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Samsung could displace Intel as the world’s biggest chip company in 2017
Samsung's revenue is being driven up by increases in NAND and DRAM pricing.
Waymo to judge: Stop Uber from using our trade secrets, ASAP
Internal documents show Levandowski's deal with Uber: stock worth $250 million.
Sextortion suspect must unlock her seized iPhone, judge rules
"For me, this is like turning over a key to a safety deposit box."
US Intelligence “transparency report” reveals breadth of surveillance by NSA, others
Over 151 million call records collected to track 42 targets under new "limited" access arrangement.
FBI’s Comey says he is “mildly nauseous” to think he influenced election
Still, he says he had a duty to disclose renewed Clinton e-mail probe.
With latency as low as 25ms, SpaceX to launch broadband satellites in 2019
Satellites will function like a mesh network and deliver gigabit speeds.
Prey developer: Go ahead, use Steam refunds to demo our game
Colantonio: "Steam players can just return the game" before playing for two hours.
Hulu debuts $40-per-month live TV streaming service with over 50 channels
And it includes Hulu's regular subscription content, too.
Watch F1’s Fernando Alonso try the Indy 500 oval for the first time
Two-time F1 champ is skipping Monaco to race the 500; wants the triple crown.
Facebook enters war against “information operations,” acknowledges election hijinx
Facebook no longer wants to be a tool for enlisting "useful idiots."
The AI revolution is making game characters move more realistically
Neural network makes for smarter-looking avatars, not just smarter enemies
NASA seeks industry help with lunar landings, potentially sample return
NASA considers scientific missions that could answer questions about lunar ice.
Windows 10 S forces you to use Edge and Bing
Windows 10 S won't let you change default Web browser or search provider.
EFF’s Stupid Patent of the month: Dispatch a taxi (on a computer)
Computer-aided taxi dispatch came years before the patent. But will that matter?
New zinc battery competes with lithium-ion
A new way to put the zinc together makes this safer chemistry an option.
Altra Torin IQ smart shoes review: Putting a coach and convenience at your feet
Running well isn’t easy, and neither is making a good running coach.
Today, even US water is overly medicated—these scientists want to change that
With billions of US meds, algae, fish, and insects get high on our contaminated sewage.
San Francisco to DMV: How should cops deal with self-driving cars that park wrong?
SF MTA, Tesla, Uber, Waymo, and more file public comments to California DMV.
Decrypted: American Gods: New series is as good as the book
On our TV podcast, we talk about the premiere episode of the long-awaited fantasy series.
Hands-on with the Surface Laptop: Well, it’s a laptop
Microsoft has built what many were hoping it would. We gave it a spin.
Behold, the spear phish that just might be good enough to hook you
Attackers are coming up with creative ways to trick you into opening malicious files.
iPhone holds steady while Macs and services keep Apple growing in Q2 2017
iPhone unit sales are down, but average selling price is up. iPad is still down.
Liveblog: Apple’s Q2 2017 earnings call
Apple returned to growth in Q1 of 2017, and it expects to continue in Q2.
Google rater fired after speaking to Ars about work conditions
After public revelations, workers report chaos, layoffs, and at least one firing.
San Francisco, Airbnb settle lawsuit over new short-term rental law
SF-based Airbnb hosts must register with the city’s Office of Short-Term Rentals.
Officer recorded shooting unarmed man in back pleads guilty
Officer Michael Slager faces up to life in prison and avoids a murder trial.
Amid outrage and tumbling stocks, Mylan’s chairman pocketed $97M
CEO Heather Bresch got a pay cut, though—only $13.8M in 2016 down from $18.9M in 2015.
CERN points giant magnet at the Sun to look for dark matter particles
Axions don't show up yet, but that doesn't mean they're not out there.
YouTube’s redesign is official, and there’s a dark mode
Google promises "quicker feature development" thanks to a new Polymer rewrite.
SpaceX, Blue Origin have opened a “window of opportunity” for US Air Force
The report warns that China could copy these ideas and surpass the United States.
20,000 Chinese writers will create their own Wikipedia competitor
"Our goal is not to catch up, but overtake."
GOP’s “Internet Freedom Act” permanently guts net neutrality authority
ISPs would gain the freedom to block and throttle websites and applications.
Trump admin. rolls back Obama-era nutrition standards for school lunches
Sodium levels, whole grain requirement, and milk options affected by the change.
The $999 Surface Laptop is Microsoft’s take on the regular old notebook
New PC runs Windows 10 S. Pre-orders start now, available on June 15.
Indian IT firm Infosys to hire 10,000 American workers
Criticism over H-1B visas has led to falling stock prices, and new moves.
Half-Life, Portal scribe leaves Valve
Faliszek had transitioned toward VR evangelism in recent years.
Samsung joins the self-driving car gold rush
Korean government gives the electronics giant permission to test on public roads.
Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new Windows 10 S
Designed for schools, the new version will only run apps from the Store.
Liveblog: Microsoft takes on Chrome OS with new Windows, new hardware
Join us at 9:30 EDT today to hear how Microsoft plans to take on Google in education.
You have a few months to claim Amazon Underground’s best free games
Amazon will not continue paying participating game and app developers in perpetuity.
Theranos settles “series of lies” lawsuits from investor that chipped in $96M
The terms of the deal are confidential, but the investors wanted their money back.
Intel patches remote code-execution bug that lurked in chips for 10 years
Flaw in remote management feature gives attackers a way to breach networks.
Carbon intensity is falling in industrial, electric power sectors
Numbers from the EIA show progress in some areas of the economy, not much in others.
Kiosk delivers pirated movies to USB sticks in the middle of a mall
“Maintenance” man torrents all day, then sells movies for 13 cents a pop in Ethiopia.
Too little, too late? FCC wins net neutrality court case
Wheeler's court win over ISPs reaffirmed, but Pai plans to overturn the rules.
Meet Greyhound.com, the site that doesn’t allow password changes
Greyhound allows four-digit PINs and stores them in plaintext.
Tesla pulls the plug on SolarCity door-to-door sales
The electric automaker bought the solar panel distributor in November to exploit “cost synergies.”
Hacker leaks Orange is the New Black new season after ransom demands ignored
Breach of post-production company poses potential threat to many networks' shows.
A taste of what virtual reality could be on the Nintendo Switch
Hacked Web browser, tablet holster allow for stereoscopic 3D viewing.
Verizon’s bizarre claim that the FCC isn’t killing net neutrality rules
Verizon says it supports open Internet rules despite its role in ending them.
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