.
Microsoft teases the first-ever “stream-to-win” option built into Xbox
Mixer feature will debut in Forza Horizon 4, plus more on that racer's online changes.
After subpoenaing Apple in trade secrets case, Tesla goes after Facebook
If not, Tesla tells judge: "Critical evidence…will forever be lost."
Disney gets DOJ approval to buy Fox but must divest sports networks
Disney will have to sell off regional sports networks to complete Fox merger.
Spinning glass ball rejects light from one direction
Doppler shift used to select light based on its direction of travel.
Microsoft’s facial recognition service now less bad for nonwhites
If machine learning systems are trained on white men, that's all they're good at.
Bill to save net neutrality is 46 votes short in US House
172 Democrats signed petition to force vote, but they need 218 signatures.
Sony exec “confident” PS4 cross-console play “solution” is coming
"We're looking at a lot of the possibilities" for Fortnite and other games.
Forget deliveries—this firm wants to bring a grocery store to your driveway
"It's not a delivery vehicle, it's an autonomous store on wheels," CEO tells Ars.
Facebook’s quest for fleet of solar-powered Internet drones grounded forever
After two flights, massive "atmospheric satellite" effort ends.
Talking to Google Duplex: Google’s human-like phone AI feels revolutionary
Believe the hype—Google's phone-call bot is every bit as impressive as promised.
Fox desperately trying to avoid selling to Comcast
Fox sticks with Disney as merger partner, says Comcast deal would be risky.
You can now play Mario Kart 8 with Labo’s cardboard motorbike controller
Nintendo promises cardboard controls for "more titles" in the future.
Uber wins back its right to operate in London
Uber made significant changes to win the right to continue London operations.
Judge rules that sea-level rise doesn’t fall under public nuisance laws
Oakland and San Francisco won't get money to deal with sea-level rise.
Microsoft’s USB Type-C dongle for Surface Pro is finally here, and it’s huge
Outsized accessory was announced more than a year ago, will cost you $80.
macOS Mojave: A visual tour of Dark Mode and other major features
Our months-long journey into Apple's new OS begins with a visual guide to what's new.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell laptop with a six-core Core i7 and GTX 1060 for $880
Plus deals on mechanical keyboards, SSDs, Sonos speakers, and more.
Air Force “light attack” test aircraft crashes on bomb range, killing pilot
Second pilot ejected and survived, and the crash is under investigation.
Charter’s gigabit cable with no data caps is ready for 27 million homes
Charter's top speed starts at $105 and is coming to its whole territory in 2018.
Lumines Remastered turns the Nintendo Switch into a full-body vibration party
Review: Rhythm-puzzle classic is largely familiar, save for one tangible update.
Judge deals blow to women suing Microsoft over gender discrimination
Women suing Microsoft will have less bargaining power without class status.
Players paying up to $450 for disc-based copies of Fortnite
Physical copies of the "free-to-play" game are averaging $130 in resale.
Barents Sea seems to have crossed a climate tipping point
This is probably what a climate tipping point looks like—and we're past it.
Senator to FCC: How much do police stingrays drain a cellphone battery?
"If the Commission does not conduct or require testing, please explain why…"
Watch the John Oliver segment that got Oliver’s name banned in China
Content about Oliver "violates relevant laws and regulations" in China.
Hyperthreading under scrutiny with new TLBleed crypto key leak
A new attack prompted OpenBSD's developers to disable hyperthreading by default.
Marijuana drug wins FDA approval—a first that may change federal regulations
The DEA is expected to change CBD scheduling within 90 days.
Russia’s Proton rocket, which predates Apollo, will finally stop flying
Technical problems, rise of SpaceX are contributing factors.
Report: Trump officials planning escalation of US-China tech trade war
China wants to be a technology superpower, but US officials want to prevent it.
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