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REMOTE CONTROL
Cruise Will Soon Hit San Francisco With No Hands on the Wheel
BY AARIAN MARSHALL
The GM subsidiary wins approval from California to offer driverless passenger service.
PUNCH IT
'Star Wars: Squadrons' Is the Soaring Antidote to Force Fatigue
BY BRENDAN NYSTEDT
"Permission to jump in an X-wing and blow something up?" "Permission granted."
ENCRYPTION
How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information
BY SIDNEY FUSSELL
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device.
BOOK EXCERPT
How 30 Lines of Code Blew Up a 27-Ton Generator
BY ANDY GREENBERG
A secret experiment in 2007 proved that hackers could devastate power grid equipment beyond repair—with a file no bigger than a gif.
APPLES TO APPLES
Which iPhone 12 You Should Buy—and Where to Get It
BY JULIAN CHOKKATTU
From the Mini to the Pro, here are the differences among Apple's latest models, and where you can score the best deals.
GO LONG NOW
18,000 Years From Now, People Will Still Play Football
BY GRACE HUCKINS
Jon Bois' new work of online fiction, 20020, is a utopian meditation on endless time. With sports!
DON'T LOOK NOW
'Amnesia: Rebirth' Has Evolved Beyond Jump Scares
BY MATTHEW GAULT
The sequel to the 10-year-old horror classic is a psychological journey to hell and back.
GADGET LAB PODCAST
How the Google Antitrust Case Trickles Down Onto Your Phone
BY WIRED STAFF
This week, we examine the possible implications of the US government's complaint against Google, and how it could impact consumer technology.
TRAPPED
How the Venus Flytrap 'Remembers' When It Captures Prey
BY JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA
The carnivorous plant is believed to have something akin to a short-term "memory." A team of scientists has uncovered new details on how it works.
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