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Elon Musk: “Anyone relying on lidar is doomed.” Experts: Maybe not

Lots of companies are working to develop self-driving cars. And almost all of them use lidar, a type of sensor that uses lasers...

Apple isn’t the most cash-rich company in the world anymore, but it doesn’t matter

You've probably heard it before: Apple has more money in the bank than any other corporation on Earth, thanks to huge profit margins...

Google publishes sustainability plan for hardware, but its impact is uncertain

Google says it is embarking on new plans to make its hardware greener. Anna Meegan, head of sustainability for consumer hardware at Google,...

Microsoft catches Russian state hackers using IoT devices to breach networks

Hackers working for the Russian government have been using printers, video decoders, and other so-called Internet-of-things devices as a beachhead to penetrate targeted...

8chan is all the way down—“It’s DNS. It’s always DNS.”

Earlier today in the Ars Technica staff Slack channel, a call went out—"is 8chan down for other people? I can't get it to...

Google has a problem with pregnant workers, employee memo alleges

Discriminating or retaliating against employees for becoming or being pregnant is against the law. Unfortunately, like so many other kinds of discrimination, it's...

Proposed bill would make monopolies pay “serious” fines

The Federal Trade Commission's recent $5 billion settlement with Facebook largely drew two responses. One holds that $5 billion is objectively a large...

Ransomware, “wiper” malware attacks have more than doubled, IBM team says

It would be hard to miss the rise of ransomware attacks given how visible some have been this year. With multiple state and...

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