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Next major Windows update is available September 26, with new AI (and not-AI) features
Passkeys, Paint, Backup, and other app updates make this a significant release.
Jaguar jettisions CCS charger plug, negotiates Tesla Supercharger access
Jaguars will sport native North American Charging Standard plugs from 2025.
What can we do about ultraprocessed foods?
Researchers are figuring out the features of these foods that harm our health.
Amazon’s generative-AI-powered Alexa is as big a privacy red flag as old Alexa
Amazon wants you to use Alexa more. But can you trust it?
Permission denied for reentry of Varda’s orbiting experiment capsule
The FAA says Varda launched its vehicle into space without a reentry license.
OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity
With better response to details and text, DALL-E 3 hopes to make prompt engineering obsolete.
Linux gives up on 6-year LTS kernels, says they’re too much work
Linux's six-year long-term support was meant to help embedded devices.
Move over, Cordyceps, there’s a new “zombie” parasite to haunt our dreams
The lancet liver fluke controls infected ants with a temperature-based on/off switch.
T-Mobile users saw other customers’ personal data due to “system glitch”
T-Mobile blames "temporary system glitch" during planned update.
Grisham, Martin join authors suing OpenAI: “There is nothing fair about this” [Updated]
Authors claim ChatGPT wouldn't exist without their books.
iOS 17 review: StandBy for more features
Messaging features lead a low-key refresh of the iPhone's software.
French drillers may have stumbled upon a mammoth hydrogen deposit
A drill site in Lorraine shows rising levels of hydrogen mixed in with methane.
FCC plays whack-a-mole with telcos accused of profiting from robocalls
One Owl Telecom on verge of having all of its calls blocked by US carriers.
Intel’s biggest laptop CPU update in years is a huge departure from past designs
Due mid-December, Meteor Lake uses silicon manufactured by both Intel and TSMC.
Musk’s Neuralink seeks volunteers for brain implants—who’s in?
The trial aims to help people with quadriplegia control a computer cursor or keyboard.
Dealmaster: Early Amazon Prime Big Deal Days sales continue, Garmin deals, and more
Shop early for the best savings on Amazon's second Prime Day event of 2023.
SpaceX breaks another booster reuse record, but did anyone see it?
SpaceX has continued its trend toward a minimalist broadcast approach.
Xbox exec says leaked “old emails and documents” have “outdated” info
Spencer: Real plans have "evolved" from what's in docs Microsoft accidentally shared.
Hyundai hurries to finish factory in Georgia to meet US EV demand
The Korean automaker now wants to start production in Georgia in 2024.
Renewable energy is now cheap—what’s next?
Ars will be at the UN's Climate Week to help find out-watch live.
Fish’s big mistake preserved an unusual fossil for us
A lethal final meal preserved the only intact ammonite found in a fossil bed.
The Signal Protocol used by 1+ billion people is getting a post-quantum makeover
Update prepares for the inevitable fall of today's cryptographic protocols.
New Huawei SoC features processor cores designed in-house
Huawei Mate 60 Pro shows firm emulating Apple's strategy of doing its own chip design.
It’s time for fall shots—and CDC is ready for anti-vaccine nonsense
It's time for RSV, flu, and COVID shots, and the CDC has a 4-step strategy to urge vaccination.
SBF’s parents were given $16.4M house paid for entirely by FTX, lawsuit says
FTX sues Bankman and Fried to claw back millions "siphoned" from crypto firm.
Telling AI model to “take a deep breath” causes math scores to soar in study
DeepMind used AI models to optimize their own prompts, with surprising results.
Archaeologists find 500-year-old board game carved in ruins of Polish castle
Nine-man morris, or mill, is a two-person strategy game with ancient origins.
Online child safety law blocked after Calif. argued face scans not that invasive
Compliance is "actually likely to exacerbate" online harm to kids, judge says.
Trepidation, hurt morale precede last-of-its-kind Amazon hardware event: report
Workers reportedly question how much gadget gusto Amazon has left.
Google’s AI protein folder IDs structure where none seemingly existed
Two intrinsically disordered proteins form a specific structure ID'ed by AlphaFold.
SpaceX sues US attorney general in bid to stop hiring-discrimination case
SpaceX suit claims DOJ's administrative law proceedings are unconstitutional.
Google’s AI assistant can now read your emails, plan trips, “double-check” answers
Google admits that Bard isn't always accurate; ropes in Gmail through new Extensions.
Google Slides adds live collaborative mouse pointers
You can also turn them off, if you want.
Failure strikes Rocket Lab after launch from New Zealand
The Electron rocket now has a 90 percent success rate.
Toyota reveals its plan to catch up on EV battery technology
Three liquid chemistries, solid state cells, and flatter battery packs.
FTC v. Microsoft document leak outs detailed plans for mid-gen Xbox refresh
There are also vague plans for a "cloud hybrid" console later this decade.
How scientists are mitigating space travel’s risks to the human body
Spending time in space comes with different health hazards.
Chinese hackers have unleashed a never-before-seen Linux backdoor
SprySOCKS borrows from open source Windows malware and adds new tricks.
More than half of Americans plan to get updated COVID shot
There's a sharp partisan divide, but interest blows away uptake of the last booster.
Keeping Google’s search secrets protects its monopoly, DOJ argues in court
The DOJ objected when the court removed the public from the Google trial on Monday.
A water carrier just won the hardest cycling race on the planet
The cycling drama came to a head on top of the most demanding mountain in Europe.
Autoworker strike could give GM breathing room to fix battery production
A production pause could let GM solve a battery cell manufacturing headache.
Report: Unity considering revenue-based fee caps, self-reported install numbers
Engine maker may also eliminate "retroactive" install counts for minimum thresholds.
Musk and Netanyahu blame “armies of bots” for spreading antisemitism on X
Israeli prime minister praised Musk's "opposition to antisemitism" in X chat.
Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency
Automated background removal was also added recently.
Ancient Roman “wow glass” has photonic crystal patina forged over centuries
Precise hierarchical molecular self-assembly formed so-called "Bragg stack" reflectors.
tvOS 17’s extra column of icons is its most useful new feature in years
Apple once had higher hopes for what has stubbornly remained a TV-streaming box.
Google Domains halts registrations as it waits for the Google Grim Reaper
The transition to Squarespace apparently started a few days ago.
Apple will charge you way less to fix cracked back glass on an iPhone 15 Pro
Fixing damaged rear glass on a Pro phone used to cost half as much as a new one.
Apple releases most of 2023’s big software updates today—is your device supported?
Apple Watch gets a big overhaul, while most other updates focus on refinements.
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