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Engine maker Cummins shows off all-electric truck, high-efficiency diesels
The truck company will combine a battery with an engine-generator option.
New Nest Thermostat swaps stainless steel for plastic, lowers price to $169
Nest cuts $80 off the price of a smart thermostat, saves most of the features.
FCC “apology” shows anything can be posted to agency site using insecure API
FCC API could be misused to host malware on FCC's domain.
US dads of newborns are greying—percentage over 40 doubled since the 70s
Age increased across the board, in different races, education levels, and regions.
Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact: Sony can do better than this
3D scanning tech does little to save Sony's phones from a drab design and $700 price.
LG V30 takes on Galaxy S8 with “FullVision” display, dual cameras
After a succession of middling phones, LG has finally made a desirable one.
Power company kills nuclear plant, plans $6 billion in solar, battery investment
Duke Energy Florida is just the latest utility to walk away from nuclear.
Garmin launches new Vivoactive 3 smartwatch with Garmin Pay
Another $300 smartwatch that wants to be the best high-end fitness device.
Feds: Man jailed for not decrypting drives has “chutzpah” to ask to get out
Prosecutors use Yiddish to describe man imprisoned 2 years for contempt of court.
AT&T absurdly claims that most “legitimate” net neutrality comments favor repeal
AT&T ignores finding that 98.5% of unique comments favor net neutrality rules.
Kaspersky Lab turns the tables, forces “patent troll” to pay cash to end case
“Why don’t you pay us $10,000?”
For politicians, the more data, the more they ignore
You can guess the result of a Danish experiment, but it’s still interesting.
New study: We’re outpacing the most radical climate event we know of
Lots of carbon got dumped into the atmosphere 56 million years ago.
465k patients told to visit doctor to patch critical pacemaker vulnerability
A year after calling advisory “false and misleading,” maker warns patients to patch.
First genetic engineering therapy approved by the FDA for leukemia
Safety risks still an issue for the CAR-T therapy, but new hope for young patients.
Low-tech privacy breach earns Aetna lawsuit for revealing HIV patients
Breach occurred when Aetna mailed customers about a privacy lawsuit settlement.
F1 2017 review: Codemasters has given us another cracking game
Career mode will keep you engaged for a long time, and the classic F1 cars are brilliant.
Google-funded think tank fires prominent Google critic
Think tank boss allegedly accused scholar of "imperiling funding for others."
With 200+ mph track run, German students win fastest reported Hyperloop pod
Ars met with some of the contestants last weekend to get a taste of the action.
98.5% of unique net neutrality comments oppose Ajit Pai’s anti-Title II plan
Besides form letters, ISP-funded study finds almost no support for repealing rules.
CDC investigating rare Salmonella outbreak across 13 states—linked to turtles
So far, the agency has found 37 cases and 16 hospitalizations but no deaths.
Why don’t you make your own Half-Life 3 if you’re so smart?
"Epistle 3 Jam" asks you to create the sequel Valve won't.
Cortana and Alexa are coming together in surprising Microsoft/Amazon partnership
You'll be able to tell Cortana to talk to Alexa and vice versa.
Asus Zenbook Flip laptops get quad-core Intel CPUs and discrete graphics
ZenBook Flip 14 called "world's thinnest 2-in-1 with high-performance discrete graphics."
Blizzard vows tougher policies to punish Overwatch trolls
Temporary "silences" to become suspensions, permanent bans will come more quickly.
Asus’ Windows Mixed Reality headset is priced on the steep side
Sure the "3D Polygon" shell looks nice, but is it worth a premium?
It looks like yet another satellite is breaking apart at GEO
"They could be solar panels, fuel, or other debris. We don’t really know."
Acer Predator Orion 9000 is an 18-core, quad-GPU desktop for l33t gamers
Plus, a curved 35-inch, 21:9, 1440p, 200Hz G-Sync gaming monitor dubbed Predator X35.
There’s an all-electric Mini coming, but we have to wait until 2019
Ten years after the Mini E, the company is ready to try again.
Sonic Mania PC version launches with Denuvo, online requirement
Sega insists game is “intended to be played offline;” staffer asks fans to complain.
Horrifying Blade Runner short film serves as prequel to 2049
2036: Nexus Dawn is the first of three short films that will fill in some blanks.
Dealmaster: Get a 34-inch curved Dell Ultrasharp Monitor for $619.99
We have deals on monitors, laptops, and more!
Crowdsourced gaming of Google Translate dubs Kim Jong Un “Mr. Squidward”
User-guided learning opens up opportunity for shenanigans.
Microsoft was leading the world in AR; now it’s at risk of being left behind
HoloLens was inspirational, but it’s ARKit and ARCore that are going to win developers.
Why the US and Japan didn’t shoot down latest North Korean missile
Ballistic missile passes over Hokkaido as US, South Korea hold military exercise.
Man in jail 2 years for refusing to decrypt drives. Will he ever get out?
Defendant to ask Supreme Court if compelled decryption is a 5th Amendment breach.
Net neutrality comment deadline is tomorrow; 21.9 million comments in so far
If you haven't told the FCC what you think yet, now is the time.
How NASA’s Johnson Space Center is riding out the hurricane
The Johnson Space Center is still managing ISS mission control and Webb testing.
Absolver hides its depth and beauty amid obtuse design
A complex, multiplayer martial arts fantasy needs better tutorials to match.
Uber to stop tracking customers after ride is over
Uber app was programmed to monitor riders for five minutes after trip was done.
Google’s ARCore brings augmented reality to millions of Android devices
Forget Project Tango, ARCore covers most AR use cases with no special hardware required.
Carbon-neutral synthetic fuel: A dream for car makers facing tighter standards
Bosch says synthetic fuels have potential to slow the release of CO into the atmosphere.
What Ford’s pizza delivery experiment says about its autonomy strategy
We'll know Ford is serious about deliveries when it makes much smaller vehicles.
An appreciation of Game of Thrones‘ White Walkers from a zombie diehard
Even a Thrones n00b can appreciate the show's smart zombie mechanics.
The 2017 S60 Polestar is a most intriguing car
As a way to see how far Volvo has come in just a few short years, it’s illuminating.
Horrible or non-existent Mayweather-McGregor fight streams prompt lawsuit
Showtime “knowingly failed to disclose that its system was defective,” suit says.
Dubious stem cell clinic got hold of smallpox vaccine. FDA just took it away
Agency warns of crackdown on “deceitful actors” and investigates the vaccine’s origins.
Game of Thrones has become a CW show
That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if you don’t mind slaloming around plotholes.
Waiting for Destiny 2 on PC just got harder thanks to a drool-worthy beta
We come away stunned by the series’ first-ever HDR implementation of 4K/60fps.
Tech support scam victims lost $120 million—and will get $10 million back
Defendants are too broke to pay full refunds.
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