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Updated 2024-11-25 06:00
Atomic Heart impressions: Shock-ingly good shooting
Familiar setup but more kinetic combat in this dystopian RPG-lite shooter.
Hope and doubt collide in an eventful episode 6 of The Last of Us
Plus, Kyle and Andrew use any excuse to talk about post-apocalyptic energy politics.
Man beats machine at Go in human victory over AI
Amateur exploited weakness in systems that have otherwise dominated grandmasters.
Germany raises red flags about Palantir’s big data dragnet
A court put strict limits on pulling innocent bystanders into big data investigations.
TNG reunion injects a little fun into Star Trek: Picard’s uneven final season
Picard adds familiar faces while addressing few of the show's other problems.
The US plan to become the world’s cleantech superpower
Biden’s revolution in industrial policy is a gamble with geopolitical ramifications.
Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro review: More than enough buttons, too much software
Supreme programmability is too reliant on the Synapse app.
Microsoft “lobotomized” AI-powered Bing Chat, and its fans aren’t happy
Microsoft limits long conversations to address "concerns being raised."
GoDaddy says a multi-year breach hijacked customer websites and accounts
Three breaches over as many years all carried out by the same threat actor.
SpaceX could be fined $175K for failure to properly report launch data to FAA
SpaceX has 30 days to respond to the FAA's enforcement letter.
Responsible use of AI in the military? US publishes declaration outlining principles
12 "best practices" for using AI and autonomous systems emphasize human accountability.
Huawei’s Watch Buds ask: “What if your smartwatch also contained earbuds?”
The whole watch face lifts up, revealing a mostly hollow body that holds earbuds.
Domestic violence hotline calls will soon be invisible on your family phone plan
Domestic violence hotline launches biggest effort yet with wireless industry.
The coastline is at risk from rising seas, and we’re making more of it
Satellite imagery shows how much urban coastlines have changed in 20 years.
The bird flu outbreak has taken an ominous turn
It's moved to mammals; now the poultry industry needs new measures to stop its spread.
Dealmaster: Top headphone deals for Presidents’ Day
From over-the-ear cans to earbuds, we've got something for everyone.
New mechanism proposed for why some psychedelics act as antidepressants
We know what receptors they bind, but where they bind them might matter, too.
Let’s-a go to Super Nintendo World, Hollywood’s new interactive theme park
Ars tries enchanting attractions and adorable meals in Universal Studios Hollywood.
Geekbench’s creator on version 6 and why benchmarks matter in the real world
"How hard can it be to write a benchmark? Maybe I should write my own."
Rocket Report: New Glenn scores NASA contract; SpaceX matches global launch output
"There’s a lot of concern on things detonating in the atmosphere."
Susan Wojcicki, Googler No. 16 and longtime YouTube CEO, is stepping down
It'll be up to YouTube's new leader, Neal Mohan, to fend off TikTok.
Researchers unearth Windows backdoor that’s unusually stealthy
Frebniis abuses Microsoft IIS to smuggle malicious commands in web traffic.
Keanu Reeves takes on the High Table in final trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4
"The only way John Wick will ever have freedom and peace is in death."
Tesla to recall 362,758 cars because Full Self Driving Beta is dangerous
NHTSA has concerns about four different kinds of FSD behavior.
App founder quits Google, says company doesn’t serve users anymore
A scathing blog post details dysfunctional life inside Google.
Mini-robot shifts from solid to liquid to escape its cage—just like the T-1000
Phase-shifting material also useful for smart soldering devices, in vivo drug delivery.
Microsoft officially blesses Parallels as a way to run Windows on M1, M2 Macs
Parallels previously used Insider Program loophole to support Windows installs.
Doobie-us: Pot ads come to Twitter amid cannabis industry collapse
Weed delivery services could be advertising on Twitter feeds soon.
Risk of diabetes rises 58% after COVID, even amid omicron, study finds
This is the latest study finding COVID infections can spur the development of diabetes.
Big Tech lobbyist language made it verbatim into NY’s hedged repair bill
Report reveals the influence lobbyists had on bill.
PSVR2 review: Plenty of improvements, but is it too little, too late?
Six years later, the tech has improved, but so has the competition.
Grid of atoms is both a quantum computer and an optimization solver
The optimization mode requires quantum effects, can solve a growing list of problems.
Why being declared dead when you’re alive stilloccurs
Death is a process, not an event, and some steps appear to be reversible.
Meta develops an AI language bot that can use external software tools
With Toolformer, an LLM can improve its abilities by calling APIs to external programs.
Archaeologists found evidence of trepanation on medieval woman’s skull
Why she was subjected to such a risky invasive surgical procedure remains a mystery.
Today’s best deals: Samsung portable and internal SSDs, storage, and wearables
A handful of Samsung devices are on sale for record lows.
Health info for 1 million patients stolen using critical GoAnywhere vulnerability
With exploit code in the wild and devastating results, organizations should patch pronto.
Tesla finally agrees to open its charging network to all EVs in US
Biden announced new rules today to standardize America's EV-charging experience.
Google Fiber comes back to life with 5 gigabit service, plans for 8Gbps soon
The once-dormant service is rolling out 5Gbps service to a small group of cities.
Outbreak of Marburg, Ebola’s similarly deadly relative, spurs response race
Nine people have already died, making it the deadliest outbreak in over a decade.
Western Digital starts selling 44TB of external HDD storage for $1,500
The 44TB offerings ship in RAID 0, but you can opt for a RAID 1 configuration.
Report: Musk had Twitter engineers boost his tweets after Biden got more views
Musk reportedly gets "power user multiplier" to rank his tweets above others.
Hyundai, Kia pushing updates so you can’t just steal their cars with USB cables
The updates, rolling out for more than 8 million cars, also come with stickers.
After a decade in development, Japan’s H3 rocket is ready for its debut
"If we cannot attain that, our development program is completely stopped."
Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action
Turkey's National Disaster Management Plan was never implemented.
AI-powered Bing Chat loses its mind when fed Ars Technica article
"It is a hoax that has been created by someone who wants to harm me or my service."
Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better
The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings.
Seven states push to require ID for watching porn online
Opponents say laws preventing underage porn access are vague, pose privacy risks.
Android launches yet another way to spy on users with “Privacy Sandbox” beta
Rather than match iOS's tracking limits, Google built an additional tracking system.
Tesla Autopilot workers try to unionize, are “tired of being treated like robots”
Buffalo-based workers say invasive monitoring leads some to skip bathroom breaks.
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