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Two papers that we’ve covered have been retracted—here’s why

Science is an activity performed by humans, so it's inevitable that some of the scientific papers we cover will end up being wrong....

Privacy bill would give FTC actual authority, land lying executives in jail

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) would like tech and data companies to mind their own business and get their noses out of yours. To...

Dealmaster: Pre-order a Pixel 4 and get a $100 gift card

Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by a pre-order deal for Google's...

After flooding US with opioids, industry giants offer $50 billion settlement

Three of the nation’s largest drug distributors plus two big-name drug makers have reportedly offered a deal worth nearly $50 billion to settle...

Yahoo is deleting all content ever posted to Yahoo Groups

Yahoo Groups is shutting down after more than 18 years, and the Verizon-owned company is deleting all content from the site in mid-December....

Anyone can fingerprint unlock a Galaxy S10—just grab a clear phone case

Samsung is once again in hot water for a shoddy biometrics implementation. This time the culprit is the Galaxy S10 and its ultrasonic...

Chrome rolls out new protections preventing password and data theft

Google is temporarily increasing the rewards it pays for hacks that exploit holes in a beefed-up security protection that debuted in desktop versions...

Acer Swift 3 review: Better as a budget device than as a mid-range laptop

The Acer Swift 3 laptop is not a flagship, but its lack of anything strange, striking, or gimmicky may work in its favor....

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