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Waymo v. Uber: Alphabet CEO Larry Page will be deposed
Also, Uber's attempt to get documents from competitor Lyft gets squashed.
Over many objections, W3C approves DRM for HTML5
Contentious feature is added, without mandate to protect security researchers.
Breaking into the Buran graveyard: Aging Soviet vehicles still impress
Neglect and abandonment, one of the saddest episodes in aerospace history.
2,939 new Teslas were registered in Hong Kong in March—none in April
Currently, the only way to make EVs competitive is with government incentives.
Albuquerque police refuse to say if they have stingrays, so ACLU sues
"These devices are incredibly invasive and the government isn’t being transparent."
Seven years later, you can now run the Azure cloud on premises
Systems from Dell EMC, HPE, and Lenovo can now be ordered.
Cocaine on training wheels? Snortable chocolate raises eyebrows, angers Schumer
The “cacao snuff” is said to offer “euphoric energy” with no data on safety.
Comcast, AT&T, WhatsApp all score low on new “Who Has Your Back?” list
EFF's annual ratings show that the industry's biggest names have a ways to go.
The augmented reality racing helmet is finally here (sort of) thanks to Acura
Four celebrities will race on an augmented reality course in the new TLX A-Spec.
Oculus cuts Rift price for second time this year, now $399 with Touch
Unexpected price slashing raises questions about hardware's costs, sales, future.
Law banning filming Utah slaughterhouses ruled unconstitutional
"Were the law otherwise," judge says, Utah could outlaw "creating music videos."
Latest experiments reveal AI is still terrible at naming paint colors
Or maybe Janelle Shane's neural network is secretly making fun of humanity?
New Netflix film Okja is sci-fi satire so sharp it will cut you
Bong Joon Ho is back with a dark, futuristic fairy tale about GMO pigs and corporate insanity.
Audi manager charged in diesel scandal
The 2015 Volkswagen diesel scandal continues, now with more subterfuge.
Incurable gonorrhea is lurking—and we may not see it coming, WHO warns
Drug resistance popping up in many countries, but prevalence, trends unclear.
I gave my cat a poop transplant—here’s what happened next
After battling chronic diarrhea for months, a fecal transplant came to the rescue.
A travel guide for our future Solar System
The Vacation Guide to the Solar System is from a future we wish were now.
The strange and righteous history of the equals sign
500 years ago, tragic Welsh genius Robert Recorde wanted to teach math to ordinary people.
More progress on carbon nanotube processors: a 2.8GHz ring oscillator
Not ready for your cellphone, but an impressive demonstration project.
A board game you can’t refuse? The Godfather: Corleone’s Empire
New board game from Eric Lang goes full-on gangsta.
Castlevania on Netflix falls one whip short of a good crack
A few quality bits, but bizarre game conversion is somehow too short and too long.
How I learned to stop worrying (mostly) and love my threat model
Reducing privacy and security risks starts with knowing what the threats really are.
Drone dropped “tools” enabling inmate to escape, prison officials say
"We believe a drone was used to fly in the tools that allowed him to escape."
Possibly most intense Star Wars v. Star Trek argument ever ends in arrest
"He was saying Spock was the shit and I was saying Yoda was the shit."
Where are all the Nintendo Switch game ports?
Despite healthy hardware sales, plenty of big-name games aren't making the switch.
Creationist sues national parks, now gets to take rocks from Grand Canyon
Park Service relented despite initial rejection based on geologists' reviews.
Waymo drops most of its patent case against Uber
Judge questioned whether Waymo's patent case is "worth the salt."
Super-litigious patent holder ordered to pay defendant’s legal fees
Shipping and Transit has a habit of dismissing cases when defendants fight back.
Nintendo could have supported Super FX long before the SNES Classic
Despite rumors, Nintendo always had the rights to the chip's architecture.
Cable TV companies can charge higher prices thanks to new court ruling
Court upholds FCC decision that said cable TV faces competition nationwide.
After bet between billionaires, South Australia buys 129MWh Tesla battery
The system will power 30,000 homes, charge with electricity from a nearby wind farm.
Sorry Veep, America already leads the world in space by a large margin
Trump administration has a golden opportunity to extend US leadership.
Dealmaster: Dell’s Black Friday in July includes a DJI Mavic Pro plus $200 gift card for $999
Plus deals on laptops, Wi-Fi routers, SSDs, and more.
Spider-Man Homecoming review: Having a blast with Peter Parker’s day off
This is the first action movie in years I would recommend anyone I know go see.
Struggling for survival, SoundCloud closes San Francisco, London offices
Audio startup has lost over $150M from 2010 through 2015.
FBI-DHS “amber” alert warns energy industry of attacks on nuke plant operators
Spear-phishing e-mails with malicious fake résumés targeted plant engineers.
RED teases a modular, $1,600 titanium Android phone with a 3D screen
RED’s typical hyper-aggressive product design makes for an interesting-looking phone.
Mike Pence appears bullish on efforts by SpaceX and others
During his speech, Pence did not mention the Space Launch System rocket.
France wants to ban sale of gas and diesel cars by 2040, end coal by 2022
The country’s ambitious plans to stem climate change will be a challenge.
Hobby Lobby must pay $3 million for smuggling ancient cuneiform artifacts
Christian activists running the company wanted artifacts from the “Biblical era.”
Facebook, Snapchat could pay millions for World Cup 2018 highlight rights
Where will you watch clips from the biggest soccer tournament next year?
Judge denies DOJ effort to halt Twitter lawsuit over national security orders
Twitter wants to be able to say precisely how many secret orders it received.
Custom cancer vaccines safely fight and kill tumors in early human trials
It’s early and there are many hurdles, but data so far suggests safety, efficacy.
State Department concocting “fake” intellectual property “Twitter feud”
“Our public diplomacy office is still settling on a hashtag,” State Department says.
Ending carpool-only roads made all trips worse
The natural experiment suggests the carpool policy really helped.
Scientists revisit a strange result from one of the Soviet Venus landers
We only have one odd measurement of the temperature of Venus’ lower atmosphere.
Construction costs are falling for renewable and natural gas plants
New statistics reflect how much renewable development has matured in previous years.
Halo backward-compat news may spell death knell for Master Chief Collection [Updated]
Every Xbox 360 Halo game will soon work on Xbox One, but why the MCC silence?
OneDrive has stopped working on non-NTFS drives
FAT disks are no longer supported—more surprisingly, nor is the new ReFS file system.
PlayStation Now updated with PS4 game support—and a hint at its future
Ars tests newer games on streaming service, notices some interesting categorization.
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