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Toyota leads $1B investment in Uber’s self-driving tech
This is the third time in three years that Toyota has invested in Uber.
Anti-vax parents lose in NY court, face steep fines for not vaccinating
Parents face fines of $1,000 for failing to vaccinate their exposed children.
Unexpected protection added to Microsoft Edge subverts IE security
Permissions that Edge added to downloaded files break important security feature.
Iron Man VR preview makes me want to put on nerdy headgear…
Ars thrusts around for 20 minutes to save a plane in this one-player campaign "coming 2019."
Behind the benchmarks: SPEC, GFLOPS, MIPS et al
Ars discusses the terms and numbers behind benchmarking.
Microsoft buys Express Logic, adds a third operating system to its IoT…
ThreadX joins Azure Sphere, Windows 10 for IoT.
In new gaffe, Facebook improperly collects email contacts for 1.5 million
Remember when Facebook asked for email passwords? The blunder just got worse.
Facebook is working on an AI voice assistant similar to Alexa, Google…
There's no indication that it will extend outside Facebook's own hardware—yet.
Dealmaster: A number of big-name video games are discounted today
Plus deals on TCL Roku TVs, Xbox Wireless Controllers, Amazon devices, and more.
Gloomhaven is the best dungeon crawl board game I’ve ever played
100+ hour campaign, a 20-pound box, and one seriously ambitious design.
Ajit Pai proposes blocking China-owned telecom from US phone market
US: China Mobile could be used by Chinese government to attack phone network.
The Walking Dead is now where brains are eaten, not used
Understanding is a vital part of zombie fiction's DNA; there's a better show to watch.
Report: Cheaper “Switch Lite” will be dockable, come in the fall
But "overhauled next-generation model" might be farther off.
Amazon and Google settle feud, bring YouTube back to Fire TV devices
The Prime Video app will add support for Chromecast and Android TV, too.
Staffsource: Ars’ most coveted work-from-home essentials
Our staffers gush about the items that make their homes better than any office.
You can now download the source code for all Infocom text adventure…
Yes, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Zork are both included.
50-inch Surface Hub 2S: $8,999, shipping in June; 85-inch version next year
You'll be able to get it without the integrated computer, too.
Bendgate 2.0: Samsung’s $2,000 foldable phone is already breaking
Samsung's fancy folding OLED panels are dying after just a few days.
HD emulation mod makes “Mode 7” SNES games look like new
Bsnes addition cleans up matrix math, rounding errors on original SNES hardware.
Porn sites must age-verify British users starting July 15
Sites that don't verify age could get blocked by British ISPs.