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PlayStation Now updated with PS4 game support—and a hint at its future
Ars tests newer games on streaming service, notices some interesting categorization.
Encrypt all the webpages: Let’s Encrypt to offer wildcard certificates for free
Upgrade will allow even more webpages to be protected by HTTPS.
White House could use AT&T/Time Warner deal as “leverage” against CNN
AT&T seemingly on track to buy Time Warner despite Trump's anger at CNN.
At the boundary between chaos and order, order rules (eventually)
Predicting the unpredictable: What fractals can tell us about a coin toss.
Newegg fought its way through two appeals to win fees from this patent-holder
It took repeated appeals to win an award that “aged like fine wine.”
Diablo 3: Rise of the Necromancer review—roll them bones
New class is a grim new way to play an old game.
On its third try, SpaceX delivers a heavy satellite to high orbit
The launch window for the Intelsat 35e mission opens at 7:37pm ET.
CNN implied threat against redditor over Trump-CNN GIF ignites Internet
After extracting apology from “HanAs**holeSolo”, CNN reserves right to expose him.
Satellite temperature record update closes gap with surface records
Improvements to algorithms raise calculated warming trend a bit.
Backdoor built in to widely used tax app seeded last week’s NotPetya outbreak
Operation that hit thousands was “thoroughly well-planned and well-executed.”
Neanderthal DNA suggests yet another wave of human migration out of Africa
Evidence for this migration is scant, but growing.
EPA must enforce methane emissions rules immediately after court decision
Obama-era rules on how methane is monitored by oil and gas companies remain.
Next Windows 10 update won’t include the most exciting promised feature
“Timeline” and “Pick Up Where I Left Off” will come in a later update.
Quantum mechanics can’t smell my unwashed armpits… probably
Researchers use basic quantum mechanics to eliminate proposal for odor sensing.
Cox expands home Internet data caps, while CenturyLink abandons them
Meanwhile, Cox has plans to charge extra for unlimited data.
Laptop ban led to 20-percent drop in flights for one Mideast airline
Emirates, Etihad, and Turkish Airlines increase security, drop electronics ban.
Judge tells Shkreli to shut it after secret tweets and trash talk to reporters
Prosecution accuses ex-CEO of turning trial into circus to taint jury.
“Test” data pushed by Nasdaq gets published, creating stock quote surprise
Early close before July 4 caught some data providers off-guard.
States refuse to give Trump commission personal data of registered voters
Lawsuit: Commission asks states "to send voter records to an unsecure web site."
Report: Xbox One X benchmarks detail 4K capabilities
Some games hit 4K with extra GPU overhead, others struggle with higher resolution.
Samsung’s “Bixby” still can’t speak English, plans speaker hardware anyway
Samsung is the latest company to plan a voice assistant in a box.
Russia has a plan to compete with SpaceX, but it has a flaw
Roscosmos hopes to be competitive with its new Soyuz 5 rocket.
A year in, millions still play Pokémon Go (and will likely attend its festival)
Punctuating a wild 12 months, Niantic releases a big gym overhaul patch.
China’s crazy car-straddling elevated bus is just a giant scam, police say
After first trial, the bus has collected dust. Beijing police have arrested 30 people.
Germany’s power sector making serious strides in renewable energy
But the country is still struggling with heating and transportation.
Volvo says from 2019 all new models it introduces will be electric or hybrid
Five new EVs between 2019 and 2021, and every other new Volvo will be a hybrid.
This giant crocodile was an apex predator 166 million years ago
Paleontologists have reconstructed the skull of this Jurassic crocodilian with "T-rex teeth."
A year at Jupiter: Juno has revealed the giant of the Solar System
If Monet had a favorite planet, it would have to be Jupiter.
Intel Core i9-7900X review: The fastest chip in the world, but too darn expensive
When eight-core Ryzen costs £300, do any of these new Intel chips make sense?
Next iPhone might use 3D face-scanning tech instead of TouchID
Face-scanning tech is faster, more secure, less prone to annoyingly not working when you really need to log into your iPhone right now dammit.
The first self-driving grocery delivery van
I got to experience the disruption of autonomous deliveries first-hand in Greenwich.
Ubisoft wishes Watch Dogs 2 players a terrible Fourth of July [Updated]
Single-player mode had been slapped with loud surround-sound noise, until update.
Congressional panel puts plans for a US Space Corps in 2018 defense budget
"Space has not been given adequate priority by our friends in the Air Force," says congressman.
Aztec tower of skulls turns out to be no myth
Described in the 16 century by Spanish soldiers, the temple of Huitzilopochtli has come to light.
Déjà vu all over again: SpaceX scrubs at nearly the last second [Updated]
SpaceX likely to target July 5 or July 6 for next liftoff attempt.
Taking a flight on the best Boeing 757
Checking out Honeywell's airplane test bed, and Inmarsat's new satellite Internet service.
Winamp’s woes: How the greatest MP3 player undid itself
15 years on, Winamp "still lives"—but mismanagement blunted its llama-whipping.
Ars spends too much time trying to work in Haiku, the BeOS successor
After years of alpha, the open source execution of BeOS is beautiful but buggy.
AMD Vega FE reviews disappoint fans with humdrum gaming performance
Vega FE sits between GTX 1070 and 1080 in games, but beats Titan Xp in some pro apps.
The agony and ecstasy of (grassroots) racing
It's different for pros like Kurt Busch—he showed us—but any racing ups your heart rate.
Elon Musk says Tesla Model 3 production starts imminently
Production is set to reach 20,000/month by December 2017.
HTTPS Certificate Revocation is broken, and it’s time for some new tools
Certificate Transparency and OCSP Must-Staple can't get here fast enough.
Doctor Who review: Time tumbles out of control in The Doctor Falls
A stubborn Doctor clings on, Bill hangs on a hurricane, and Missy dances with the Master.
SpaceX scrubs Sunday launch attempt, will likely try again Monday
After this mission, no launches are planned from Florida for another month.
Read some seriously strange time travel stories from sci-fi’s modern masters
New anthology Seat 14C tracks 22 passengers on a plane that jumps 20 years into the future.
A satellite may be falling apart in geostationary orbit [Updated]
It is not clear what might have caused the AMC-9 satellite to become unresponsive.
A programmer turned Wikipedia into a classic text adventure
Developer turned a novel-generation project into an interactive Infocom tribute.
More than Carpool Karaoke, these new features persuade drivers to buy dash cams
Ars tests new dash cams to see if new features turn an optional device into a necessity.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy: As good as the uneven series will ever get
Review: Gorgeous remake picks authenticity over improvement, for better and for worse.
Feds: Mexican motorcycle club used stolen key data to fuel massive Jeep heist
“Hooligans” club and its criminal “Dirty 30” wing allegedly stole across San Diego.
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