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A trade-in program doesn't work too well when the new product has tech issues.

Back in 2004, many players saw Valve's new platform as nothing but fancy DRM."

Need to bust anti-EV myths at the Thanksgiving dinner table? Here's how.

More pixels and versatility, but without the sacrifices of dual-screen PCs.

Events are weaving together quickly. The fate of the world shall be decided."

Incremental improvements across the hardware and software stacks add up.

Selling subscriptions to Prime Video with ads is more lucrative for Amazon.

Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to target "massive waste and fraud."

Entire continents, even in the tropics, seem to have been under sheets of ice.

From physics to greyboxing, Half-Life 2 broke a lot of new ground.

GOG still puts up new DRM-free titles, but it sees opportunities in oldies.

The Series D fundraising round was "oversubscribed" and netted Firefly $175 million.

Owners of the affected trucks will require replacement hardware.

Former airman's arrest raised questions about who gets access to confidential docs.

The teen had no clear exposures to animals. No contacts have tested positive.

The Swedish automaker has added an entry-level version of the Polestar 3.

Lack of moderation, spike in racist content had led to an exodus by brands.

Ars chats with director Juliette Eisner and original study participants in new documentary series.

A younger rival may have learned how to sabotage those showers by disrupting water flow.

FrontierMath's difficult questions remain unpublished so that AI companies can't train against it.

"If we hold strong together, we will come through this."

New reports highlight fears of diminishing returns for traditional LLM training.

Music companies appeal, demanding payment for each song instead of each album.

Trump plans to shake up the SEC by installing pro-crypto leaders.

Not a surprising generational update, but a lot of progress for just one year.

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Annapurna Labs, acquired by Amazon in 2015, will release the Trainium 2 in December.

A great interior and decent economy, but a harsh ride and numb steering.

After small, midsize, and XL electric SUVs, Cadillac fills in the gap.

"I did not say I was uncomfortable talking about it. I said we're not going to talk about it."

Lawsuit seeks "at least $1.76 billion that was fraudulently transferred" by SBF.

Anthropic's new hire is preparing for a future where advanced AI models may experience suffering.

Instead of celebrating a closing, some US home buyers lost everything.

Diesel equipment will be replaced with hydrogen- or electric-power gear.

On this timeline Russia is nearly a decade and a half behind SpaceX.

"You've taken this idea way too far," a mentor told Prof. Fei-Fei Li.

Plus special look at Thunderbolts*, in which Florence Pugh returns as government assassin Yelena Belova.

Spoilers ahead! This imaginative sequel to WandaVision is a reminder of just how good the MCU can be.

They pose no risk to human health, and they're living their best lives.

Critics worry Anthropic is endangering its "ethical" AI stance due to defense associations.

Broadcom acquisition was a "wake-up call" for VMware-dependent SMBs.

Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at once?

Carriers claim location data isn't protected, say they have right to jury trial.

FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online.

Saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while.

Integrating genetic data with historic and archaeological data can enrich or correct popular narratives.

The tool will likely be released anyway, testing Meta's litigiousness.

His cassette recording, made for $200 in 1989, was a sound that defined an online generation.

I've spent a week with Apple Intelligence-here are the takeaways.