Doug Johnson 2022-01-25 09:57:51 arstechnica.com Enlarge / All those supports require a lot of aluminum. Once solar panels are operative, they produce electricity without carbon emissions. But making and installing them involves some emissions. Most of the worries about…
Kyle Orland 2022-01-25 12:13:12 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Artist's conception of Wordle players trying to avoid foreknowledge of tomorrow's puzzle solution.Adam Drobiec / EyeEm If you're one of the many, many people hooked on Wordle—and especially if you're someone who likes…
Scharon Harding 2022-01-25 13:10:29 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Logitech G413 SE mechanical keyboard. Logitech introduced two mechanical keyboards to its lineup on Monday. Shipping in February, the boards are part of the company's PC gaming brand, but with their $70 starting…
Dan Goodin 2022-01-25 20:55:25 arstechnica.com Linux users on Tuesday got a major dose of bad news—a 12-year-old vulnerability in a system tool called Polkit gives attackers unfettered root privileges on machines running any major distribution of the open source…
Ron Amadeo 2022-01-25 14:03:33 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Vivaldi's graphic on FLoC. After widespread opposition from the rest of the Internet, Google is killing its "FLoC" plans. The company wants to get rid of the third-party web cookies used for…
Jon Brodkin 2022-01-25 15:03:08 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The current Starlink user terminal. Images of the planned ruggedized terminal aren't available yet.Starlink SpaceX's Starlink division is planning a new ruggedized satellite dish that can operate in hotter and colder temperatures.…
Tim De Chant 2022-01-25 11:04:40 arstechnica.com Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket Nvidia may be walking away from its acquisition of Arm Ltd., the British chip designer, according to a report from Bloomberg. The blockbuster deal faced global scrutiny, and Nvidia apparently…
Ron Amadeo 2022-01-24 12:18:59 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Chromecast with Google TV. It comes in colors. 9to5Google reports that Google is prepping a sequel to the Google Chromecast with Google TV. Last year, Google changed the high end of the…
Scott K. Johnson 2022-01-24 14:41:23 arstechnica.com The transition to clean energy involves some markets where we have solutions that are no-brainers (more wind and solar, please) but also some head-scratchers. Maritime shipping falls in the latter category. Barring a…
Andrew Cunningham 2022-01-24 14:46:17 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Intel's upcoming Arc GPUs. Intel hasn't said much about its upcoming Arc dedicated GPUs since announcing their branding and a handful of architectural details a few months ago. But recent leaks have…
Sam Machkovech 2022-01-24 17:26:16 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Steam Deck's head is in the clouds—and thanks to Dynamic Cloud Sync, that's a good thing.Aurich Lawson | Getty Images As Valve's first portable PC, the Steam Deck, approaches its estimated February…
Jon Brodkin 2022-01-24 12:57:18 arstechnica.com Enlarge / FCC member Jessica Rosenworcel speaks during a Senate Commerce Committee oversight hearing on June 24, 2020, in Washington, DC. The Federal Communications Commission is on course to block some types of exclusive…
Eric Berger 2022-01-24 08:51:46 arstechnica.com Enlarge / On February 11, 2015, a Falcon 9 lifted off from SpaceX’s Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, carrying the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite on SpaceX’s first deep…
Sam Machkovech 2022-01-22 08:00:13 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A court order has led to a longtime Roblox player being banned from the popular game.Aurich Lawson | Roblox | Shark Fin Studios A lawsuit filed by the Roblox Corporation, the operator…
Eric Berger 2022-01-21 13:06:37 arstechnica.com Enlarge / If all goes well, this is how Lunar Resources' extractor could appear on the lunar surface in a few years.Lunar Resources In recent years, much has been said about mining water ice…
Kyle Orland 2022-01-21 17:03:30 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Steam Deck, from Valve. Back in October, Valve laid out the specific review guidelines that a Steam game would have to follow to earn an optional "Deck Verified" badge on its…
Ron Amadeo 2022-01-21 15:34:12 arstechnica.com Here's a fun new report from Bloomberg: Google is forming a blockchain division. The news comes hot on the heels of a Bloomberg report from yesterday that quoted Google's president of commerce as saying, "Crypto is something we…
Tim De Chant 2022-01-21 12:35:20 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Intel's rendering of its two new leading-edge processor factories planned to be built outside Columbus, Ohio.Intel Intel announced the location of its megafab today, a 1,000-acre parcel on the outskirts of…
Scharon Harding 2022-01-21 07:15:59 arstechnica.com Scharon Harding You may think of the mouse as one of the most basic PC peripherals. And some mice may be. Point, click, and you're done. But modern mice, especially those in the high-end,…
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Kyle Orland 2022-01-20 12:37:40 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A small selection of the characters that may not be appearing on PlayStation in the long term. In the wake of Microsoft's announcement that it intends to acquire Activision, it has been…
Tim De Chant 2022-01-20 17:17:46 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The dome of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, DC. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-6 today to advance an antitrust bill that would prevent Big Tech firms from giving…
Jennifer Ouellette 2022-01-20 20:59:16 arstechnica.com The shell of a water/glycerol gas marble (bubble) remains liquid and spherical even after 101 days, and it reacts as a liquid film when punctured. These human-made bubbles could be used to create stable…
Samuel Axon 2022-01-20 17:44:23 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Product photography of the Google Glass wearable. Project Iris won't look like this; it is said to more closely resemble ski goggles than casual glasses. Google engineers are developing a new augmented…
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2022-01-20 14:57:41 arstechnica.com Enlarge / GM's Super Cruise system is tightly geofenced to divided-lane highways and only operates if the system can determine that the human in the driver's seat is paying attention to the road…
Andrew Cunningham 2022-01-20 11:38:37 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A look at the Windows 11-style Task Manager, with Mica theming and dark mode support. Microsoft's piecemeal approach to updating and unifying Windows 11's new look has led to updates for all…
Tim De Chant 2022-01-19 13:40:38 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Two Parallel Systems rail vehicles transport a container down a test track in Southern California.Parallel Systems For the last 200 years, freight trains haven’t changed much; massive locomotives still move relatively…
John Timmer 2022-01-19 15:51:12 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A representation of the two phosphorus nuclei (Q1 and Q2) with the electron (Q3) that helps mediate their interactions.Tony Melov / UNSW Over the last few years, the big question in quantum…
Ron Amadeo 2022-01-19 19:00:51 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Google's Windows Android app store. Google As it announced in December, Google is bringing Android games to Windows. The project is simply called "Google Play Games," and the Windows version is now open for…
Dan Goodin 2022-01-19 20:17:58 arstechnica.com The Red Cross on Wednesday pleaded with the threat actors behind a cyberattack that stole the personal data of about 515,000 people who used a program that works to reunite family members separated by…
Jon Brodkin 2022-01-19 16:28:18 arstechnica.com The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are deploying 5G on C-band spectrum this week. Several…
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2022-01-19 14:06:23 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Bentley's Flying Spur sedan is now available as a plug-in hybrid.Jonathan Gitlin Over the last few years, I've been fortunate enough to drive many different vehicles, and one thing has become…
Eric Berger 2022-01-19 09:00:46 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A rendering of the single-stage-to-orbit Radian One vehicle.Radian Aerospace A Washington-state based aerospace company has exited stealth mode by announcing plans to develop one of the holy grails of spaceflight—a single-stage-to-orbit space…
Dan Goodin 2022-01-18 13:14:21 arstechnica.com Getty Images For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug that leaks user…