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United’s Supersonic Jet Sustainability Claims Sure Sound Suspect

United Airlines has agreed to purchase 15 jets that fly faster than the speed of sound from Boom Supersonic, with options to purchase 35 more. The purchase means United is on track to reintroduce the first commercial supersonic flights since the retirement of the Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde in 2003. The return of supersonic jets is a…

Climate Change Tom McKay Jun 4

Valve Reportedly Making Its Own PC Switch Clone Called SteamPal

After the runaway success of the Nintendo Switch, rival gadget makers are keen to make their own handheld consoles. According to a new report, Valve is the latest to jump on the portable gaming bandwagon. According to multiple sources who spoke to Ars Technica, it seems Valve has plans to create its own PC-based Switch…

Gadgets Sam Rutherford May 25

Huawei’s HarmonyOS Is Finally Coming to Phones on June 2

Huawei has long been working on its own fork of Android, and on June 2, Huawei’s HarmonyOS will finally make its official debut on phones. Even before Huawei was officially placed on a blacklist banning the company from buying U.S. tech, the Chinese electronics giant had been developing its offshoot of Android to sidestep the…

Tech News Sam Rutherford May 25

Update to iOS 14.5.1 Right Now or Your iPhone Is a Sitting Duck for Hackers

Apple has rushed out fixes to two major vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS 14.5, last month’s update that implemented its App Tracking Transparency feature. Both bugs could have allowed malicious parties to remotely execute code, possibly leading to the takeover of an affected device. That means you need to update your devices as soon as…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay May 4

Low-Income Households Can Soon Sign Up for the FCC’s Broadband Subsidy

Low-income households can enroll in the FCC’s Emergency Broadband Benefit Program (EBB) starting May 12. Spotted by Ars Technica, the agency announced the arrival of its much-needed program Thursday alongside a brand new website. The benefit provides eligible households with a discount of up to $50 a month on their broadband plan, and up to…

Internet Joanna Nelius Apr 30

WOW! That’s Not How Any of This Works

Most internet service providers impose data caps, and as of today, you can add one more to the list. Ars Technica reports cable company WideOpenWest (WOW!), an ISP that once bragged about its unlimited data plans, is now imposing data caps on its customers. WOW!, which provides internet service to customers in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,…

Internet Joanna Nelius Apr 2

Amazon Accused of Working With Book Publishers In Price-Fixing Scheme

A small indie bookseller in Chicago is taking on Amazon with a new class action alleging that the e-commerce giant conspired with major publishers to keep prices high and competition low. The actual suit, which was filed last week, alleges that Amazon colluded with the Big Five in book publishing—Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House,…

Commerce Shoshana Wodinsky Apr 1

Comcast Graciously Drops Data Caps, but Only for Northeast Customers, Until 2022

Comcast has once again decided to cut some of its customers a break with their data caps, Ars Technica reports. Facing ever-increasing pressure from customers and lawmakers, the internet service provider has decided to not enforce data cap overage fees on its Northeast customers until 2022. “We recognize that our data plan was new for…

Internet Joanna Nelius Feb 19

Prince of Persia’s Groundbreaking Character Animations Started Life in a High School Parking Lot

At a time when most video game characters looked and moved like crude stick figures, Prince of Persia introduced a hero who ran across the screen and leaped between platforms with incredible fluidity and lifelike movements. It was a big part of what made the game so enjoyable, but realizing that animation style was a…

Games Andrew Liszewski Apr 1

When It Comes to Music Storage Formats, Japan Is Stuck in the 90s

Welcome to Reading List, Gizmodo’s weekend roundup of the best writing from around the web. This week, we’ve got smart takes from Ars Technica, Hairpin, and The New York Times. Here’s some great reads from around the web. If Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity taught us anything, it’s that disasters in space provide edge-of-your-seat drama. The same…

Tech News Darren Orf Sep 21

Is This the 20 Year Old Hacker Wreaking Havoc With Journalists Everywhere?

Security writer Brian Krebs has stumbled across new information which could link the recent hack of his own website with attacks on Ars Technica and Gizmodo alumnus Mat Honan’s iCloud breach. https://gizmodo.com/apple-and-amazon-know-about-a-massive-hack-exploit-and-5932176 Following his own lead—that he was the target of a team of hackers annoyed by an article he wrote about a black market…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Mar 19

How Rental PCs Loaded With Spyware Snooped on and Photographed Their Users

When you pay to use a computer, you don’t expect it to be tracking your each and every digital move as a result. But that’s exactly what happened to Aaron’s Sale and Leasing customers—who had their rental computers snooped on in incredible detail. Ars Technica has a great, detailed feature about the saga, which originally…

Privacy & Security Jamie Condliffe Dec 19

3D Mirror Accessory Turns iPhones Into Fun 3D Cinemas

Whoa. While you can’t actually buy this i3DG peripheral for your iPhone yet, I’m already imagining playing 3D games created especially for it. You can kiss the 3DS buh-bye. https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-3ds-extended-play-impressions-star-fox-is-ba-5564376 It figures it’s Japan-originated, where creator Jitsuro Mase collaborated with Directions, Inc for an Austrian expo. I desperately hope Mase manages to put it into…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Nov 15

Diebold impeaches e-voting unit, sells it off for $5 million

Diebold announced on Thursday that it has sold its voting machine division to Election Systems & Software (ES&S), a former competitor. Diebold’s unceremonious departure from the electronic voting machine business will be welcomed by critics of the company’s controversial direct-recording electronic voting products. Diebold, which is primarily an ATM maker, decided to unload its voting…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 4

Tonight: Have a Drink on Giz and Ars Technica at WWDC 2008

Hey there. We’re throwing a WWDC party with our BFFs at Ars Technica tonight. So if you’re going to be at WWDC as a reader, developer, journalist or just another fanboy, I’d like to invite you to come have a beer on us. Hope you can make it. 8-11pm Harlot 46 Minna Street San Francisco,…

Tech News Brian Lam Jun 10

Conde Nast Buys Ars Technica

Conde Nast and Wired bought Ars Technica for a rumored $25 million. More details are coming on Monday but I’m happy to see friends at both Wired and Ars get together in this deal. [Techcrunch, Thanks Arn]

Tech News Brian Lam May 17

Ars: iTunes #1 Music Retailer in January (Debunkers Be Hanged)

Citing NPD data and internal Apple sources, Ars Technica declared iTunes the #1 music retailer in January, besting Wal-Mart for the first time, along with Best Buy, Amazon and others. Debunkers have claimed that this is only because of gift-card redemption but Ars’ Eric Bangeman updated his piece, calling BS on the BS callers: https://gizmodo.com/apple-second-only-to-wal-mart-in-music-sales-but-for-h-360822…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 3

Let Giz and Ars Technica Buy You a Beer at Macworld 2008

CES is in full swing. But if today’s new Mac Pro and Xserve announcements are the news Apple can spare from the keynote, Macworld is going to be huge. To celebrate, I’d like to buy you a beer if you’re going to the show. Just come on over to this party Giz and Ars are…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 8

United’s Supersonic Jet Sustainability Claims Sure Sound Suspect

Valve Reportedly Making Its Own PC Switch Clone Called SteamPal

Huawei’s HarmonyOS Is Finally Coming to Phones on June 2

Update to iOS 14.5.1 Right Now or Your iPhone Is a Sitting Duck for Hackers

Low-Income Households Can Soon Sign Up for the FCC’s Broadband Subsidy

WOW! That’s Not How Any of This Works

Amazon Accused of Working With Book Publishers In Price-Fixing Scheme

Comcast Graciously Drops Data Caps, but Only for Northeast Customers, Until 2022

Prince of Persia’s Groundbreaking Character Animations Started Life in a High School Parking Lot

When It Comes to Music Storage Formats, Japan Is Stuck in the 90s

Is This the 20 Year Old Hacker Wreaking Havoc With Journalists Everywhere?

How Rental PCs Loaded With Spyware Snooped on and Photographed Their Users

3D Mirror Accessory Turns iPhones Into Fun 3D Cinemas

Diebold impeaches e-voting unit, sells it off for $5 million

Tonight: Have a Drink on Giz and Ars Technica at WWDC 2008

Conde Nast Buys Ars Technica

Ars: iTunes #1 Music Retailer in January (Debunkers Be Hanged)

Let Giz and Ars Technica Buy You a Beer at Macworld 2008

Trump’s Congratulatory Call With the Artemis 2 Astronauts Was Painfully Awkward

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Anker’s 300W Max Power Bank With Charging Base Drops to an All-Time Low, Powerful Enough to Charge a MacBook Pro

Where the Hell Do You Even Put the Popcorn in Disney’s Sail Barge Bucket?

This Is Supposedly the Final, Final, FINAL Look of the Foldable iPhone

Scientists Watch Brain’s Self-Cleaning Process During Sleep in Real Time

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‘No Data Centers’ Sign Found After Shooting at Indianapolis Politician’s Home

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