Will gladly join your bookclub if it involves any of these, GQ.

If you didn’t get enough bleak, dystopian scenarios out of this season, here are some similar science fiction novels to tide you over until the next season.
gq.com|By Lincoln Michel

NASA sciences up Halloween :thumbsup: (via WIRED)

For the last five years, the engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have been putting your pumpkin carving skills to shame in their annual contest.
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Who needs bezels anyway?

Xiaomi's futuristic smartphone has the highest screen-to-body ratio we've ever seen.
arstechnica.com|By Ron Amadeo

A week after a slew of gear announcements, we're still thinking about this one.

It's sleek, beautiful, but a little bit strange.
arstechnica.com|By Peter Bright

This brain parasite is not responsible for making humans post all those cat photos (or so we think) http://arstechnica.com/…/a-tiny-brain-parasite-seems-to-ma…/

Researchers keep studying, but Toxoplasma gondii keeps confounding their expectations.
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Tech startups are building massive empires and raking in billions of dollars off the back of low-paid workers without much rights - which just isn't right, argues one of our writers.

UK's self-employed earn less than they did 20 years ago. This has to change.
arstechnica.co.uk|By Tom Mendelsohn

The US-EU trade deal might've been scuppered - but it looks like the Canada-EU deal will still make it through.

Op-ed: CETA faces years of ratification votes around the EU, and multiple legal challenges.
arstechnica.co.uk|By Glyn Moody

Your Halloween treat from us: At a hair under 50k words total, this (Updated) History of Android is now almost the same length as the Stephen King's The Gunslinger.

Follow the endless iterations from Android 0.5 to Android 7 and beyond.
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The Polar M600: Is a true Android Wear sports watch worth $330? https://arstechnica.com/…/polar-m600-review-a-fitness-and-…/

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"Jones and the lawyers who work with him have squeezed royalty payments from more than 800 companies over the years..." O_o

"We never seek personal attacks or personal discomfort toward anyone!"
arstechnica.com|By Joe Mullin

All, can we please stop the price gouging?

Rival Kaleo jacked price of drug that reverses opioid overdose amid epidemic.
arstechnica.com|By Beth Mole

Reader ddremund is probably right (which is what makes this #PLATO piece a gem): "So many people these days seem to think that computing started with the Apple I and gaming started with the Atari 2600..."

An educational system helped pioneer sports games, in-game chat, and simultaneous play.
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We can't continue screwing up Earth and hoping we have Mars as a backup plan, says Amazon's Bezos.

Amazon founder says he's building rockets so future generations can innovate in space.
arstechnica.com|By Eric Berger

A big ruling against Uber, which might have to start paying drivers minimum wage and paying for holiday days.

Landmark ruling means Uber drivers are entitled to holidays, sick pay, minimum wage.
arstechnica.co.uk|By Tom Mendelsohn

Be a hero to someone, gift the young nephew/niece/cousin/etc. a board game called Poop this holiday season.

When you've got 1,200 games to sift though, you're bound to find a few peculiarities.
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Videogame. Nerd. Heaven.

We geeked the heck out at the National Videogame Museum in Frisco, Texas.
arstechnica.com|By Sam Machkovech

To the moon (Saturn's moon, that is.)

At Ars Live #7, we talked to a human spaceflight expert about our future beyond Earth.
arstechnica.com|By Annalee Newitz

Still nightmare fuel

Climate change and raw oyster trend are boosting cases involving the ferocious microbe.
arstechnica.com|By Beth Mole

Sports ads, guuuuuuhhhhh

Between commercials and b-roll, we lost a full 25 percent of the race.
arstechnica.com|By Jonathan M. Gitlin