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New 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT C roadster: German brute or exotic alternative?
The proportions may seem traditional, but the performance is cutting-edge.
Man: border agents threatened to “be dicks,” take my phone if I didn’t unlock it
“I believe strongly in the Constitution and in my right to privacy.”
Newly-signed federal spending bill spares energy research for 4 months
ARPA-E, slated for cuts, gets $15 million extra, EPA sees a 1 percent cut.
The hijacking flaw that lurked in Intel chips is worse than anyone thought
Patch for severe authentication bypass bug won’t be available until next week.
Arcade group promises ticket and claw games will no longer be “rigged”
"Fair Play Pledge" says all redemption games can be "won by the application of skill."
Last Friday—the board game in which you play a machete-wielding maniac
80s slasher films (finally?) get their own hidden movement game.
How the Bantu people surged across two-thirds of Africa
Humans didn't only leave Africa—they moved around within the continent, too.
Lawyer: Cops “deliberately misled” judge who seemingly signed off on stingray
“Any system that is not transparent is inherently corrupt.”
Hanging by a thread: How the online nerdy T-shirt economy exists in an IP world
If big media has legal muscle, why can you buy Link racing Harley Quinn on a shirt?
Like podcasts? Here are some of our favorite space listens
At Ars, we love podcasts. And we love space. So we definitely love space podcasts.
Watch a cop’s staged body cam footage made “to look like it was done in real-time“
"The staging was done in such a way to make it look like it was done in real-time."
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 is a crazy disco gunfight of joy
Somehow, this goofy flick also manages to add emotional depth to its characters.
Google phishing attack was foretold by researchers—and it may have used their code
A potential threat from spoofing Google applications was cited in 2011.
Feds propose heightened social media vetting of visa applicants
Plan applies to applicants "who have been determined to warrant additional scrutiny."
Creator of infamous Playpen website sentenced to 30 years in prison
FBI: Playpen takedown resulted in hundreds of US-based arrests, even more overseas.
Measles outbreak rages after anti-vaccine groups target vulnerable community
Cases mount in Minnesotan Somali community after “abhorrent” anti-vaccine tactics.
18 months after discovery, the “Nintendo PlayStation” is finally working
Months of careful hardware hacking gets CD-ROM games running on an SNES.
Verizon’s gigabit upgrade pricing still makes almost no sense
New customers pay $70, but existing customers could pay twice as much.
More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for inaudible sounds in ads
Your Android phone may be listening to ultrasonic ad beacons without your knowledge.
YouTube taps creators, celebrities for new original shows on ad-supported site
Fitness with Kevin Hart, behind-the-scenes with Ellen, and more.
Prey impressions: Underpowered and loving it
Early going is a struggle for survival in a gleaming, threatening space station.
New device can harvest indoor light to power electronics
The low intensity of light indoors suits this hardware just fine.
Lawyers: How can we scrutinize surveillance records that remain sealed?
Stanford attorneys make unusual request to a federal court itself, DOJ opposes.
Not-so-secret DOD “spy drone” footage, live on the Internet [Updated]
Is that a live video feed from a Predator on the Internet? Well, yes and no.
Dota 2’s first co-op campaign mode will launch in May for $10
Requires paid Battle Pass; campaign's second half will launch in July.
Report: Uber faces federal criminal probe over regulator-evading software
Uber refuses comment but does provide recent letters sent to Portland officials.
Oculus shuts down Emmy-winning VR short-film division
Ongoing projects now canceled; Oculus to invest in third-party exclusives instead.
Spider silk genes used in… venom gland?
Spider genome reveals new genes and proteins involved in silk production.
Congress just blocked Jeff Sessions from messing with medical marijuana
Section 537: Justice Dept. can’t use its funds to interfere with the popular laws.
YouTube channel tries swapping hosts, gets caught by 1 million subscribers
From SourceFed's ashes: “You guys are watching me like I’m Ramsay Bolton in Winterfell.”
California utility augments 1,800 air conditioning units with “ice battery”
Ice Energy says IceBear 30 units can eliminate up to 10,000 lbs of CO per year.
There’s a federal law to lower drug prices—and Louisiana may just use it
The federal patent law could help the state save tens of millions on a single drug.
Cop fakes body cam footage, prosecutors drop drug charges
Officer said he searched car, then turned on body cam to recreate it for "the courts."
“Brains in a dish” move out of science fiction and into the lab
Growing brain-like tissues in cell culture lets scientists study neurodevelopment.
Intel’s Skylake “Scalable Processor” family is a new approach to Xeon
New chips have metallic branding, wider range of configurations, and integrated features.
California seeks to tax rocket launches, which are already taxed
The tax will be based upon "mileage" traveled by that spacecraft from California.
Plan to kill municipal broadband fails in state legislature
Angry constituents convince Maine lawmakers to vote against Republican bill.
Insensitive gravitational wave detectors improved using clever addition
Black hole mergers are so similar that we might combine them to reveal physics.
Tim Cook announces $1 billion investment in “advanced” US manufacturing
Apple also created a page highlighting the jobs it already supports in the US.
Snapchat lines up media companies to produce original shows for Snap TV
Could your next favorite show be a Snapchat exclusive?
NASA wants YOU (to make its Fortran code run faster)
Up to $55,000 in prizes for those who can juice up supercomputer software.
Imagination Technologies can’t resolve Apple IP spat, opens formal dispute
Starting in 2019, Apple will no longer use firm's designs.
Will Facebook actually hire 3,000 content moderators, or will they outsource?
The company refuses to comment on where those 3,000 workers will be employed.
Kodi: Open source TV app inspires full-blown copyright panic in the UK
Descended from Xbox Media Center software, it's a crime wave to copyright cops.
Microsoft takes aim at Chrome OS with a new, and very necessary, education push
Redmond now has the tools to take on the Chrome OS threat.
Musk talks Model 3 preparation and gives Model Y hints in financial call
Tesla CEO also talks about coming semi on investor call.
Don’t trust OAuth: Why the “Google Docs” worm was so convincing
You really think someone would just go on the Internet and tell lies?
Vector has completed the first successful flight test of its new micro rocket
“Honestly, this is like shooting turkeys in a drum."
All your Googles are belong to us: Look out for the Google Docs phishing worm
An e-mail disguised as a Google Docs share is ingenious bit of malicious phishing.
Thieves drain 2fa-protected bank accounts by abusing SS7 routing protocol
The same weakness could be used to eavesdrop on calls and track users’ locations.
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