It's Memorial Day, all Ars staff is off, and we're grateful for it (running a site remains tough work). But on a normal Monday, inevitably we'd continue to monitor news from the world of climate change. Our John Timmer examined the claims that scientists are in it solely for the money...
If climate scientists are in it for the money, they’re doing it wrong
GeekWire Deals: This plug-in dongle diagnoses what’s wrong with your car
When something goes wrong with your computer, a true geek can probably fix it with a few quick steps. But the turn-it-off-and-turn-it-back-on-again approach doesn’t work so well in the automotive industry. With today’s GeekWire Deals offer, you can get a better understanding of what’s going on...
Demolition crew blames Google Maps for knocking down the wrong house
A demolition firm is blaming Google Maps for causing them to level the wrong house in Rowlett, Texas....
Microsoft apologizes for hiring ‘schoolgirl’ dancers at GDC party, calls it ‘unequivocally wrong’
Microsoft apologized Friday for hiring scantily clad dancers at its official Game Developers Conference after-party in San Francisco.
Reports surfaced Friday morning about the Thursday night party, which had “erotic schoolgirls” dancing on podiums and socializing with attendees.
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Goldman Sachs upgrades Microsoft stock and admits, “We were wrong’
In a rare mea culpa from Wall Street, analysts from Goldman Sachs this morning upgraded Microsoft stock from “sell” to “neutral” — acknowledging that they “failed to appreciate” that the Redmond company’s share price would defy lower earnings expectations thanks to promising signs in the company’s cloud computing business. “We were wrong,” wrote Goldman Sachs analyst...