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• Rocket Report: NASA ready to hot fire SLS, Roscosmos sues itself? (Arstechnica)
  We are obliged to file a lawsuit in connection with the satellite's failure."
• Jeff Bezos unveils his sweeping vision for humanity’s future in space (Arstechnica)
  It's time to go back to the Moon—this time to stay.”...
• Ars goes back to school: The video games that threatened our college GPA (Arstechnica)
  Lessons learned: A hand-coded D&D Familiar, dorm LAN parties, everything in between.
• Everything we know about Audi’s next electric crossover, the Q4 e-tron (Arstechnica)
  The Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron share a platform with VW's ID.4 crossover.
• Volkswagen’s Electrify America will buy Tesla Powerpacks to manage peak demand (Arstechnica)
  100 sites will get an extra 350 kilowatt-hours to cut charging network's costs.
• Pinterest agrees to $22.5 million settlement in discrimination lawsuit (Arstechnica)
  Settlement is one of the largest ever in this kind of case, Brougher's lawyer said.
• COVID boosters reportedly may start in Sept. Here’s the latest data [Updated] (Arstechnica)
  As delta rages, Americans reportedly advised to get booster 8 mos after vaccination.
• AMD’s “FSR Redstone” upscaling claims to close the gap with Nvidia’s DLSS (Arstechnica)
  Redstone" is a promising mix of old and new ideas, but Nvidia is years ahead.
• Con Kolivas quits, takes parting shots at desktop (Arstechnica)
  Con Kolivas had rather a large following of users that appreciated his work...
• New quantum hardware puts the mechanics in quantum mechanics (Arstechnica)
  As a test case, the machine was used to test a model of superconductivity.
• Halo split-screen combat is coming back—and it’s here to stay (Arstechnica)
  Halo team leader says removing split-screen from Halo 5 "eroded trust" with fans.
• 2K breaks gaming’s de facto $60 ceiling, asks $70 for next-gen NBA 2K21 (Arstechnica)
  Inflation has eroded big-budget gaming’s $60 standard for about 15 years now.
• Netflix cancels Travelers, proving that our timeline has been abandoned (Arstechnica)
  Season 3 wrapped up neatly but still left the door open to new stories.
• Microsoft, Atom Computing update their quantum computing progress (Arstechnica)
  Some quantum computing companies we've covered have done recent progress updates.
• WireGuard goes fully Windows-native with experimental WireGuardNT driver (Arstechnica)
  Adventurous users can try the new implementation now by adding a registry key.
• New Bill & Ted: Two ‘80s dudes have no business working this well in 2020 (Arstechnica)
  See the originals first, but Face the Music is fun and hopeful—so, a nice 2020 antidote.
• iFixit says the Playdate is a surprisingly repairable Game Boy throwback (Arstechnica)
  $179 portable takes the same DIY approach to repairs that it does to coding.
• “Baby-making machines”: Chinese tweet on Uighurs not against Twitter rules (Arstechnica)
  Twitter bans "the dehumanization of a group of people" based on ethnicity.
• Diana Prince reunites with her long-lost love in first Wonder Woman 1984 trailer (Arstechnica)
  Nothing good is born from lies, and greatness is not what you think."
• How Google built a 52-terapixel time-lapse portrait of Earth (Arstechnica)
  30-meter-per-pixel video of entire planet.
• Ars Technicast, Episode 26—Summer movie season is here: Engage! (Arstechnica)
  What movies are you anticipating this summer?
• A first look at GNOME 2.16 (Arstechnica)
  The GNOME 2.16 release is almost upon us, and readers have asked for a prerelease preview.
• The 2020 World Car of the Year awards are out, and the winner is… (Arstechnica)
  The awards were supposed to be announced at the NY International Auto Show.
• Georgia Tech physicists unlock the secret to perfect wok-tossed fried rice (Arstechnica)
  The trick is a timely combination of side-to-side and see-sawing motions.
• Virtual composer makes beautiful music—and stirs controversy (Arstechnica)
  When most of us think about a machine composing musical pieces, we think of primitive songs coming out of a HAL 9000 that could be suitable…
• Watching a “language” develop when kids can’t speak to each other (Arstechnica)
  Study shows how kids could play a role in spontaneously emerging languages.
• Delta engulfs unvaccinated in Florida, Louisiana; CDC clarifies breakthroughs (Arstechnica)
  Vaccines and masks are both needed to lower transmission, US officials stress.
• New Zunes to hit store shelves on the 13th (Arstechnica)
  It looks like new Zunes will arrive in stores next week.
• Here’s what it would take to stop climate change sooner (Arstechnica)
  New IPCC report explains value and difficulty of limiting warming to 1.5°C.
• Samsung will soon ship Micro LED TVs, but Mini LED still leads the lineup (Arstechnica)
  Plus, a rundown of the wacky buzzwords you have to know to shop for these TVs.
• At long last! Apple announces new Mac Pro with cylindrical design (Arstechnica)
  The workstation is getting a major update for the first time since 2010.
• After several SUVs, Audi’s next electric car is the handsome e-tron GT (Arstechnica)
  The e-tron GT starts at $99,900 and is closely related to the Porsche Taycan.
• The “iRadio” saga continues: Apple allegedly partners with Warner Music (Arstechnica)
  Company reportedly has its second major music label deal just days before WWDC.
• New Sony Xperia 1 II smartphone looks handsome, costs a ridiculous $1,300 (Arstechnica)
  It has a funny name, a square design, and a very high price.
• Film & TV makers debut new feature to end the “soap opera effect” scourge (Arstechnica)
  Vizio, Panasonic, and LG will include it in their new TVs.
• Private-equity firm revives zombie fossil-fuel power plant to mine bitcoin (Arstechnica)
  Power plant was left for dead until the cryptocurrency boom came along.
• Xbox Series X won’t support Kinect hardware, games (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft sends its unique control accessory down the final memory hole.
• Report: Microsoft still planning a low-cost, streaming-focused Xbox (Arstechnica)
  Word comes as plans for mid-tier "Lockhart" Xbox are reportedly put on hold.
• Yes, you can hack cell phones like on Mr. Robot—just not the way they did (Arstechnica)
  While plausible, Elliot's "crackSIM" hack took some artistic license with technology.
• A “disgraceful decision:” Researchers blast FDA for approving Alzheimer’s drug (Arstechnica)
  Even the FDA's own advisers and statisticians didn't think the drug should be approved.
• Amid criticism, FDA narrows use of $56K Alzheimer’s drug, calls for probe [Updated] (Arstechnica)
  FDA now says drug should only go to those with mild disease—the only patients tested.
• Behind the curtain: Ars goes inside Blue Origin’s secretive rocket factory (Arstechnica)
  Jeff Bezos' rocket company invited just a few reporters for its first media tour.
• Internet security makes top 10 list of child health concerns (Arstechnica)
  Internet safety is now a top concern of US parents.
• AT&T employees helped SIM-swap hackers rob man of $1.8 million, lawsuit says (Arstechnica)
  AT&T didn't stop employees from selling access to customer phones, lawsuit says.
• Microsoft announces new Xbox 360 hardware—and bonus downloads for Gold (Arstechnica)
  An Xbox 360 that looks a bit like the Xbox One is now available to buy.
• Forge World offers giant map, new tools for Halo Reach (Arstechnica)
  Forge was a big part of Halo 3, letting players create their own maps for multiplayer play.
• In The Columnist, reading the comments isn’t bad—being a toxic online troll is (Arstechnica)
  Revenge fantasy has never been more understandable than when it involves being a woman online.
• Ars at E3: Sony shows strong lineup of downloadable games on the PlayStation Network. (Arstechnica)
  Now that Frank and I are out of the Sony Press Conference, one thing is clear: the Play Station Network is going to be become a powerful co…
• We bought Walmart’s $140 laptop so you wouldn’t have to (Arstechnica)
  EVOO's 11.6" EV-C-116-5 has more substantial problems than its low specs imply.
• European Institute of Technology moves another step closer to reality (Arstechnica)
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