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SpaceX completes static fire test in push toward third Starship launch
The rocket and test equipment looked undamaged after the test.
Child sex abuse images found in dataset training image generators, report says
Stable Diffusion 1.5 reportedly tainted" by more than 1,000 child abuse images.
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
Add to a charity haul that has already raised over $19,000.
Contact-tracing software could accurately gauge COVID-19 risk
Time spent with infected individuals is a key determinant of risk.
Multiple Chat GPT instances combine to figure out chemistry
"Coscientist" AI checks references, reads hardware manuals, and sets up reactions.
First wave of AAA iPhone games sees a big new release—and a notable delay
The first of three major AAA game releases for the iPhone has arrived.
Samsung expands repair program to more devices, now in 43 countries
Samsung's current S-series flagship and foldable phones are getting parts.
NSF director: US Antarctic research has national impact
NSF Director joins a US Rep on Ars to argue that Science's benefits are widespread.
What would you do with a used Rolls-Royce Olympus engine from Concorde?
The engine, which sold for $718,000, cannot be flown again.
EU will hold 3 major porn sites to same regulations as Meta, X
Xvideos, Pornhub, and Stripchat face curbs on age verification, content moderation.
Our ranking of top US launch companies finds a familiar name on top
Some familiar faces remain, along with a few new entrants.
Daily Telescope: A colorful Christmas tree in the night sky
O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree, you stand in splendid beauty!
Xfinity waited to patch critical Citrix Bleed 0-day. Now it’s paying the price
Data for almost 36 million customers now in the hands of unknown hackers.
Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket flies for first time in 15 months
An engine failure destroyed a New Shepard rocket on its previous flight.
Wolverine-developer Insomniac Games sees 1.67TB of secrets leaked in data breach
Future Ratchet & Clank, X-Men, and Spider-Man games exposed-but it gets worse.
Beeper’s esoteric fix for iMessage access suggests why it’s pushing politically
Beeper's iMessage access could depend on both Mac data and DOJ action.
Microsoft releases downloadable tool to fix phantom HP printer installations
Windows 10 and 11 users noticed this bug earlier this month.
Human brain cells put much more energy into signaling
Signaling molecules help modulate the brain's overall activity.
Republicans slam broadband discounts for poor people, threaten to kill program
Thune, Cruz complain that $30 discounts go to people who "already had broadband."
Restored 478-key, 31-tone Moog synthesizer from 1968 sounds beautifully bizarre
Cornell staff finish the job with new technology but keep Moog's work in place.
Binance to pay $2.7 billion fine after hiding shady transactions from feds
Binance's former compliance-control officer must also pay a $1.5 million fine.
The Play Store preps remote app uninstall feature
Remote installs have been around forever; now you can go the other direction.
Turquoise taillights tell you this Mercedes is driving autonomously
California and Nevada have approved a test of the new light color.
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker
Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
US Congress recommends placing assets at Lagrange points to counter China
We're in another space race back to the Moon, and this time it's with China."
Dark matter might be keeping an even darker secret
Researchers compare a theorized behavior of dark matter to actual galaxies.
Google’s loss to Epic Games leads to $700M settlement with users, states
Play Store users can expect at least $2 in "unnecessary" fees refunded.
Hurricane Larry dumped 100,000 microplastics per sq. meter on Newfoundland each day
It's another sign of how plasticized our environment has become.
Daily Telescope: James Webb zooms in on Uranus
Hopefully we revisit this world in our lifetimes.
Apple Watches being pulled from stores this week due to potential import ban
Ban on Watch Series 9, Watch Ultra 2 starts Dec. 26 if Biden doesn't intervene.
Disgraced Nikola founder Trevor Milton gets 4-year sentence for lying about EVs
Prosecutors had asked for a heavier sentence to deter future fraud.
Google’s Stadia Controller salvage operation will run for another year
The online-only controller updater will run until December 2024.
What turns a fungal scavenger into a killer?
Beware the sticky, tricky genetic weapons of a fungal carnivore.
Not all pickups are work trucks—Toyota aims the 2024 Tacoma off-road
The TRD Pro trim even comes with seats fitted with shock absorbers.
Musk’s X hit with EU’s first investigation of Digital Services Act violations
EU probes disinformation, election policy, Community Notes, and paid checkmarks.
Adobe gives up on $20 billion acquisition of Figma
Competition probes in the EU and UK made regulatory approval dicey.
An Interview with Cities: Skylines 2 developer’s CEO, Mariina Hallikainen
A hugely successful early game can become a developer's own worst enemy.
Daily Telescope: Tracking the Sun’s path every day across the sky
The image is a vivid demonstration of the changing of the seasons.
A song of hype and fire: The 10 biggest AI stories of 2023
When AI hype hit fever pitch-and a market leader nearly tore itself apart.
Love at first ride: The Specialized Turbo Creo 2 Comp gravel e-bike
Specialized says its gravel e-bike can pull double-duty as your road bike.
How Microsoft’s cybercrime unit has evolved to combat increased threats
Microsoft has honed its strategy to disrupt global cybercrime and state-backed actors.
Here’s how an off-road racing series will make its own hydrogen fuel
Extreme E, the electric off-road series, is switching to hydrogen in 2025.
This “smoking gun” killed the McDonald’s ice cream hackers’ startup
Three-year-old email shows evidence of plot to undermine repair business.
A top-secret Chinese spy satellite just launched on a supersized rocket
This satellite may carry a large telescope to continuously monitor the Indo-Pacific.
Marketer sparks panic with claims it uses smart devices to eavesdropon people
"Real-time" listening claims were exaggerated, but the creepy factor remains.
The Pixel 9 might come with exclusive “Pixie” AI assistant
What will happen to the Google Assistant when the new AI assistant comes out?
Tesla Model 3 may lose $7,500 tax credit in 2024 under new battery rules
Tesla's website confirms the tax credit for the electric sedan is going away.
Twitch quickly reverses policy that “went too far” allowing nudity
Twitch confirmed its policy banning nudity was sexist.
X-ray imaging of The Night Watch reveals previously unknown lead layer
Rembrandt may have used lead-rich oil to prep his canvas and protect it from humidity.
TikTok requires users to “forever waive” rights to sue over past harms
TikTok may be seeking to avoid increasingly high costs of mass arbitration.
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