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GM, Hyundai team up to slash costs of new vehicles and clean tech
The hope is for better products and more efficient companies.
iFixit’s FixHub tools want to pull soldering away from the wall socket
Battery-powered USB-C soldering iron aims to improve over what's out there.
Keeping your eyes on the road is easy with the Engo 2 AR sunglasses
These augmented reality sunglasses work with Apple, Android, and Garmin
Two private astronauts took a spacewalk Thursday morning—yes, it was historic
"Today's success represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry."
My dead father is “writing” me notes again
A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father's handwriting-and I want anyone to use it.
As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its core crypto library
Two algorithms added so far, two more planned in the coming months.
Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead
"Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.
Taylor Swift cites AI deepfakes in endorsement for Kamala Harris
Taylor Swift on AI: "The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth."
In abortion ban states, sterilization spiked after Dobbs and kept climbing
Sterilizations spike with abortion bans and declining access to care and contraception.
Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos
We took a close look at the 23 most serious Waymo crashes.
The PS5 Pro brings the game console’s disc drive era to an end
Sony relegates physical game discs to a peripheral afterthought.
Old Easter Island genomes show no sign of a population collapse
Native American DNA in the genomes dates to roughly when Rapa Nui was settled.
Google’s ad tech empire may be $95B and “too big” to sell, analysts warn DOJ
Google Ad Manager is key to ad tech monopoly, DOJ aims to prove.
The 2024 VW Golf GTI is the last of its kind with a manual transmission
Get the manual while you can.
The future of Boeing’s crewed spaceflight program is muddy after Starliner’s return
"The final chapter on Starliner has not been written yet."
Proposed underwater data center surprises regulators who hadn’t heard about it
Startup NetworkOcean wants to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay.
Rogue WHOIS server gives researcher superpowers no one should ever have
.mobi top-level-domain managers changed the location of its WHOIS server. No one got the memo.
SpaceX says regulators will keep Starship grounded until at least November
SpaceX blames the regulatory delay on "issues ranging from the frivolous to the patently absurd."
AI ruling on jobless claims could make mistakes courts can’t undo, experts warn
Nevada's plan to let AI rule on unemployment claims is risky, experts warn.
“HAIL HOLY TERROR”: Two US citizens charged for running online “Terrorgram Collective”
White accelerationist terror meets social media.
Woman drips with sweat from a bite of food due to rare nerve-wiring mix-up
After just 75 seconds of chewing, large drops of sweat ran down the woman's face.
Huawei’s $2,800 trifold phone is a real thing it wants people to hold and use
"It's a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to create."
X-ray footage shows how Japanese eels escape from a predator’s stomach
It took escaping eels 56 seconds on average to free themselves from death.
“MNT Reform Next” combines open source hardware and usable performance
New design has sleeker profile, uses more RAM and better CPU than the original.
Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphical upgrade available Nov. 7
New unit won't include a disc drive, but will improve frame rate in high-fidelity games.
Satisfactory is officially released, officially a scary wonderful time sink
Even people with 1,000 hours in the game are still learning about it.
Microsoft performs operations with multiple error-corrected qubits
Microsoft boosts error correction on Quantinuum machine, partners with Atom Computing.
You can buy a diamond-making machine for $200,000 on Alibaba
Making diamonds is cheaper than ever, creating a weird problem: too many diamonds.
Apple must pay €13 billion in back taxes after losing final appeal
EU's top court also upholds 2.4 billion antitrust fine against Google.
Speakers announced for the Ars Technica infrastructure event in San Jose
Come register to join us on September 18, learn some stuff, and hang out!
Driverless semis could be months away
I visited two startups working to bring driverless technology to long-haul trucking.
Polaris Dawn takes to the skies, setting the stage for a daring private spacewalk
Weather had confounded the launch attempt for nearly two weeks.
NASA will proceed with final preps to launch Europa Clipper next month
After a four-month review, NASA says suspect transistors on Europa Clipper are good to go.
Roblox announces AI tool for generating 3D game worlds from text
New AI feature aims to streamline game creation on popular online platform.
DOJ claims Google has “trifecta of monopolies” on Day 1 of ad tech trial
Ad tech monopoly trial may hurt Google more than DOJ's search case, experts say.
These household brands want to redefine what counts as “recyclable”
51 companies were asked if they agreed with the proposed redefinition of recyclable" plastic.
Unlocked, loaded guns more common among parents who give kids firearm lessons
It's unknown if demonstrating responsible handling actually keeps kids safe.
Apple will release iOS 18, macOS 15, iPadOS 18, other updates on September 16
Apple Intelligence won't be part of the initial launch.
Apple updates both of its new iPhones with A18 and A18 Pro chips
Both new iPhones get new chips at the same time for the first time in years.
Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro boasts a bigger screen and better camera zoom
A 48-megapixel ultra-wide camera and the A18 Pro chip headline Apple's flagship.
iPhone 16 gets two new buttons and a new camera layout
The 16 is positioned as the first non-Pro iPhone optimized for generative AI.
Apple announces $179 AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation
AirPods Pro and Max get new features, too.
No one wanted these PS5 Concord discs until Sony stopped making them
eBay prices have risen quickly less than a week since online game's shutdown.
Apple Watch Series 10 is smaller, thinner, lighter, and has mini-Intelligence
No word on whether S10 chip inside will allow for broader AI features.
New multispectral analysis of Voynich manuscript reveals hidden details
Handwriting suggests Prague doctor named Johannes Marcus Marci tried to decode in 1640.
Feds want vehicles to be safer for pedestrians’ heads; new regs proposed
The proposed rule would mostly affect pickup trucks and large SUVs.
To avoid strike, Boeing promises 25% pay hike—and to build next jet in Seattle
Boeing offers largest wage increase ever to avoid work stoppage it cannot afford.
Review: reMarkable Paper Pro writing tablet feels almost like paper, for a price
$579 starting price is up there with Android E Ink tablets and Apple's iPad Air.
The Golden Age of offbeat Arctic research
The Cold War spawned some odd military projects that were doomed to fail.
How did volcanism trigger climate change before the eruptions started?
New dating of a major ancient warming shows warming started before major eruptions.
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