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When you go to a security conference, and its mobile app leaks your data
RSA Conference attendee contact data extracted using hard-coded API data.
Here are the types of marijuana best for stress and anxiety, according to users
For depression, use may exacerbate symptom severity over time.
NYC blasts broadband competition shortage as it pursues suit against Verizon
Two-thirds of NYC homes have only one or two broadband options, city report says.
Four publishers must change in-game loot boxes to avoid Dutch gambling laws
Study determines randomized items that have a "market value" violate the law.
Electrify America will deploy 2,000 350kW fast chargers by the end of 2019
484 new charging sites, split between 17 metro areas and highways in 39 states.
Apple may still depend on Samsung for OLED iPhone screens as LG hits snags
Manufacturing problems may make LG miss the mass-production deadline.
Tiny krill appear to mix up the ocean
Each individual animal doesn't do much, but there's a lot of them.
Google gives up on Google Allo, hopes carriers will sort out RCS messaging
After the failure of Allo, Google cedes control of Android messaging to the carriers.
Netflix film examines why NASA shunned women astronauts in early days
Since then, NASA has begun to redeem itself by taking steps toward gender parity.
Facebook removes 1.5 billion users from protection of EU privacy law
In anticipation of the EU's new GDPR rule, Facebook limits its legal umbrella.
Android Go review—Google’s scattershot attempt at a low-end Android OS
We dig through Google's stripped-down OS and several "Go" apps.
Tim Cook on merging macOS and iOS: “I don’t think that’s what users want”
Apple's CEO appeared to debunk speculation that the company seeks a unified OS.
PUBG’s first-ever free weekend has begun on Xbox One (for XBL Gold members)
Download and play the fully unlocked "early access" version for free until April 22.
Southwest Airlines protested airworthiness directive designed to prevent engine failures
Engine maker urged more frequent inspections after previous Southwest incident.
Ryzen gains on Intel with second generation
New chips bring a bit more clock speed, slightly more efficiency.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell laptop with a Core i7 and 16GB of RAM for $700
Plus deals on VR headsets, graphics cards, 4K TVs, wireless mice, and more.
After 15 months, NASA finally has an administrator [Updated]
"I think he'll be a great leader for NASA."
ISPs should charge for fast lanes—just like TSA Precheck, GOP lawmaker says
GOP's Marsha Blackburn wants Internet service to be just like airport security.
Mammals are smaller than they used to be, and it’s our fault
Human dispersal coincided with a reduction in the average body size of mammals.
Google disables “domain fronting” capability used to evade censors
A "long-planned" change happens to coincide with a new wave of state censorship in Russia.
Doctors tried to lower $148K cancer drug cost; makers triple price of pill
“That got us kind of p---ed off,” doctor said after learning of price jump.
Better than reality: New emulation tech lags less than original consoles
"LAGFIX" fast-forwards through "hidden" frames for near-instant response times.
New Alexa Blueprints let users make custom skills without knowing any code
Like Mad Libs for Alexa, "blueprints" take a fill-in-the-blank approach to skills.
Velodyne invented modern lidar—it’s about to face real competition
We talked to Austin Russell, CEO of lidar startup Luminar.
LA councilman asks city attorney to “review possible legal action” against Waze
"They say the crises of congestion they cause is the price for innovation."
Motorola announces the 2018 Moto G6 and E5
We break down the differences in Motorola's 2018 mid-range lineup.
Tesla slams Reveal News as “extremist” after exposé on alleged factory improprieties
Tesla largely would not respond directly to Ars' questions.
Owl Car Cam review: A data-connected dash cam for car lovers
Would you pay a monthly fee to know about any and all disturbances around your car?
2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid: Put simply, it’s complicated
The complexity can be overlooked, which then questions the point of including it.
Bitcoin heist suspect reportedly walked out of low-security prison, onto flight
Sindri Thor Stefansson had been arrested over theft of 600 bitcoin-mining computers.
OneNote desktop app end-of-lifed, replaced with Windows 10 UWP
The desktop app will continue to receive bugfixes until 2025.
Watch live: SpaceX to launch a small planet hunter for NASA [Updated]
TESS will be able to monitor the brightness of more than 200,000 stars.
This isn’t the first time a tech boom has interfered with democracy
Video: Ars Live in conversation with economist Brad DeLong, an expert in tech revolutions.
Massive bleaching event may be permanently changing the Great Barrier Reef
Corals died more readily than expected, and species balance may not recover.
Dealmaster: Google is now selling its Daydream View VR headset for $49
$50 price cut lasts until April 28, makes headset $80 cheaper than Gear VR.
Amazon and Best Buy team up to sell TVs, but it’s a risky move for Best Buy
Best Buy will carry TVs with Amazon software and will sell TVs on Amazon.com.
Bad news for AT&T and Comcast: Calif. Senate panel OKs net neutrality bill
AT&T, cable lobbyists can't convince Calif. senators to scrap net neutrality.
What the latest strike on Syria succeeded at (and what it didn’t)
Video: Air Force's newest cruise missile gets debut, Allied "resolve" shown, but...
Lovers of small iPhones might be rewarded with rumored next-gen SE 2
But will any iPhone X features make it into the new entry-level handset?
Video: Ben Brode dishes on the secrets of Hearthstone
Part two in our continuing video series on the unsolved mysteries of popular games.
China to ease foreign automaker rules—with preference for electric cars
50% domestic ownership rules won't apply to electric car makers by the end of this year.
Meteorite’s diamonds tell of Earth’s baby sister, which died young
They may be from a Mercury-sized body obliterated during Solar System formation.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life review: Grandpa battle simulator
Age hasn’t slowed down Yakuza’s lead character in his final starring game.
Tens of thousands of Facebook accounts compromised in days by malware
Professionally developed trojan posing as a stress reliever infects 40,000 PCs.
Microsoft claims to make Chrome safer with new extension
A purported Edge advantage is now available in Chrome.
ZTE exports ban may mean no Google apps, a death sentence for its smartphones
Chinese OEM’s export ban also means the US will have to wait for Android Go.
Russia appears to have surrendered to SpaceX in the global launch market
"The 4 percent stake isn’t worth the effort to try to elbow Musk and China aside."
The Nissan Rogue is a huge sales success, but is it any good? A review
It's spacious and well equipped, but we don't like the steering or infotainment.
Despite alien theories and novel mutations, the real Ata puzzle may be ethical
A genomic study proved Ata is human, but now the study's ethics are in question.
How a cracked fan blade (probably) ended a decade of no US air travel fatalities
First US commercial air fatality in 9 years caused by debris from jet engine fan, engine cover.
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