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Yahoo to give Marissa Mayer $23 million parting gift after sale to Verizon
Mayer will leave as what remains of Yahoo becomes Altaba holding company.
AT&T’s “truly unlimited” prepaid plan has no hotspot, max speed of 3Mbps
You need AT&T postpaid to get "unlimited" data without speed limits.
Muppet Guys Talking explores Jim Henson’s tech, genius, generosity
Review: Riveting conversation with major Muppet actors flies by way too quickly.
Wowing and washable: Google’s smart jacket wears and works well at first glance
"Blinking on your jacket is uncool"—luckily this looks the part while having its brains.
MacroSolve: Donald Trump Jr.’s favorite patent enforcer
Trump's son knows the difference between "patent trolls" and "true innovators."
The 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata RF—fancy new looks, same great driving
The latest Miata variant remains true to the formula.
Mazda’s move upmarket with the 2017 CX-5
Mazda aims at the likes of BMW and Audi with its new crossover.
Gawker founder Nick Denton reflects on lawsuit that destroyed his company
Nick Denton also asks people to support Techdirt against the Ayyadurai libel lawsuit.
Squid, eyes, and blood, oh my! 2017’s best biology images
Bird blood, cat fur, early brains, and the cutest baby squid.
RunIQ review: New Balance goes after runners with Android Wear and Strava
Just because an athletic company made it doesn’t mean it’s made for athletes.
New research changes our understanding of who built ancient Silk Roads
Previous studies used the wrong algorithm and missed an obvious hypothesis.
How experimental games dumped us into a giant trash bag with a flashlight
Annual “Alt.Ctrl” exhibition is still our favorite collection of GDC weirdness.
Tech’s political impact? “14 people watch me on C-SPAN… 1M on Facebook”
Senator: Social media sites aren’t bad or good—ceding them to hate is the problem.
The most detailed maps of the world will be for cars, not humans
Here, Civil Maps, and even Nvidia are all working on a new kind of cartography.
Classic bot-programming game Robo Rally has not aged well
Ars Cardboard looks at Richard Garfield's "chaos classic."
There’s now only one US state where mug shots aren’t public records
The latest law will provide fresh material for the online mug shot business racket.
Our new (mixed) reality: Early adopters have become HoloLens believers at work
Whether it involved trucks, buildings, or banquettes, AR/MR headset has made life easier.
Lawyer films his traffic stop, even after cop says not to, citing made-up law
Chief: “We invite citizens to [film the police] when they believe it is necessary.”
Geohot’s new automated-driving device can only be redeemed by coughing up data
Answers questions about NHTSA letter from October, Tesla snafu.
Malware found preinstalled on 38 Android phones used by 2 companies
Malicious apps were surreptitiously added somewhere along the supply chain.
AT&T allegedly “discriminated” against poor people in broadband upgrades
“Digital redlining” leaves poor people with the slowest Internet, report says.
John Carmack: ZeniMax owes me $22.5M as part of 2009 id Software deal
“Sour grapes is not an affirmative defense to breach of contract.”
Elon Musk on batteries for Australia: “Installed in 100 days or it is free”
With South Australia facing blackouts, Tesla says it’s ready to build batteries.
Nintendo used 8-bit Zelda engine to prototype Breath of the Wild [Updated]
Physics and chemistry puzzles tested with older engine. Will we ever see Zelda Maker?
Longer heat waves, heavier smog go hand in hand with climate change
Pollution and extreme temperatures go hand in hand.
DirecTV’s regional sports fees vary wildly, nonsensically, by ZIP code
You could pay $87 more per year to watch the same teams as nearby customers.
Ars asks: How do you feel about junkets for auto coverage?
Like it or hate it, access journalism requires access—far more than we can afford.
New bill would let companies force workers to get genetic tests, share results
Under guise of “voluntary” wellness programs, employees’ genetics could be exposed.
Time crystals make their appearance, no blue police box reported
Ions oscillate in synchrony, but will do so only if there is some noise.
UK ISPs to block set-top boxes that illegally live-stream soccer matches
Premier League wins court injunction requiring server-level blocking.
Review: Better GPU and 4K screen make the XPS 15 a MacBook Pro for PC users
Review: Quad-core CPUs, a GTX 1050 GPU, and 32GB RAM will please power users.
For vaccinations, will people follow the herd or free-ride off it?
It could lead to greater vaccine uptake, but could also risk free-riding.
Facebook signs deal with MLS, Univision to stream live soccer games
Games that were previously Spanish-only will be streamed in English on Facebook.
ZX Spectrum Vega+ in limbo after Retro Computers tries to halt BBC report
Handheld ZX Spectrum raised half a million on Indiegogo but no sign of hardware.
Creepy mouse experiment helps scientists understand contagious behavior
A brain implant that makes mice scratch reveals a lot about neurobiology.
Software results in mistaken arrests, jail time? No fix needed, says judge
"Clerical errors… will occur regardless of the case management system used by the court."
Geneva motor show: EVs, autonomous tech, and the end of GM in Europe
More car makers than ever are taking EVs and self-driving features into the mainstream.
Decrypted: The Expanse: “The truth is never what you expect it to be”
This week our guest is Nick Farmer, the linguist who's creating Belter creole for the show.
Heads up to kaiju fans: You must watch (five minutes of) Kong: Skull Island
Review: Montages, utter lack of chemistry tank most of the film. But then...
US spies still won’t tell Congress the number of Americans caught in dragnet
Electronic surveillance programs Prism, Upstream hang in the congressional balance.
Blue Origin’s new engine isn’t good enough for some congressmen
Instead of the BE-4, Alabama representative wants an engine built in his state.
The many futures of VR, as seen at the Game Developers Conference
From hand-trackers to haptics to VR boxing gloves, VR tech is going... somewhere.
Advertising in Windows has reached an exasperating new low
C'mon now.
After escaping net neutrality probe, Verizon expands data cap exemptions
With net neutrality worries gone, FiOS TV goes "data-free" on Verizon Wireless.
Techrules shows how to make EVs interesting: Just add a jet engine
Turbine-powered range extender supercar is just the beginning for Chinese tech firm.
Net neutrality hurts health care and helps porn, Republican senator claims
Does the senator's argument make any sense? Let's look at the facts.
Google is turning Hangouts into a Slack competitor
Google Hangouts finally gets that "enterprise" overhaul we've been hearing about...
On the heels of Zika comes its deadlier relative, yellow fever, experts warn
Outbreaks in Brazil are raging close to urban areas that could spark another big issue.
Dear Confide: “We would never” isn’t the same as “we can’t”
Confidential messenger service provides no authentication or integrity assurances.
Assange accuses CIA of “historic act of devastating incompetence”
Assange: Cache of cyber weapons was passed around "out of control" by contract hackers.
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