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Infrared video of huge Southern California methane leak makes plume visible

First Aerial Footage of Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Leak Credit: Environmental Defense Fund and Earthworks

Southern California Gas Company had been trying to plug a massive natural gas leak for more than two months, and now we have some new perspective on the scale of the leak. The non-profit organization Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) has released an infrared...

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Better with age: The year’s best video game DLC

Not all that long ago, you used to be able to make a list of the year’s best games, confident that those titles would remain relatively static as time went on. That’s not the case anymore. With downloadable content becoming the norm rather than the exception, some of the best games of 2015 actually came out in previous years and were merely updated with...

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The best video games of 2015, as picked by the Ars editors

Before we get on with the list, I want to make sure you don’t miss this year’s Ars Technica Charity Drive sweepstakes. You can win one of over 100 prizes, including limited edition gaming collectibles, all while helping out a good cause. Entries are due by January 4, so check it out if you haven’t already, and thanks...

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YouTube criticizes T-Mobile for downgrading video quality

(credit: Aurich Lawson)

T-Mobile USA's recently instituted practice of downgrading video quality to 480p in order to reduce data usage now has a prominent critic: YouTube.

“Reducing data charges can be good for users, but it doesn’t justify throttling all video services, especially without explicit user consent,” a YouTube spokesperson said, according to a Wall Street Journal article today.

T-Mobile's...

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Unify Square makes funny rap video, telling you to ‘put your Skype in the air’ already
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Unify Square is the latest company of techies to bust a rhyme. In this new video, “MC Cloud” raps about the Bellevue-based company’s services, helping businesses implement Skype for Business, with the main message: “Put your Skype in the air.” “Say you’re rocking with some old PBX, and you wanna transition. Man, we know what’s next. We got...
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