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Beth Mole – Mar 12, 2020 7:28 pm UTC 1933 comments with 401 posters participating Suddenly working at home? We’ve done it for 22 years—and have advice Your productivity, your health, and your sanity: We have your home office covered. Ars Staff – Mar 15, 2020 1:30 pm UTC 88 comments with 62 posters participating Falcon 9 rocket launch scrubbed at T-0 due to an engine power issue Weather was fine for a Sunday morning launch attempt, rocket was not. Eric Berger – Mar 15, 2020 11:20 am UTC 305 comments with 112 posters participating, including story author High-stakes security setups are making remote work impossible Some staffers at power grids, intelligence agencies, and more can't work from home Andy Greenberg, wired.com – Mar 15, 2020 10:55 am UTC 58 comments with 40 posters participating What Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks can teach us about peer review Reducing the time it takes for peer review by 80 percent wouldn't affect funding levels. 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John Timmer – Mar 14, 2020 12:08 am UTC 325 comments with 162 posters participating Comcast and T-Mobile upgrade everyone to unlimited data for next 60 days Comcast also opens Wi-Fi hotspots to all and T-Mobile boosts mobile-hotspot data. Jon Brodkin – Mar 13, 2020 11:18 pm UTC 83 comments with 62 posters participating Latest Stories Continue > Red Magic 5G gaming smartphone has 144hz display, internal cooling fan Plus it comes in some ridiculous color combinations. Ron Amadeo – Mar 13, 2020 10:40 pm UTC 50 comments with 42 posters participating Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board Microsoft co-founder exits the board 45 years after starting the company. Eric Bangeman – Mar 13, 2020 9:46 pm UTC 80 comments with 60 posters participating Chelsea Manning is out of jail after almost a year Manning sought to challenge the legitimacy of the grand jury process. Timothy B. Lee – Mar 13, 2020 9:26 pm UTC 142 comments with 62 posters participating COVID-19 is a national emergency, Trump declares The declaration frees up $50 billion in response funding. Beth Mole – Mar 13, 2020 8:46 pm UTC 451 comments with 120 posters participating Italian cave makes sense of the change in Earth’s ice age rhythm About a million years ago, ice ages got much longer—what changed? Scott K. Johnson – Mar 13, 2020 7:26 pm UTC 20 comments with 18 posters participating, including story author Scientists draw inspiration from shark skin for novel new smart material “Acoustic metamaterials” can mimic key components of a sound “computer.” Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 13, 2020 6:05 pm UTC 13 comments with 13 posters participating After deregulatory blitz, FCC scrambles to prevent ISP abuse during pandemic ISPs agree to waive late fees and service disconnections, but data caps remain. Jon Brodkin – Mar 13, 2020 5:50 pm UTC 145 comments with 77 posters participating Ice Lake GPU underperforming? Put it in powersave mode. Wait, what? Linux users discovered Ice Lake laptops were actually faster in powersave mode. Jim Salter – Mar 13, 2020 5:40 pm UTC 56 comments with 46 posters participating, including story author Why are U-2 jet pilots wearing Garmin satellite navigation smartwatches? They're useful flight- and pilot-monitoring tools, says the Air Force. Eric Tegler – Mar 13, 2020 5:15 pm UTC 87 comments with 58 posters participating Follow us Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Follow us on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Latest Ars Video > How Crash Bandicoot's creators had to hack the Playstation How Crash Bandicoot's creators had to hack the Playstation How Crash Bandicoot's creators had to hack the Playstation Naughty Dog's Andy Gavin reveals mid-'90s memory management and 3D animation tricks. Read Full Article Earlier Stories > Apple’s WWDC is happening this year after all—but it has a new format The company still plans to announce its slate of new features for iOS and macOS. Samuel Axon – Mar 13, 2020 5:07 pm UTC 31 comments with 27 posters participating Pentagon to “reconsider” parts of controversial $10 billion JEDI contract Amazon says it lost deal because Trump hates Bezos; DoD will now review. Kate Cox – Mar 13, 2020 4:05 pm UTC 52 comments with 39 posters participating, including story author Niantic updates Pokémon Go in effort to limit coronavirus spread Cheap incense, quick-hatching eggs, and more updates encourage less real-world wandering. Kyle Orland – Mar 13, 2020 3:33 pm UTC 48 comments with 31 posters participating, including story author Earlier Stories Continue > OLED-power link jumps from useless 50Mb/s to useful 1Gb/s Tuning tiny OLEDs' fabrication results in faster switching times. Chris Lee – Mar 13, 2020 1:34 pm UTC 47 comments with 42 posters participating Singapore was ready for COVID-19—other countries, take note Singapore built a robust system for tracking and containing epidemics after SARS and H1N1. Adam Rogers, wired.com – Mar 13, 2020 11:00 am UTC 236 comments with 91 posters participating AT&T waives data cap during coronavirus; Comcast keeps charging overage fees We asked 10 ISPs if they'll waive caps as pandemic forces people to stay home. Jon Brodkin – Mar 12, 2020 10:12 pm UTC 122 comments with 67 posters participating Apple Music reaches new deals with major labels sans “Apple Prime” bundle agreement News+ publishers already agreed to a bundle, but music labels are holding out. Samuel Axon – Mar 12, 2020 9:59 pm UTC 18 comments with 18 posters participating Coronavirus restrictions the final straw for ESA’s Mars Mission The mission had problems, and key people can no longer get together to sort them out. John Timmer – Mar 12, 2020 9:42 pm UTC 79 comments with 49 posters participating New $1,800 TAG Heuer smartwatch is the price of four Apple Watches It has the same terrible Snapdragon Wear 3100 SoC that all other Android watches have. Ron Amadeo – Mar 12, 2020 9:25 pm UTC 105 comments with 53 posters participating Pixar’s Soul trailer treads similar existential ground as Coco , Inside Out Jamie Foxx and Tina Fey star in this Peter Docter-directed animated film. Jennifer Ouellette – Mar 12, 2020 8:49 pm UTC 43 comments with 32 posters particip...