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“What are you doing in my f?!@#g house?”—a behind-the-lens look at body cameras
As more cities want more footage, bodycam makers are happy to oblige.
Top Post: Intel Skylake bug causes PCs to freeze during complex workloads
In-Depth Reports
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Big names gamble big bucks on blood tests for early cancer detection
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, others raise £70 million for tests expected by 2019.
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Cell-site data analysis nabs robber who used mobile phone during heists
Licence plate readers, parking lot cameras, and social-media posts also doom suspect.
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iOS 9.3 brings multi-user mode to iPads, along with more features and fixes
Multi-user mode is targeted toward schools, first beta is out today.
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Finally, over-the-air software updates for your car are becoming a reality
Harman is helping car companies get with the times.
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That Dragon, Cancer: A game that wrestles with grief, hope, and faith
Narrative "adventure" shines despite difficult content, moral emphasis.
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Ars walks the length and breadth of CES so you don’t have to
A CES first-timer gives you his impression of the show.
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HTC says Vive preorders to start on February 29, with shipping in April
Company still cagey on VR headset’s price, exact shipping date, and final specs.
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Jihadist tech magazine shows would-be terrorists how to avoid surveillance
Magazine advises using open source—or scraps of paper—for anything important.
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Juniper drops NSA-developed code following new backdoor revelations
Researchers contradict Juniper claim that Dual_EC_DRBG weakness couldn't be exploited.
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David Bowie: Legendary artist dies at 69
British megastar loses battle with cancer, days after final album release.
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Two years on, Dell shows going private was a smart move
"We're a little bit late to the party, but what we've unveiled today puts us ahead."
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Hyundai’s augmented reality manual: A simple but extremely good idea
It wowed us at the LA Auto Show, and wowed us again at CES
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Two months after FBI debacle, Tor Project still can’t get an answer from CMU
Ars Q&A: We sit down with Tor Project's new executive director, Shari Steele.
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Will US Supreme Court tackle 1st Amendment issue in Madden NFL litigation?
Does EA have the right to use the likeness of sports players without their permission?
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In The Big Book of Madness, you will learn to love losing
Ars Cardboard: Fantasy game hits familiar notes but sings its own dark tune.
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The second Ars UK community meetup: Just a few tickets remaining
Kelly Fiveash joins us from Register; and a meetup in a nice pub at the end of January.
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The Arcimoto SRK electric vehicle is the most fun thing we did at CES
0-60 in 7.5 seconds, 85mph top speed, 70 mile range, and under £8,500!
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New technique can help us understand signaling direction of brain networks
Older techniques can show regions are linked, but not which is influencing which.
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Smartphone-based system does job of pancreas, treats type 1 diabetes
Artificial organ that automatically controls blood-sugar levels enters final trials.
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Doom reboot teased with new screens, Game Informer preview
Overly brown visual filter removed; still no release date beyond "2016," however.
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VR game devs ready for a slow launch after £500 Oculus Rift reveal
Early-bird studios prepared for a long wait before VR reaches the mainstream.
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Freeze-dried poop pills being tested for obesity treatment
Trial will offer some of the first human data on microbe transplants and weight.
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HP’s EliteBook Folio is basically a MacBook with two ports and that’s great
Hands-on: HP puts together a "business" laptop that outdoes the consumer models.
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GM embraces white-hats with public vulnerability disclosure program
First major automaker (aside from Tesla) to issue guidelines promising not to sue researchers.
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Antibodies to our own proteins may predict adverse vaccine responses
Identifying them pre-vaccination may encourage more widespread vaccine use.
On The Radar
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one way to fix text entry problems
tvOS 9.2 beta introduces folders and restores Bluetooth keyboard support
New update starts picking the new Apple TV's low-hanging fruit.
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Incredible value—in China
Xiaomi puts giant 4100 mAh battery in £70 Redmi 3 budget smartphone
The Redmi 3 will have 80 percent more battery life than the previous model.
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Intel Errata
Intel Skylake bug causes PCs to freeze during complex workloads
Bug discovered while using Prime95 to find Mersenne primes.
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Revolving door
BT’s technology chief crowned new Openreach boss
Selley's promotion comes at an interesting time, as Ofcom threatens to split up BT.
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For the greater good
Endless £55 mini PC brings the best of the Internet to billions without access
But with mobile devices continuing to cut into the PC market, is there even a demand?
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FUTURE IS NOW
Analysis confirms coordinated hack attack caused Ukrainian power outage
BlackEnergy was key ingredient used to cause power outage to at least 80k customers.
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Here boy!
Tesla’s new firmware improves Autosteer, adds remote parking—of a sort
Version 7.1 will drive into or out of your garage by itself.
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UNHAPPY HOUR
UK tightens drinking guidelines: No more than 6 beers a week
New recommendations suggest any amount of alcohol can be harmful.
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teach me how to say goodbye
Report: Next-generation iPhone design will ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack
If it keeps the iPhone from getting thinner, it gets cut.
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mums the word
US Attorneys General say Volkswagen has refused to turn over internal documents
The automaker is citing German privacy laws as justification for not cooperating.
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Police Surveillance
Arizona lawmaker wants to make filming cops a crime—if you’re too close
"You can film, but you've got to stay back 20 feet."
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Not looking good
Half-Life 1 & 2 writer answers fan’s HL3 question by announcing retirement
Marc Laidlaw ends his 18 years with Valve Software; says Half-Life "is behind me."
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If only we had the same for phones
Want to buy a data plan? There’s a Microsoft app—and SIM card—for that
Contract-free connectivity for select LTE devices.
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No leftovers
What happens when a black hole eats all the nearby gas? Its quasar dims
A rapidly fading quasar confirms scientific theories about their nature.
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Boom time for set-top boxes?
BBC reports surprising bump in connected TV usage over Christmas
Now, if only Auntie can explain how it reached that figure...
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Waiting for Catanopoloy
Asmodee becomes board gaming’s new monster, acquires English rights to Catan
Had already acquired American tabletop giants Fantasy Flight, Days of Wonder.
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time to tango
Lenovo will launch first Project Tango phone this summer, but won’t show it yet
Device will be "six-point-something" inches and cost "less than $500 [£400]."
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An un-wise response
T-Mobile CEO asks EFF, “Who the f**k are you, and who pays you?”
John Legere takes on digital rights group that objected to video throttling.
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winter is totes coming
Sharpen your swords: Game of Thrones season six begins April 24
Yes it's really happening!
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Safe travels
Programmer who aided financial malware to be sent home to Latvia
Deniss Calovskis, who pled guilty in 2015, has served 20 months combined in Latvia, US.
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tough nut to crack
Major piracy group warns games may be crack-proof in two years
The never-ending game-cracking battle may be tilting toward digital protection.
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Om nom nom
US government unveils its latest revision to dietary guidelines
Updates were made for cholesterol, male protein-eating, coffee, and sugar.
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statistical shenanigans
There’s almost no evidence that cancer screening saves lives, say researchers
A misunderstanding of mortality rates has led to false optimism.
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Sad little horse
Google Translate dubs Russia “Mordor” and Russians “occupiers”
Ukrainian-to-Russian translation shows the limits of automated services.
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Utter SHA-mb1es
Firefox’s ban of SHA-1 certs causing some security issues, Mozilla warns
Security nullifies security. Go figure ...
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Fly me
Chinese company unveils world’s first passenger drone at CES
Would you trust your life to an autonomous flying vehicle?
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Is it April already?
Reddit publishes real-life dead-tree book of its “best” AMAs
Includes the likes of Sir Attenborough, Denzel Washington, and "Double Dick Dude."
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But they can probably still chill
Netflix now everywhere except North Korea, China, Syria, Crimea
Overnight the service goes from 60 countries to almost all of them.
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Vapourware
UK doctors can now prescribe e-cigarettes to help you quit smoking
British American Tobacco's e-Voke is the first of its kind to receive a drug licence
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defeat is right
Volkswagen will likely buy 115,000 cars back from US owners, German paper says
After defeat device scandal, some models may be too costly to fix.
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contentious sketch
Fisker sues Aston Martin for civil extortion
Henrik Fisker says carmaker wants him to stay away from the Detroit Auto Show.
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Monkey Business
Judge says monkey cannot own copyright to famous selfies
"This is an issue for Congress and the president," judge says from the bench.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
Enough of this console nonsense: It’s time to put a gaming PC in my living room
My living room setup was in need of a complete overhaul. Enter a new gaming PC and a killer NAS.
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Feature Story (2 pages)
The birth of Debian, in the words of Ian Murdock himself
Way back in 1999, I spoke to Murdock about Debian's package-based genesis.
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Amazon customer complains, finds spiteful 10-inch dildo in his shopping basket
Watch out: If you provide honest answers in a satisfaction survey, you might be next.
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