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Hackers exploit gaping Windows loophole to give their malware kernel access
Microsoft blocks a new batch of system drivers, but the loophole empowering them remains.
New ChatGPT rival, Claude 2, launches for open beta testing
US and UK users can converse with Claude 2 through the Anthropic website.
Twitter is “tanking” amid Threads’ surging popularity, analysts say
"There's only ONE Twitter," Linda Yaccarino tweeted.
The Nothing Phone 2 is official, with a US price of $599
It has a light-up back and last year's flagship SoC.
Here come the Moon landing missions (probably)
Three for NASA, and one each for India, Russia, and Japan.
The best Prime Day laptop deals aren’t on Amazon—here’s where to find them
These powerful laptops come with newer silicon and a more wallet-friendly price.
Amazon claims it isn’t a “Very Large Online Platform” to evade EU rules
Amazon, one of 19 platforms bound by new rules, says it is "unfairly singled out."
How AI can make gaming better for all players
Artificial intelligence can make gaming more accessible and learn what individuals need.
Judge sides with Microsoft in FTC injunction, unlocking final Activision battles
Companies' goodwill efforts, including Call of Duty sharing, were persuasive.
87% of classic games are out of print. That’s a problem for gaming history.
VGHF's Phil Salvador talks to Ars about his groundbreaking game availability study.
Apple releases, quickly pulls Rapid Security Response update for 0-day WebKit bug
Update for iOS 16, macOS Ventura can be uninstalled if you're having problems.
Is distributed computing dying, or just fading into the background?
There seems to be much less excitement about distributed computing these days.
We drive a gilded lily: The 2024 Mercedes-AMG EQE SUV
The AMG treatment is overkill for this electric vehicle.
OpenAI launches GPT-4 API for everyone
Dropping waitlist, devs can build the GPT-4 language model into their apps.
Sarah Silverman sues OpenAI, Meta for being “industrial-strength plagiarists”
AI models allegedly trained on books copied from popular pirate e-book sites.
Fairphone 3 gets seven years of updates, besting every other Android OEM
Fairphone proves the usual excuses for ending Android support aren't valid.
Evernote, the memory app people forgot about, lays off entire US staff
Launched in 2004, the company once sought to be the world's brain dump.
Big Tech can transfer Europeans’ data to US in win for Facebook and Google
EU-US data pact approved; privacy advocates to appeal because of US surveillance.
Congested transmission lines cause renewable power to go to waste in Texas
State's inefficient grid can't handle the full load it could deliver in ongoing heat wave.
Windows 95, 98, and other decrepit versions can grab online updates again
Retro-computing fans can download the final updates released for '90s-era OSes.
These are the oldest stone tools ever found in the United States
Indigenous people have been in the Americas longer than archaeologists once thought.
Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog
Ultracold gases in the lab could help scientists better understand the universe.
Guidemaster: PC games to keep the dream alive in a cross-platform world
Only modest computer hardware is required to play these favorites.
How Threads’ privacy policy compares to Twitter’s (and its rivals’)
Here's what is collected by Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
In-space manufacturing startup aces pharma experiment in orbit
One more big test remains for Varda's first-of-its-kind "space factory."
Rare case of green hairy tongue is pure nightmare fuel
The man fully recovered after extra tongue brushing. But you might not.
Our big unanswered questions about the switch to Tesla-style EV plugs
Will non-Teslas fit at Superchargers, and what about 3rd party networks?
Musk sues law firm because he’s mad that Twitter paid $90 million bill
Musk tries to claw back $90M from firm that forced him to complete Twitter deal.
This is the world’s smallest 3D-printed wineglass, Swedish scientists claim
Scientists also made a tiny optical resonator for telecommunications out of silica glass
Denuvo wants to convince you its DRM isn’t “evil”
COO says coming benchmarks will show anti-piracy tech has no performance impact.
Reddit mods fear spam overload as BotDefense leaves “antagonistic” Reddit
Mod-made tool claims to have banned 144,926 spambot accounts.
MOVEit app mass-exploited last month patches new critical vulnerability
Just in time for the weekend: another unauthenticated SQL injection flaw!
Pixel Fold teardown reveals the guts of Google’s $1,800 phone
See the insides of the thinnest US foldable with the biggest battery.
Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011
Reddit urges US court to protect anonymity of six users who mentioned piracy.
ChatGPT users drop for the first time as people turn to uncensored chatbots
Data shows ChatGPT use decreased by nearly 10 percent from May to June.
Perovskite + silicon solar panels hit efficiencies of over 30%
The two-layer panels still suffer from rapid decay of performance, though.
Dealmaster: Early Amazon Prime Day 2023 deals, Samsung reservations, and more
Shop early and save big on these early Amazon Prime Day 2023 deals
Gears Technica: The keyboards and mice our editors swear by
Check out the peripherals the Ars staff relies on to game and stay productive.
US Space Command says it needs more maneuverable satellites
The military is starting to buy into orbital refueling.
Amazon has 5,000+ Rivian EV delivery vans on the road
Amazon will also send Rivian vans to Germany.
US’s largest grid operator must process and connect backlogged clean energy projects
PJM could benefit numerous states with thousands of jobs and billions in investment.
Rocket Report: Big dreams in Sin City; SpaceX and FAA seek to halt lawsuit
"It's not a function of size, rather how much it accelerates our road map."
The physics of how gentoo penguins can swim speedily underwater
A variable called the "angle of thrust" explains why finned wings generate so much thrust.
Smelling in stereo—a surprising find on a fossilized shark
Fossils and modern experiments are telling us what a shark's nose knows.
Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads
X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.
Octopuses sleep—and possibly dream—just like humans
The cephalopods experience an apparent sleep state with REM-like activity.
Threads attracts 30M users in 24 hours despite design flaws, privacy concerns
FTC requires Meta to make it easy for users to control data.
Mastodon fixes critical “TootRoot” vulnerability allowing node hijacking
Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.
CDC is slashing funding for states’ childhood vaccination data systems
The budget cut targets data systems that can identify areas with low vaccination.
Android phone hits 24GB of RAM, as much as a 13-inch MacBook Pro
The Nubia RedMagic 8S Pro+ gaming phone sports a huge spec sheet.
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