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At Ars Live, Stanford attorney Riana Pfefferkorn will discuss legal threats to crypto.

Pai accused of evading questions about FCC helping Sinclair expand media empire.

The series will introduce new stories set before The Fellowship of the Ring.

Hint: “Mandatory” rules always produce better results than “voluntary” ones.

Key questions persist about $150 mask hackers used to unlock Face-protected iPhone X.

Global emissions to rise two percent over last year.

Only a third of amorous cardiac arrest patients got potentially life-saving help.

But Broadcom is still "fully committed" to the acquisition.

The Russian plan seems to depend on SpaceX standing still.

The Amiga didn't go away with Commodore, but its future was uncertain.

New cash influx "is a strong vote of confidence" in company's potential, Uber says.

With Bitcoin mired in controversy, a rival called Bitcoin Cash is gaining ground.

Power line failure dropped power generation to 18% this week but has since been repaired.

Globally optimizing which crops we grow where cuts water use and feeds more people.

Reviewing episodes 7-9: OK, maybe we’d skip 7 on a rewatch.

Water inside a flexible core is enough to keep the moon liquid for billions of years.

Poor driving and awful writing don’t justify a tremendous loot-drop grind.

REM’s original album engineers tell Ars how they harnessed Dolby Atmos to blow us away.

Microsoft tells customers how to spot and block attacks.

Minis at war—but not a tape measure in sight.

Michael Alvarez was arrested in someone's backyard "after a short foot pursuit."

Scholars found that small media outlets have a big effect on Twitter discussions.

Creditors to be paid out at April 2014's ~$440 per Bitcoin, not Nov. 2017's ~$6,500.

A heads-up on some new features rolling out very shortly.

It's loaded with toys and, at $70,000, seriously undercuts the opposition.

Daytime activity probably started after the dinosaurs were wiped out.

Reported bump to 25 to 30 million units per year carries its share of risk.

The Cygnus spacecraft will carry about 3,200kg of pressurized cargo to the ISS.

The shuttle wasn't at fault, but it might have been able to avert the accident.

A one-mile stretch of highway in Los Angeles will be used to test the idea.

A new age-restriction policy should keep these videos away from young viewers.

Android never relied on WPA2 for security, so breaking it shouldn't matter much.

Video: Besides 8th-gen Intel CPUs, a standard touchscreen elevates the new Spectre 13.

"We can say without releasing any details that greater damage was prevented."

New AVGater flaw provided key ingredient for hacker to hijack computer.

Data sheds light on violent chain reactions started by volcanic eruptions 2,200 years ago.

Studio behind Titanfall, unnamed Star Wars game stays with EA to tune of up to $455M.

Disney also revealed a standalone ESPN streaming package is on the way in spring 2018.

Rod Rosenstein: We should weigh “law enforcement equities” against security.

Big laser forces electrons to emit gamma rays (or else the positron gets it).

Genomic analysis suggests how the humongous fungus got that way.

Trump’s DOJ reportedly wants AT&T to sell either CNN or DirecTV.

Plus deals on Roku streamers, Dell laptops, Motorola's Moto G5 Plus, and more.

You’ll have a new device no matter your warranty status.

Regulators’ hands-off approach sped Waymo’s introduction of fully driverless cars.

WHO suggests mean fine air particle levels of 25 µg/m3 per day—Delhi just hit 640.

As expected, a quick fix comes before iOS 11.2.

SteamVR support is in beta, but it brings thousands of new apps and games.

The topic was geoengineering, and the rhetoric turned toward reality.

Franken: Google, Facebook, and others are a "new kind" of Internet gatekeeper.