Who needs a CPU? Phase change memory acts as an analog computer (2017)

Phase change memory works in a way that makes it amenable to doing math. | Continue reading


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Data Propria, run by Cambridge Analytica alumni, working on Trump 2020 campaign

AP breaks the story by overhearing Data Propria's president speak about it in public. | Continue reading


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As mega-constellations loom, US seeks to manage space debris problem

“Unfettered access to space is a vital US interest.” | Continue reading


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What happened last time it was as warm as it’s going to get later this century?

Kids today will be grandparents when most climate projections end—does the past have more hints? | Continue reading


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Lost in Math: Beauty != truth

In requiring theories to be beautiful and natural, we may be pre-rejecting reality. | Continue reading


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The President is Missing…a few finer points on how the cyber works in this novel

Book review: A president and a factory novelist collaborate on a cyber-thriller. Oh. No. | Continue reading


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The Global State of Science (2017)

US and Europe still science superpowers, but China is rising fast. | Continue reading


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NIH shuts down controversial $100M drinking study backed by Big Alcohol

Study leaders wooed industry and biased scientific framing to favor daily drinking. | Continue reading


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In nearly 500 pages of answers, Facebook stonewalls some senators’ questions

Written answers follow CEO Mark Zuckerberg's testimony before two Senate committees. | Continue reading


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Finding North America’s lost medieval city (2016)

Cahokia was bigger than Paris—then it was completely abandoned. I went there to find out why. | Continue reading


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How ARKit 2 works, and why Apple is so focused on AR

Apple is investing in AR today, even though the killer use case isn’t here yet. | Continue reading


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Ross Ulbricht’s Alleged Confidant “Variety Jones” Extradited to US

Roger Thomas Clark previously told Ars, "They don't have shit on me." | Continue reading


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FBI Recovers WhatsApp, Signal Data Stored on Michael Cohen’s BlackBerry

Letter to judge reveals 731 pages of messages, call logs uncovered on one of two phones. | Continue reading


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Seafloor fiber optic cables can work like seismometers

Anything that shakes the cable can be detected with the right setup. | Continue reading


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Hyperloop-related Arrivo chooses Denver, but tickets to ride far off

A $15 million test center in Aurora will advance research on better rail travel. | Continue reading


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Cyberpunk 2077 world premiere: 50 minutes of William Gibson-level insanity

CD Projekt RED's first series since Witcher 3: A violent, first-person sci-fi RPG. | Continue reading


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George Lucas reveals his plan for Star Wars 7 through 9–and it was awful

Compared to this, Rian Johnson saved your childhood. | Continue reading


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Supermassive black hole swallows star, lights up galaxy core

Star's death produces jets moving at nearly a quarter the speed of light. | Continue reading


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Sony is locking Fortnite accounts to PS4

Can the PS4's walled garden contain the world's biggest free-to-play game? | Continue reading


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Decades-old PGP bug allowed hackers to spoof just about anyone’s signature

SigSpoof flaw fixed inGnuPG, Enigmail, GPGTools, and python-gnupg. | Continue reading


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Fed-up AMA doctors overwhelmingly support gun restrictions in sweeping votes

They voted to support assault weapon bans, minimum buying age, and closing loopholes. | Continue reading


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Mammalian species around the globe are becoming night-owls in order to avoid us

Mammalian species around the globe are becoming night-owls in order to avoid us. | Continue reading


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Windows 10 April 2018 Update now open to all, thanks to machine learning

New update claimed to reduce system stability issues by 20 percent. | Continue reading


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Google is readying the Pixelbook to run Windows 10

Google is making firmware changes to pass Microsoft's hardware compatibility tests. | Continue reading


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Forget about that Tesla–the Jaguar I-Pace is the most compelling EV yet

On the road, off-road, and at the track, this EV excels. | Continue reading


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Chicago Selects Elon Musk's Boring Company to Build Express Line from O'Hare

Announcement comes one month after plans announced for a proof-of-concept tunnel. | Continue reading


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Volkswagen Group will pay another $1.2B in Germany over diesel scandal

As the fines become fewer and farther between, more executives feel the heat. | Continue reading


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Backdoored images downloaded 5M times finally removed from Docker Hub

17 images posted by a single account over 10 months may have generated $90,000. | Continue reading


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Liquid-air energy storage: The latest new “battery” on the UK grid

New energy-storage solution solves some problems but creates others. | Continue reading


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The Joy of Sleeping: Bob Ross recordings recast as bedtime audio series

"Using his voice to help put people to sleep? Well, he would love that." | Continue reading


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Comcast offers $65B for Fox, says government won’t stop merger

Comcast gains confidence from AT&T's victory over Trump administration. | Continue reading


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Comcast disabled throttling system, proving data cap is just a money grab

Congestion-management system was deployed after 2008 BitTorrent controversy. | Continue reading


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Apple bans developers from creating, selling user Contacts databases

One less thing developers can do with Contacts information after they have it. | Continue reading


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Microsoft Hardware Roadmap Leaked: New HoloLens, Surface Devices

Microsoft is hoping to define a new form factor as it once did with Surface Pro. | Continue reading


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Microsoft rebuilding the Office interface to align Web, mobile, and desktop

This is the first big overhaul since Office 2007 introduced the ribbon. | Continue reading


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This app in Google Play wants to use phone mics to enforce copyrights

App with 10 million downloads asks for mic and GPS permissions to catch scofflaws. | Continue reading


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Ars on your lunch break: the ins and outs of genomics, 30 minutes at a time

A podcast experiment featuring genomicist and CRISPR co-inventor George Church. | Continue reading


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Tesla lays off thousands of workers in corporate restructuring

Job cuts are needed to reach sustained profitability, Elon Musk said. | Continue reading


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ArsTechnica – This is what we learned about our science-reading audience

We looked at over 9,000 responses to understand what you want from science journalism. | Continue reading


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Illegal Memes? Weak Safe Harbor? Unpacking the Proposed EU Copyright Overhaul

Overhaul would bring chilling effects, costs, and legal uncertainty along for the ride. | Continue reading


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For ~11 years, hackers could easily bypass 3rd-party macOS signature checks

Technique caused security apps to falsely show untrusted apps were signed by Apple. | Continue reading


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Tesla updates Autopilot to nag users to hold the wheel more often

Tesla changes its software after Autopilot-related crashes. | Continue reading


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First state net neutrality law took effect today, countering FCC repeal

Washington state law replaces repealed federal regulations. | Continue reading


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This wild, AI-generated film is the next step in “whole-movie puppetry”

Results are admittedly limited due to a 48-hour crunch—but hint at a wild future. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 years ago

Bitcoin prices continue to fall as yet another exchange reports a breach

Coinrail of South Korea says 30 percent of its reserves is missing. | Continue reading


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Ajit Pai says you’re going to love the death of net neutrality

Pai says problems will be "identified and corrected" because of disclosure rule. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 5 years ago

Hurricanes are moving more slowly than they used to

Record shows a trend that could mean higher storm rainfall totals. | Continue reading


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Brazil suspends voting paper trail, calls e-voting critics conspiracy theorists

Country's top court equates e-voting critics with conspiracy theorists. | Continue reading


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