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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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DNA and jolts of electricity get people to make optimal antibodies

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 16:58 EDT

If we ID the DNA for a great antibody, anyone can now make it. Read more ›

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The Android-powered Boox Palma 2 Pro fits in your pocket, but it’s not a phone

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 16:07 EDT

This e-reader has a color screen and 5G. Read more ›

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Tech billionaires are now shaping the militarization of American cities

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/24/2025 14:55 EDT

Money means access to power—and tech has plenty of money. Read more ›

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Tesla’s “Mad Max” mode is now under federal scrutiny

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 14:35 EDT

The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic. Read more ›

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EU accuses Meta of violating content rules in move that could anger Trump

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 14:18 EDT

EU alleges Facebook and Instagram make it too hard to report illegal content. Read more ›

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Microsoft’s Mico heightens the risks of parasocial LLM relationships

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 13:07 EDT

"It looks like you're trying to find a friend. Would you like help?" Read more ›

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Rivian is settling $250 million lawsuit to focus on next year’s R2 EV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 12:30 EDT

Investors sued Rivian claiming it knew prices had to rise after its IPO. Read more ›

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Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 12:16 EDT

A handful of bat species hunt birds, and new sensor data tells us how. Read more ›

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DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 11:24 EDT

Microbial DNA suggests troops suffered from paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever, among other diseases. Read more ›

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This browser claims “perfect privacies protection,” but it acts like malware

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Matt Burgess, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 10:37 EDT

Researchers note links to Asia’s booming cybercrime and illegal gambling networks. Read more ›

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Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/24/2025 10:18 EDT

"Now it looks like the White House is physically being destroyed." Read more ›

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Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2025 07:00 EDT

A South Korean rocket startup will soon make its first attempt to reach low-Earth orbit. Read more ›

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With new acquisition, OpenAI signals plans to integrate deeper into the OS

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 18:08 EDT

The acquired firm was working on a tool to control macOS directly with AI. Read more ›

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Lawsuit: Reddit caught Perplexity “red-handed” stealing data from Google results

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 17:54 EDT

Scraper accused of stealing Reddit content "shocked" by lawsuit. Read more ›

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Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 17:20 EDT

Models trained on short, popular, and/or "superficial" tweets perform worse on benchmarks. Read more ›

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Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 16:57 EDT

Fossil beds in New Mexico show diverse species present in the late Cretaceous. Read more ›

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An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 15:58 EDT

The NTP produced controversial studies on cellphone radiation and fluoride. Read more ›

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Microsoft makes Copilot “human-centered” with a ‘90s-style animated assistant

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 14:48 EDT

"Mico" literally tries to put a face on Microsoft's chatbot-turned-assistant. Read more ›

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The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 13:04 EDT

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia. Read more ›

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Valve upends the CS2 item marketplace with new “trade up” update

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2025 12:40 EDT

Once rare $14K knife now sells for $7K, some common guns jump from $10 to over $100. Read more ›

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