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    Now even YouTube serves ads with CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners

    They aren't around here. Run NoScript.
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    iPhone 6 Plus users must wait until March or April for batteries, report says

    You are not but you may be in the first wave to call. There is inventory but it is not expected to cover anticipated demand over the lead time to get enough. How I read it, anyway.
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    Top-selling handgun safe can be remotely opened in seconds—no PIN needed

    The former is perceived risk to his family, the latter perceived risk to himself. Apples/Oranges
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    Top-selling handgun safe can be remotely opened in seconds—no PIN needed

    Well then, thank you very much. Now it really does only take a few seconds......under perfect circumstances.
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    Forcing kid to masturbate for cops in sexting case was wrong, court finds

    Not obvious to 4th Circuit Judge Robert King who dissented.
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    If you’re stabbed or shot, hailing a Lyft may be better than calling 911

    This seems to me to be just the sort of 'science' that numbs people to not care or distrust as discussed here: (https://meincmagazine.com/science/2017/09 ... ence-news/) There must be hundreds of possible variables that are just ignored and the actual study is paywalled. Just exactly how did...
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    Two-thirds of Americans don’t bother seeking out science news

    The Pew Research methods are freely available on their site with the whole study. You can complain that the article did not reprint that information and that has contributed to your ignorance but not because the study itself is not well documented. You can see how they got their ~4,000...
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    Two-thirds of Americans don’t bother seeking out science news

    "Overall, the picture that emerges is one of a US public that wants to be enthused about science, but doesn't have the time and energy to devote to reading science news,.." Actually, almost half of those whose opinions make up the basis of the survey conducted by Pew self-described themselves...
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    Study: US is slipping toward measles being endemic once again

    That would work perfectly. Unfortunately, personal responsibility in this country has been stomped out. No one is responsible for their actions or decisions anymore. Everyone is a victim.
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    Buick’s 2018 Regal GS takes aim at the Audi A5

    One market: China Now they import Chinese made Buicks to sell to Americans. Gitlin fails to mention that the '18 Regal will be made by Peugeot in a former GM/Opel plant in Germany and imported for US buyers. Maybe that's how they figure this to go up against Audi.
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    Microsoft will help ISPs bring wireless Internet to 12 US states

    Almost certainly you are not counted in the FCC '23.4M' underserved number. That number comes from telco maps and the telco maps, for political and regulatory purposes, have nothing to do with actual service speeds or availability. So, as far as the FCC is concerned, you have at least 25Mbs.
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    After tax break was slashed, no new Teslas were registered in Hong Kong in April

    You would get a check from the federal government if you had paid withholding during the year and otherwise had $7,500 in federal tax liability. The tax credit offsets the liability and when you file a tax return that year you get a check for $7,500 instead of the government keeping your...
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    Trump to pull history’s biggest polluter from global climate agreement

    They are the same. The problem you have with Trump is that he is not a party animal.
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    Fearing Shadow Brokers leak, NSA reported critical flaw to Microsoft

    It is not baffling if your goal is to generate commentary traffic. A lot of the comments are reactions to that nonsense.
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    The older the doctor, the higher the patient mortality rate, study finds

    It is hard to tell from the article. The study was hospital admissions of 'elderly' patients through 2014. 'Elderly' is 65 years or older and it took them 2 year or so to figure out an angle on what to publish. We don't know how they 'corrected' for illnesses. That would seem to be the...
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    Send Wi-Fi companies floor plans, receive the ultimate mesh networking test

    Thank-you. Your in depth articles on wireless are extremely useful and I appreciate them. As another poster suggested in not so many words, it (technical depth) is the sine qua non of Ars Technica and the reason to subscribe.
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    Steve Ballmer’s new gov’t data project assumes that facts change minds

    This article about a technical topic, a database, was written for ArsPolitica and mistakenly published here.