After riots, iPhone manufacturer says it “deeply regrets” exploiting workers
Enlarge / The Wistron factory in Narsapura, India. Getty Images / MANJUNATH KIRAN Earlier this month, employees at an Indian…
AT&T reportedly struggling to sell DirecTV at anything but a huge loss
Enlarge / AT&T corporate offices on November 10, 2020 in El Segundo, California. Getty Images | AaronP/Bauer-Griffin AT&T is disappointed…
These tires work better in snow thanks to 3D printing
Enlarge / A closeup of Bridgestone’s latest Blizzak tire in its natural environment. Bridgestone Monday marks the official start of…
Lost Sega arcade classics born anew in cute, $130 Astro City Mini
<img src="https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_1378-800×449.jpg" alt="Earl is a bit annoyed by the Astro City Mini's screen ratio, but otherwise, he seems eager to…
Russia’s space chief cannot seem to get “gentle” SpaceX out of his mind
Enlarge / Roscosmos specialists recover the “Blok A” stage of the Soyuz rocket from Yakutia. Dmitry Rogozin/Twitter On Friday, a…
Review: Alice in Borderland takes us down a deliciously bonkers rabbit hole
Enlarge / Tokyo residents find themselves trapped in a post-apocalyptic parallel world called Borderland, where they must compete in deadly…
Humanity is in danger of becoming obsolete technology in LX 2048
James D’Arcy stars as a terminally ill man who gets the chance to “upgrade” his life in Guy Moshe’s sci-fi…
How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world
Enlarge Jason Torchinsky Let’s be honest: 2020 sucks. So much of this year has been a relentless slog of bad…
Russia’s hacking frenzy is a reckoning
Enlarge / The attack hit multiple US agencies—and a full assessment of the damage may still be months away. Andrew…
Car crashes killed 36,096 people in the US in 2019
Enlarge / A truck on Route 93 in Canton, MA, rolled over on Dec. 7, 2020. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe…