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Driver crashes into OSP patrol car

Driver crashed into OSP car near Woodburn (Photo: Oregon State Police) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINGOOGLE+PINTEREST MARION COUNTY, Ore. -- Police are asking...

Police: Drunk driver hits patrol car

Kiri Anna Guthridge (Photo: Portland police) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINGOOGLE+PINTEREST PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman was arrested for drunk driving after she...

5 injured in downtwon four-car crash

Four car crash on Southwest Naito Parkway (Photo: Katherine Cook) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINGOOGLE+PINTEREST PORTLAND, Ore. – Five people were injured in...

Tech’s political impact? “14 people watch me on C-SPAN… 1M on Facebook”

AUSTIN, Texas—Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) may not generate the same attention as our current tweeter-in-chief, but he embraces social media just as much. When serving as mayor...

The most detailed maps of the world will be for cars, not humans

The weight of the automotive and tech industries is fully behind the move toward self-driving cars. Cars with "limited autonomy"—i.e., the ability...

Classic bot-programming game Robo Rally has not aged well

Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com—and let us know what you...

There’s now only one US state where mug shots aren’t public records

In a 53-14 vote that took place days ago, South Dakota's legislative House passed legislation that makes arrest booking photos public records. The measure,...

Our new (mixed) reality: Early adopters have become HoloLens believers at work

It’s been roughly two years since Microsoft unveiled its augmented/mixed reality (AR/MR) HoloLens headset and about one year since the first publicly available dev...

If Trump Fans Love Freedom, They Should Love Net Neutrality

Imagine a world where Comcast slows video streaming from Fox News’s website to a pixelated crawl while boosting Rachel Maddow—who happens to star on...

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