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Op-ed: Logan Paul tases a dead rat, draws YouTube’s harshest crackdown yet
YouTube cut off all of Paul's ad revenue, but why did it take so long?
Hackers hijack Nintendo Switch, show Linux loaded on console
Public release of exploit could be a long way off, though.
Principal goes to prison after stealing and uploading students’ nude photos
Principal searched confiscated phones for nude photos and traded images online.
Accused “In fraud we trust” kingpin arrested while vacationing in Thailand
Police reportedly seize 100,000 bitcoins, valued at nearly $840 million.
Russian nuclear weapons engineers caught minting blockchange with supercomputer
The system—used for simulating weapons tests—was not supposed to be connected to Internet.
Amazon to take on UPS, FedEx via “Shipping with Amazon”
It will first service third-party Amazon sellers in the LA area.
Android Wear is getting killed, and it’s all Qualcomm’s fault
This weekend will mark two years since Qualcomm's last smartwatch chip was announced.
Waymo and Uber end trial with sudden $244 million settlement
Uber promises to make sure that none of Waymo's software, hardware is used.
Watch McLaren’s stumble into the 2017 F1 season in new Amazon show
It's like an automotive version of The Office, but for McLaren, worse.
Cryptocurrency boom, a problem for gamers, is a bonanza for GPU makers
Nvidia: "Strong demand in the cryptocurrency market exceeded our expectations."
The 2018 Ars Technica Valentine’s Day gift guide
We open our robotic hearts to recommend a few treats for your nerdy lover.
Grubhub drivers are contractors—not employees—judge rules
CEO says ruling “validates the freedom our delivery partners enjoy.”
DOD “Red Flag” exercise ushers in GPS jamming season across West
War games in the sky, at sea, on ground block GPS to add a dose of reality.
Lenovo X1 Carbon laptop has a screw loose, poses a fire hazard
Stray piece of metal can short out one of the battery cells.
Dealmaster: Get an Amazon Echo Spot for $115
Plus deals on various Dell laptops, 4K TVs, Raspberry Pi kits, and more.
Google isn’t honoring Pixel’s warranty, so we’re suing, customers say
“Had Google disclosed the defect to her, she would not have bought a Pixel.”
NASA confirms: Its undead satellite is operational
Next up: Trying to figure out which of the science instruments still works.
King of Kong star says “original tape” will prove his disputed scores [Updated]
Mitchell suggests MAME footage could be suspect; analyst defends sources.
Careful phasing of a photonic qubit brings light under control
Controlled color cascade yields better parallelism for photonic qubits.
Sorry, FCC: Charter will lower investment after net neutrality repeal
FCC claims Charter raised investment because of repeal, but that isn't happening.
Leak of iBoot code to GitHub could potentially help iPhone jailbreakers
Apple confirms code was real in DMCA filing with GitHub; code already in circulation.
Alarm grows as norovirus outbreak explodes at Olympics; cases quadruple in days
From Tuesday to Thursday night, cases of the highly infectious bug leapt from 32 to 128.
Civilization VI: Rise and Fall review: A few turns closer to a Golden Age
This expansion reinvents the wheel. Some experiments work better than others.
Amazon expands Prime Now delivery to Whole Foods, but only in four markets
More areas will be covered in the future.
Musk explains why SpaceX prefers clusters of small engines
"It’s sort of like the way modern computer systems are set up."
Fernando, you’re getting a Dell: McLaren gets a new sponsor in F1
Dell Technologies and the McLaren Technology Group sign a multi-year partnership.
Under Armour HOVR review: Smarter running shoes, light on gimmicks
Why buy a smart wristband when a pair of $140 shoes can track every run?
End-Cretaceous asteroid impact seems to have juiced seafloor volcanoes
Add another item to the “things that went wrong” list during mass extinction.
Can you watch the Winter Olympics in 4K and HDR? Comcast tells Ars “no”
With one day to go, we only know of three providers—and their 4K hardware requirements.
Behold, the 157 new emoji for 2018
New smileys, animals, hair colors, and lots more arrive in Unicode Emoji 11.0.
Intel releases new Spectre microcode update for Skylake; other chips remain in beta
Previous microcode update was reported to cause unwanted system reboots.
Co-founder of EFF, John Perry Barlow, dead at 70
“The Internet we all know and love today exists and thrives because of Barlow’s vision.”
SpaceX sent a nerdy Easter egg into space, but can anyone read it?
Disc etched with “femtosecond laser on quartz silica glass,” can hold 360TB.
Tesla loses another $675 million in Q4, its biggest quarterly loss yet
“If we can send a Roadster to the asteroid belt, we can probably solve Model 3 production.”
German Navy experiences “LCS syndrome” in spades as new frigate fails sea trials
With 90% new systems, this bigger, lighter-crewed monster frigate is not ready for duty.
Doctors floored by epidemic levels of black lung in Appalachian coal miners
The cases are more severe, and miners are dying younger.
Feds drop hammer on massive “carder” ring that caused $530 million in losses
Infraud is the biggest online fraud enterprise ever prosecuted by US prosecutors.
Debate heats up over whether 130,000-year-old bones were broken by humans
Archaeologists debate what these mastodon bones mean for human prehistory.
Star Trek Discovery: “I’ve made a lot of bad emotional choices”
In which we explore what happened to the narrative arc of this show.
Nest is done as a standalone Alphabet company, merges with Google
Google plans to “combine hardware, software, and services” between the two companies.
62 years later Jaguar is building the final 25, million-dollar D-Types
The D-Type is the latest hand-built "continuation" from its back catalog.
Americans staying home, streaming video, and using less energy because of it
Decouple economic growth from energy consumption: Tell your boss you want to work from home.
New Jessica Jones season two trailer asks big questions about her origins
"How many others are there like me?"
Uber’s ex-CEO: At first, Uber considered Google to be its “big brother”
Levandowski texted Kalanick the speech from Wall Street—which was then shown in court.
Report: Google considering a game streaming service, console hardware
According to The Information, Google has been working on this for the past two years.
There are Ajit Pai “Verizon puppet” jokes that the FCC doesn’t want you to read
FCC won't release emails about joke "collusion" video, says they would harm agency.
The Red Strings Club review: Cocktail revolution
This beautiful adventure game is more than a pretty face.
Naked mole rats have a complicated relationship with cancer
But we still don’t know how they live so long while mostly avoiding cancer.
HP embraces Thunderbolt 3 as it brings premium features to mainstream systems
HP refresh brings premium design to mainstream corporate laptops and mobile workstations.
This may be the moment SpaceX opened the cosmos to the masses
“It gives me confidence that BFR is really quite workable.”
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