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• PHP maintains an enormous lead in server-side programming languages (Arstechnica)
  Despite many infamous quirks, the server-side language seems here to stay.
• Rad Power’s RadWagon 4: A great e-bike at a surprisingly low price (Arstechnica)
  This sub-$2,000 e-bike is thoughtfully designed and a joy to ride.
• Bethesda, id Software reportedly hit hard by Microsoft layoffs (Arstechnica)
  As much as 50 percent of some teams affected by reductions, and more could be coming.
• SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday that was historic for two reasons (Arstechnica)
  Weather was iffy right up until the last few minutes before liftoff.
• Firefox, Internet Explorer team together for critical vulnerability (Arstechnica)
  As if having IE7.com point to a Firefox advertisement wasn't strange enough...
• Xbox Series X hands-on: The big back-compat dive begins [Updated] (Arstechnica)
  Plus: New controller, auto-HDR, venting holes, and more.
• Acer cites Vista as reason for lowered sales forecast (Arstechnica)
  The world's third-largest PC maker, Acer Inc., announced yesterday that it was scaling back its projected growth to between 30 and 40 perce…
• Apple forgot to sanitize the Phone Number field for lost AirTags (Arstechnica)
  Another bug-bounty boondoggle leads to public disclosure before the bug is fixed.
• Sony acquires its most prominent remaster studio, Bluepoint Games (Arstechnica)
  And the house behind PS5's Demon's Souls is working on an original game next.
• Horizon Zero Dawn on PC: Not the optimized port we were hoping for (Arstechnica)
  How many of our issues will be ironed out by Friday's launch on Steam?
• The Steam Controller’s “drop-in” charger almost started a fire for this owner (Arstechnica)
  Keep the charging puck’s exposed pins far away from anything metal.
• Skinkers, Microsoft announce live, streaming content venture (Arstechnica)
  Using Live Station, PC users can watch live, uninterrupted television from the comfort of their computer chairs.
• Ubuntu passes the Windows Genuine Advantage (Arstechnica)
  Ubuntu is a great operating system for users looking to move from Windows. The user interface is easy to navigate, installing software is s…
• BioWare’s Anthem will soon be completely unplayable (Arstechnica)
  Replay the troubled jetpack shooter before the servers shut down for good on Jan.
• RIP bargain bin: The price impact of Sony's disc-free PlayStation plan (Arstechnica)
  Used discs are often cheaper than even deep digital discounts.
• Lawmakers call for criminal probe, ouster (Arstechnica)
  Senators are renewing calls for anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy to step down or be ousted—and at least one is calling for a…
• Over a year later, AMD is bringing improved FSR 4 upscaling to its older GPUs (Arstechnica)
  FSR 4.1 running on RDNA3 or RDNA2 GPUs may take a bigger performance hit.
• Xbox console sales continue to crater with massive 42% revenue drop (Arstechnica)
  Xbox Series X/S sales seem to have peaked early in 2022.
• Microsoft releases first public build of IronRuby (Arstechnica)
  Earlier this year, Microsoft assured developers that it would be continuing to build languages on top of the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR).
• Extenders for Windows Media Center to support HD, DivX, Wireless N (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft has released the first details on the upcoming Extenders for Windows Media Center.
• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus are down. Here’s what we know [Updated] (Arstechnica)
  The root cause of the worldwide outage appears to be a flubbed BGP route update.
• Researchers wait 12 months to report vulnerability with 9.8 out of 10 severity rating (Arstechnica)
  Palo Alto Networks patches critical buffer overflow bug in its GlobalProtect VPN.
• Windows Live Hotmail set to leave beta (Arstechnica)
  Tomorrow, Microsoft plans to bring the recently rebranded Windows Live Hotmail out of beta.
• A turning point? The battle for second place heats up between the 360 and PS3 (Arstechnica)
  Nintendo is the top dog, and Microsoft is holding steady.
• Intel’s Alder Lake big.little CPU design, tested: It’s a barn burner (Arstechnica)
  Intel's power-gulping i9-12900K crushes AMD's Ryzen 9 5950x—even multithreaded.
• Electronic Frontier Foundation will deprecate HTTPS Everywhere plugin (Arstechnica)
  All four major browsers have duplicated HTTPS Everywhere functionality natively.
• Windows Live controls coming to a Visual Studio Toolbox near you (Arstechnica)
  In an effort to convince more developers to create Windows Live applications, Microsoft announced this week that it will be adding a series…
• Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths (Arstechnica)
  It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."
• Apple hints at new products in Q4 and throughout 2014 (Arstechnica)
  As for what to do in the meantime, how about buying some new iMacs?
• AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California (Arstechnica)
  AT&T suffers setback but will keep asking court and FCC to preempt state rules.
• Microsoft makes a spineless acquisition (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft has purchased startup Jellyfish for an undisclosed amount.
• The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy” (Arstechnica)
  New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.
• The Windows Server team has nothing to hide (Arstechnica)
  The Windows Server team is letting it all hang out—their roadmap, that is. Earlier today at WinHEC, the team openly discussed the future of…
• DIY trojan-building tools for sale on the Internet (Arstechnica)
  Malware and trojan authors have a new tool in their handbasket, and it's a program that allows for an unprecedented level of automated troj…
• Sony announces plan to publish PlayStation games on non-PS consoles [updated] (Arstechnica)
  As early as 2021"; first announced series for the change: MLB The Show.
• Apple remembers where you wanted to get drunk for up to 2 years (Arstechnica)
  Apple keeps a record of Siri queries but says it anonymizes the data.
• Marvel drops first teaser for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (Arstechnica)
  Simu Liu stars as a gifted martial artist seeking to escape his dark family history.
• Study: PEBKAC still a serious problem when it comes to PC security (Arstechnica)
  Today is the start of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the US, and to mark the beginning of the month's efforts, security softwar…
• Measles cases reach 33-year high as RFK Jr. pursues anti-vaccine agenda (Arstechnica)
  There have been at least 1,281 cases since the start of the year.
• Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses (Arstechnica)
  The repurposing of Pokémon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.
• Valve’s “Deck Verified” program evaluates which Steam games are Steam Deck-ready (Arstechnica)
  Verified" games need to work with Steam Deck controls, have legible text, and more.
• "Chicktionary" helps boost Live Search's market share (Arstechnica)
  According to numbers released by web metrics firms com Score and Compete, Windows Live Search saw its search market share rise significantl…
• Unix at 50: How the OS that powered smartphones started from failure (Arstechnica)
  Today, Unix powers iOS and Android—its legend begins with a gator and a trio of researchers.
• RAM shortage hits Valve's four-year-old Steam Deck, now available "intermittently" (Arstechnica)
  Forget launching new stuff—Valve is even having problems with existing hardware.
• Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak (Arstechnica)
  The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.
• Nvidia RTX Spark comes to Windows PCs with Arm CPU, RTX GPU, and unified memory (Arstechnica)
  Nvidia's new chips will power laptop workstations and mini desktop PCs at first.
• Why did 1,000 world citizens bury their underpants? (Arstechnica)
  Study: Land use is the biggest factor in determining decomposition rates of organic cotton underpants.
• Microsoft Malware Protection Center opens for business (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft's new Malware portal moves out of beta.
• Nikon Small World microscopy contest 2021: A few of our favorite images (Arstechnica)
  Your annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.
• Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was... a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service (Arstechnica)
  Since July, the state of Oklahoma has been consumed by important investigative questions, including: - Why did naked women appear on a stat…