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Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2026 13:17 EDT

There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors. Read more ›

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Python plan to boost software security foiled by Trump admin’s anti-DEI rules

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 13:45 EDT

National Science Foundation said grantees must not operate any DEI programs. Read more ›

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Here’s how Slate Auto plans to handle repairs to its electric trucks

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 12:46 EDT

The startup has partnered with RepairPal to service its affordable EV truck. Read more ›

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Australia’s social media ban is “problematic,” but platforms will comply anyway

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 12:36 EDT

Platforms expect to monitor a range of signals, but age detection will be spotty. Read more ›

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AMD shores up its budget laptop CPUs by renaming more years-old silicon

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 11:17 EDT

Both AMD and Intel continue to serve low-end PCs with aging silicon. Read more ›

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Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 11:02 EDT

New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives. Read more ›

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Trump’s UCLA deal: Pay us $1B+, and we can still cut your grants again

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 07:30 EDT

The deal wouldn't protect UCLA from the proposed university compact. Read more ›

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Trump and Republicans join Big Oil’s push to shut down climate liability efforts

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Dana Drugmand, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 10/28/2025 07:15 EDT

Republicans are attempting to foreclose the ability of cities and states to seek damages linked to climate change. Read more ›

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Porsche’s 2026 911 Turbo S is a ballistic, twin-turbo, 701-horsepower monster

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 19:01 EDT

Big power, no lag, surprising agility make for a stellar drive—at an astronomical cost. Read more ›

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AI-powered search engines rely on “less popular” sources, researchers find

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 16:18 EDT

Generative search engines often cite sites that wouldn't appear in Google's Top 100 links. Read more ›

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AT&T ad congratulating itself for its ethics violated an ad-industry rule

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 15:58 EDT

Ad industry watchdog says AT&T violated program rule, demands removal of ads. Read more ›

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25 years, one website: ISS in Real Time captures quarter-century on space station

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 15:19 EDT

From the makers of Apollo in Real Time comes a site with 500 times more data. Read more ›

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F1 in Mexico City: We have a new championship leader

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 12:35 EDT

It was a quiet race for the win, but there was plenty of action for second and third. Read more ›

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Why imperfection could be key to Turing patterns in nature

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 12:04 EDT

Many Turing mechanism models yield too-perfect patterns; varying cell sizes vastly improves the results. Read more ›

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Melissa set to be the strongest hurricane to ever strike Jamaica

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/27/2025 11:05 EDT

Storm reached sustained winds of 160 mph on Monday morning. Read more ›

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AI-generated receipts make submitting fake expenses easier

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Cristina Criddle, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 10/27/2025 09:44 EDT

Software provider AppZen said fake AI receipts accounted for about 14% of fraud attempts. Read more ›

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10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/27/2025 07:00 EDT

It's still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs. Read more ›

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Whale and dolphin migrations are being disrupted by climate change

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Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 1 place · 10/25/2025 07:00 EDT

Marine mammals are being forced into new and more dangerous waters, scientists warn. Read more ›

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Are you the asshole? Of course not!—quantifying LLMs’ sycophancy problem

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/24/2025 18:26 EDT

In new research, AI models show a troubling tendency to agree with whatever the user says. Read more ›

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A single point of failure triggered the Amazon outage affecting millions

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/24/2025 17:53 EDT

A DNS manager in a single region of Amazon's sprawling network touched off a 16-hour debacle. Read more ›

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Man takes herbal pain quackery, nearly dies, spends months in hospital

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 17:29 EDT

The 61-year-old had wounds all over, a bacterial infection, and needed intensive care. Read more ›

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