Enlarge / Space is mind-bogglingly big… but what happens there may not stay there. The science fiction space opera is by now a well-known genre, and yet somehow The Expanse is hard to describe. Let me try to sum it up at its most basic: The Expanse is a show about space. It is a […]
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iPhone zero-click Wi-Fi exploit is one of the most breathtaking hacks ever
Enlarge / That’s a lot of screen. Samuel Axon Earlier this year, Apple patched one of the most breathtaking iPhone vulnerabilities ever: a memory corruption bug in the iOS kernel that gave attackers remote access to the entire device—over Wi-Fi, with no user interaction required at all. Oh, and exploits were wormable—meaning radio-proximity exploits could […]
Why Apple will never, ever make a touchscreen Mac
Apple’s M1 Macs look like they could be a real revolution, providing a huge quality-of-life boost to long-suffering Mac owners who have had to scrape by with middling performance on their expensive machines for far too long. But amid all the plaudits, there has been one complaint that just will not die: That Apple has […]
We need right-to-repair laws now more than ever
This year could have been a huge one for right-to-repair activism — and it still could be, too. Lawmakers in 20 states have introduced bills that would force manufacturers to share their manuals and diagnostic tools with electronics owners. If passed, these laws would mean that do-it-yourself dabblers and independent fix-it shops could get the […]
Android 10 has the fastest update rate ever, hits 16% of users in 10 months
Enlarge / Google’s Android adoption chart. Android 10’s “300 day” mark was 10 days ago. Google Google today dropped a blog post detailing its progress on improving the Android ecosystem’s update speed. The company has been hard at work for the past few years modularizing Android, with the hope that making Android easier to update […]
Last of Us Part II: Is this the most accessible game ever?
Media playback is unsupported on your device The first time Steve Saylor fired up the hotly-anticipated new game The Last of Us Part II, he burst into tears. “Y’all don’t even know how much…” he says between sobs in his video of the moment, which has now had nearly half a million views. “I’m sorry. […]
Candy Crush sees more play than ever since Activision-Blizzard’s 2016 acquisition
Activision Blizzard announced today as part of its latest earnings report that King’s mobile games had 273 million monthly active users in Q1 2020. King is behind the hit mobile puzzle franchise Candy Crush, which debuted in 2012 with Candy Crush Saga. That free-to-play title still remains one of the most popular mobile games, and […]
Psychologists say using emojis is more important than ever right now. Seriously
Whether it’s being able to freely walk outside, shop for supplies without feeling like you’re in a scene from Mad Max, or just enjoy a booming economy, there’s plenty to miss about the pre-coronavirus world. But face-to-face communication with friends and colleagues is something a lot of us are missing out on as well. Sure, […]
BBC’s 1957 April Fool’s “spaghetti-tree hoax” is more relevant than ever
The BBC’s Panorama program spoofed the UK on April 1, 1957, with a segment on the so-called “spaghetti tree hoax.” We here at Ars do not typically indulge in the online prankery that comes with April Fool’s Day and are even less inclined to do so in the current climate. But it does provide an […]
French antitrust watchdog hits Apple with its biggest fine ever: $1.2 billion
Enlarge / The Apple Park campus stands in this aerial photograph taken above Cupertino in October 2019. Sam Hall/Bloomberg via Getty Images Apple has been fined $ 1.2 billion by a French antitrust watchdog for anticompetitive activities. It is the largest fine ever processed by France’s antitrust regulators, and it follows eight years of preparation […]
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut, apply to NASA now
NASA’s new class of astronauts — the first to graduate since the agency announced its Artemis program — appear on stage during their graduation ceremony at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on January 10, 2020. NASA If you’ve ever fancied walking on the moon or being the first human to step on another […]
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