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One reviewer: “Dota killed Half-Life 3. Nuff said.”

Move over, IoT. Attackers are abusing a new widely used platform to knock out sites.

"For the first time in 17 years, I feel normal, just driving," says Sam Schmidt.

Octane Fitness had to fight off an “old patent... just sitting on the shelf.”

Judge agrees with Apple that it has no legal duty to combat distracted driving.

With no FDA or institutional oversight, investors hope to send a message.

148,000 Internet, TV, and phone customers lost service in storm's wake.

Odd combo is more peanut butter and chocolate than, say, steak and chocolate.

An apparently widespread effort to ignore reality by the federal government.

Kim France gets a lot of calls—but nothing prepared her for receiving 700 a day.

Andrei Iancu has enforced patents for TiVo and Immersion Corp.

Its CEO says one in four Aston Martins will be purely electric by 2030.

Look to Dell's newest notebooks for the latest Intel processors.

Fitbit now has a device to compete with Apple Watch and Android Wear devices.

$399 bundles will also include motion controllers.

Board reportedly took a last-minute turn away from HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman.

Yet another unlimited cloud storage company is scaling back its offerings.

Aubrey Plaza is terrific as a social media addict in search of viral fame.

More evidence for diamond-rich planets, an idea that’s been debated for 30 years.

The results help to explain what causes audible hallucinations.

One actor in many roles, a population-controlled future—so Hunger Games plus Orphan Black?

Promoters are expected to earn up to $1 billion tonight from pay-per-view buys.

For years, gunshot detection has been bought, criticized by cities nationwide.

Changes already coming to the trucking industry could make this a viable market for Tesla.

Acclaimed musician talks to Ars on the eve of her stellar new album's launch.

Actors Yetide Badaki and Bruce Langley each had pretty memorable seasons.

But, judge rules in Ellis, cops didn't need warrant due to "exigent circumstances."

A master roundup of our favorites from America's biggest tabletop convention.

My decades-old text didn't age quite as well as the Rare FPS classic.

At least $150,000 in donations were from stolen or fake credit card numbers.

German automaker asked its US employee to perfect the cheat code, and he did it.

The Middle Eastern civilization created a trig table 1,000 years before the Greeks.

VC: Benchmark Capital "is trying to use the courts... to take over this company."

List of unsecured devices lived in obscurity since June. Now, it's going mainstream.

An aluminum rotor mounted to the wheel saves weight, cuts noise, and doesn't rust.

Pai says antitrust will protect net neutrality—here's why it probably won't.

Climate simulation shows how long soot blotted out the Sun.

An all-new chassis cuts weight, and the engine gets a power bump.

But "continued demand for Nintendo Switch" drives total revenue upward.

Scandal was connected to a move to strengthen control of Samsung Electronics.

Beef, salmon, avocados, and more will be cheaper for everyone starting next week.

The Wall Street Journal says Autopilot has lost 10 engineers and 4 top managers.

Given Valve's recent e-sports focus, this is about as close to closure as we're going to get.

One mistake can cascade into a disaster in heavy marine traffic, regardless of tech.

GCSB couldn't say more without jeopardizing the national security of New Zealand.

The neo-Nazi site has struggled to find a domain registrar.

“Star Wars is still Star Wars, even without Princess Leia’s bikini scene.”

As part of Apple’s reinvigorated push into original content creation and delivery.