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But is it enough to convince conservatives to fund the programs?

A peek at what APFS, Metal 2, and HEVC/HEIF support mean for you and your Mac.

Two active tropical storms at the same time in June? Happened just three times.

Crouton and Gallium OS turn Chromebooks into Linux laptops.

Sharp combat strengthened by slick visuals, charming characters, whimsical story.

How's the Earth’s ice system changing? Look to the active cryosphere.

Kiss the sub-$40,000 tier goodbye in Audi's latest niche-specific sportback.

Scientists explore the lives of ancient human sacrifice victims by analyzing what they ate.

Death by Scotland! The whole world is doomed by a beast of darkness.

Brutal platformers, co-op experiments, intriguing narratives topped our list.

A solid core would have then started adding gas to create the present planet.

Straight from the show floor, a look at this year’s craziest booth designs.

Ars puts five home 3D scanning options to the ultimate test—scanning kids and clay cats.

Compact design continues to be at odds with maintenance and repairability.

ISP added services to customer accounts without authorization, ex-employee says.

Google hasn’t yet removed all of the apps, which have as many as 6 million downloads.

NASA’s Earth science funding is also broadly supported.

Preview: It’s amazing what a new hat can do for an old franchise.

Simmons says he first used the longtime rock symbol “in commerce” in 1975.

Speed boosts, better keyboard, and 16GB RAM option expand its versatility.

Levels are below FDA’s decades-old standards, but latest data says no level safe.

Verizon asks FCC to speed up fiber deployment, but cable lobby is against it.

Carpool Karaoke is just the beginning.

“All you have to do is turn on the generator and you will be free and happy.”

From Mario and Sonic to sleeper hits, we narrow down the best of the best.

Activision promised depth and soul, instead CoD WWII is retreading a well-worn path.

US has lagged behind China for years. Can HPE's new architecture help the DoE catch up?

Amazon is buying the chain at $42 a share, but John Mackey will remain CEO.

Good in many ways, but you’re really paying for the Apple-like design.

"We don't want Facebook to be used for any terrorist activity whatsoever," says FB.

Coffee enemas, $13K “photon” therapy, endless antibiotics—all unproven, dangerous.

New additions to the Predix platform are targeted at energy traders and grid managers.

Switch tactical RPG lands this August. Will it be combat-ready in time?

Spoiler alert: It’s a lot.

Latest Vault7 release exposes network-spying operation CIA kept secret since 2007.

Microsoft continues to further consolidate its operating system development.

A single Facebook post resulted in 5 million views and a federal investigation.

Fallout 4 VR, Skyrim VR need to do a lot to convince us they’re VR-ready.

For now: “No one should be embarrassed... buying an Xbox One S”

Uber exec said to share medical records with CEO Kalanick.

Netflix changes tune, says it “will never outgrow the fight for net neutrality.”

Dev says Take-Two told him that modding games is “an illegal activity.”

Shaky catapult system, arresting system issues on $13B ship keep pumping up pricetag.

Chrome Dev designs for big phones by putting everything on the bottom of the screen.

Jeff VanderMeer's new book explores a toxic city menaced by a giant, floating bear.

In Japanese energy survey, conserving at home seemed good enough.

E-mail addresses aren't required, though names and home addresses are.

This is actually terrible news.

Our resident nerds push E3’s limits by interviewing pigs, testing $3,000 chairs.

Id Studio Director chats with Ars about "our most influential game."