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Carbon nanotube “yarn” generates electricity when stretched
A new option for harvesting environmental energy that relies on internal static.
Judge tosses case brought by Magic: the Gathering judge who wants to be paid
“The complaint makes clear that Defendant’s program is purely voluntary.”
Apple will build new data center in Iowa, get $200M in tax breaks
Cheap energy, open land, and tax breaks are making Iowa a go-to for data centers.
Waymo built a fake city in California to test self-driving cars
Google’s Waymo conducts simulations with high-resolution models of real cities.
General Mills loses bid to trademark yellow color on Cheerios box
Cereal maker claimed consumers identified “yellow” with “the Cheerios brand.”
Confederate sub’s weapon killed its own crew, researchers find
Concussion from sub's torpedo, a bomb on a stick, killed Confederate crew.
AT&T’s slow 1.5Mbps Internet in poor neighborhoods sparks complaint to FCC
AT&T refusal to boost Internet speed violates discrimination ban, complaint says.
Convicted felon Martin Shkreli finds novel way to be a jerk online
He generously has offered to sell a New York Post reporter her name back for $12,000.
Engineer whose blog post caused a storm at Uber has filed a Supreme Court brief
Fowler files a determined defense of employee-driven class-action lawsuits.
Tesla’s fight to sell cars in Michigan takes another step forward
State Sen. Hune and State Rep. Sheppard must turn over communications with lobbyists.
Creators Update on two-thirds of Windows 10 machines
Early indications are that Surface buyers prefer hybrids to conventional laptops.
EB Games transforms its used game stocks into a massive lending library
Australian test program lets you borrow any used game for about $16 a month.
Reaction video deemed fair use in YouTuber court battle
The pair behind the YouTube channel H3H3 Productions wins copyright lawsuit.
Report: Google’s flagship smartphones launch October 5
New Google phones to launch 366 days after the old Google phones.
Destiny 2 finally feels like a game I might want to get hooked on
Hands-on video shows how Destiny 2 will deliver a satisfying chain of battles.
SpaceX goes for a dozen today, to surpass Russia in launches
The US-based company could conceivably launch 20 rockets this year.
Monterey Car Week, where you can meet cars most mortals only read about
Supercars, hypercars, concept cars, racing cars, and more Ferraris than you can count.
Rick Perry’s “baseload” study released, offers a lifeline to coal, nuclear
The study is two months late but meets many expectations.
Republicans try comparing tax code to Legend of Zelda, mix up their facts
Factual error has since been fixed on GOP site, but perhaps not the flawed logic.
Analysis of 187 documents concludes Exxon “misled the public” on climate change
“Read all of these documents and make up your own mind,” ExxonMobil said.
A startup aims to stop gentrification, with help from the tech industry
At Ars Technica Live, entrepreneur and civic organizer Catherine Bracy explains how.
FTC: We won’t stand in the way of pending Amazon-Whole Foods merger
Agency warns it “may investigate anticompetitive conduct” if needed in future.
Feds: Son teaches dad how to sell drugs on AlphaBay, they both get busted
From his iPad, son allegedly searched “safest wallet to transfer tumble.”
Hands-on with the Galaxy Note8: Haven’t we seen this before?
With all the same “pros” and “cons” as the S8, the Note8 doesn’t offer much new.
Wanted: Weaponized exploits that hack phones. Will pay top dollar
Exploit broker Zerodium ups the ante with $500,000 to target Signal and WhatsApp.
Time on a therapist’s couch yields persistent personality changes
The biggest improvements are to neuroticism and extraversion.
Here’s a way to silence Trump on Twitter: Buy the microblogging service
White House says it’s a “ridiculous attempt” to silence Trump’s 1st Amendment rights.
Fall Creators Update hitting the home straight with focus on stabilization
Windows Insiders can also give Windows 10 S a spin if they really want.
AT&T brings 500Mbps home Internet to cities outside its territory
AT&T's G.fast available to apartment buildings in 8 major cities.
Patent-licensing company loses its $30M verdict against Sprint
Prism Technologies saw through three jury trials against big cell carriers.
Bungie prioritizing “simulation” over frame rate for console Destiny 2
Dev says a 60fps version would be heavily limited... except on PC.
Ariel—makers of the Atom—have a hybrid hypercar in the works
UK government funding and some clever technical partners provide credibility.
Samsung makes the Galaxy Note8 Official
Samsung's newest flagship adds dual cameras and a slightly bigger screen.
Liveblog: The Galaxy Note 8 launches
Ars is on the scene.
Satellites that can image Earth at night, and through clouds, near launch
"We’re building something slightly less capable that's smaller, cheaper."
Elon Musk posts first photo of SpaceX’s new spacesuit
"Was incredibly hard to balance aesthetics and function."
Uber drivers have made more than $50M in the first month of tipping
Company tries to keep drivers happy while it awaits a new CEO.
Feds drop demand for 1.3 million IP addresses that visited anti-Trump site
Despite warrant's language, feds say they didn't want disruptj20.org visitor logs.
Bethesda’s big VR games now have release dates, and they’re all in 2017
QuakeCon news confirms that all will land on either PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, or both.
Another staged body cam leads to 43 more dropped Baltimore prosecutions
Latest video “was self-reported as a re-enactment of the seizure of evidence.”
How the feds stopped a Porsche-driving trademark fraudster
DOJ described scheme as “one of the more sophisticated” they'd ever seen.
New Godzilla movie promises a radically different direction for the original kaiju
Japanese anime features generation ships and a far-future Earth ruled by kaiju.
Jury awards $417M to woman who says she got cancer from talc in baby powder
Johnson & Johnson is on a losing streak, with more than 5,000 cases to come.
Woman: My Uber driver went wrong way, I said something, he pushed me out
According to Courthouse News Service, Uber has been sued at least 433 times in 2017.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell Inspiron Core i7 laptop with 512GB SSD for $579
Plus $200 off the HTC Vive, $100 off Apple Watch Series 2 models, and more.
Driver’s license facial recognition tech leads to 4,000 New York arrests
“We will continue to do everything we can to hold fraudsters accountable.”
Unable to get a domain, racist Daily Stormer retreats to the Dark Web
“We can’t keep trying random registrars,” site’s admin writes.
When it comes to controversial science, a little knowledge is a problem
For those on the wrong side of an ideological divide, scientific knowledge hurts.
Sony blocks yet another game from cross-console play with Xbox One
Continuing trend suggests Sony simply doesn't want to link up with Microsoft.
Intel shows off a mysterious and attractive black Surface Book
It may just be a render, but it certainly looks good.
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