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The telltale words that could identify generative AI text
New paper counts "excess words" that started appearing more often in the post-LLM era.
The 2025 Polestar 4: Great steering and a small carbon footprint stand out
The styling is sharp inside and out, but the infotainment needs some polishing.
An ultra-athlete goes head-to-head with the world’s most formidable sharks
Ross Edgley faces a challenge like no other in NatGeo's Shark vs. Ross Edgley.
Nature interrupted: Impact of the US-Mexico border wall on wildlife
Scientists are working to understand how the barrier is affecting the area's biodiversity.
The new Riven remake is even better than Myst
The original developers revised puzzles and realized the immersive world in 3D.
30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive
Project's creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it's going.
DNA from mammoth remains reveals the history of the last surviving population
The mammoths of Wrangel Island purged a lot of harmful mutations before dying off.
Inside a violent gang’s ruthless crypto-stealing home invasion spree
More than a dozen men threatened, assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped 11 victims.
NASA and SpaceX misjudged the risks from reentering space junk
Safety tends to not be on the front burner until it really needs to be on the front burner."
NASA orders more tests on Starliner, but says crew isn’t stranded in space
I want to make it very clear that Butch and Suni are not stranded in space."
Apple’s Vision Pro goes on sale outside the US for the first time
Since February, the headset has only been available in the United States.
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later
Software that promises to detect AI-produced text fails to deliver.
Microdosing candies finally recalled after psychoactive muscimol found
Muscimol, found in the candy, is from hallucinogenic Amanita muscaria mushrooms.
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.
Mere days before its debut, the Ariane 6 rocket loses a key customer to SpaceX
"I am impatiently waiting to understand what reasons could have led Eumetsat to such a decision."
Bipartisan consensus in favor of renewable power is ending
The change is most pronounced in those over 50 years old.
SCOTUS kills Chevron deference, giving courts more power to block federal rules
EPA rules and FCC net neutrality order at risk: "No consumer protection is safe."
Tesla says Model 3 that burst into flames in fatal tree crash wasn’t defective
Lawsuit alleged defects with both Tesla's self-driving and Model 3 flammability.
Brussels explores antitrust probe into Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI
EU executive arm drops merger review into US tech companies' alliance.
Man suffers rare bee sting directly to the eyeball—it didn’t go well
He did recover. No disturbing images in the article, but a link for those who dare.
It’s a showdown with Sabretooth in latest Deadpool and Wolverine trailer
"People have waited decades for this fight. It's not gonna be easy."
Researchers craft smiling robot face from living human skin cells
Human cells isolated from juvenile foreskin are flexible enough to grin when moved.
The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year
Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France.
Rocket Report: China flies reusable rocket hopper; Falcon Heavy dazzles
"I have a problem: Rockets are built and kept in stock but not finding customers."
Big Pharma’s fight against drug price reforms takes weird, desperate turn
PhRMA claims price negotiations raise costs and that drug patents lower them.
Supreme Court issues stay on EPA’s ozone plan, despite blistering dissent
The court can't even agree on how the EPA was proposing to structure regulations.
Google Translate just nearly doubled its number of supported languages
This includes common languages like Cantonese and lesser-known ones like Manx.
OpenAI’s new “CriticGPT” model is trained to criticize GPT-4 outputs
Research model catches bugs in AI-generated code, improving human oversight of AI.
Mac users served info-stealer malware through Google ads
Full-service Poseidon info stealer pushed by "advertiser identity verified by Google."
Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims
Temu "surprised" by the lawsuit, plans to "vigorously defend" itself.
T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices
FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors."
NASA will pay SpaceX nearly $1 billion to deorbit the International Space Station
The space agency did consider alternatives to splashing the station.
SCOTUS tears down Sacklers’ immunity, blowing up opioid settlement
Majority of justices ruled on meaning of legal code; dissenters called it "ruinous"
Apple’s “Longevity, by Design” argues its huge scale affects its repair polices
Apple must consider volume, but also the world outside its closed loop.
Study: Scribes in ancient Egypt had really poor posture during work
There were degenerative joint changes in the spines, shoulders, knees, hips, and ankles.
AI-generated Al Michaels to provide daily recaps during 2024 Summer Olympics
AI voice clone will narrate daily Olympics video recaps; critics call it a "code-generated ghoul."
Scales helped reptiles conquer the land—when did they first evolve?
300 million-year-old tail print shows that scales evolved earlier than expected.
The job of pollsters has become much harder. Here’s how they’re responding
Which surveys are solid and which dissolve under scrutiny?
ULA will launch its second Vulcan rocket without a real payload
"This is certification at our own expense."
Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk
A similar flaw last year left 1,800 networks breached. Will the latest one be as potent?
Patent document showcases the cloud-only streaming Xbox console that never was
Microsoft couldn't get the price of its streaming Xbox low enough to release it.
Synthetic psychedelic found in candies linked to seizures, intubation
Cases grow to 39, including 23 hospitalizations, across 20 states.
DNA-based bacterial parasite uses completely new DNA-editing method
Its error rates are too high for safe use but might be improved.
SCOTUS nixes injunction that limited Biden admin contacts with social networks
Supreme Court avoids clarifying when government can control online speech.
Some European launch officials still have their heads stuck in the sand
"Starship will not eradicate Ariane 6 at all."
Tesla announces third and fourth Cybertruck recalls
Wiper motor may stop working and cosmetic applique may detach while driving.
Toys “R” Us riles critics with “first-ever” AI-generated commercial using Sora
AI-generated commercials are here, and critics are displeased-but human work is still key.
Apple rejects PC emulators on the iOS App Store
New iOS emulation rules only apply to "retro game consoles," not retro computers.
VW puts $5B into cash-hungry Rivian, and Rivian will help fix up VW’s software
Rivian gets a third major partner, and new cars arrive later this decade.
YouTube tries convincing record labels to license music for AI song generator
Video site needs labels' content to legally train AI song generators.
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