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Scroogled no more: Gmail won’t scan e-mails for ads personalization
Google kills Gmail's most controversial feature.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell XPS tower or an Inspiron desktop with monitor for just $499
Plus savings on laptops, SSDs, robot vacuums, smart TVs, and more.
SpaceX completes first half of its weekend doubleheader
The company's successes are starting to stack up for the year 2017.
Espionage suspect totally thought messages to Chinese intel were deleted
"Mallory expressed surprise at seeing some secure message history."
Destiny 2’s guns won’t recoil on PC as they do on consoles
Project lead says aiming drift "doesn't feel good" when using a mouse.
YouTube’s “VR180” format cuts down on VR video’s prohibitive requirements
VR in only 180 degrees is easier to stream and fits traditional video content better.
Low-latency satellite broadband gets approval to serve US residents
OneWeb's 50Mbps Internet with 30ms latency could hit remotest areas by 2019.
A short exercise in middle school sets minorities on a path to college
Years later, minority students go to competitive colleges as often as whites.
Check Point says Fireball malware hit 250 million; Microsoft says no
Either way, Microsoft assures us that Windows 10 S would have been immune.
Researchers optimize a powered exoskeleton to cut energy used in walking
An hour on a treadmill and some clever programming make an exoskeleton efficient.
Unexpected Viking toilet discovery leads to controversy
It could be the oldest privy in Denmark, or just a pile of crap.
How the CIA infects air-gapped networks
Sprawling “Brutal Kangaroo“ spreads malware using booby-trapped USB drives.
Pizzagate shooter sentenced to four years in prison
Welch searched for a “corrupt system that kidnaps, tortures, and rapes babies.”
Steam Summer Sale’s best discounts, chosen by Ars’ cost-cutting braintrust [Updated]
You have two weeks to save on thousands of games. Here’s our starting list of savings.
Shareholders fail to oust Mylan board, but down-voted massive salaries
Mylan hasn’t revealed the vote breakdown yet, but compensation vote is non-binding.
Judge rips lawyers in IP rift over viral Facebook childbirth video
Judge says media should be paid the “costs of defending this frivolous litigation.”
Scammer who made 96 million robocalls should pay $120M fine, FCC says
Vacation scam preyed on elderly and disrupted medical paging system, FCC says.
Valve tries to one-up Oculus Touch with five-finger “Knuckles” VR controller
Capacitive sensors and palm-circling grip let you throw up some virtual horns.
House lawmakers endorse reusable rockets for military purposes
This represents a pretty remarkable turnaround for SpaceX and the feds.
So far, Beyond Good and Evil 2 prototype looks like No Monkey’s Sky
Creative director gets spaceship over 20,000km/h but never lands the thing. Hmm.
Distilled entanglement brings long-distance quantum communication closer
Send plus resend followed by careful measurement results in better entanglement.
Trump plans to dismantle Obama-era “Startup Visa”
Obama rule gave residence to foreigners who lined up $250,000 in capital.
Rhode Island bill sees highway surveillance cams ticketing uninsured motorists
The $120 fines would be split evenly between contractor and the state.
Nintendo: Switch shortages are “definitely not intentional”
In an Ars interview, exec also addresses issues with NES Classic, 3DS, and fan games.
Comcast accused of cutting competitor’s wires to put it out of business
Comcast "systematically destroyed" an ISP with 229 customers, lawsuit claims.
Waymo tells judge: Uber’s ex-CEO knew about Google files
Levandowski had "five discs in his possession containing Google information."
Charter promised more broadband but didn’t deliver, now must pay fine
21,000 NY customers did not get broadband on schedule, despite merger promise.
Air Force clears F-35 to fly again—with caveats—after hypoxia scares
"Specific concerns" eliminated as source of problem, but cause of 5 cases not found.
Apple may want to lower record label payout from Apple Music
Record labels may negotiate more now with the popularity of paid music streaming.
Heat can kill and we’re turning up the thermostat
Analysis of deadly heatwaves shows how many more people they’ll affect by 2100.
Sand worms and lightning: Aven Colony takes city-building to exoplanets
A city-building game set at the start of humanity's galactic civilization era.
The tragedy of FireWire: Collaborative tech torpedoed by corporations
"Show us that it's being adopted in the industry, and we'll put it in.”
Citrix isn’t just for telecommuting, Red Bull Racing uses it at the track
But the next big thing will be machine learning and AI for simulations and design.
“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.
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