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Transistors will stop shrinking in 2021, but Moore’s law will live on

Transistors will stop shrinking after 2021, but Moore's law will probably continue, according to the final International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). The ITRS—which...

Official: Yahoo snapped up by Verizon in $4.8 billion deal

Verizon has confirmed earlier reports that it will buy ailing Internet pioneer Yahoo in an all-cash deal with a price tag of nearly £3.7...

WSJ: Next iPhone ditches the headphone jack, other changes will be small

If you were hoping for an all-new iPhone design this fall, the Wall Street Journalsays you may be disappointed. Aside from the oft-rumored and controversial...

Check your spam folder, you might have some new Amazon credit

On Tuesday, Amazon began announcing settlement payments to customers who bought e-books between April 2010 and May 2012. (Some less-literate Ars staffers, like...

Sony agrees to pay millions to gamers to settle PS3 Linux debacle

After six years of litigation, Sony is now agreeing to pay the price for its 2010 firmware update that removed support for the Linux...

California utility announces plan to shutter state’s last nuclear plant

Nuclear power plants are the only current source of low-carbon electricity that can be built just about anywhere. But the Fukushima disaster has raised...

New FAA commercial drone rules require “pilot certificate”

On Tuesday, the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled its long-anticipated rules for commercial use of small consumer drones. The rules call for a new "remote pilot...

Should broadband data hogs pay more? ISP economics say “no”

It's Memorial Day, all Ars staff is off, and we're grateful for it (running a site remains tough work). But on a normal Monday,...

Octopuses may indeed be your new overlords

Over the past 60 years, the population of cephalopods—octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish—has been steadily growing. This is particularly remarkable because many types of marine...

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