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Firefox 63 blocks tracking cookies, offers a VPN when you need one

Firefox 63, out today, includes the first iteration of what Mozilla is calling Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP), a feature to improve privacy and...

Ars on your lunch break: Losing my drone religion

Further ReadingArs on your lunch break: Thinking in public and brawling with Batman Chris Anderson doesn’t have the background you might expect from...

DRM for chargers? Google Pixel 3 locks fast Qi charging to its own $79 stand

Google's Pixel 3 smartphone is shipping out to the masses, and people hoping to take advantage of the new Qi wireless charging capabilities...

How Russia’s “influence operations” targeted the midterms (and how they still do)

Last week, Twitter released data from accounts that had been identified as part of Russian and Iranian influence campaigns, including efforts by Russia...

NASA brings a Hubble gyro back to life after a seven-year hibernation

After NASA's Hubble Space Telescope entered "safe" mode about two weeks ago, its operations team has been scrambling to bring a balky gyroscope...

12 days after hurricane, Verizon says Florida network is back to normal

Verizon Wireless service is back up and running "essentially everywhere" throughout the area hit by Hurricane Michael, the company said today. "Verizon engineers...

Feds shut down self-driving school bus pilot in Florida

The Trump administration has taken a hands-off approach to regulating self-driving cars, but on Friday federal regulators decided that one self-driving car project...

Grand Theft Auto V hack exposed single-player games to malicious trolls

Further Reading, hackers face legal action for online cheatingOver the years, we've written a lot about the apparently easy-to-hack...

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