Can companies mix crypto and climate change pledges?

Computer intruder tried to poison drinking water for a small Florida city

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Someone broke into the computer system of a water treatment plant in Florida and tried to poison drinking water for a municipality’s more than 13,000 residents, officials said on Monday. The intrusion occurred on Friday evening, when an unknown person remotely accessed the computer interface used to adjust the chemicals that […]

Superhero showdown: Which comic book rumble was the real Battle of the Century?

Hmm, we’re sensing a trend here… (credit: Kerry Callen) Update, 1/1/21: It’s New Year’s Day, and Ars staff is still enjoying some necessary downtime to prepare for a new year (and a slew of CES emails, we’re sure). While that happens, we’re resurfacing some vintage Ars stories like this 2014 examination of a classic comic […]

Lawmakers urge Trump to sign relief bill as unemployment aid expires

President Donald Trump appeared no closer to signing an end-of-year COVID relief and spending bill Sunday as unemployment aid expired, the government barrels toward a mid-pandemic shutdown, and lawmakers implored him to break the impasse he created after Congress approved the deal. The fate of the bipartisan package remained in limbo after Trump blindsided members […]