Enlarge / Let's brew some potions! Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. Who knew that being a snake-oil salesman was so much fun? Last summer, the board game Die Quacksalber von Quedlinburg won a major award from the German press, and buzz…
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition activists scuffled with police and troops on Saturday morning in the run-up to a rally intended to keep up pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, as electricity remained intermittent after the country’s worst blackout in decades. Dozens of demonstrators attempted to walk along an avenue in Caracas but were moved onto…
Image copyright EPA Image caption President Trump said he would be "very disappointed" if there was testing by North Korea Satellite images of a facility near Pyongyang suggest that North Korea may be preparing to launch a missile or a satellite. The increase in activity is around a site known as Sanumdong, where North Korea…
Enlarge / Elizabeth Warren speaking to a crowd on February 18, 2019 in Glendale, California. Getty Images | Mario TamaSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) today proposed breaking up Amazon, Google, and Facebook as part of a plan to regulate tech platforms as utilities. In a blog post, Warren said she'll pursue the plan if she wins…
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela shut schools and suspended the workday on Friday as the worst blackout in decades paralyzed most of the troubled nation for a second day, spurring outrage among citizens already suffering from hyperinflation and a crippling recession. Power went out late on Thursday afternoon due to a problem at Venezuela’s main hydroelectric…
Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort has been given a 47-month jail sentence for fraud.He was convicted last year of hiding millions of dollars of income earned by his political consulting in Ukraine. The charges stem from an inquiry into alleged Russian election meddling in the 2016 US elections.None of…
TechBargainsGreetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our friends at TechBargains, we have another round of deals to share. Today's list is headlined by a deal on Vava's USB-C Hub, which is currently down to $24 with a 10 percent on-site coupon and the code "ANDROIDHUBS" at checkout. The 10 percent coupon only applies to the silver model,…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global stock markets retreated on Thursday while the U.S. dollar rose, as the European Central Bank postponed interest rate hikes to 2020 and launched a fresh round of cheap loans to banks in an effort to rejuvenate the euro zone economy. Traders work on the floor of the…
Image copyright Reuters The UK has been urged to submit fresh proposals within the next 48 hours to break the Brexit impasse.EU officials said they would work non-stop over the weekend if "acceptable" ideas were received by Friday to break the deadlock over the Irish backstop. The UK has said "reasonable" proposals to satisfy MPs'…
Enlarge / The Galaxy Fold in many colors. SamsungIt seems like many companies in the smartphone industry are moving toward developing foldable smartphones. There are two real devices so far: Samsung has announced the Galaxy Fold and Huawei is building the Mate X. Oppo is experimenting with a foldable prototype that looks like the Mate X; Motorola is…
