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Paypal says Pandora’s logo infringes, starts trademark battle
“The similarities between the logos are striking, obvious, and patently unlawful.”
Comcast vendor sent cease-and-desist to operator of anti-Comcast website
Net neutrality website stays online as Comcast agrees to take no further action.
Researchers find dozens of genes associated with measures of intelligence
Lots of genes, but a cumulatively small impact.
Decrypted: American Gods just made its heroes a lot less likable
Guest Paula Gaetos talks to us about Laura’s tokusatsu-style transformation.
Examining the FCC claim that DDoS attacks hit net neutrality comment system
Attacks came from either an unusual type of DDoS or poorly written spam bots.
Surface Pro will get a USB Type-C dongle to connect to your dongles
It will connect to the proprietary Surface Connect port.
Dealmaster: Get a Dell Inspiron desktop with Core i7 CPU, 16GB RAM for just $600
And deals on portable chargers, smart TVs, dash cams, and more.
Becoming Genesis—the 2018 G80 Sport
Hyundai's upmarket brand is starting to find its feet.
Genetically enhanced bacteria wired with color vision create artwork
The DNA-based RGB system involves only 18 genes.
LeEco collapse continues as CEO cedes control; 85% of US workforce to be cut
It appears that the "Netflix of China" should have stayed in China.
Battle.net isn’t Battle.net anymore, even if Blizzard calls it Battle.net
We're going to call it Battle.net as long as Blizzard calls it Battle.net
Engineer at Boeing admits trying to sell space secrets to Russians
Seeking "relationship like on 'The Americans'," sold secrets to undercover FBI agent.
Google’s AlphaGo AI beats world’s best human Go player
Ke Jie tried to use AlphaGo's own moves and lost.
New sea level estimates show strong, recent acceleration
New approach to handling pre-satellite data shows slower rise in the past.
Huawei goes after Apple’s MacBook with new thin-and-light Matebook X
A fingerprint sensor, extra USB Type-C port, and included dock help it stand out.
Surface Pro updated at last: Kaby Lake gives longer battery life, but still no modern ports
New hardware boasts up to 13.5 hours of usage between charges.
There’s new evidence tying WCry ransomware worm to prolific hacking group
Common tools, techniques, and infrastructure make link "highly likely."
Universal’s Dark Universe risks being yet another extended universe franchise
Already, red flags: no Dracula; no great protagonists; the shadow of Monster Squad.
Daimler begins construction on a $562 million lithium-ion battery factory in Germany
German automaker wants to bring 10 new electric models to the market by 2020.
Lawbreakers dev: PC/console cross-platform play is “dumb”
Bleszinski says developing for keyboard/mouse and console leads to “balance issues.”
Injustice 2 Review: Gods, monsters, and unholy beatings
This sequel is great at everything except teaching you how not to get beaten.
North Korea’s latest launch heralds mass production of “cold launch” missiles
The Pukguksong-2's “cold launch” mobile launcher reduces warning time for strike.
Supreme Court makes it much harder for patent trolls to sue in East Texas
Folks got sued in East Texas “just because they had a website.” Those days may be over.
2018 Audi SQ5: A danger to sports sedans or window dressing over good bones?
As the SUV takes over the Earth, Audi refreshes its sporting sport-ute.
“Yahoobleed” flaw leaked private e-mail attachments and credentials
Yahoo promptly retired ImageMagic library after failing to install 2-year-old patch.
Twin Peaks is back and somehow as strange and beautiful as ever
Whether new to the series or not, jump in head first—you aren’t supposed to understand.
2017’s “Board Game of the Year” shortlist is out—get playing!
More Vikings, a new "escape room," some dominoes, and more.
National Geographic series Year Million explores the future of humanity
Plus, there’s even some dystopian commentary from Ars staffer Annalee Newitz.
Senators ask FCC why reporter was “manhandled” after net neutrality vote
Senators to FCC: Don’t roughhouse journalists who are trying to ask questions.
Elon Musk says “hardware 2” Teslas will get better self-driving software in June
An upgrade's coming to HW2 cars in June, and it will make them "smooth as silk."
Baking soda shortage has hospitals frantic, delaying treatments and surgeries
Sodium bicarbonate is used in a variety of treatments but is inexplicably scarce.
Sorry, you can’t protest security screening by getting naked for the TSA
Man charged by Oregon, and the feds, for stripping at a TSA checkpoint.
Flagship Samsung Chromebook Pro finally gets a release date: May 28
The Intel-powered Chromebook is coming to a website near you for $550.
How Destiny 2 is leading to gold devaluation in World of Warcraft
Real-world value of in-game gold dips 7 percent since Battle.net announcement.
Remote Pacific island is the most plastic-contaminated spot yet surveyed
Survey finds every meter of beach is getting 26 new plastic items a day.
Gender confirmation surgeries rose 20% in the last two years
American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports 3,200 surgeries in 2016.
Lawyer who founded Prenda Law is disbarred
Twenty-one months later, an ethics complaint ends in disbarment.
Japan, China have extracted methane hydrate from the seafloor
Gas hydrates difficult to extract but estimated abundance makes mining attractive.
Nissan Leaf EV enters 10,000-mile Mongol Rally
90-mile range, plus EV charging points are few and far between in Siberia.
Bludgeoned by orcs: What it’s like to die repeatedly in Shadow of War
To win this game, combat mastery won’t be enough. But will pre-battle prep be fun?
Facebook content moderation guidelines leaked
Misogyny, bullying are generally ok, threats against Trump are not.
HP gives Envy laptops an edgier look, updates Spectre x2 with Kaby Lake CPUs
Sharper edges, new kickstands, Intel and AMD processors, and more.
Diving deep into the world of emergent gravity
Getting rid of dark matter would be a big ordeal, so we talk to the man behind the theory.
Moon Express chairman believes his team’s “ready to go for the end of this year”
“Will you go build the Pokemon Go of the Moon because we showed you it’s possible?”
LG Gram review: Amazingly light laptop either needs to be cheaper or better
It’s a competitive market and others do better on the details.
Review: Running or not, you’ll want the Polar M430 on your wrist
A thoughtful update makes the M430 a better running watch than Polar's M400.
Doctor Who review: The Time Lord goes in search of the truth in Extremis
Lost in the dark, hunted by the Monks. Will the Doctor and his companions escape?
Gallery: War aircraft through the lens of a US Army training manual
Army says Visual Aircraft Recognition “is a basic skill every Soldier should know.”
Windows 7, not XP, was the reason last week’s WCry worm spread so widely
A run-down of recent WCry developments you may have missed.
Cowabunga! Playing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ new sewer-crawl board game
Play Shredder or the Turtles in this beat-‘em-up.
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