Samuel Axon 2023-09-22 15:55:33 arstechnica.com Enlarge / All the colors of the new iPhone 15. Apple Today marks the in-store launch of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro, plus the likely delivery date for at …
Android phones get PC webcam capabilities in the latest beta
Ron Amadeo 2023-09-22 16:46:43 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Pixel 7 Pro camera layout. Between the first two lenses, you can make out sensors for laser autofocus and a color sensor. Here’s a fun new use for …
Unity exec tells Ars he’s on a mission to earn back developer trust
Kyle Orland 2023-09-22 18:08:28 arstechnica.com Unity Enlarge / Unity executive Marc Whitten tells Ars the company has learned a lot over the last week. If there’s one thing Unity Create President and General Manager Marc Whitten …
iOS 16.7 arrives for older iPhones and people who don’t want to upgrade
Andrew Cunningham 2023-09-22 09:51:43 arstechnica.com Enlarge / iPhones running iOS 16. Apple Apple has released iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 (and their first minor patch, version 17.0.1) to the public this week, and by most accounts, …
Microsoft is finally on the verge of closing its Activision deal
Kyle Orland 2023-09-22 11:23:03 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Taking a close look… The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has given its provisional approval to recently proposed modifications to Microsoft’s proposed Activision purchase. While the approval is not …
Rolling in style: The Priority E-Coast beach cruiser
Eric Bangeman 2023-09-22 07:33:23 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The E-Coast is a beautiful bike. Eric Bangeman Enlarge / Think long and hard about your next steps when you come across something like this. Eric Bangeman Sometimes, no …
Amazon’s generative-AI-powered Alexa is as big a privacy red flag as old Alexa
Scharon Harding 2023-09-21 10:54:27 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Alexa using generative AI to create a taco poem. Amazon is trying to make Alexa simpler and more intuitive for users through the use of a new large language …
EU game devs ask regulators to look at Unity’s “anti-competitive” bundling
Kyle Orland 2023-09-21 15:44:48 arstechnica.com In the wake of Unity’s sudden fee structure change announcement last week, a European trade group representing thousands of game developers is calling on governments to “update their regulatory framework” to …
Independent reviewers find NASA Mars Sample Return plans are seriously flawed
Eric Berger 2023-09-21 16:33:07 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The fate of a mission to return samples from Mars hangs in the balance. An independent review of NASA’s ambitious mission to return about half a kilogram of rocks …
Incomplete disclosures by Apple and Google create “huge blindspot” for 0-day hunters
Dan Goodin 2023-09-21 18:19:58 arstechnica.com Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Incomplete information included in recent disclosures by Apple and Microsoft reporting critical zero-day vulnerabilities under active exploitation in their products has created a “huge blindspot” that’s causing …
Google sued over fatal Google Maps error after man drove off broken bridge
Jon Brodkin 2023-09-21 13:17:15 arstechnica.com The collapsed bridge that Philip Paxson drove off of. Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky Google is being sued by a widow who says her husband drowned in September 2022 after Google Maps directed …
New Huawei SoC features processor cores designed in-house
Financial Times 2023-09-20 09:47:11 arstechnica.com Enlarge / HANGZHOU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 – Photo taken on September 14, 2023 shows the Mate 60 Pro phone at the Hangzhou store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Huawei …
Renewable energy is now cheap—what’s next?
John Timmer 2023-09-20 11:06:58 arstechnica.com A decade ago, our present renewable energy situation was unimaginable. Most projections had wind and solar as niche players on the electric grid due to their relatively high cost. In the …
Hyundai hurries to finish factory in Georgia to meet US EV demand
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-09-20 11:24:47 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Hyundai’s well-rated Ioniq 6 could go into production in the US, which would make it eligible for a $7,500 tax credit. Hyundai Hyundai Motor Group is pushing the …
SpaceX breaks another booster reuse record, but did anyone see it?
Eric Berger 2023-09-20 12:19:55 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Starlink 6-17 launches from Florida on Tuesday night. SpaceX SpaceX launched its 67th rocket of the year on Tuesday night, a staggering total for the company and its workhorse …
French drillers may have stumbled upon a mammoth hydrogen deposit
Ars Contributors 2023-09-20 14:30:41 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The equipment needed for drilling a borehole of this type. On the outskirts of the small town of Folschviller in eastern France stand three nondescript sheds. One of these …
T-Mobile users saw other customers’ personal data due to “system glitch”
Jon Brodkin 2023-09-20 16:28:18 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A T-Mobile sign on a storefront on August 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Getty Images | Anna Moneymaker A T-Mobile mistake during an overnight technology update resulted in some …
Musk’s Neuralink seeks volunteers for brain implants—who’s in?
Beth Mole 2023-09-20 13:35:47 arstechnica.com Enlarge / An on-stage demo of the surgical robot. That could be you. After years of delays, regulatory rejections, and allegations of animal abuse, Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface company, Neuralink, is …
FTC v. Microsoft document leak outs detailed plans for mid-gen Xbox refresh
Andrew Cunningham 2023-09-19 10:58:49 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A leaked internal slide deck shows an unusually detailed preview of the Xbox Series X’s proposed mid-generation refresh. Microsoft The US Federal Trade Commission’s case against Microsoft didn’t ultimately …
Toyota reveals its plan to catch up on EV battery technology
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-09-19 11:26:20 arstechnica.com Getty Images Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has a problem. Although the company is famous for pioneering lean methods of manufacturing and being an early pioneer of hybrid electric powertrains, …
Failure strikes Rocket Lab after launch from New Zealand
Stephen Clark 2023-09-19 12:06:55 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifts off Tuesday from New Zealand on an ill-fated mission. Rocket Lab’s string of 20 consecutive successful launches ended Tuesday when the company’s Electron …
Google’s AI protein folder IDs structure where none seemingly existed
John Timmer 2023-09-19 14:06:42 arstechnica.com For most proteins, structure is function. The complex three-dimensional shapes that proteins adopt create folds and pockets that can accomplish the remarkably improbable: driving chemical reactions that would otherwise never happen …
Google Slides adds live collaborative mouse pointers
Ron Amadeo 2023-09-19 13:16:50 arstechnica.com Google Google Slides, Google’s PowerPoint competitor, is getting a fun new collaborative feature: live mouse pointers. When multiple people are editing a presentation, they’ll be able to see everyone else’s mouse …
Panos Panay, leader of the Surface and Windows teams, is leaving Microsoft
Andrew Cunningham 2023-09-18 11:20:28 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Microsoft’s Surface Pro 9. Panos Panay has been in charge of the Surface line since its inception. Andrew Cunningham Microsoft’s Panos Panay, who has been in charge of the …
Apple will charge you way less to fix cracked back glass on an iPhone 15 Pro
Andrew Cunningham 2023-09-18 12:52:54 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The iPhone 15 Pro. Apple Improving a device’s modularity and repairability isn’t just a hobby horse for right-to-repair activists—it can also significantly lower costs when something breaks. Case in …
Google Domains halts registrations as it waits for the Google Grim Reaper
Ron Amadeo 2023-09-18 13:44:09 arstechnica.com Google Domains has registered its last domain. Google announced in July that the service was getting shut down and that it had struck a deal with Squarespace to sell off the …
iOS 17, iPadOS 17, watchOS 10, and tvOS 17 are all available to download now
Andrew Cunningham 2023-09-18 12:18:10 arstechnica.com Enlarge Apple is releasing the initial versions of most of its major operating system updates today, following their announcement at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June and the unveiling of …
Thousands of workers go on strike at Ford, GM, and Stellantis plants
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-09-15 10:25:27 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The US auto workers’ union announced the start of a strike at three factories just after midnight on Friday, September 15, as a deadline expired to reach a …
Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one
Ron Amadeo 2023-09-15 12:47:51 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Pixel Watch. It’s a round little pebble. Ron Amadeo Google makes a big deal out of its partnership with iFixit and the availability of replacement parts for its …
How Google Authenticator made one company’s network breach much, much worse
Dan Goodin 2023-09-15 13:20:35 arstechnica.com A security company is calling out a feature in Google’s authenticator app that it says made a recent internal network breach much worse. Retool, which helps customers secure their software development …
Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called
Ashley Belanger 2023-09-15 15:04:50 arstechnica.com Last night when the clock struck midnight, nearly 13,000 workers at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis went on strike after the so-called “Big Three” car companies failed to reach an agreement …
Wait, is Unity allowed to just change its fee structure like that?
Kyle Orland 2023-09-15 14:06:19 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Pray I don’t alter it any further… Aurich Lawson | Star Wars If you were developing a Unity Engine game on Monday, you did so with the general understanding …
Birds’ problem-solving skills linked to song complexity
John Timmer 2023-09-14 17:51:52 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Despite the gaudy clothing, this guy is remarkably crafty. One of the ways we try to understand the origins of human intelligence is by looking at its equivalents elsewhere …
Private AI summit with senators, titans of tech garners controversy
Benj Edwards 2023-09-14 18:25:24 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrive to the Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. …
Google hid evidence by training workers to avoid words monopolists use, DOJ says
Ashley Belanger 2023-09-14 14:26:54 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Kenneth Dintzer, litigator for the US Department of Justice, exits federal court in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. The Department of Justice kicked off its antitrust trial …
More countries are concerned about the iPhone 12’s EMF radiation profile
Kevin Purdy 2023-09-14 13:39:51 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The iPhone 12, a phone that Apple no longer actively sells, is under investigation in France for potentially violating one of two electromagnetic radiation standards. Samuel Axon For many …
A phone call to helpdesk was likely all it took to hack MGM
Financial Times 2023-09-14 09:11:13 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Gamblers and hotel guests at MGM casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, including the Bellagio, were affected by the security breach. Ethan Miller/Getty Images A cyber criminal gang proficient …
Feds open up $100 million funding for EV charger reliability grants
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-09-13 14:42:23 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Electrify America promised a lot when it first arrived, but now it mostly promises frustration and broken hardware. Jonathan Gitlin On Wednesday the Joint Office of Energy and …
With 0-days hitting Chrome, iOS, and dozens more this month, is no software safe?
Dan Goodin 2023-09-13 18:11:21 arstechnica.com End users, admins, and researchers better brace yourselves: The number of apps being patched for zero-day vulnerabilities has skyrocketed this month and is likely to get worse in the following weeks. …