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People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta.

ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips.

Agents with read/write access to your files create big security, privacy issues.

Excellent design and display filters, but the lack of OpenFPGA support rankles.

Bitcoin mining hardware exec falls for sophisticated crypto scam to tune of $200k

Sundar Pichai says no company is immune if AI bubble bursts, echoing dotcom fears.

Google's flagship AI model is getting its second major upgrade this year.

"The consensus here is that it would be preferable if you did not die."

A Reddit user posted video of his safety driver sleeping at the wheel in San Fransisco.

Cloudflare is down, causing many websites and big platforms to go dark.

It's a "violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research."

He stepped down at Amazon in 2021 and doesn't hold a CEO title at Blue Origin.

Fleets of laptops run from US residences gave appearance workers were in the US.

Government can't use funding threats to override the First Amendment.

The Texas lawsuit hinges on the unproven claim that Tylenol causes autism.

"There's never been such a high demand for launch as there is right now."

Mac Pro was last updated in mid-2023, one of the last Macs to switch from Intel.

"I'm incapable of not solving a crime. You'll see. It's fun!"

"Concord Delta" project locks down Discord after YouTube video takedowns.

Company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts.

Paradox subsidiary Iceflake Studios will take over work on the storied city simulation.

The EV failed to match the 2018 stunt, damaging the stairway in the process.

Study identified several trace chemical signatures of opium in ancient Egyptian alabaster vase.

With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute.

Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds.

Exquisitely preserved fossils come from a single site in Wyoming.

Tech industry primed for big refunds if SCOTUS rules against Trump tariffs.

"Blue" and "Gold" are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027.

Pediatricians are calling for members to be replaced and all their decisions reversed.

We've seen schoolbuses and big pickups do V2G; how about a smaller car?

Carr rejects criticism from four former FCC chairs, including three Republicans.

Hydrogen and solar power the rally infrastructure, but navigation is low-tech.

"This does not meet the release conditions for a safe manned return."

Ongoing struggles with AI model instruction-following show that true human-level AI still a ways off.

Sequencing an ancient creature's RNA opens up a new window into extinct life.

Life with humans changed dogs in some dramatic ways, and it didn't take long.

Early warning system being developed by universities may slow the plant pathogen.

Steam punk magical-realist world-building at its finest.

"Never before in history has a booster this large nailed the landing on the second try."

The results of AI-assisted hacking aren't as impressive as many might have us believe.

"If NASA wants to go quicker, we would move heaven and Earth."

It seems US didn't coordinate Starshield's unusual spectrum use with other countries.

The UK is facing one of the worst flu seasons in history-and the US is next.

Text scam ringleader warned operations were disrupted on Telegram, Google says.

Tariffs, component volatility, and Valve's tolerance for losses all lead to uncertainty.

Tiny chips can be powered by infrared light if they're near the brain's surface.

Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics?

Ghoulish Elvis impersonators are the least of Lucy's problems as the wasteland prepares for war.

Almost half of US car buyers won't consider a car without Apple CarPlay.

Google will preserve sideloading for power users, but it hasn't decided how that will work yet.