Enlarge / An employee working for the manufacturer of solar batteries, Sonnen GmbH, in the Bavarian village of Wildpoldsried in southern Germany is pictured on July 5, 2016. In September, South Australia confirmed a plan to set up an AU$100 million (USD $72 million) fund to help households purchase home energy storage batteries. Households could…
New may be better — Dell is releasing the 2019 and 2020 editions of its Linux laptop just four months apart. Scott Gilbertson - Feb 5, 2020 12:45 pm UTC Behold, one of *two* new Dell XPS 13 DE editions: the 2019 model released at the end of last year. The new 2019 model comes…
Libations law — "A recipe is like a phone book in the eyes of the law—you can't own something so factual." Nathan Mattise - Jul 21, 2019 3:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Welcome to the conference, this is the 10am panel. Can we interest you in a Dark 'n' Stormy®?Nathan MattiseNEW ORLEANS—Anyone who fancies themselves…
Publishedduration24 minutes agoimage copyrightReutersimage captionTurkey, which has F-16s, is openly backing Azerbaijan in the conflict over Nagorgno-KarabakhArmenia says one of its fighter jets was shot down by a Turkey jet, in a major escalation of a conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.The Armenian foreign ministry said the pilot of the Soviet-made SU-25 died after being…
A Whole New Home Screen (Sort Of) — Yes, you can finally change your default email app. Samuel Axon - Sep 28, 2020 1:15 pm UTC Enlarge / Siri in iOS 14, free from its full-screen shackles.Samuel AxonFor a couple of years now, we’ve heard that Apple kept putting off a big home screen overhaul…
Staff — Plus deals on smart TVs, wireless chargers, video games, and more. Ars Staff - Sep 26, 2019 4:40 pm UTC Valentina PalladinoGreetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster returns today to share a new batch of deals. Our top ten list spans a bunch of different categories, and it includes discounts on the original Nintendo Switch,…
Cash grab — Since 2006, the average annual fee increase has been less than 5 percent. Timothy B. Lee - Feb 21, 2020 3:52 pm UTC DenisKot / GettyThe nonprofit Internet Society attracted widespread condemnation late last year after announcing it was going to sell off the Public Interest Registry, a subsidiary that administers the…
SIMPLE BUT EFFECTIVE — Easy-to-miss script can give attackers a new access should they ever be booted out. Dan Goodin - Jul 22, 2020 10:45 am UTC Who needs a better mousetrap when the old one is fine? That was the approach of hackers who recently compromised a server running open source e-commerce platform Magento.…
Enlarge / Today's deals include $30 off a Nintendo Switch, Google Pixel 3A gift card bundles, noise-cancelling headphones, and more. Ars TechnicaGreetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by the return of a deal on Anker's Soundcore Space NC, one of the few sub-$100 wireless…
Staff — Including deals on good board games, Samsung SSDs, Roku streamers, and more. Ars Staff - Jul 18, 2019 6:00 pm UTC Ars TechnicaGreetings, Arsians! Just when the Dealmaster thinks Prime Day is over, the deals pull him back in. Today, we're bringing you a roundup of (mostly) leftover deals that are still live…
