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Do the Black Friday e-bike deals change the price/performance equation?
Some of the bikes we've looked at over the last couple of years are now on sale.
The Ars guide to time travel in the movies
We picked 20 time-travel movies and rated them by scientific logic and entertainment value.
Porsche’s third-gen Panamera plug-in hybrid pairs V8 with a big battery
We also test out the optional-and slightly odd-active ride system.
These newest vacuums from 2023 clean up well, and they’re on sale
The best vacuums from Dyson, Roborock, and iRobot are on sale for Black Friday
Meet “Amaterasu”: Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991
The Telescope Array in Utah's West Desert picked up a rare particle with 244 EeV energy.
Rocket Report: Beyond Gravity to study fairing reuse; North Korea launches satellite
"I conclude the objects are the spy satellite and the rocket upper stage."
North Korea launched a satellite, then apparently blew up its booster
After a launch in May, South Korea's navy recovered parts of North Korea's rocket.
Lenovo seeks halt of Asus laptop sales over alleged patent infringement
Zenbooks accused of ripping off hinge, touchpad, and other inventions.
Nvidia’s GeForce GPUs are selling well, but its AI GPU sales are ridiculous
Data center revenue is up 279% from the same quarter last year.
Thousands of routers and cameras vulnerable to new 0-day attacks by hostile botnet
Internet scans show 7,000 devices may be vulnerable. The true number could be higher.
Join the hunt for the ancient capital of Kush on Lost Cities Revealed with Albert Lin
Ars chats with the NatGeo explorer about how technology can help strip back layers of time.
“ChatGPT with voice” opens up to everyone on iOS and Android
All Android and iOS users can soon tap a headphone icon and start chatting.
Report: Sonos will launch its fancy headphones next spring
Report claims Sonos is expanding into new products to make up for slowing sales.
Elon Musk and Tesla ignored Autopilot’s fatal flaws, judge says evidence shows
Tesla may owe punitive damages to victim as key trial over Autopilot proceeds.
Five women got eye syphilis from the same man—raising questions
The cluster of rare cases suggests a new strain of syphilis may have spread.
Big Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation
Dark money group American Action Network spend millions opposing drug pricing reforms.
GameMaker throws shade at Unity, makes its 2D engine free or $100 for most
For most games, a license is either free or the cost of a medium-nice dinner.
NASA will launch a Mars mission on Blue Origin’s first New Glenn rocket
This Mars mission is relatively modest in cost, so NASA thinks it's worth the risk.
Sam Altman wins power struggle, returns to OpenAI with new board
Altman has agreement to return, while most of the board that fired him is out.
Cold temperatures in Las Vegas were “most difficult,” says Pirelli
In the future, F1 teams may need to adapt to using fewer tires each weekend.
The best soundbar and TV deals for Black Friday 2023
Upgrade your home theater with these sweet TV and soundbar deals.
Review: New Atari 2600+ doesn’t justify its plus sign
$130 nostalgia box is useful for seeing your old cartridges in HD, and that's about it.
Daily Telescope: The Milky Way soars above Devil’s Kitchen
"Along this loop is a set of red rock hoodoos that pop out of seemingly nowhere."
The best Black Friday 2023 headphone deals from Apple, Bose, and more
Black Friday week brings in the best headphone deals we've seen all year.
USB worm unleashed by Russian state hackers spreads worldwide
LitterDrifter's means of self-propagation are simple. So why is it spreading so widely?
Binance slapped with $4B fine, accepts plea deal forcing CEO to resign
Binance CEO popularly known as CZ names successor in emotional X post.
Ultrawide monitors remind us there’s still much to learn about OLED burn-in
Can playing 16:9 content on a 21:9 screen affect burn-in risk? Apparently.
After driving the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I finally get EV “engine” sounds
Fake gearshifts and powertrain noises enhance Hyundai's electric hot hatch-mostly.
Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI
Amazon has had a notoriously hard time making money from Alexa.
Reports: Sam Altman in talks for OpenAI return; board members could be ousted
"Altman would return only if the board members who fired him left," report says.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
With budget cuts and an aging station, can NASA learn to love a gap in orbit?
"Personally, I don't think that would be the end of the world."
The infectious disease forecast for Thanksgiving is looking dicey
Respiratory virus season is in full swing as people ready for family gatherings.
Infocom’s ingenious code-porting tools for Zork and other games have been found
The Z-machine allowed porting from mainframes to TRS-80, Apple II, and others.
Black Friday 2023 laptop deals from Dell, HP, Lenovo, Apple, Microsoft, and more
From Apple to Asus and Lenovo to HP, there are plenty of savings on a new laptop.
Report: After Altman firing, OpenAI tried to merge with rival—and was rejected
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei quickly declined job offer and merger, reports say.
Musk files lawsuit claiming Media Matters manipulated X by scrolling down
In lawsuit, Musk says ads next to antisemitic posts are Media Matters' fault.
Small-batch EVs and plenty of robots—Hyundai’s new innovation center
The Korean automaker's latest facility is a test bed for new ideas.
95% of OpenAI employees have threatened to quit in standoff with board
OpenAI's future hangs in the balance as staff says they'll join former CEO at Microsoft.
Daily Telescope: A snapshot of 500,000 stars near the center of the galaxy
Webb reveals the Sagittarius C region of the Milky Way.
Guidemaster: A quick gaming iPhone gift guide
Want to play console-style games on your phone? These are your options.
The return of GTP racing to IMSA gets a big thumbs-up from fans
Hybrid prototypes from Acura, BMW, Cadillac, and Porsche wowed the crowds.
Nothing’s iMessage app was a security catastrophe, taken down in 24 hours
Nothing promised end-to-end encryption, then stored texts publicly in plaintext.
Framework Laptop prices go as low as $639 thanks to refurbs and “factory seconds”
Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.
A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams
Let's not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival.
Judge rejects Elon Musk’s attempt to kill Twitter/FTC privacy settlement
Court cannot grant X Corp.'s flawed legal motion, magistrate judge rules.
Hate speech group calls Musk “thin-skinned tyrant” amid X advertiser fallout
Brands claim ad controls don't work, urge X CEO to quit over antisemitism.
Study yields new insights into why some people get headaches from red wine
Scientists have identified a flavonol called quercetin as the most likely culprit.
After robotaxi dragged pedestrian 20 feet, Cruise founder and CEO resigns
GM-owned Cruise "failed to disclose" full video and key crash details, DMV said.
Measured: Steam Deck OLED’s major input lag improvements
Games are more responsive on the OLED screen, even when running at 60 fps or below.
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