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Actively exploited vulnerability threatens hundreds of solar power stations
Organizations using unpatched SolarView products face potentially serious consequences.
This EV truckmaker is gigacasting its battery packs for longevity
The powertrain has been designed and built in-house for a 450,000-mile life.
Massive peak collapses may reshape Himalayas
23 cubic kilometers of mountain plunged into the valley below.
Judge rules White House pressured social networks to “suppress free speech”
Missouri and Louisiana sued Biden over attempts to limit COVID misinformation.
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Generative AI in games will create a copyright crisis
Titles like AI Dungeon are already using generative AI to generate in-game content.
Twitter refuses to pay for arbitration it forced on 891 ex-employees, suit says
Meanwhile, at least one Twitter ex-employee has won a rare settlement.
Mid-1990s Sega document leak shows how it lost the second console war to Sony
"Another example of why we will eventually win," writes blissfully unaware CEO.
Going deep with the Book 8088, the brand-new laptop that runs like it’s 1981
Stolen BIOS, stolen software, and half-busted hardware. But still... kind of neat?
Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket to make its final launch this evening [Updated]
After nearly three decades, the Ariane 5 rocket reaches the end of the line.
Fairphone 4—the repairable, sustainable smartphone—is coming to the US
Fairphone teams up with the developer of the /e/ Android fork to enable US sales.
One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost
An early experiment suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory.
Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed
The gas that produce stars also cushion them from the blast of nearby supernovae.
The 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre proves EVs make the best luxury cars
We drive Rolls-Royce's first electric car, which was 123 years in the making.
336,000 servers remain unpatched against critical Fortigate vulnerability
69 percent of devices have yet to receive patch for flaw allowing remote code execution.
AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably."
The link rot spreads: GIF-hosting site Gfycat shutting down Sept. 1
Snap-owned service has little to say, other than save or delete your stuff.
Pornhub cuts off more US users in ongoing protest over age-verification laws
Pornhub apologized to "loyal visitors" blocked in two states this weekend.
Unsolved Wendy’s outbreak shows challenges of fighting foodborne illnesses
We're failing at preventing foodborne outbreaks-and solving them.
Musk annoys Twitter users by capping number of tweets they can view each day
Former Twitter exec says Musk explanation "just doesn't pass the sniff test."
Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans
Initial hopes of 1 million shipments in 2024 dashed by manufacturing problems.
Lonely people see the world differently, according to their brains
Brain activity differs among people who feel out of touch with their peers.
Apple plans to launch a monitor that stays on when you shut down your Mac
Also: Apple plans to switch AirPods to USB-C this year.
Valve says Steam games can’t use AI models trained on copyrighted works
"Legal uncertainty" over models means many devs can't establish "appropriate rights."
Mars has liquid guts and strange insides, InSight suggests
Wobbles in its rotation are difficult to explain without a liquid core.
SpaceX launches groundbreaking European dark energy mission
SpaceX is filling in for ESA as European rockets face delays.
Clever DNA tricks
As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes only once or chaos will ensue.
Saturn’s rings steal the show in new image from Webb telescope
Webb turned its gold-coated mirror toward Saturn this week.
Death toll rises to 7 in fungal meningitis outbreak; cases at 34, 161 at risk
Anyone exposed should get medical care and testing immediately, even without symptoms.
The Asus Zenfone 10 is a tiny 5.9-inch phone with flagship specs
Asus invites small phone lovers to put their money where their mouth is.
FBI finally tracks “swatting” incidents as attacks increase nationwide
Experts aren't sure the database will reverse troubling swatting trend.
Reddit API changes are imminent. Here’s what’s happening to your favorite apps
Ars spoke to devs about their apps' future & what they learned from this ordeal.
Google tells Canada it won’t pay “link tax,” will pull news links from search
Canada requiring payments from tech to news orgs; similar bills pending in US.
Florida mosquitoes test positive for malaria as officials spray area
Officials have ramped up ground and aerial spraying.
TSMC says some of its data was swept up in a hack on a hardware supplier
The pernicious LockBit ransomware syndicate claims responsibility and demands $70 million.
The huge power and potential danger of AI-generated code
Programming can be faster with algorithms, but AI can make bugs more common.
AMD announces limited-run Ryzen 5600X3D CPU, an ideal upgrade for an aging Ryzen PC
Micro Center will be the only seller of this $229, while-supplies-last chip.
Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained
A (reasonably) condensed version of two weeks' worth of heated GPL argument.
Torrent of image-based phishing emails are harder to detect and more convincing
The arms race between scammers and defenders continues.
Into the rivers and through the woods: Specialized’s e-mountain bike
Specialized's electric mountain bike was more than good enough to hook our reviewer.
Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot lets you send messages via outer space
Following the announcement in February, the $150 device is available today.
30 years later, Myst demake for Atari 2600 reminds us how far we’ve come
Unofficial Myst port for 8-bit Atari 2600 gives the '90s adventure a '70s makeover.
Here’s what happens when a swim team competes with an intestinal pathogen
Outbreak among Mass. swim teams spread to a Rhode Island team after a meet.
Christopher Walken is an evil emperor in latest trailer for Dune: Part 2
"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it."
Two more EV charging networks will add support for Tesla-style NACS plugs
Lots may be read into this news, as Electrify America is owned by Volkswagen.
YouTube scammer who stole millions in song royalties sentenced to 5 years
YouTube scammer aggressively defended fake rights to 50,000 songs over 5 years.
This is what our Milky Way galaxy looks like when viewed with neutrinos
We now have strong evidence that the Milky Way is a source of high-energy neutrinos.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will mine hours of auto-shooting joy from your life
This Vampire-like converted a skeptic, even in its closed early-access form.
Windows 11’s AI-powered Copilot (and its Bing-powered ads) enters public preview
Also includes Settings app changes, wider support for compressed file formats.
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