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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...

Google DeepMind’s Untrendy Play to Make the Blockchain Actually Useful

For Silicon Valley, the headline was sweet nectar: Google DeepMind, the world’s hottest artificial intelligence lab, embraces the blockchain, the endlessly fascinating idea at...

Lawyer films his traffic stop, even after cop says not to, citing made-up law

The police chief in Wilmington, North Carolina, has publicly lambasted one of his officers. The officer recently pulled over a local attorney moonlighting as an...

Man arrested for hate crime in Salem

Jason Kendall (Photo: Marion County Sheriff's Office, KGW) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINGOOGLE+PINTEREST A Salem man has been charged with assault and intimidation...

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