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Skyrocketing ocean temperatures have scientists scratching their heads
Shattered temperature records have grim implications for hurricane season.
Rocket Report: Falcon 9 flies for 300th time; an intriguing launch from Russia
Starship is fully stacked in South Texas for the rocket's third test flight.
Doing DNS and DHCP for your LAN the old way—the way that works
Are you a sysadmin with control issues who needs a weekend project? Look no further!
It’s a fake: Mysterious 280 million-year-old fossil is mostly just black paint
The long bones of the hind limbs appear to be genuine. The rest? Not so much.
Scientists aghast at bizarre AI rat with huge genitals in peer-reviewed article
It's unclear how such egregiously bad images made it through peer-review.
After a decade and $1.2 billion, NASA reveals its booty from Bennu: 121 grams
A long way, and a lot of money, for half a cup.
SpaceX launches military satellites tuned to track hypersonic missiles
These satellites will participate in joint missile-tracking exercises later this year.
Our unbiased take on Mark Zuckerberg’s biased Apple Vision Pro review
CEO's Quest 3 comparison offers an interesting look at mixed-reality design trade-offs.
VMware admits sweeping Broadcom changes are worrying customers
Broadcom has cut VMware products, perpetual licenses, and its partner program.
SpaceX takes a proactive step toward responsible behavior in orbit
"We commend this commitment as a first step."
AMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of Meta Pixel
Proposed settlement impacts millions using AMC apps like Shudder and AMC+.
Google upstages itself with Gemini 1.5 AI launch, one week after Ultra 1.0
Google confusingly overshadows its own pro product a week after its last major AI launch.
After weeks of rumors, Microsoft says four games are going to “other consoles”
But Starfield and Indiana Jones are staying exclusive to Xbox and PC.
Nginx core developer quits project in security dispute, starts “freenginx” fork
Disagreement over security disclosures and bug-fixing priorities led to split.
First state-level look at long COVID reveals the seven hardest-hit states
New England and the Pacific tended to have lower rates of long COVID.
Nvidia passes Google’s market cap, now world’s fourth most valuable company
Nvidia might soon be worth more than the world's biggest oil company.
Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services
Musk's changes kill service that let you view tweets without going to Twitter.
Kong gets some “minor augmentations” in latest Godzilla x Kong trailer
"Something is coming. Something even they're afraid of."
Nvidia’s “Chat With RTX” is a ChatGPT-style app that runs on your own GPU
Nvidia's private AI chatbot is a high-profile (but rough) step toward cloud independence.
How a musician accused of fraud got his music back on Spotify, iTunes
Spotify and Apple Music started cracking down on streaming fraud last year.
AI-powered romantic chatbots are a privacy nightmare
They collect massive amounts of data with little disclosure about its use.
Three terms sure to grab attention: Russia, nuclear, anti-satellite weapon
Intel circulating on Capitol Hill has to do with new Russian threat in space.
Can you sanitize the inside of your nose to prevent COVID? Nope, FDA says.
There are a lot of COVID nasal sprays for sale, but little data to show they work.
Asahi Linux project’s OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple’s
Newest driver supports the latest versions of OpenGL and OpenGL ES.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is a fine entry point into the auto-shooting depths
This fleshed-out Early Access version could convert first-timers to the genre.
Musk’s X sold checkmarks to Hezbollah and other terrorist groups, report says
X (aka Twitter) accused of violating sanctions by taking payment from terrorists.
USPTO says AI models can’t hold patents
Inventors must be human, but there's still a condition where AI can officially help.
Google, Environmental Defense Fund will track methane emissions from space
Satellite data + Google Maps + AI should help figure out where methane is leaking.
Backdoors that let cops decrypt messages violate human rights, EU court says
Cops have alternative means to access encrypted messages, court says.
Lawsuit against Prime Video ads shows perils of annual streaming subscriptions
Reasonable expectations were not met," litigation against Amazon claims.
Mozilla lays off 60 people, wants to build AI into Firefox
Memo details layoffs, "strategic corrections," and a desire for "trustworthy" AI.
Why walking around in public with Vision Pro makes no sense
Social mores aside, Vision Pro doesn't seem designed to be used on the go.
Steam Next Fest: Eight game demos that stood out from the crowd
From trucks in space to backpack management sims, and everything in between.
BMW’s CE 02 scooter will tug your heartstrings, drain your wallet
It's slow and expensive, but I still want one.
Mars experienced a precursor to plate tectonics
Pervasive volcanoes and distinct rock types may hint at key geological processes.
Fueling a spacecraft while it’s on a rocket? “Not trivial,” SpaceX official says.
"We're trying to create a marketplace where a marketplace does not exist."
A new look at our linguistic roots
A controversial analytic technique offers new answers for Indo-European languages.
Tesla’s biggest EV rival is planning a factory in North America
Producing cars in Mexico would make it cheaper for BYD to sell cars in the US.
DuckDuckGo’s browser adds encrypted, privacy-minded syncing and backup
It's getting closer to mainstream parity, minus one major feature.
Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.
If you're tired of Alexa and Google listening, a DIY option is possible.
Broadcom-owned VMware kills the free version of ESXi virtualization software
Software's free version was a good fit for tinkerers and hobbyists.
Scientists found a Stone Age megastructure submerged in the Baltic Sea
"Blinkerwall" may have been a "desert kite," used to channel and hunt reindeer.
OpenAI experiments with giving ChatGPT a long-term conversation memory
AI chatbot "memory" will recall facts from previous conversations when enabled.
CDC to update its COVID isolation guidance, ditching 5-day rule: Report
The agency is reportedly moving from the fixed time to a symptom-based isolation period.
Judge rejects most ChatGPT copyright claims from book authors
OpenAI plans to defeat authors' remaining claim at a "later stage" of the case.
Cryptocurrency maker sues former Ars reporter for writing about fraud lawsuit
Bitcoin Latinum angry about quotes from fraud lawsuit and Star Trek reference.
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs
New Windows version needs CPU features that became common in the late 00s.
Judge tosses Big Pharma suit claiming drug price negotiation is unconstitutional
The judge ruled that the court lacks jurisdiction.
Apple’s iMessage is not a “core platform” in EU, so it can stay walled off
Microsoft's Edge browser, Bing search, and ad business also avoid regulations.
Encrypted email service Skiff gets acquired, will shut down in six months
Skiff users will lose their @skiff.com email addresses, need to export data ASAP.
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