The Recycling Partnership is increasing polypropylene recycling in four states, with plans for ... [+] additional locations. The Recycling Partnership Look out No. 5. That’s right, the nonprofit Recycling Partnership is talking to you polypropylene, aka No. 5 plastic. Turn over a yogurt container or butter tub and you’re likely to see the No. 5…

Enlarge / Apple Watch series 6, launched this September, offers health and fitness monitoring in a dizzying array of styles. (It can also tell you the time, if you're looking for that.) There's a new version of watchOS, the operating system used by the Apple Watch, out today. WatchOS 7.2 includes support for Fitness+, Apple's…

Enlarge / The Wistron factory in Narsapura, India. Worker protests at an iPhone manufacturing plant in India have caused up to $7 million in damages, Reuters reports. Workers at the plant, owned by the Taiwanese-based company Wistron, say they haven't been paid what they were promised and are demanding better working conditions. The Times of…

The hackers behind the supply chain attack that compromised public and private organizations have devised a clever way to bypass multi-factor-authentication systems protecting the networks they target. Researchers from security firm Volexity said on Monday that it had encountered the same attackers in late 2019 and early 2020 as they penetrated deep inside of a…

About 18,000 organizations around the world downloaded network management tools that contained a backdoor that a nation state used to install malware in organizations the used the software, the tools provider, SolarWinds, said on Monday. The disclosure from Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds, came a day after the US government revealed a major security breach hitting federal…

Enlarge / Our gift guide has dozens of recommendations on good gadgets and gear, including various games and accessories for Nintendo Switch owners. If you're buying for someone who appreciates good tech this holiday season, Ars is here to help make the gift giving process less stressful. The Orbital HQ spends much of its time…

Getty Images Russian hackers have breached networks belonging to the US government and private organizations worldwide in a widespread espionage campaign that uses the global software supply chain to infect targets. The US Treasury and Commerce departments are among the US government agencies hit in an operation that multiple news outlets, citing people familiar with…

The log-in screen for the much-reviled America Online (AOL). Back in the days of dialup, actually "connecting to America Online" was Step 5 in the login process. Diamond Entertainment Corp Welcome to a graphical eyesore. Diamond Entertainment Corp You've got mail! That catchphrase (voiced by Elwood Edwards in the US) spawned a 1998 romantic comedy.…

Getty Images Cisco has patched its Jabber conferencing and messaging application against a critical vulnerability that made it possible for attackers to execute malicious code that would spread from computer to computer with no user interaction required. Again. The vulnerability, which was first disclosed in September, was the result of several flaws discovered by researchers…

Mass Effect 4 trailer.We knew it was coming, and now we have confirmation: a new Mass Effect game is on the horizon. It was announced with a teaser trailer during last night's Game Awards broadcast. What we have is a short trailer with no gameplay but one that still makes a few things clear about…