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Welcome to the age of the manufactured meme
When a professor's live TV interview was interrupted by his kids, BBC made him a star.
Trump begins process to roll back fuel economy goals, automakers rejoice
Traditional automakers complained that the rules were made hastily.
How emulation helped save two video game rarities
Primal Rage 2, Dreamcast's Millennium Racer are now preserved for history.
The Kim Dotcom film: How to avoid a trial for 5 years and counting
Dotcom's showmanship throws a small democracy for a loop.
Capcom’s best Disney-branded 8-bit games return—with a “rewind” mode
These aren't remasters—and for retro enthusiasts, that might be a good thing.
Nvidia and Bosch team up to build an AI supercomputer for your self-driving car
The key is Xavier, Nvidia's forthcoming supercomputer system-on-chip.
Dark matter is missing from young galaxies
Galaxy rotation curves, an early hint of dark matter, change with age.
Mayors slam AT&T for slow Internet, long phone outages
"AT&T has reneged on its responsibility to customers," mayor says.
US charges two Russian agents with ordering hack of 500m Yahoo accounts
Russian law enforcement agency that works with FBI hired Yahoo hackers.
Facebook—in hate-crime clash with MPs—claims it’s “fixed” abuse review tool
Lawmaker accuses Twitter, Google, and Facebook of "commercial prostitution."
The CIA uses board games to train officers—and I got to play them
Also: why the CIA embraces training game cheaters, whether El Chapo hit a fire alarm.
Get ready for The Matrix reboot
Could this be The One that makes the franchise awesome again?
Chrome 57 restricts background tabs to 1% CPU, prolonging battery life
In 2018 Google wants background tabs halted instantly. Service Workers to the rescue.
When did bison first join North America’s megafauna?
North America’s iconic mammal was once an immigrant.
Life, death, math, and efficiency: The quest to solve US organ transplant woes
The legacy system has been inefficient, but can algorithms overcome the emotional stakes?
There were more device searches at US border last month than all of 2015
CBP has not answered Ars' questions; ACLU has heard no explanation.
Microsoft’s Teams is almost an excellent Slack-killer, and it’s now live for O365
It's a remarkably fine version 1, but not quite the Web-IRC we were hoping for.
Lawsuit: Greedy drug maker purposefully flooded black market with opioids
City of Everett, WA prepares for legal battle with Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic.
Man who tried to build a homemade nuclear reactor didn’t die of radiation poisoning
David Charles Hahn's dad: "I’m proud of my son and I’m very sad that he’s gone."
Switching apartment metering shocks electricity freeloaders into conservation
“Utilities included” is not a good deal.
Apple illegally fixed prices of iPhones in Russia, investigation finds
Apple contacted retailers who were selling the iPhone at "inappropriate" prices.
In-the-wild exploits ramp up against high-impact sites using Apache Struts
Hackers are still exploiting the bug to install malware on high-impact sites.
FBI’s methods to spy on journalists should remain classified, judge rules
Reaction: "It is antithetical to a democracy that supposedly values a free press."
Three solar thermal plants in Chile could generate electricity 24 hours a day
Tamarugal project expected to theoretically generate 2,600 GWh of electricity annually.
Advertisers look forward to buying your Web browsing history from ISPs
Ad groups thank Republican lawmakers for move to kill ISP privacy rules.
Scientists to EPA head: You don’t know what you’re talking about
"Just as there is no escaping gravity... there is no escaping the warming."
Dealmaster: Get $10 when you buy a $100 Newegg gift card
Plus savings on the new PSVR Aim, dash cams, TVs, and more.
Report: Nintendo has sold more than 1.5 million Switches in the first week
Data says 500k sold in US, 360k in Japan, and around 200k in the UK and France.
Cystic fibrosis patients live 10 years longer in Canada than in the US
Universal healthcare and more transplants may explain the significant survival gap.
Sony will soon let console haters get their PS4 fix on Windows PCs
Starting with "private test"; we have good guess for PlayStation Now's upgrade date.
Volkswagen boss won’t rule out merger with Fiat-Chrysler
CEO Matthias Mueller has changed his tune from just a week ago.
Secretary of State Tillerson used e-mail alias as Exxon CEO
Climate change investigation leads New York AG to request “Wayne Tracker” e-mails.
Samsung commits to monthly security updates for unlocked US smartphones
Samsung promises less awful support for its most poorly supported phone model.
On Saturn’s moon Enceladus, liquid water may be close to the surface
New study suggests the moon's ocean may be just a few kilometers from the surface.
Tag Heuer’s latest smartwatch is modular, still very expensive
$1,650 for a tricked-out Android Wear device that you can turn into a regular watch.
Stranger Things wanted its music to be “something people talked about”
Band members of S U R V I V E talk about composing show’s creepy-retro sound.
Ghost Recon: Wildlands review: One hot mess of an open-world game
Writing is terrible and it's riddled with bugs, but there's fun to be had with friends.
Man behind GemCoin, a fake cryptocurrency, settles lawsuit for $71M
Judge: “Defendant has shown no sign of recognition of wrongdoing.”
Here’s the first 3D glimpse of how DNA is packaged up in a single cell
The balled structure reveals organization, which is critical for gene activity.
Former VP laments that even now, sharing medical data is awful
Moonshot hopes, medical data sharing, and a “Cyber National Guard.”
1 million NYC homes can’t get Verizon FiOS, so the city just sued Verizon
Verizon wants another four years to cover remaining 1 million households.
Intel set to buy Mobileye in $15.3 billion deal
Intel's Automated Driving Group will be integrated into Mobileye, run from Israel.
Bay Area: Join us 3/15 to talk about how we know climate change is real
Environmental scientist Lynn Ingram will discuss 15,000 years of climate history.
Senate Democrats question FCC chair’s independence from Trump
Dems want promise that Pai won’t “penalize free speech” to punish Trump enemies.
The social media “echo chamber” is real
Active social media users are self-segregated and polarized in news consumption.
Nintendo Switch ships with unpatched 6-month-old WebKit vulnerabilities
Apple patched so-called "Trident" bugs in iOS 9.3.5 back in August.
Air Force: We have more drone pilot jobs than for any other aircraft
Lt. General: “I never thought I'd say that when I joined the Air Force.”
Why do some multi-platform games cost more on Nintendo Switch?
Cartridge production costs could be to blame for price discrepancies.
Magnetic storage reaches the atomic level
The magnetic field of a single atom is read and written, but it's not very stable.
Google experiments with communal YouTube-watching with new app Uptime
A flashy, neon-colored marriage of Facebook Live, Periscope, and YouTube.
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