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Illinois just made it possible to sue people for doxxing attacks
States crack down on doxxing, but there's still no federal law.
Zoom updates terms of service to clarify that it won’t use your calls to train AI
Vague ToS previously implied that customer data could be used for AI training.
Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid
"This is how the spacecraft will get mounted onto the interface to the Falcon Heavy."
No regrets: Gender-affirming chest surgery in adults has long-term satisfaction
Evidence of high satisfaction among adults getting gender-affirming care.
Musk dumps remaining Twitter-branded stuff in auction
Most coveted item at Twitter's last auction went for $100,000.
California gives Waymo and Cruise the go-ahead to charge passengers
The California Public Utilities Commission voted 3-1 to approve 24-hour service.
After slow start, NOAA predicts rest of hurricane season to be “above normal”
El Nino is developing slower than anticipated and the ocean is extremely warm.
Cheap wind and solar could revolutionize the African grid
Dams could help Africa go green, but many no longer make economic sense.
The TV streaming apps broke their promises, and now they’re jacking up prices
Op-ed: Apps promised to free us from ad-supported subscription bundles. Oops!
Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?
"The new Delta class will be designed for much cheaper operations."
Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs
What are Blue Origin's 11,000 employees doing?
Russia heads back to the Moon with Luna 25
Luna 25 will attempt to land on the Moon the same week as India's Chandrayaan 3 probe.
How fame-seeking teenagers hacked some of the world’s biggest targets
With no skill in software exploitation or encryption busting, Lapsus$ wins anyway.
Biden administration: We never coerced Big Tech into suppressing speech
Conservative-leaning judges to decide if Biden can resume talks with platforms.
Quake II gets a remaster for PC and consoles—and it’s exactly what it needs to be
It features both split-screen and online multiplayer, new levels, and 4K.
Sonos has been unable to fix Arc soundbars’ “pop of death” for over 2 years
It has told users to disable Dolby Atmos.
AI-powered grocery bot suggests recipe for toxic gas, “poison bread sandwich”
New Zealand grocery chain bot suggests harmful things when given silly ingredients.
3D printing isn’t just for supercars, now it’s for drones, too
Organic-looking designs consolidate parts numbers and cut mass by up to 40 percent.
Dealmaster: Save on back-to-school tech from Lenovo, HP, Apple, and more
These tech deals will help make your academic life easier
SanDisk’s silence deafens as high-profile users say Extreme SSDs still broken
SanDisk is ignoring lost data claims. It's time to ignore the company's SSDs.
The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
Content pruning for SEO threatens web history, and experts say it is ill-advised.
Using AI to find antibodies is fast and produces unimagined molecules
Automation means drug discovery process is less "artisanal" and more streamlined.
It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space
It must be a magical moment to float freely above the world.
Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus
NASA's Juno probe wasn't designed for this.
How an unpatched Microsoft Exchange 0-day likely caused one of the UK’s biggest hacks ever
Evidence appears to show a critical 0-day tracked as ProxyNotShell was exploited.
Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay
Trump accused the DOJ of "secretly attacking" his Twitter account.
Supreme Court denies Epic’s request to open up App Store payments during appeals
Apple's Supreme Court petition will decide if it can hold onto all app payments.
Mars rover finds signs of seasonal floods
It's an exciting find because wet/dry cycles may be central to pre-life chemistry.
“Downfall” bug affects years of Intel CPUs, can leak encryption keys and more
Researchers also disclosed a separate bug called "Inception" for newer AMD CPUs.
Hydrogen-powered planes almost ready for takeoff
Companies are readying hardware but differ dramatically in how they're testing it.
Amazon won’t stop sending tortured woman unwanted boxes of shoes
Fifty unwanted Amazon packages arrived in two months, mostly containing shoes.
Getting AAA games working in Linux sometimes requires concealing your GPU
Hogwarts Legacy must be conned to avoid crashing itself with XeSS upscaling.
Cadillac reveals the 2025 Escalade IQ, one excessive EV
450 miles of range, 24-inch wheels, and a price tag starting around $130,000.
Next-gen OSDP was supposed to make it harder to break in to secure facilities. It failed.
OSDP Secure Channel has yet to gain widespread usage, and it's already broken.
The race to save Florida’s coral reef from hot ocean waters
Coral reef nurseries are being moved to deeper waters-or back into giant tanks on land.
How we host Ars, the finale and the 64-bit future
We wrap up our four-part series by tying up loose ends and looking ahead.
NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship
NASA's Orion spacecraft is taking a bit longer to prepare for its first crew flight.
New LG TVs relegate I/O to a box you can set 30 feet from the screen
Wireless-ish-but TV and port box still need power cords.
Florida man gets unexplained leprosy case; doctors suspect local soil
Leprosy is not very contagious, and the CDC has not issued a travel advisory.
Author discovers AI-generated counterfeit books written in her name on Amazon
Amazon resisted a removal request, citing lack of "trademark registration numbers."
With new Game Controller app, Netflix games move from mobile to the TV
The streamer promises you'll be able to use it to play games on your TV soon.
Valve starts selling refurbished Steam Decks for up to $130 less than new models
Refurb units "meet or even exceed performance standards of new retail units."
Google, record labels working on deal covering musical “deepfakes”
Prepare for more cover songs like Johnny Cash singing Barbie Girl.
Banks fined $549M after senior execs found secretly texting on Signal, WhatsApp
Banks have been fined more than $2.5 billion for violating record-keeping laws.
Disney explores cutting costs through AI use
House of Mickey hopes AI will help control soaring TV and film production costs.
What does it take to get AI to work like a scientist?
Getting AI to find scientific laws sometimes works, but it's a long way from science.
Developer logs reveal more details about next-gen Apple M3 and M3 Max chips
Compared to M2 Max, M3 Max could come with four more high-performance cores.
Pope warns of AI risks so “violence and discrimination does not take root”
Papal communique warns of AI produced "at the expense of the most fragile and excluded."
Amazon gets “last rites” from FTC as antitrust complaint looks imminent
FTC's lawsuit is likely to be filed in federal court this month.
Here’s how ChargePoint plans to increase EV charger reliability
A new Network Operations Center is aimed to bring ChargePoint close to 100% uptime.
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