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Op-ed: Mark Zuckerberg’s manifesto is a political trainwreck
He says that Facebook is developing AI to create a global democracy—kind of.
Uber exec broke ethics rule when lobbying about rights at Chicago airports
“Assume both of us thought the airport issue was settled,” e-mail to mayor said.
Elon Musk says he personally called off Saturday’s launch attempt [Updated]
Company says it is on track to attempt a second launch on Sunday.
Huge, curved, fast, and loud: HP’s 34-inch Envy all-in-one reviewed
Fan noise and weak GPUs are the biggest problem with an otherwise intriguing PC.
Mechs vs. Minions review: Come for the minis… then maybe leave
Incredible box, and promising twist on "programmable" cards, aren't quite enough.
Techdirt lawyers ask judge to throw out suit over “Inventor of E-mail”
Tech blog's founder says lawsuit seeks “to stifle debate, silence criticism.”
GM, Lyft could deploy “thousands” of autonomous Bolts in 2018
GM won’t sell self-driving cars to individuals, wants to deploy them in fleets.
Marathon gets the Shkreli treatment from industry after $89K drug dust up
Public relations nightmare strikes just when drug makers try cleaning their image.
Altruistic or a ploy? Snack maker spurs FDA to redefine “healthy”
FDA asks public for help as new food industry-funded org fights food-industry sway.
YouTube killing its most annoying ad format: The 30-second unskippable
The unpopular ads will be gone in 2018.
PewDiePie calls out media “attack” in response to Disney fallout
The media and PewDiePie keep calling each other out, and neither is totally wrong.
Scott Pruitt confirmed to head EPA in near-partisan vote
Dems won when a judge ordered trove of Pruitt e-mails released, but it didn’t last.
Researchers discover security problems under the hood of automobile apps
Kaspersky researchers find Android apps for connected cars soft targets for hackers.
Due to concerns about engine, Juno to remain in elongated Jupiter orbit
NASA scientists took pains to emphasize the benefits of a longer orbit at Jupiter.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi—it’s definitely plural!
Foreign titles give the game away: Episode VIII will feature multiple Jedi.
After 10 years, this significant Team Fortress 2 bug has been fixed
One-line fix for character model syncing error went undetected for a decade.
Cox must pay $8M in fees on top of $25M jury verdict for violating DMCA
Judge: "Cox knew... its behavior was wrong, and continued in spite of that."
Big props to Bigfoot—new bill would name it “official cryptid” of Washington
"Sasquatch has made immeasurable contributions..."
Post-merger Charter keeps losing TV customers as it pushes new pricing
Video losses in former TWC areas offset by Internet subscriber gains.
Footage of Nintendo Switch system menus leaks out to the wild [Updated]
6 out of 32GB taken up by OS, download purchases now linked to an online account.
Decrypted: The Expanse: You starting to like space now?
Detective Miller goes for his first-ever spacewalk this week.
Migration to America took long enough for evolution to happen on the way
Similarities in Native American genomes suggest adaptation in ancient history
40 years of data show immigration decreases or stabilizes crime rates
When the number of immigrants goes up, violent crime goes down.
USB Killer now lets you fry most Lightning and USB-C devices for $55
Plus a new, stealthy "anonymous" stick, because that's what the world really needed.
Unreal Engine 4.15 supports Nintendo Switch, HDR, and AFR for Nvidia SLI
Switch one-ups Wii U with direct support from Epic for UE4.
Man who used CNC mill to make untraceable guns sentenced to 41 months
Daniel Crowninshield let essentially anyone "unlawfully manufacture firearms."
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong arrested on charges of bribery
Prosecutors claim that Samsung paid over $37M in bribes to help facilitate a merger.
New diesel Chevy Cruze can go an estimated 702 miles on a single tank of fuel
Chevy reps say torque, fuel economy will win more customers in the Pacific Northwest.
Want to ward off mosquitoes? Candles and bracelets are worthless
In test of eleven products, a fogger and DEET worked, herbs and citronella didn’t.
Rhesus monkeys pass the mirror test, but only after training
Does the test require self recognition, knowledge of how mirrors work, or both?
That blows: The 812 Superfast will be the last naturally aspirated Ferrari
The car marks the end of the line for the screaming V12; its successor will be a hybrid.
New AT&T “unlimited” plan has no mobile hotspot and costs $100 a month
Tethering requires a limited plan, and video is throttled unless you enable HD.
Chevrolet’s Bolt makes its ride-sharing debut in Los Angeles with Maven
The electric vehicle will be used for car-sharing and be accessible to Lyft drivers, too.
Congress is told, again, that NASA’s exploration plans aren’t sustainble
The hearing promised new ideas. It doesn't seem that any were raised.
Astonishing geomagnetic spike hit the ancient kingdom of Judah
If this were to happen again today, the electrical grid could be a smoking ruin.
Starlight-controlled entanglement experiment makes shared history unlikely
Entanglement is real, or device settings were determined 600 years ago by a star.
Dad who live-streamed his son’s birth on Facebook loses in court
Kali Kanongataa broadcast his partner going into labor on Facebook Live.
Halo Wars 2 single-player review: Meet local units in your area
An anticlimactic fall ends an otherwise tense tightrope spacewalk.
Brain scans during the first year can predict autism in high-risk babies
Study needs repeating and only applies to some, but it hints at early detection.
Did Facebook steal the design for its data center in Sweden?
Lawsuit claims Facebook "simply stole" the design "and passed it off as its own."
A court order blocked pirate sites that weren’t supposed to be blocked
Poorly crafted court orders threaten the open Internet, Cloudflare says.
Microsoft cancels February Patch Tuesday despite 0-day in wild
Fixes are delayed until March 14.
Moto G5 and G5 Plus listings briefly go live early with pictures, specs
The G5 Plus gets a Snapdragon 625, while the G5 has a Snapdragon 430.
Valve’s Gabe Newell: VR could “turn out to be a complete failure”
Rare interview tempers long-term optimism with tech/content/price realism.
Apple’s 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference starts June 5, costs $1,599
Registration opens up on March 27; attendees will be selected randomly.
LIFE puts beautiful people in space, then tries to kill them
Ars talks with the science advisors from the film—plus, we've got an exclusive video.
Triangulene, reactive, magnetic relative of graphene finally produced
Strange molecule has free electrons that normally react with, well, everything.
Haywire immune responses to worms may solve nodding syndrome mystery
The data isn’t conclusive, but researchers find brain-attacking antibodies.
99.6% of new smartphones run iOS or Android; RIP Windows and Blackberry
Apple retakes sales crown from Samsung, but biggest gains are from the Chinese.
Xbox Project Scorpio will be at E3
Teaser image shows "4K" chip—press conference moved to Sunday June 11.
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