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Dealmaster: Savings on maker tools and board games
Keep summer crafty with savings on a range of maker tools.
Volvo’s next EV is here, and it’s affordable—the $34,950 EX30
The next Swedish EV won't break the bank, and it has a tiny carbon footprint to boot.
Jon Hamm is an amnesiac archangel lost in Soho in Good Omens S2 trailer
Aziraphale: "I think I may have just started a war...."
FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes
Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex.
15-inch MacBook Air hands-on: Just what some folks were asking for
Apple hasn’t reinvented anything here, but we like options.
Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro: This is not a VR headset
This was the best headset demo I’ve ever seen. But there’s room for improvement.
J&J’s COVID vaccine is dead in the US; FDA revokes authorization
The withdrawal leaves the two mRNA vaccines and the Novavax protein subunit vaccine.
Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors were discounted
It happened on Dell's Australia website, but misleading sale claims are common.
Apple is going out of its way to make sure Vision Pro doesn’t look dorky
Opinion: Apple normalized AirPods and smartwatches. Can it normalize headsets?
Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys
After the consumer launch last month, businesses can ditch their Google passwords.
Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable Diffusion
Image-synthesis technique relies upon QR's natural error-correction properties.
Xbox COPPA violations cost Microsoft $20 million in FTC settlement
Complaint: MS didn't notify parents until children's info was already collected.
Internet users love fiber service—too bad you probably can’t get it
Fiber beats cable and everything else in ACSI customer satisfaction scores.
SEC sues Coinbase, continues major crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges
Coinbase promises to continue operating, as Congress mulls new crypto rules.
LG makes a 27-inch tablet forever bound to a rugged suitcase
Internal arm lets the screen lie horizontally, vertically, or flat, like a table.
With 7,000+ satellites and growing, is space sustainable? An Ars Frontiers recap
"We've been using space as our own personal operating dumping ground."
Vision Pro developer kits will help devs get their apps ready before launch
Apple is doing a few things to help developers get ready for its new platform.
The Tesla Model 3 qualifies for the full $7,500 tax credit again
Tesla isn't saying what changed to allow the cars to qualify.
Inside 4chan’s top-secret moderation machine
Internal documents show how chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
Nearly two decades after NASA, China and Europe eye commercial cargo plans
Doing so, however, will be challenging.
Mass exploitation of critical MOVEit flaw is ransacking orgs big and small
SQL injection attacks on MOVEit file-transfer service likely to get worse.
What to make of Apple’s intriguing $3,499 Vision Pro headset
Some instant analysis of Apple's boldest product experiment in years.
Game on—the most metal of asteroid missions is back on the menu
"We believe Psyche is on a positive course for an October 2023 launch."
SEC sues Binance, says it evaded US law with “extensive web of deception”
Binance slammed by SEC chair for "calculated evasion of the law."
Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products
Apple prefers using "machine learning," or just having AI work in the background.
Reddit’s plan to kill third-party apps sparks widespread protests
Users revolt over Reddit's API pricing as third-party apps face shutdowns.
“Dead Duck Day” marks that time a scientist witnessed gay duck necrophilia
One dead duck can change your life.
macOS Sonoma drops support for another wide swath of Intel Macs
As the last Intel Mac is finally replaced, software support is gradually fading.
iOS and iPadOS 17 drop support for iPhone X, first iPad Pros, and other old devices
You'll need a device made within the last five years to get new features.
Apple reveals Vision Pro, available for $3,499 “early next year”
New visionOS, R1 chip power "the first Apple product you look through, not at."
Apple is adding adaptive audio to AirPods Pro
Automatic switching from iPhone to Mac is supposed to get faster, too.
watchOS 10 brings widgets and new corner icons to Apple’s wearable
It will be one of the more notable recent watchOS updates.
Homo naledi were burying their dead at least 100,000 years before humans
Lee Berger: "We feel [this meets] the litmus test of the most ancient human burials."
macOS Sonoma adds Game Mode, a new design for desktop widgets, and more
Widgets are coming back, among other iterative improvements.
Apple’s iOS 17 adds better autocorrect, journaling, clock-like StandBy, and more
iPadOS 17 adds similar features, plus the iOS 16 lock screen and new widgets.
This is the new Apple Silicon Mac Pro
Apple completes its silicon transition with its new desktop tower.
As rumored, the Mac Studio gets an M2 refresh, including fused-together M2 Ultra
The Studio shares its most powerful chip with the new Mac Pro.
Liveblog: All the news from Apple’s WWDC 2023 keynote
Get your updates about iOS, macOS, and more right here.
Twitter US ad sales plunged 59% and internal forecasts are grim, NYT reports
NYT: Twitter "has regularly fallen short of its US weekly sales projections."
New DirectX 12-to-Metal translation could bring a world of Windows games to macOS
CrossOver announces early, case-by-case support for Windows' current gaming API.
Here’s what happens when you send a NASCAR stock car to Le Mans
Fears that the big V8-powered stock car would be slow proved very ill-founded.
Sony chief warns technical problems persist for cloud gaming
Promise of technology remains unfulfilled after more than a decade of development.
Blatant tech frauds run amok on the biggest online marketplaces
If I can spot a fake SSD, why can't Walmart?
A shocking number of birds are in trouble
We know better than ever how to help endangered birds, with notable conservation successes.
More than 400 Grail patients incorrectly told they may have cancer
Life assurance customers pause review relationship with early-detection biotech.
They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft—and unearthed new potential for AI
A bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills.
Pandemic lessons: More health workers, less faxing—an Ars Frontiers recap
Amid science and tech triumphs, basic infrastructure problems hurt COVID responses.
Google’s Android and Chrome extensions are a very sad place. Here’s why
It was a bad week for millions of people who rely on Google for apps and Chrome extensions.
Some Google Pixel Watches are falling apart [Updated]
Several users report the back of the Pixel Watch just falls off after a short time.
YouTube now allows videos that falsely claim Trump won 2020 election
YouTube says ban spurred by Trump's election lies may "curtail political speech."
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