Enlarge (credit: Drew Angerer | Getty Images) If you receive an email from someone@arstechnіca.com, is it really from someone at Ars? Most definitely not—the domain in that email address is not the same arstechnica.com that you know. The ‘і’ character in there is from the Cyrillic script and not the Latin alphabet. This isn’t a novel...
Meet the Freedom Phone, a Smartphone for Conservatives
A 22-year-old Bitcoin millionaire wants Republicans to ditch their iPhones for a low-end handset that he hopes to turn into a political tool.
California Bill Could Alter Amazon Labor Practices
The bill would rein in production quotas at warehouses that critics say are excessive and force workers to forgo bathroom breaks.
Why ransomware hackers love a holiday weekend
Enlarge / Gah, don’t you miss unstressed travel? (credit: Klaus Vedfelt / Getty Images) On the Friday heading into Memorial Day weekend this year, it was meat-processing giant JBS. On the Friday before the Fourth of July, it was IT-management software company Kaseya and, by extension, over a thousand businesses of varying size. It remains...
TikTokers Flood Texas Abortion Site With Fake Tips
To protest Texas’ new abortion law, activists said, they pranked a website set up by the state’s largest anti-abortion group.
Facebook Apologizes After A.I. Puts ‘Primates’ Label on Video of Black Men
Facebook called it “an unacceptable error.” The company has struggled with other issues related to race.
Why It’s Not The Weekend Until @CraigWeekend Says So
The 18-year-old behind the viral Twitter account @CraigWeekend has offered people a routine reminder to take a load off.
Apple Gives Ground in a Strategic Retreat From Strict App Store Rules
The company, under pressure from app developers and regulators, is making concessions while protecting lucrative parts of its App Store.
A Jury for the Elizabeth Holmes Trial Has Been Selected
For two days, a judge, federal prosecutors and defense lawyers questioned roughly 100 potential jurors before whittling the list down to 12 jurors and five alternates.









