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Astronomers find water in the atmosphere of a warm, Neptune-sized planet

Scientists are announcing a rare look into the atmosphere of a distant exoplanet more than 400 light years away. The planet is roughly Neptune-sized and...

Cable lobby conducts survey, finds that Americans want net neutrality

As US cable companies push to eliminate or change net neutrality rules, the industry's primary lobby group today released the results of a survey that it says shows "strong...

HP laptops covertly log user keystrokes, researchers warn

HP is selling more than two dozen models of laptops and tablets that covertly monitor every keystroke a user makes, security researchers warned Thursday....

Seattle Software Developers has another hit; BabelBark the app for pets

The internet is such a relatively young industry that changes so quickly, just being a name that’s been around for the last ten years...

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...

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