Feed ars-technica Ars Technica - All content

Favorite IconArs Technica - All content

Link https://arstechnica.com/
Feed http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index
Updated 2024-11-25 06:00
Major Windows 11 update adds Notepad tabs, iPhone pairing, and a dash of AI
2023's first big update drop is a mix of app and UI changes for the 2022 Update.
New Windows 11 update puts AI-powered Bing Chat directly in the taskbar
Occasionally controversial work-in-progress AI project will hit millions of PCs.
LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken
Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.
OnePlus 11 Concept brings water cooling to a phone, with questionable results
OnePlus hypes up "Active CryoFlux," but even its own benchmarks aren't impressive.
Study: Bronze Age remains in Israel show signs of trepanation
Remains of one of two brothers found buried together showed signs of brain surgery.
SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites with quadruple the capacity
V2 Mini outperforms first-gen satellites, but full-size V2 must wait for Starship.
Lenovo demos laptop that rolls from 13 to 15 inches with the flip of a switch
OLED laptops with daringly versatile form factors have been a long time coming.
You can now search comments within a Reddit post—even on desktop
New Reddit gets a basic, long-requested feature at last.
Twitter Payments chief is out as layoffs cut 10% of Twitter staff, report says
Twitter now has fewer than 2,000 employees, The New York Times reported.
First Kindle Scribe software update begins closing the feature gap
Amazon hasn't said exactly what it plans, but the first new updates drop today.
West Virginia, Florida make moves to undermine science education
WV Senate OKs intelligent design bill; Florida's assault on education continues.
“Sorry in advance!” Snapchat warns of hallucinations with new AI conversation bot
"My AI" will cost $3.99 a month and "can be tricked into saying just about anything."
Conservative News Corp. empire says hackers were inside its network for 2 years
News Corp. disclosed the breach last year. Now, company says it lasted 23 months.
The “designed for reparability” Nokia G22 is just a normal cheap phone
HMD says it's "designed for reparability," but it's not much different from the G21.
Teens can proactively block their nude images from Instagram, OnlyFans
Hundreds already using tool, as teen financial sextortion cases are increasing.
VW wouldn’t help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expired
VW says its Car-Net service shouldn't have demanded $150 payment from detective.
A Swiss IT manager’s 500-piece vintage Apple collection is going up for auction
The Lisa is listed with an estimated price of up to $20,000.
Energy Dept. leans toward lab leak as COVID origin, at odds with other agencies
"There is not a definitive answer that has emerged from the intelligence community."
Linux is not exactly “ready to run” on Apple silicon, but give it time
Some important milestones have been hit, but we're a long way from USB sticks.
Could deep boreholes solve our nuclear waste problem?
Small bore holes could provide an alternative to centralized waste repositories.
Shortly before liftoff, SpaceX cancels a crew launch due to igniter issues
"Standing down from tonight's launch of Crew-6 due to a TEA-TEB ground system issue."
Where a kid can be a kid: Recapping episode 7 of HBO’s The Last of Us
Kyle and Andrew make sure no insight gets "Left Behind" in this DLC-inspired episode.
How an early-warning radar could prevent future pandemics
A tool called metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens.
Amazon has a donkey meat problem
Lawsuit claims selling supplements containing donkey meat is illegal in California.
The return of Flat Earth, the grandfather of conspiracy theories
A new book argues Flat Earth beliefs provide a guide to conspiratorial thinking.
Signal CEO: We “1,000% won’t participate” in UK law to weaken encryption
The UK's Safety Online Bill would require Signal to police user messages.
Google has gotten so cheap, employees now have to share desks
Google's cost-cutters take aim at the company's office space and workspace culture.
As COVID vaccine patent dispute drags on, Moderna forks over $400M to NIH
Moderna called the sum a "catch-up payment" for borrowing a molecular technique.
Report: More Twitter drama after Slack shutdown; employees play hooky
It’s possible that Twitter might be ditching Slack.
These scientists lugged logs on their heads to resolve Chaco Canyon mystery
“Tumplines allow one to carry heavier weights over larger distances without getting fatigued."
Motorola brings $5-a-month satellite messaging to any phone with new hotspot
Have a look at Android's first comprehensive satellite texting solution.
Keyboard DIYing is moving outside hobbyist circles—and that’s a good thing
Just ask Best Buy.
Meta unveils a new large language model that can run on a single GPU
LLaMA-13B reportedly outperforms ChatGPT-like tech despite being 10x smaller.
Unexpected protein interactions needed to build flowers
A protein made for destruction turns to cooperation to build flowers.
An EV charger every 50 miles: Here’s the plan to keep them running
Uptime and "Buy American": We look at Biden's $7.5 billion charging plan.
Secret crawlspace cryptomine discovered in routine inspection of MA high school
The Department of Homeland Security helped track the origins of the mining rig.
Humanity is the reimagined 3D Lemmings we didn’t know we needed
Trippy trailer, fun demo have us excited for Tetris Effect publisher's May game.
US says Google routinely destroyed evidence and lied about use of auto-delete
Filing: Google deleted chats for nearly four years despite requirement to keep them.
Rovio says paid Angry Birds had “negative impact” on free-to-play versions
A sad end of an era for one of the original paid, viral mobile hits.
Dealmaster: The best deals on Intel laptops
Save up to $500 on Ultrabooks and gaming and convertible laptops.
Don’t worry about AI breaking out of its box—worry about us breaking in
Opinion: The worst human impulses will find plenty of uses for generative AI.
After Vulcan comes online, ULA plans to dramatically increase launch cadence
A Vulcan flying on May the 4th is the crossover we all needed.
Why time is running out to restore animals existing only in captivity to the wild
What does the future look like for extant species that are extinct in the wild?
Rocket Report: SpaceX may see revenue spike in 2023; Terran 1 gets a date
“Each Artemis mission will be properly characterized as a test mission."
81% of international flights into NYC had SARS-CoV-2 in waste, small trial finds
The study demonstrated feasibility as COVID surveillance nose-dives worldwide.
EU seeks input on making tech companies pay for ISPs’ network upgrades
EU opens proceeding that could mandate direct payments from content providers.
A world of hurt for Fortinet and Zoho after users fail to install patches
Attackers are capitalizing on organizations' failure to patch critical vulnerabilities.
Valve used secret memory access “honeypot” to detect 40K Dota 2 cheaters
Publisher is publicizing its methods to send a message to would-be exploit users.
Meta must pay $175M for patent-infringing livestreaming tech, judge says
Texas judge refused Meta's suggestion that maybe it owed no damages.
AI-generated comic artwork loses US Copyright protection
Zarya images "not protected by copyright." Words and arrangement remain protected.
...143144145146147148149150151152...