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Google Hardware quits the tablet business, again

Google and tablets just don't mix. The company tried over and over again to make Android tablets work, peaking with the 2013...

At House hearing, witnesses for Trump admin defend fuel economy rollback

The Trump administration has been trying to roll back Obama-era fuel-economy standards for passenger vehicles out to model year 2025. But the state...

Apple introduces a recall program for some MacBook Pro laptops with faulty batteries

Today, Apple sent out a press release and published a customer support document announcing a new voluntary recall-and-replace program for certain MacBook...

Potent Firefox 0-day used to install undetected backdoors on Macs

Hackers exploited a pair of potent zero-day vulnerabilities in Firefox to infect Mac users with a largely undetected backdoor, according to accounts pieced...

EA: Loot boxes actually “surprise mechanics” that are “ethical and fun”

Representatives from EA and Epic Games spoke in front of a UK parliamentary panel Wednesday (transcript). They were there to defend the game industry...

Ars on your lunch break: There’s hope, and we’ll all be fine… probably

Today we’re presenting the fourth and final installment of my conversation with Naval Ravikant about existential risks. This interview first appeared in March...

One legacy of Carl Sagan may take flight next week—a working solar sail

As early as next Monday night, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch a cluster of 24 satellites for the US Air Force....

The trick to saving human factory jobs might be teaming up with the machines

Sometimes the man-machine enhancements are physical, and sometimes they’re mental. Sometimes it's a Venn diagram that includes both aspects, as a skilled human worker...

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