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Rethinking air conditioning amid climate change
ACs and refrigerators help keep people safe—but they also further warm the planet.
Are TikTok algorithms changing how people talk about suicide?
Social media users have adopted terms like "unalive" to avoid platform censorship.
US college VPN credentials for sale on Russian crime forums, FBI says
Trafficked data could lead to subsequent attacks, agency warns.
US gun violence is a health crisis with evidence-based solutions, experts plea
Doctors and researchers say the science is clear, and it's long past time to act.
Mysterious ancient giant eggs Down Under laid by Aussie “demon ducks of doom”
Overharvesting of eggs may have led to the extinction of these large flightless birds
Review: Obi-Wan Kenobi debuts with prequel redemption in its scope
The first third of Disney+'s latest limited series is a slow, family-friendly burn.
Pompeii victim had spinal tuberculosis when he died
The study also sequenced the victim's entire genome.
AMD clarifies power usage limits of its next-gen AM5 CPUs (and why that’s important)
AM5 socket's peak and sustained power limits have big performance implications.
Information security gets personal: How to protect yourself and your stuff
Recapping our Ars Frontiers talk with a half-dozen information security experts.
GOP senators want to ban China’s digital currency from US apps and app stores
Sen. Tom Cotton says China will use digital yuan to "spy on anyone who uses it."
Top Gun: Maverick spoiler-free review: A worthy return to the danger zone
Old and new come together to surpass expectations, take our breath away.
LG’s new OLED monitor is big enough to replace your TV
LG expands from expensive desktop OLED to expensive, massive gaming OLED.
IndyCar is moving to 100% renewable ethanol in 2023
It's a second-generation ethanol made from sugarcane waste in Brazil.
Google Drive gets multi-text selection, copy/paste shortcuts for files
Both features are rolling out now.
Microsoft’s plans for an Xbox streaming stick head back to the drawing board
Company is "pivot[ing] away from the current iteration" of its "Keystone" device.
Drafting dynamics and good tactics: How to win the Indianapolis 500
Simon Pagenaud and Helio Castroneves have five Indy 500 wins between them.
Humming birds suffer if they move uphill to escape the warming climate
Heights hinder hummingbird hovering—this could be bad news as the Earth warms.
Rocket Report: Meet the Gravity-1 rocket; will Starship really cut launch costs?
"I probably can’t express in words what it meant for me."
CDC presumes community spread of monkeypox; 9 cases now in 7 states
Some US cases had recent international travel to areas with cases, others did not.
Can we cut the US’s carbon emissions in half this decade?
There are multiple routes to drop carbon emissions by 50% by 2030.
Lawsuit: Musk manipulated Twitter stock price in attempt to renegotiate sale
Investor alleges Musk posted false tweets in scheme to kill deal or renegotiate price.
Disney+ drops teasers for Andor and Willow TV series at Star Wars Celebration
Also: news on The Mandalorian S3, Ahsoka, and kid-centric series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
Apple boosts employee pay as workers attempt to organize
Labor force and economic factors are driving the change.
Are we on the verge of an 8K resolution breakthrough in gaming?
Studies show extremely diminishing returns from pushing out even more pixels.
Omnipotent BMCs from Quanta remain vulnerable to critical Pantsdown threat
BMCs offer extraordinary control over cloud computers. So why hasn't Quanta patched?
Sony estimates its PC games sales will jump 375% over next year
Massive year-over-year growth will require more PC launches—so it's time to speculate.
The Google Pixel Foldable is reportedly delayed to 2023
It was initially developed for Android 12L, but getting a foldable to market is hard.
Twitter pays $150M fine for using two-factor login details to target ads
Twitter targeted ads with phone numbers and emails collected for security purposes.
Modular Panasonic Toughbookhas 8 replaceable parts,1,200-nit screen
Panasonic's DIY-friendly, rugged laptop is bright enough for the great outdoors.
War Stories: How Gears of War almost didn’t have multiplayer
Gameplay designer recalls early multiplayer map tests were "always a train wreck."
Broadcom will pay $61 billion to become the latest company to acquire VMware
Broadcom has spent billions buying up software companies in recent years.
Dealmaster: Binge The Orville and more with this $1-per-month Hulu deal
You'll need to be a new or returning user, but it's a cheap way to get new things to stream.
Stellantis guilty of diesel emissions fraud, will pay $300 million fine
The company has already paid $305 million in civil penalties as a result of the lawsuit.
NASA’s verdict on Starliner: “A great vehicle for crew transportation”
"That’s really what this commercial crew program has been all about."
Metal: Hellsinger hands-on: First-person demon-slaying, cranked to 11
This "sometime in 2022" game could overtake Doom 2016 as the most metal FPS ever.
After 30 years, the world can now play the lost Marble Madness II
Scrapped Atari arcade rarity traded trackballs for joysticks—was it the right call?
Critical Zoom vulnerabilities fixed last week required no user interaction
If your machine failed to get them automatically, you're not alone.
More than 1 in 5 COVID survivors may develop long COVID, CDC study suggests
The study assessed the relative risks of 26 conditions linked to post-COVID.
Prominent ex-Tesla self-driving car exec leaves Apple for greener pastures
CJ Moore will join lidar company Luminar to lead software development.
Microsoft Dev Box will virtualize your Windows development PC in a browser window
Windows 365-powered VMs support variable hardware and software configs.
Today’s best deals: PlayStation Days of Play sale, SanDisk storage, and more
Dealmaster also includes the MacBook Air, Jabra earbuds, and Xbox consoles.
Google urged to stop collecting phone location data before Roe v. Wade reversal
Lawmakers pressure Google on Android privacy after leak of Supreme Court ruling.
The (fossil) eyes have it: Evidence that an ancient owl hunted in daylight
The structure of bones around the eye indicate a small pupil that let in less light.
Google Hardware’s latest weird defect: Quickly deteriorating phone cases
Reddit and Amazon users say the expensive phone cases haven't held up.
Lidar reveals networks of pre-Columbian cities and towns in Bolivia
The western Amazon basin was home to its own pre-Columbian civilization, the Casarabe.
Sick of picking up toys? Dyson’s future home robots want to do it for you
Company expects its robots to be doing your household chores in a decade.
Earth’s orbital debris problem is worsening, and policy solutions are difficult
"Who's responsible? Who pays? How much do they pay?"
If Europe and Japan can have small, cheap EVs, why can’t America?
Europe's VW ID.1 will cost $18,000; Japan's Nissan Sakura is just $14,000.
Sliding to mild? Nope—omicron BA.2 caused worse COVID symptoms than BA.1
Study of 1.5M finds COVID symptoms shifted with variants. BA.2 caused the most.
Pfizer warns of “constant waves” of COVID as complacency grows
CEO launches plan to offer patented medicines at lower cost to poorer nations.
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