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This is a disappointing article from Ars--it more-or-less regurgitates the French government press release. The question here is whether a business (such as X) that provides a platform for content producers in one country (the U.S.) is subject to increasingly intolerant laws in other countries...

It is disappointing that the senior public health reporter for Ars Technica seems to have not heard of concerns raised by redneck yahoos like the National Toxicology Program of the Department of Health and Human Services; the knuckle-dragging savages of the National Institutes of Health; or the...

I have traveled extensively in Canada, Europe, and Japan. Entering a country lawfully, carrying a passport, and respecting (and being knowledgeable of) the laws of the country you are visiting is an absolute: if you cannot behave properly--by the standards of the local authorities--do not go...

Far more coverage of: -- Space in general -- SpaceX in particular -- But NASA, ESA, INSA, ArianeSpace, and others Less content from other Conde Nast web sites with, at best, tangential relationship to the "ars technica," correctly defined. -- Inside Climate News? Please, no. If you are...

We already DO power cars by burning coal. According to the U.S. Dept. of Energy, 16.2% of electricity generation in 2023 came from coal--another 43.1% came from burning natural gas. It's reasonable to say that 16.2% of the oomph in your EV comes from coal--but that understates the case. Most...

Before people get excited about Massive Price Gouging! and Eeeee-vil Capitalism! might I offer a comment, from the perspective of someone who has filled hundreds of Medicare prescriptions? I am skeptical of the AARP "study". The prices they are tossing around are "retail" prices, not the...

Fluorescent lighting circuits would be wildly out of place in residential construction. In commercial construction where federal government money is involved, and Construction Specification Institute specs are followed, (and every single government-funded job I have been involved in, including...

The lighting system installed in the school uses a technology known as DALI (Digitally Addressable Lighting Interface). It's based on using a smart ballast with an embedded processor, connected to a very low-speed, but high-reliability network connection. (Background: I have been an...

With respect to the many voices of outrage, this really isn't news--or shouldn't be. I have, over the course of a long career in software, been involved in a number of forensic investigations into criminal mischief. In one such case there was sufficient evidence to prosecute, and the perp went...