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This is how good PS3 games were meant to look
4K emulation upscaling takes full advantage of high-res textures.
With the end of Windows on phones, how does Microsoft avoid being the next IBM?
The company forgets the importance of the consumer space at its peril.
The Earth nearly froze over when today’s coal was first buried
The Carboniferous period was notable for its lack of carbon in the atmosphere.
Citing safety, NASA panel advises building a new, costly mobile launcher
Advisers have concerns about "launch readiness" of space agency employees.
Nvidia sets sights on the driverless revolution with Drive PX Pegasus
Nvidia expands its automotive platform for full autonomy.
Criminals stole millions from E. Europe banks with ATM “overdraft” hack
Crime ring opened minimal accounts with banks, then boosted their withdrawal limits.
Tim O’Reilly on why the future probably won’t be all that terrible
Economies as AI, humans as gut bacteria for tech, and how the Luddites got it wrong.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi looks a lot like The Empire Strikes Back at first blush
Like Force Awakens and A New Hope, but for the second part of this new trilogy.
Potent Nocebo: The more expensive a harmless cream, the more pain it inflicts
The flip-side of placebo effect is more dangerous side effects—and the pain is real.
Dealmaster: Get Columbus Day deals on Sonos speakers and Dell laptops
Plus deals for Lenovo ThinkPads, Amazon Kindles, and Sony's PlayStation 4 Pro.
Windows Phone is now officially dead: A sad tale of what might have been
Tweets over the weekend confirm what we long suspected.
Loot boxes in video games will soon get a review flag from OpenCritic
“We’re going to take a stand” following poisonous boxes in new LOTR, Star Wars games.
It sure looks like Waymo is getting ready to launch in Phoenix
Waymo will run ads in Phoenix touting the benefits of self-driving technology.
New bill would end Native American “sovereign immunity” for patents
Sen. McCaskill: “One of the most brazen and absurd loopholes I’ve ever seen.”
New Pacific Rim Uprising trailer debuts at NY Comic Con
John Boyega stars in a sequel about a new generation of Jaeger pilots.
Advertised broadband speeds should actually be realistic, UK tells ISPs
ISPs would have 30 days to improve speeds or risk losing customers.
Elon Musk says Tesla is still in Model 3 “production hell”
But Tesla shoots back at critics claiming the Model 3 is being hand-built.
“Technical difficulties” plague Arizona lottery; same winning numbers drawn
Yet again, Arizona Lottery investigates a glitch with a random number generator.
A horrifying mouth (that’s actually a caterpillar leg) and more 2017 microscopy
Nikon's Small World microscopy competition never fails to amaze.
Alphabet’s Internet balloons will try to restore cell service in Puerto Rico
Alphabet's Project Loon gets experimental license to provide emergency service.
Puerto Rico in talks with Tesla for batteries; Sonnen to help build microgrids
But few details are available as 90% of the island is still without power.
New Justice League trailer looks more Batman V. Superman than Wonder Woman
DC finally enters cinema's modern superteam game on November 17.
Super NES Classic hacks are now oh, so easy to pull off—you can even add features
One year after working on NES Classic, Russian hacker returns with similar exploit.
Apple TV 4K review: Ambition, meet reality
Image quality is great, but the admirable TV app moonshot didn't quite make it.
Blue roads and glowing signs—how this startup’s tech lets cars see the world
Civil Maps is one of the more exciting companies helping to build mobility infrastructure.
SpaceX just launched its 14th orbital rocket of 2017
Company remains on pace for 20 launches this year, smashing previous records.
Saying goodbye to the proto-social network of AOL Instant Messenger
Long before Facebook and Twitter, there were Away Messages and AIM profiles.
Smart jewelry tested: do beautiful devices have the brains to compete?
Ars tests pieces of smart jewelry to see how powerful the dainty devices can be.
Head, limbs of Kim Wall found, sinking story of suspect in submarine murder
Autopsy shows no sign of skull fracture, throwing doubt on Madsen’s dropped-hatch claim.
Nate makes nine Atlantic hurricanes in a row—unprecedented in modern era
The biggest concern with Nate is storm surge along the northern Gulf coast.
Silicon Valley rose as water use restrictions kicked in
Water conservation turned around sinking due to overuse of groundwater in 2014.
Vegan’s life upended after Facebook rant about “carnists” killed in Vegas
“It’s almost like a lynch mob is forming,” she says about the fallout from her post.
The 7th Continent review: A board game unlike anything you’ve ever played
An ambitious Choose Your Own Adventure-inspired survival/crafting/exploration game.
Bethesda: Anti-Nazi game wasn’t meant to “incite political discussions”
Exec responds to anonymous vitriol, says Wolfenstein II is "on right side of history."
From disasters to freight, this driverless fuel cell platform has it covered
Its hydrogen fuel cell gives it a range of 400 miles.
Paving the way for a lithium battery that uses an asphalt electrode
Rather than storing lithium, the metal safely coats the asphalt surface.
Infotainment bad, blind spot and lane-departure warnings good, studies say
Infotainment too complex, says one study; safety features really work, says another.
Madagascar in panic amid raging “double plague” outbreak; dozens dead
All public gatherings banned, schools closed as people swarm pharmacies.
Windows Mixed Reality headsets expected to sell pretty well—or quite badly
One research firm is optimistic; another expects things to go slow. They may both be right.
California won’t require Uber, Lyft drivers to be fingerprinted
Unlike California taxi drivers, ride-hailing drivers don't have to be fingerprinted.
Report: Facebook removed references to Russia from fake-news report
Facebook decided it didn't have enough evidence to name Russia in April report.
Google Fiber is losing interest in old-school TV
Existing TV customers will be kept on, but some will see a price increase.
New Keanu Reeves flick Replicas looks so bad that it could be perfect
Replicas packs in literally every sci-fi cliché known to humanity.
kthxbai: AOL Instant Messenger is being turned off on December 15th
20 years is a long time on the Internet.
Dirty Chinese Restaurant mobile game canceled after racism criticism
Developer issues apology to Chinese community after call-out from US Congresswoman.
Should drunk drivers be charged with DUI in fully autonomous cars?
New laws will have to be written based on the level of automation you have.
Apple reveals new emojis coming with iOS 11.1, including “I love you” hand sign
Developer and public beta previews of iOS 11.1 come out next week.
Are we really going to the Moon? History isn’t kind to presidential plans
President Trump says NASA will land humans on the Moon. But you should be skeptical.
Kuwait’s Constitutional Court: Mandatory DNA collection law is no good
Making people “save their DNA in a database violates basic human rights and privacy.”
Russia reportedly stole NSA secrets with help of Kaspersky—what we know now
Proven or not, the accusations almost certainly mean the end of Kaspersky as we know it.
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