OnePlus The OnePlus 7 (and 7 Pro) are launching May 14Ars Technica - Ron Amadeo The OnePlus 7 gets a launch date, display details, and more. OnePlus is gearing up to release a new smartphone, the OnePlus 7, and it has reached the …
Batman Check out Batman’s and Marty McFly’s rides at the Petersen MuseumArs Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin The museum shared some studio shots ahead of the exhibit opening on May 4. A new exhibition will open shortly at Los Angeles' wonderful Petersen …
Amazon Dealmaster: Save on a bunch of PC accessories in Amazon’s Gold Box saleArs Technica - Ars Staff Plus deals on the latest Dell XPS 13, USB-C to Lightning cables, and more. Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to …
Play buttonNintendo Switch Online Nintendo issues DMCA takedown for Super Mario Bros. Commodore 64 portArs Technica - Kyle Orland Impressive retro ROM was result of seven-year effort by a single coder. Late last week, a retro computer developer going by the handle ZeroPaige …
AT&T AT&T’s fake 5G icons aren’t going away despite settlement with SprintArs Technica - Jon Brodkin AT&T won't have to drop misleading 5G E claims after settling with Sprint. AT&T will reportedly get to keep using its misleading "5G E" marketing for …
Baikonur Cosmodrome Gagarin’s Start nears the end—historic launch pad to be decommissionedArs Technica - Eric Berger Sputnik, Gagarin, and Tereshkova all launched from here. So did Scott Kelly. Site no. 1 in dusty Baikonur, Kazakhstan, is where it all began. In …
Windows 10 Microsoft quietly gives up on its “Sets” tabbed window featureArs Technica - Peter Bright Though Microsoft still plans to add tabs to the command prompt. For two periods last year, those using preview builds of Windows 10 could access to a …
French Government Bug in French government’s WhatsApp replacement let anyone join Élysée chatsArs Technica - Sean Gallagher Researcher found bug in email validation that let him log in and join "rooms" in Tchap app. On April 17, the French government introduced an Android …
Loose online lips sink hack targeting governments and embassiesArs Technica - Dan Goodin "EvaPiks" spills code and techniques used in ongoing hack campaign. Security researchers gave mixed grades to a recently discovered hacking campaign …
5G Millimeter-wave 5G will never scale beyond dense urban areas, T-Mobile saysArs Technica - Jon Brodkin T-Mobile CTO says 5G's high-frequency spectrum won't cover rural America. 5G mobile networks have started arriving but only in very limited areas and …
Play buttonTime Travel Time travel and Black Lives Matter mix in new trailer for See You YesterdayArs Technica - Jennifer Ouellette Director Stefon Bristol: "I don't want the conversation on police brutality to slow down." Two teenaged science nerds in the Flatbush neighborhood of …
Electric Vehicles Tesla has three of the 11 most popular cars shared on TuroArs Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin EV supply grew 1.6x faster than hybrid or internal combustion engine vehicles in 2018. In honor of Earth Day, the folks at Turo got in touch to tell …
Technology Policy NIH, FBI accuse scientists in US of sending IP to China, running shadow labsArs Technica - Beth Mole Federal officials say there's "systematic" meddling by foreign entities. MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas has forced out three senior …
Broadband Charter avoids getting kicked out of New York, agrees to new merger conditionsArs Technica - Jon Brodkin Charter must expand its own network and pay $12 million to fund more broadband. Charter Communications won't be kicked out of New York after all. Nine …
Google Google cuts the Pixel 3 price in half for Project Fi’s birthdayArs Technica - Ron Amadeo Google's running the best deal ever for the Pixel 3, for US residents only. We're on the lookout for the mid-range Pixel, which is expected to bring …
Technology Policy Now it’s Microsoft’s turn for an anti-diversity internal revoltArs Technica - Peter Bright Internal memo suggests that women don't think the right way to be engineers. Some Microsoft employees are criticizing the company's efforts to …
Tesla Model S Tesla doesn’t yet know why a Model S burst into flames in ShanghaiArs Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin No one was injured in the fire. Tesla is sending an investigative team to a Shanghai parking garage to see if it can determine what caused a Model S …
Technology Policy Another judge sets back Trump attempts to open up federal lands to fossil fuelsArs Technica - Megan Geuss Coal mine leases require more study from the government before they're approved. On Friday, a federal judge in Montana District Court dealt the Trump …
Samsung Galaxy Fold After the Galaxy Fold breaks in the hands of reviewers, Samsung delays launchArs Technica - Ron Amadeo Samsung hits "pause" on the Galaxy Fold to figure out the display issues. The $2000 Samsung Galaxy Fold was supposed to come out April 26 in the US. It …
Microplastics There’s just no getting away from microplastic contaminationArs Technica - Cathleen O'Grady And we still don’t know where a huge portion of our plastic waste even ends up. Microplastics may be having a moment in the spotlight, as the public …
Peloton This semi-autonomous truck tech could seriously boost fuel efficiencyArs Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin Peloton's system keeps a driver in the loop and uses truck-to-truck communication. Hype necessarily recedes as the blunt realities of actually …
SpaceX Here’s what we know, and what we don’t, about the Crew Dragon accidentArs Technica - Eric Berger The company undoubtedly had a busy Easter weekend. During a series of engine tests of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft this past Saturday, the vehicle …
Samsung Pay Galaxy S10+ review: Too many compromises for the sky-high priceArs Technica - Ron Amadeo Shiny technology trumps end-user experience in the latest Samsung flagship. Samsung's flagship Galaxy S smartphone line is back with the Galaxy S10 …
The Workplace Ars asks: What’s stopping your workplace from adopting newer technology?Ars Technica - Lee Hutchinson We've got a survey and we want your gripes & success stories on the future of work. One of the things I enjoy most about writing for Ars is the …
Dark Matter Supercooled water in “snowball chamber” might be able to find dark matterArs Technica - Jennifer Ouellette Ingenious new detector design inspired by YouTube videos and the movie Frozen. Like many people, physicist Matthew Szydagis has been amused by all …
DNA DNA from medieval Crusader skeletons suggests surprising diversityArs Technica - Kiona N. Smith DNA suggests Crusaders intermarried with local people and their sons also fought. European soldiers and civilians poured into the Levant from in the …
Mazda Mazda brings a new diesel CX-5 SUV to the US—but why?Ars Technica - Jonathan M. Gitlin Mazda worked with US regulators to ensure this one complies with the rules. Further Reading Compression ignition engines are a big breakthrough—we got …
Play buttonErik Hannah TV adaptation sacrifices magic of original film for typical teen angstArs Technica - Jennifer Ouellette But strong finale sets up what could be a much more interesting second season. An isolated teenaged girl genetically engineered to be an assassin must …
Play buttonNintendo DS Happy 30th B-Day, Game Boy: Here are six reasons why you’re #1Ars Technica - Benj Edwards From the archives: April 21 marks the 30th anniversary of the original Nintendo Game Boy. Update: It's not everyday a Hall of Fame toy reaches a …
Arsenic “Natural” bottled water has natural arsenic contamination, testing findsArs Technica - Beth Mole Investigation also raises questions about testing and regulations. Several brands of bottled water contain concerning levels of arsenic contamination, …
