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Facebook changes an Oculus division’s name, invents term “Facebook Reality”
Was formerly known as Oculus Research; "our focus on the future hasn't changed."
Report: Software bug led to death in Uber’s self-driving crash
Sensors detected Elaine Herzberg, but software reportedly decided to ignore her.
Two spaces after period are better than one, except maybe they aren’t, study finds
After APA style change sets world afire, researchers justify double-space but plea for peace.
Google slams “for-profit bail-bond providers,” won’t let them advertise
Activists want limits on companies that profit from arrest of minorities.
AT&T will ask Supreme Court to cripple the FTC’s authority over broadband
AT&T victory would undermine FCC's justification for net neutrality repeal.
GoDaddy has shut down Richard Spencer’s white supremacist site
Site called for "a bit of brutality and vengeance by our guys on the border."
The material science of building a light sail to take us to Alpha Centauri
We're unsure about the best material and don't have the measurements to know.
Build 2018: Microsoft embraces its new platforms, Azure and Microsoft 365
Windows was barely even mentioned on the first day of Microsoft's developer conference.
Four days at the wild, AI-filled Collision Conference—before it bails for Canada
Offline voice assistants, tiny soundproof offices, and NASA roboticists share the stage.
UK police say 92% false positive facial recognition is no big deal
South Wales Police: "No facial recognition system is 100% accurate under all conditions."
AT&T/Verizon lobby asks FCC to help raise prices on smaller ISPs
Telecom lobby wants FCC to remove line-sharing rules that boost competition.
Hundreds of big-name sites hacked, converted into drive-by currency miners
Critical "Drupalgeddon2" is still being exploited six weeks after it was patched.
Racing needs new fans—and paywalls and geoblocking aren’t helping
The return of the World Endurance Championship has me annoyed with broadcasting contracts.
The Ars Technica Mother’s Day gift guide
We round up a few recommended gadgets that should actually prove useful for Mom.
Bay Area: Join us 5/9 to talk about getting those ants out of your house
Entomologist Neil Tsutsui will tell us about ant communication and bee genetics.
Android Things 1.0 launches, Google promises 3 years of updates for every device
Google's solution to IoT security is to do all the updates itself, for free.
Google and JBL’s all-in-one soundbar combines Android TV and Google Home
JBL's combo device can control your entire living room with just your voice.
Nintendo starts moving to a Wii-like “non-gamer” strategy for the Switch
Coming software meant for those "who have not been playing video games recently."
Microsoft continues its quest to bring machine learning to every application
Machine learning is getting easier to use and enabling new applications.
Op-ed: Ray Ozzie’s crypto proposal—a dose of technical reality
"Secure backdoors" might sound good—but are they possible?
For the first time, two CubeSats have gone interplanetary
CubeSats could be launched in swarms to planets in the outer Solar System.
Why bulky spinning lidar sensors might be around for another decade
We learned a lot talking to two-time lidar startup founder Angus Pacala.
Watch Microsoft’s opening Build keynote here
CEO Satya Nadella will start things off at 08:30am PDT/11:30am EDT.
I watched an entire Flat Earth Convention for my research—here’s what I learned
Shifts in who has power to spread information have led to a resurgence in fringe ideas.
Bandwidth is the techno-thriller novel that we need right now
Review: What does fake news even mean when you can no longer distinguish reality?
Guitar-maker Gibson files for bankruptcy to leave its electronics ambitions behind
Don't worry though—the famous guitars will survive to jam another day.
Report: Chinese government is behind a decade of hacks on software companies
Though sloppy at times, Winnti Umbrella remain advanced and extremely prolific.
Ars Technica System Guide, Spring 2018: The show-your-work edition
For this system guide edition, we focus on rationale over straight recommendations.
Don’t charge your brain implant during thunderstorms, docs warn after incident
Doctors report a close call of a woman with an implant that treats her tremor.
Google Daydream VR goes standalone with Lenovo’s Mirage Solo
The hardware works, and the Mirage Camera can be fun, but there's nothing to change minds here.
Alan Turing’s chemistry hypothesis turned into a desalination filter
A chemical reaction he suggested can now be done, and it makes a great membrane.
Elon Musk hung up on NTSB chief during call about Tesla crash probe
The relationship between Tesla and the NTSB has been rather frosty lately.
NASA makes flying to Mars look easy, but cross your fingers for InSight anyway
Newest spacecraft will burrow into Mars, but it must first get there safely.
Body-cam giant snaps up its biggest rival to create near-monopoly
Deal worries law prof, who notes dominant firm can have undue influence over policing.
Anheuser-Busch just bought 800 fuel cell Nikola trucks
28 fueling stations will be built along Anheuser-Busch's busiest routes.
Dealmaster: It’s Star Wars Day, so here are some deals on Star Wars things
It's a made-up holiday, but there are at least a few discounts worth noting.
AT&T explains why it blocked Cloudflare DNS: It was just an accident
AT&T blames "unintentional IP address conflict," promises to fix it.
Activision shows PC some love, plans “significant” resources for Call of Duty
Executives also hint Battle Royale mode could come to Black Ops 4.
Google News to be revamped, incorporate YouTube videos and magazines
Google Play Newsstand, Google's magazine app, would close down.
Drug made famous by Shkreli’s 5,000% price hike is still $750 a pill
Medicaid paid an average of $35K for each prescription of Daraprim.
Over a 5th of the world’s population is logging in to YouTube—despite scandals
YouTube tempts advertisers with vast reach, new celebrity shows.
Sorry Elon Musk, there’s no clear evidence Autopilot saves lives
The feds just threw Tesla under the bus on Autopilot safety.
US military aircraft have been hit many times by lasers, possibly by China
New NOTAM cites "multiple lazing events involving a high-power laser" in Djibouti.
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn charged in diesel emissions scandal
Scandal broke in 2015; VW has paid out billions since.
Twitter alerts users: Please change your passwords, we’ve seen them
Bug similar to one that hit GitHub recorded passwords to non-public log.
Google releases open source framework for building “enclaved” apps for cloud
Toolkit aims to make building "confidential computing" containerized apps easier.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell desktop PC with a six-core Core i7 for $704
Plus deals on iPads, Roku TVs, wireless headphones, and more.
BattleTech is a more tactical, punishing view of mech battling
Hard-hitting choices and loss management define a fantastic tactical experience.
Facebook security analyst is fired for using private data to stalk women
A reminder that the only way to keep data private is to keep it off social media.
Researchers find a gene that lets bacteria kill all male flies
To increase infections, the bacteria get rid of the sex that can't transmit it.
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