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If you kill the headphone jack, you need to replace it with something better

Enlarge / Little ol' headphone jacks causing a big ol' fuss. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)

As the rumors that the next iPhone will drop the 3.5mm headphone jack have intensified, I’ve been keeping tabs on the specific argument that Daring Fireball’s John Gruber made yesterday: that removing the headphone jack from the iPhone is the modern-day...

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Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL

Annette Hurst is an attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe who represented Oracle in the recent Oracle v. Google trial. This op-ed represents her own views and is not intended to represent those of her client or Ars Technica.

The Oracle v. Google trial concluded yesterday when a jury returned a verdict in Google's favor. The litigation began in 2010, when...

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DOD to start test of F-35 helmet that won’t kill lighter pilots on ejection

Rockwell Collins and Elbit Systems' joint—a helmet that can see through planes without making the pilot throw up—can also break their necks if they eject. (credit: Lockheed Martin)

The F-35 Joint Program Office is about to begin testing a prototype for a new helmet for pilots of the Joint Strike Fighter—a critical upgrade to the aircraft's...

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Keeping immune cells engineered to kill cancer from killing everything else

A T cell, the basis for immune therapies against cancer. (credit: NIAID)

One of the more exciting developments in cancer research involves tweaking the immune system to attack cancer. It's possible to engineer the immune system's T cells to attack and kill tumor cells based on the specific proteins those tumors produce. It's a relatively new anti-cancer therapy, but initial tests...

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