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High-profile “gig economy” trial turns on a part-time actor’s job woes
A surprising plaintiff is challenging worker classifications in the gig economy.
The 2018 Nissan Leaf offers more power and more range for less money
The world's best-selling electric vehicle just got a redesign.
Activists want to fight sex trafficking by changing a key Internet law
The 1996 law Section 230 is widely seen as a foundation of the Internet economy.
Hackers lie in wait after penetrating US and Europe power grid networks
Intrusion into power companies' operational networks is a dramatic escalation.
Lucasfilm fires the director of Star Wars Episode IX
It's the second time Lucasfilm has changed Star Wars directors this year.
From Apple to Y Combinator—tech sector denounces new “Dreamers” plan
“It’s against our values to turn our backs on #DREAMers,” Uber’s new CEO tweeted
Boston Red Sox caught red-handed using Apple Watch to steal signs
Boston was apparently stealing signs from opposing teams’ catchers and pitchers.
Senate Democrats fight FCC plan to lower America’s broadband standards
You can’t fix the US broadband problem by redefining it, senators tell FCC.
Life Is Strange: Before the Storm—Episode One review: Going back
Romance and rebellion start to fill in Life Is Strange's missing pieces.
EPA runs all grants past a political appointee in its PR office
Consultant with no science background reportedly on lookout for climate change.
Irma reaches 185 mph, trailing only Allen as strongest Atlantic storm
2017 is quickly becoming a season for the record books with Harvey and now Irma.
Our best look yet at Gordon Murray’s new TVR design
Lightweight sports car has manual gearbox and no sign of connectivity or self-driving.
Court battle over one driver’s pay could have big impact on “gig economy”
Was Raef Lawson an employee or a business owner when he drove for GrubHub?
FCC makes net neutrality complaints public, but too late to stop repeal
13,000 pages of net neutrality complaints released, but comment deadline passed.
Microsoft expands availability of colored Surface Laptops, Windows 10 Pro upgrade
The i7 versions are also available in a few more markets.
New Xiaomi-built Android One phone to launch in 40 markets
Android One "evolves" with its highest-end phone ever and a wider distribution.
FTC slaps Lenovo on the wrist for selling computers with secret adware
Companies need user "affirmative consent" to preinstall MITM adware, FTC says.
Knack II review: A slightly better class of boring
Sequel improves on the PS4 launch title but ends up utterly forgettable.
Video: USS Ford’s “digital” catapult, (not quite) ready for duty
In this first installment of our new video series, Ars reviews the malaise of EMALS.
Bitcoin falls as China bans initial coin offerings
Unregulated initial coin offerings have raised hundreds of millions of dollars.
This gut worm is more common than malaria—and it’s a deadly, ticking time bomb
Researchers call for more awareness as some populations face 60% infection rate.
Already, Destiny 2 understands its fate, its purpose, its desti… you know
But how well do 15 hours tell the story of a 150-plus hour online experience?
Apple bids farewell to Apple Music Festival after 10 years
As Apple's focus shifts to original video content for its services business.
At times during Harvey, the European model outperformed humans
NOAA's new hurricane model, the HMON, performed terribly.
Attention mini-ITX PC builders: Gigabyte has the world’s smallest Nvidia GTX 1080
The tiny Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 Mini ITX 8G measures just 169mm in length.
Turns out the Chevy Bolt is a lot of fun to autocross
Until now it has been about efficiency; now Chevy's ready to talk about fun.
The Ends of the World is a page-turner about mass extinction
Tale of deep geological time feels like a scientifically accurate disaster movie.
Masterpiece: Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II is an arcade monster that has stood the test of time.
The PC issues that need fixing before Final Fantasy XV launches on Windows
PAX West demo may not be indicative of final PC product. We sure hope not.
Android 8.0 Oreo, thoroughly reviewed
We take a 20,000 word deep-dive on Android's "foundational" upgrades.
Lenovo’s Yoga 920 comes in Star Wars Rebel and Imperial designs
Thinner, lighter, and with quad-core Intel CPUs starting at $649.
The psychology of Soylent and the prison of first-world food choices
Why are some repulsed by Soylent, but others desperate to receive their orders?
Neanderthals were distilling tar 200 thousand years ago in Europe
These early humans were using tar to make tools long before Homo sapiens did.
Book review: The Changeling makes baby photos, trust in Internet disappear
Check out this book about creepy, Internet-fueled surveillance ahead of its TV version.
Review: Dominate the solar system in The Expanse board game
The hit sci-fi show is now a board game—and a pretty good one.
PAX West: At least eight of UFO 50’s games are instant retro classics
Preview: NES-styled game anthology is off to an amazing start.
Google promised not to scan Gmail for targeted ads—but for how long?
Google tells judge it might resume targeted advertising "to meet changing demands."
LG V30 hands on—LG’s OLED displays still have quality issues
The OLED display and f1.6 camera sound great on paper. In real life though...
An asthma medication seems to lower Parkinson’s disease risks
Drug ID'ed in a screen based on what biologists have learned about Parkinson's.
America’s new ironman is headed home from space—it’s Peggy Whitson
Her duration records will likely hold up for a very long time.
CDC: Homeopathic “healing bracelet” poisons baby with high levels of lead
Beads tested positive for lead after baby found to have 8X worrying levels in blood.
Squeezed for profits, maker of $400 connected juice press closes up shop
Company: Juice bag delivery “requires infrastructure that we cannot achieve on our own.”
Tesla faces labor board complaint alleging interference with unionization
Tesla says the allegations are “without merit.”
Jury finds Nintendo Wii infringes Dallas inventor’s patent, awards $10M
iLife couldn't sell its fall-detection system, but it might get a payday from Nintendo.
Hacking street signs with stickers could confuse self-driving cars
Subtle or camouflaged optical hacks can change a stop sign into something else.
Third-party Google Assistant speakers put “OK Google” in tons of form factors
The Google Assistant comes to speakers from Sony, JBL, Onkyo, Panasonic, and others.
The next big Windows 10 update will be out on October 17
Headsets will cost as little as $299, and will work with integrated graphics.
Reporter: Google successfully pressured me to take down critical story
Google allegedly told Forbes “the article was problematic and had to come down.”
Ancient fish skulls shake up the vertebrate evolutionary tree
The largest group of fishes may be 40 million years younger than we thought.
With Indian rocket launch failure, 2017 seeing a higher accident rate
This is the fifth orbital rocket failure of 2017.
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