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Updated 2026-06-13 23:30
“The enemy is real,” and the new Game of Thrones trailer is too
Is it wrong that all I really care about at this point are dragons?
Obama’s Energy Secretary is starting a low-carbon energy think tank
Energy Futures Initiative will offer analysis to “policymakers, industry executives, and NGOs.”
Bay Area: Join us tonight, 6/21, to discuss the US gov’t scientific data purge
Professor Lindsey Dillon will talk about rescuing scientific research in the age of Trump.
Utility that says Comcast didn’t pay bills threatens to pull wires off poles
UPDATE: Comcast and the utility have reached a settlement.
Niantic to punish Pokémon Go cheaters with mark of shame
Gamemaker says ill-gotten Pokémon "may not behave as expected."
How well have climate models done in the upper atmosphere?
Digging into the differences between models and satellite data.
Democrats urge Trump administration to block AT&T/Time Warner merger
Senate Democrats: “Mega conglomerate” could punish rivals and harm consumers.
ZeniMax to judge: Block Oculus sales or give us 20%
After trial victory, company also ups damage demand from $500 million to $1 billion
Honda shuts down factory after finding NSA-derived Wcry in its networks
Automaker briefly stops making cars to contain worm that first struck in May.
Theranos reportedly settles $140M Walgreens suit for less than $30M
The agreement is not final and terms may change for the cash-strapped biotech company.
American Gods may be the best show about religion on TV
Looking back on the first season of the show, its philosophical arc becomes clear.
Jack the Autonomous Audi came to DC and drove us around
Take a look at a remarkably well-polished research vehicle.
California may restore broadband privacy rules killed by Congress and Trump
State law could protect customers' browsing history, but FCC rule is still dead.
Swift creator leaves Tesla as a computer vision expert joins the company
Lattner leaves after just six months; Karpathy comes from OpenAI nonprofit.
Google Glass is apparently back from the dead, starts getting software updates
Google's aging face computer gets a firmware and companion app update.
Sega Forever brings retro games to iOS and Android for free
Sonic the Hedgehog, Phatasy Star II, Comix Zone, Kid Chameleon, and Altered Beast launch.
With help of coal tax credits, Mylan had a negative 294-percent tax rate in 2016
The company invests in five coal processing companies to get highly valuable tax credits.
Key US general embraces new space ethos of “go fast, test, and fail”
"We have got to get back to where we accept risk.”
The Steam Summer Sale begins June 22
Time to stock up your Steam library.
Star Wars Han Solo film directors leave, citing “creative differences”
No replacement named, but film still on track for 2018 release says Lucasfilm.
Sony’s PlayLink links your phone to your PS4 for multiplayer minigame madness
The second screen concept is back, only this time it might actually be worth it.
Hour of Devastation spoiler: Sink your fangs into this new split card
With the rampaging return of Nicol Bolas, here's an exclusive MTG card: Driven to Despair.
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns after pressure from investors
Five major Uber investors called for his resignation following months of blunders.
A remaster with no old code: Crash Bandicoot was rebuilt nearly from scratch
Just enough source material was salvaged, along with a happenstance speech of old.
Engineered algae puts half of its carbon into fats for biofuels
Dropping the activity of a single gene redirects the organism’s energy to fat.
More Android apps from dangerous Ztorg family sneak into Google Play
Almost 100 such apps, with >1 million downloads, found so far (but not by Google).
Colorado dad gives sons smartphones, regrets it, now wants to ban preteen use
He started nonprofit, wrote ballot measure to prevent use by kids under 13.
HDR and video games: Ars leaves E3 with more questions than answers
HDR looks great in applicable games, but newer game consoles blew a big E3 opportunity.
Video game trade group sees pros and cons in new Trump administration
Good: Tax cuts, visa reform, IP protection. Bad: “Exclusionary” policies.
AMD muscles in on Xeon’s turf as it unveils Epyc
Multiply a Ryzen by four and all of a sudden Intel has some real competition.
Uber makes big changes to driver pay, adds tipping option
“It’s time we step up and give you the driving experience you deserve.”
Tesla Model S warned driver in fatal crash to put hands on steering wheel
Model S driver had hands on steering wheel for 25 seconds during a 37-minute period.
OnePlus 5 review—The best sub-$500 phone you can buy
Snapdragon 835, 6GB of RAM, and near-stock Android for $479? Sign us up.
“Internet of Ships” tells tale of USS Fitzgerald tragedy—or half of it
AIS broadcasts freighter's course to world, triggering conspiracy theories.
Rick Perry says carbon dioxide is not a primary driver of climate change
Perry: “Most likely the primary control knob is the ocean waters and this environment.”
The Journey to Mars seems to be pretty much dead
New video is designed to highlight all of the things Trump has accomplished in space.
Crystal stacks up qubits in first-in first-out memory
Photons store themselves in ions that bob up and down in a sea of light.
Review: The Toyota C-HR Hybrid is a mass-market vehicle with panache
Toyota C-HR is the best of the increasingly popular midsize SUV segment.
Nintendo Switch’s dumb dock gets beaten by hyper-portable Nyko option
The Nintendo Switch just became much, much more portable.
Supreme Court turns down EFF’s “Dancing Baby” fair use case
The law against bogus DMCA takedowns will remain tough to enforce.
Web host agrees to pay $1m after it’s hit by Linux-targeting ransomware
Windfall payment by poorly secured host is likely to inspire new ransomware attacks.
The top ten games to watch for after E3 2017
From co-op heists to web-slinging heroes to... controllable holes?
Cats are an extreme outlier among domestic animals
Massive study of ancient and modern cat genomes reveals an unusual history.
There’s a constitutional right to use social media, Supreme Court says
North Carolina’s law was “unprecedented in the scope of First Amendment speech.”
Gunshots are the third leading killer of children in the US
Of all the children killed by guns in high-income countries, 91 percent are from US.
Serious privilege escalation bug in Unix OSes imperils servers everywhere
“Stack Clash” poses threat to Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and other OSes.
Supreme Court rules: Offensive trademarks must be allowed
Justice Samuel Alito: "Giving offense is a viewpoint."
Cable lobby tries to stop state investigations into slow broadband speeds
Besides gutting net neutrality, industry wants less scrutiny of speed claims.
GTA Online publisher goes after paid cheating services
Menyoo, Lexicon, and Force Hax forced offline after "discussions."
Google now actively works against extremist YouTube videos
New policies make it harder for terroristic content to flourish (and be found) on YouTube.
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