Enlarge / The 2019 Spiel des Jahres nominees. (credit: Spiel des Jahres) Of the many “board game of the year” awards handed out each year, the most prestigious is unquestionably the “Spiel des Jahres” prize. Judged by a panel of German critics, the long-running award earns the winner a boost in profile, increased sales, and …
2019’s “Board Game of the Year” goes to Just One Read More »
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Today’s list is led by new lows on TCL’s 5-Series Roku TVs—the 55-inch model is down to $380, while the 49-inch set is down to $300. These two sets have gone for about $20 more for the past …
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Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook. (credit: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Apple is in the final stages of negotiations to buy the bulk of Intel’s modem chip business, The Wall Street Journal reports. The Journal says the deal, valued at $1 billion or more, could be finalized in the next week. The deal …
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Enlarge (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The spinoffs from gravitational wave detectors are not just new scientific discoveries. The technology also has other uses. A good example of this is the gravity-measuring mission, GRACE Follow On, which was launched last year. The first reports on its laser rangefinder’s performance have been released, and it makes for impressive reading. …
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It’s neither bird nor plane, but rather a new RTX Super GPU from Nvidia. Behold: the RTX 2080 Super, shipping as of today. [credit: Nvidia ] Earlier this month, Nvidia kicked a stool out from under AMD’s feet, just as the graphics-card sector began heating up anew. AMD was set to land a serious blow …
Nvidia RTX 2080 Super hands-on: The result when AMD is out of striking distance Read More »
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) This past weekend, against a backdrop of lower Manhattan, Formula E held its season-ending double-header. After 13 races across the globe, the DS Techeetah team was triumphant, scoring more points than any of its rivals to take the team championship. And Jean-Eric Vergne, one of DS Techeetah’s two drivers, beat out his …
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Linda Zhang is the chief engineer for the new battery electric F-150, so she got the job of driving the BEV to pull the train cars. [credit: Ford ] Even if you’re not a truck fan, the prospect of a battery electric Ford F-150 is appealing. The F-150 is the nation’s best-selling light vehicle with …
Ford shows off electric F-150 truck by towing a million pounds of train Read More »
Enlarge / The Apple Watch series 4 running watchOS 5. (credit: Valentina Palladino) As it often does, Apple has released updates for all of its device operating systems at once. iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3, macOS 10.14.6, and tvOS 12.4 all arrive on supporting devices today. iOS 12.4’s tentpole feature is the ability to directly and …
Apple releases iOS 12.4, watchOS 5.3, macOS 10.14.6, and more Read More »
Enlarge (credit: One of the slides posted to Github) A security researcher has published a detailed guide that shows how to execute malicious code on Windows computers still vulnerable to the critical BlueKeep vulnerability. The move significantly lowers the bar for writing exploits that wreak the kinds of destructive attacks not seen since the WannaCry …
Chances of destructive BlueKeep exploit rise with new explainer posted online Read More »
Chris Kraft, left, and Robert Gilruth monitor the launch of Apollo 5 in 1968. [credit: NASA ] Christopher Columbus Kraft Jr.—one of NASA’s founding engineers, its first flight director, and a key architect of the Apollo and space shuttle programs—has died at the age of 95. Back during the earliest days of NASA, the head …
Christopher Columbus Kraft, NASA’s legendary flight director, has died Read More »