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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/31/2025 15:13 EDT

A 3D reconstruction of the Shroud of Turin, "jelly ice," regenerating snail eyes, and more Read more ›

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Earth models can predict the planet’s future but not their own

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Sarah Scoles, Undark Magazine @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/31/2025 07:00 EDT

One of the world’s foremost climate models now faces funding threats. Read more ›

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Texas suit alleging anti-coal “cartel” of top Wall Street firms could reshape ESG

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Deep Vakil, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/30/2025 07:00 EDT

It’s a closely watched test of whether corporate alliances on climate efforts violate antitrust laws. Read more ›

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The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy”

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/29/2025 17:51 EDT

New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases. Read more ›

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CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand.

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/29/2025 17:05 EDT

CDC is in crisis amid an ouster, resignations, defiance, and outraged lawmakers. Read more ›

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With new in-house models, Microsoft lays the groundwork for independence from OpenAI

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/29/2025 15:49 EDT

Microsoft is still deeply tied to OpenAI, but who knows what the future holds. Read more ›

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Windows 11 25H2 update hits its last stop before release to the general public

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 15:10 EDT

The 25H2 update will be a quiet one, after 24H2's under-the-hood overhauls. Read more ›

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Tesla denied having fatal crash data until a hacker found it

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/29/2025 14:48 EDT

The data was key evidence in the death of a pedestrian in 2019. Read more ›

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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 14:42 EDT

Amid player complaints, EA says 330,000 cheaters were stopped in beta's first two days. Read more ›

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Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave

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Hannah Murphy, Cristina Criddle, and George Hammond, Financial T @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 14:02 EDT

Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades. Read more ›

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FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms”

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 12:51 EDT

FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency. Read more ›

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SpaceX got good heat shield data for Starship, so what comes next?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/29/2025 12:10 EDT

"The latest upgrades are looking good!" Read more ›

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Today’s game consoles are historically overpriced

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 11:10 EDT

Ars analysis shows missing price cuts are costing console consumers hundreds of dollars. Read more ›

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Google Pixel 10 series review: Don’t call it an Android

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 10:35 EDT

Google's new Pixel phones are better, but only a little. Read more ›

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Lego iMac G3 concept is unlikely to go anywhere, but it is very cute

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 10:34 EDT

Begging Apple to let another company make Macs for the first time since the '90s. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 08:39 EDT

Firefly Aerospace reveals why its Alpha booster exploded after launch in April. Read more ›

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Google warns that mass data theft hitting Salesloft AI agent has grown bigger

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/29/2025 08:15 EDT

Assume all Salesloft credentials are compromised after Workspace breach, Google says. Read more ›

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Genetically, Central American mammoths were weird

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 17:57 EDT

The species's boundaries in North America seem to have been fairly fluid. Read more ›

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Video player looks like a 1-inch TV from the ’60s and is wondrous, pointless fun

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 17:29 EDT

TV static and remote included. Read more ›

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High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 14:46 EDT

Vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to customers' crown jewels. Read more ›

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Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California”

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Kiley Price, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 12:00 EDT

"Once a species enters, they never leave," interior secretary says. But there's more to the story. Read more ›

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One-time WordPress competitor TypePad ends its slide into obscurity by shutting down

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/28/2025 11:46 EDT

After years of neglect, TypePad and everything on it goes away on September 30. Read more ›

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