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Counter-Strike GO becomes F2P, adds a shrunken battle royale mode

On Thursday, Valve Software surprise-launched a comprehensive update to its five-year-old game () with two equally major changes: a new battle royale-inspired combat...

Australia passes new law to thwart strong encryption

Further ReadingApple to Australia: “This is no time to weaken encryption”On Thursday, the Australian parliament approved a measure that...

Wrong way: 2018 global CO₂ emissions tick up again

For a young student, report-card season can be an exciting, stressful, or even depressing time of year. The annual tally of the world’s...

22 apps with 2 million+ Google Play downloads had a malicious backdoor

Almost two dozen apps with more than 2 million downloads have been removed from the Google Play market after researchers found they contained...

YouTube tells impersonation victim: No, you’re not being impersonated

How long does it take someone to have a YouTube impersonation claim reviewed, confirmed, and enforced? That kind of data is hard to...

Amazon “automated machine” punctures bear spray can, 24 employees hospitalized

On Wednesday, 24 Amazon employees working in a Robbinsville Township, New Jersey, warehouse were sent to five different area hospitals after a 9oz...

NASA’s next Mars rover will use AI to be a better science partner

Welcome to Ars UNITE, our week-long virtual conference on the ways that innovation brings unusual pairings together. Each day this week from Wednesday...

Move over AlphaGo: AlphaZero taught itself to play three different games

Google's DeepMind—the group that brought you the champion game-playing AIs AlphaGo and AlphaGoZero—is back with a new, improved, and more-generalized version. Dubbed AlphaZero,...

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