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Prime Video drops Wheel of Time S2 trailer ahead of San Diego Comic-Con
"You're not a spoke, boy. You are the water that turns the wheel itself."
Fear, loathing, and excitement as Threads adopts open standard used by Mastodon
Meta promised to make Threads compatible with W3C open standard for social media.
Behind the scenes: How we host Ars Technica, part 1
Join us on a multipart journey into our place in the cloud!
NASA starts building ice-hunting Moon rover
VIPER is NASA's first rover to need headlights.
Ben Franklin wove colored fibers into paper currency to foil counterfeiters
Zenas Marshall Crane usually credited with introducing fibers to paper currency in 1844.
“Church of Bleach” family goes to trial, representing themselves in court
The family, defending itself in the trial, declined to provide an opening statement.
Report: OpenAI holding back GPT-4 image features on fears of privacy issues
GPT-4's image capabilities can recognize certain individuals, according to NYT.
Battery shortage forces GM to pause commercial EV production
GM's efforts to scale up EV production are being hampered by supply issues.
OnePlus 12 spec leak promises giant 5400 mAh battery
A big year-over-year battery increase, same-y design, and maybe more RAM.
Exploited 0-days, an incomplete fix, and a botched disclosure: Infosec snafu reigns
The exploited code-execution flaws are the kind coveted by ransomware and nation-state hackers.
Meta launches Llama 2, an open source AI model that allows commercial applications
A family of pretrained and fine-tuned language models in sizes from 7 to 70 billion parameters.
The armor of armored fish started out as part of the nervous system
Cells from the developing spinal cord make the sturgeon's bony, armored plates.
Norway has had it with Meta, threatens $100K fines for data violations
"It is so clear that this is illegal," Norwegian regulator said.
Microsoft 365’s Copilot assistant for businesses comes with a hefty price tag
Copilot runs $30 per user per month on top of your existing Microsoft 365 plan.
Caught in the act: Mammal found with teeth sunk in a much larger dinosaur
New fossil from China captures the last moments of a life-or-death struggle.
NHTSA investigating Tesla Autopilot after yet another fatal crash
NHTSA has opened dozens of investigations into Tesla after more than 30 deaths.
Typo leaks millions of US military emails to Mali web operator
Spelling error misdirected sensitive Pentagon messages to company running Mali's TLD.
For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon
They've got a great adventure ahead of them."
Corsair is buying DIY mechanical keyboard brand Drop
Drop claims enthusiast roots will remain, but product availability could improve.
When will we see Apple’s 3 nm M3? Let’s sort through conflicting rumors
New products are sure to come as soon as October, but details are fuzzy.
Aspartame and cancer: Why you really shouldn’t worry about this
The FDA said bluntly that it disagrees with the WHO's carcinogen classification.
AT&T stock fell to 29-year low on Friday and sank another 6.7% today
AT&T, Verizon, Frontier, and Lumen all get hammered after lead-cable reports.
JumpCloud, an IT firm serving 200,000 orgs, says it was hacked by nation-state
"Extremely targeted" attack involved a data injection into JumpCloud's commands framework.
PSA: Google is deleting some old Hangouts photos this week
It's hard to say exactly what is getting deleted, but it's easy to download.
Dealmaster: Home organization, back-to-school essentials, Lenovo laptops, and more
Get started on back-to-school shopping with plenty of deals on essentials and tech.
Owners of troubled VanMoof e-bikes get their software keys from rival company
Belgian firm Cowboy gives VanMoof owners basic access after one-day hackathon.
‘Elusive’ first-gen 4GB iPhone auctioned for record $190,373
Collector pays big for smaller-storage SKU Apple discontinued after 2 months.
Eli Lilly drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s progression
Dementia experts hail "watershed moment" after trial results for donanemab antibody treatment.
Exploring the ingenious science and science fiction of making things invisible
Greg Gbur chats about his book Invisibility: The History and Science of How Not to be Seen.
Musk admits advertisers haven’t returned to Twitter, ad revenue down 50%
Twitter has negative cash flow despite Musk predicting profits last quarter.
Former astronaut says it’s “extremely important” to study artificial gravity
"We have nothing in between one and zero."
Ford gives the F-150 Lightning a big price cut as production ramps up
This reverses some recent price increases for Ford's electric pickup truck.
After months of competition complaints, Sony agrees to 10-year Call of Duty deal
Move helps clear the way for final approval of Microsoft's Activision purchase.
How long will the last Intel Macs be supported? macOS Sonoma gives us some hints
Nearly 20 years of data show how Intel Macs are faring as Apple switches chips.
It’s crafty, fish-stealing sharks vs. anglers in NatGeo’s Bull Shark Bandits
Depredation behavior offers evidence that bull sharks are more intelligent than we thought.
Bizarre ancient sea creature brings evolution mystery to the surface
A new tunicate fossil, a close relative of vertebrates, is half a billion years old.
The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster
Record highs in the US are due to a heat dome-and it's expected to worsen.
Guidemaster: Picking the right tablet for each use case
Find the right tablet for work, play, and everything else in between.
The gravitational interactions that have helped us dodge 60-hour days
An atmospheric effect got various tidal forces to cancel out.
Game tutorials should be easily skipped. Why is that so hard?
Let's talk about replay accessibility, not replay value.
Viasat’s new broadband satellite could be a total loss
The mission now in peril is thought to be valued at roughly $700 million.
Microsoft takes pains to obscure role in 0-days that caused email breach
Critics also decry Microsoft's "pay-to-play" monitoring that detected intrusions.
Nothing Phone 2 hands-on: Pro-repair styling without the functionality
If the light-up back doesn't do it for you, there's not much here to see.
What countries will heat up the most in a 2°-warmer world?
The need for air conditioning will skyrocket, with Africa and Europe hit hardest.
X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis
Finds include hidden third "ghost hand," alterations to a crown in Ramesses II portrait
Samsung’s new 83-inch TV could be a harbinger of consumer confusion
One product line-two different types of panels.
AT&T and Verizon’s ancient lead cables have US lawmakers demanding action
"Corporate irresponsibility": Telcos accused of failing to act on health risks.
Light-based “LiFi” is stunningly fast, notably fragile—and now standardized
224GB/s, killer security, no radio interference-but you can't block the beam.
So long, Calibri: Microsoft has settled on a new font for its Office apps
Aptos is a sans-serif font that also comes in monospaced and serifed varieties.
Fran Drescher: “We are all going to be in jeopardy of being replaced by machines”
As actors strike, Hollywood reportedly seeks to own actors' digital doubles.
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