Oracle security chief to customers: Stop checking our code for vulnerabilities
"Stop reverse engineering our code, already.”
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Want fiber Internet? That’ll be $383,500, ISP tells farm owner
Good news, though: Small ISP promises to do the same work for just $42,000.
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Psychology group bans members from harsh national security interrogations
Psychologists' involvement in interrogations aided US assertions torture was legal.
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Google is now part of “Alphabet,” Sundar Pichai steps up as CEO [Updated]
Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Google are still around, but the structure is changing.
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DOE wind power 2014 report finds it’s dropping dramatically in cost
Nine states now generate more than 10 percent of their electricity from wind.
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An e-sports underdog story: How an American victory redeemed The International
Dota 2's Evil Geniuses overcame poaching, bad odds to win e-sports hearts and $6.6M.
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Video: Kentucky drone only hovered for about 22 seconds before being shot down
Pilot: "We just wanted him to replace the drone, and now he’s selling T-shirts."
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Tacoma is a haunting sci-fi space mystery that’s all about the story
Fullbright's followup to Gone Home pulls off similar tricks, but it's no less exciting for it.
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Severe weaknesses in Android handsets could leak user fingerprints
HTC and Samsung singled out, but researchers say many manufacturers are affected.
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Good news for unmarried couples—cohabitation is good for you
Married partners tend to be healthy, but living with someone works just as well.
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Google goes with Vulkan as Android’s low-overhead graphics API
Khronos also announces OpenGL ES 3.2, which Android already partially supports.
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Scotland will ban the growing of GM crops
Ban will enhance "clean, green status," says SNP; scientists, farmers not happy.
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Mighty No. 9 gives retro run-and-gun gaming a modern makeover
It might have been delayed to 2016, but this is a clever game well worth waiting for.
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Education drives awareness of climate change
But sense of risk is driven by many factors in different areas of the globe.
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Here’s why scientists haven’t invented an impossible space engine
Actual peer reviewed papers aren't making "Earth to Moon in four hours" claims.
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Gallery: Ars hangs with a capacity crowd at Dota 2’s International finals
Giant crowds, cosplay, and a secret shop overtake the Seattle Center.
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Dark Souls 3: The return of the king
With Miyazaki back from directing Bloodborne, expectations are high for Dark Souls 3.
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Cops filmed behaving badly say pot shop’s camera illegally recorded raid
Destructive cops caught playing darts, perhaps eating marijuana edibles.
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Windows 10’s privacy policy is the new normal
Big data and machine learning are going to be used everywhere, even our operating systems.
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How Heroes of the Storm’s objectives, less toxic games refreshed the MOBA
Impressions: Blizzard may have finally found the MOBA formula for unsure newbies.
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Video: Movies that predicted the future—and some that didn’t
Sometimes Hollywood gets it right, and sometimes it's hilariously wrong.
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Fourth blogger hacked to death with machetes this year in Bangladesh
Gang armed with machetes broke into writer's apartment Friday and killed him.
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0-day attack on Firefox users stole password and key data: Patch now!
Exploit found in the wild prompts emergency update, advisory to change passwords.
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FCC asks whether data caps and high prices hurt broadband access
Next analysis of US broadband market may also impose latency requirements.
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Inter-galaxy winds caught blowing away galaxy’s gas and dust
And in the process, filaments like the "Pillars of Creation" are formed.
Feature Story
We flew a simulated 747 at NASA and didn’t crash or barf
Ars takes a tour of NASA facilities that research better ways to fly.
On The Radar
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It's the shipping costs
No more endless CDs for pennies: Columbia House files for bankruptcy
Company made $1.4 billion in 1996; less than one percent of that in 2014.
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Goodbye to pants animations
Researchers solve an age-old problem: How do you animate humans putting on trousers?
Georgia Tech uses path planning algorithms to make sure those shirt sleeves don't snag.
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steam micro machine
Smach Zero: A portable x86 Steam Machine for $300
But will the AMD-powered device get more than a couple of hours of gaming on batteries?
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More "movable" than "portable"
Lenovo announces powerhouse laptops powered by new mobile Xeon processors
Want 64GB of ECC RAM in a laptop? Now you can have it.
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Mod misstep
GTA V modders report bans for creating alternate online space
Some affiliated with "FiveM" mod have seen their accounts restricted.
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that's a wrap
The final road trip: Ars editors chat about industrial research labs
What's it take to do research on a product that customers already rely on?
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Literally tens of users rejoice
Windows RT update that isn’t Windows 10 coming in September
Surface RT will get a new Start menu, but not much else.
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Tough times ahead
Tesla lost money on every Model S sold in the last quarter
Model S sales may not be enough to finance future plans.
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We didn't link the video
Spaniard fatally gored while trying to film bull run on smartphone
Bystander footage shows bull breaking away from herd, running behind crowd barricade.
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Space romaine > kale
One small head of lettuce: NASA crew to eat space-grown veggies for the first time
In light of this, it's tough to be proud of ourselves for eating "organic."
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Blurry decision
DMCA takedown laser brings down Vimeo videos with “Pixels” in title [Updated]
Most videos existed well before Columbia Pictures' awful film of same name.
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Selfie Armageddon
Man accused of driving stoned takes selfie with arresting officer
"Defendant requested to take a SnapChat selfie with me to which I happily obliged."
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no 18-core laptops, yet
Intel plans first-ever mobile Xeon CPUs, but don’t get too excited
These E3-series Skylake processors have more in common with high-end Core chips.
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Game over?
In just 2 years, Zynga’s daily average users have fallen by half
Zynga "will continue to be significantly impacted if we continue to lose users."
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Staff Blog
Does too much technology make a car artificial?
Tech is changing the car, and not everyone is happy with where things are going.
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throw out your old phones
Report: Apple’s next iPhone event happens on (or near) September 9th
Expect iOS 9 and possibly a new Apple TV, too.
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But we love contracts!
Verizon Wireless moving away from contracts and phone subsidies
Verizon unveils new plans, and they're not available with device subsidies.
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goodbye coal
Last New Zealand coal plant reaches the end of the line
With hydro, geothermal, and some wind, country will be 90% renewable.
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21st Century intrafamilial bickering
Sky News livestream of Republican debate shut down by Fox News copyright claim
Both companies share the same owner.
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Product News & Reviews
Microsoft wants you to pay $15 for DVD playback in Windows 10
But Microsoft knows you'll probably just download VLC for free.
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Daily glass of vino isn't UK style
UK drinkers look at alcohol guidelines, laugh, and have another beer
Accounting for binge drinking would make for more realistic and helpful guidelines.
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Staff Blog
The bomb and a new scientific and technical landscape
Harry Truman's statement on Hiroshima signaled a number of changes.
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beginner's luck?
As patent reform stalls, “non-practicing entity” nabs a $40 million verdict
Jury validates patents on cybersecurity and detecting "hostile downloadables."
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adult netflix
Pornhub launches an all-you-can-watch subscription service for $9.99 a month
For Internet n00bs who don't know they can get p0rn for free, now Pornhub will let you pay.
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To protect and serve
Man films cop, who quickly unholsters his weapon for no apparent reason
Cop: "You take a picture of me, I’m taking a picture of you."
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110 percent
After subscriptions plummet to 2005 levels, WoW announces sixth expansion
Will Legion's level-cap bump, new Demon Hunter class stop the bleeding?
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teachers' pet peeve
Tutor who helped students cheat by keylogging teachers gets 1 year in prison
29-year-old tutor was charged with 20 counts of computer access and fraud.
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Mail Call!
Drone drops drugs into Ohio prison yard, inmate brawl ensues
Prisoners were strip searched to make sure they didn't get the drugs.
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Also, no more little R!
Reddit decides quarantining isn’t enough, bans racist subreddits
Coincides with new content policy, comes weeks after launch of quarantine experiment.
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Sleepless nights
Microsoft ups paid parental leave to 12 weeks for dads, 20 for moms
Staff will get more holiday days and better 401(k) matching, too.
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thunder strikes
“Thunderstrike 2” rootkit uses Thunderbolt accessories to infect Mac firmware [Updated]
Problems remain, but Macs running 10.10.4 and up aren't "trivially vulnerable."
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2.0 suggestion: frickin' lasers
“Damaged beyond repair” HitchBOT isn’t afraid of US, eyes a return in 2016
Original robot's parts recovered, shipped back to Toronto; Philly hackers press on.
ArsTechnica Consortium
The Ars Technica Consortium: Travel with us as we cross the planet, from China to Germany to California exploring the future of technology.
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Review: New $180 Moto G is a stylish upgrade worthy of the original
Meh GPU and flaky camera are outweighed by LTE, better CPU, 2GB RAM, and the price.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
“PING SUSP PHONE”—An Oakland shooting reveals how cops snoop on cell phones
An undercover operation is going very, very wrong for local and federal authorities.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
Surfing the Internet… from my TRS-80 Model 100
Stepping into the 21st century with the mother of all laptops.
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Steam Gauge: Measuring the value of the Steam Summer Sale
Featured discounts lead to more sales, but lower prices aren't always better.
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