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Is the “million-year-old” skull from China a Denisovan or something else?

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica · 09/30/2025 10:14 EDT

Now that we know what Denisovans looked like, they’re turning up everywhere. Read more ›

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Burnout and Elon Musk’s politics spark exodus from senior xAI, Tesla staff

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Stephen Morris and Hannah Murphy, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 09/30/2025 09:21 EDT

Disillusionment with Musk's activism, strategic pivots, and mass layoffs cause churn. Read more ›

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The most efficient Crosstrek ever? Subaru’s hybrid gets a bit rugged.

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Michael Teo Van Runkle @ Ars Technica · 09/30/2025 09:00 EDT

A naturally aspirated boxer engine, two electric motors, and a CVT go for a trek. Read more ›

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The SUV that saved Porsche goes electric, and the tech is interesting

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 09/30/2025 08:00 EDT

It will be most powerful production Porsche ever, but that's not the cool bit. Read more ›

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Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 09/30/2025 05:00 EDT

Ion channel at base of plant's sensory hairs amplifies initial signals above critical threshold. Read more ›

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Trump obtains another settlement as YouTube agrees to pay $24.5 million

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 19:08 EDT

Alphabet settles with Trump instead of fighting lawsuit over January 6 suspension. Read more ›

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Another setback for Firefly Aerospace’s beleaguered rocket program

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 18:42 EDT

"We will share more information on the path forward at a later date." Read more ›

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Anthropic says its new AI model “maintained focus” for 30 hours on multistep tasks

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 18:10 EDT

Latest Claude model beats OpenAI and Google on coding tests. Read more ›

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Sports piracy site Streameast returns after US government let domain expire

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 17:43 EDT

ICE's HSI branch shut down Streameast in 2024. Read more ›

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EA will be a very different company under private ownership

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 17:07 EDT

Analysts see trouble for studios like BioWare, potential for Saudi meddling. Read more ›

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F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 15:09 EDT

F-Droid sees Google's plans as a threat to FOSS apps. Read more ›

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ESA will pay an Italian company nearly $50 million to design a mini-Starship

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 13:42 EDT

This is a "step forward in the transition of European launch systems toward full reusability." Read more ›

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Senators try to halt shuttle move, saying “little evidence” of public demand

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 12:36 EDT

"Removing an item from the National Collection is not a viable solution..." Read more ›

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Fortnite disables Peacemaker emote that might resemble a swastika

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 11:55 EDT

Epic will "inquire into our partner's creative intentions" before making a final decision. Read more ›

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Taiwan pressured to move 50% of chip production to US or lose protection

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 11:44 EDT

Trump official plots “impossible” deal moving Taiwan’s chip supply chain into US. Read more ›

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It’s official: EA is selling to private equity in $55 billion deal

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 10:04 EDT

Investors will receive $210 per share, well above the stock's all-time high. Read more ›

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Big AI firms pump money into world models as LLM advances slow

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Cristina Criddle, Hannah Murphy, and Tim Bradshaw, Financial Tim @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 09:56 EDT

World models aim to navigate the physical world by learning from videos, robotic data. Read more ›

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ZR1, GTD, and America’s new Nurburgring war

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 09/29/2025 07:30 EDT

Ford and Chevy set near-identical lap times with very different cars; we drove both. Read more ›

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30 years later, I’m still obliterating planets in Master of Orion II—and you can, too

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica 1 place · 09/28/2025 07:15 EDT

There's an unparalleled purity to MOO2's commitment to the fantasy. Read more ›

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150 million-year-old pterosaur cold case has finally been solved

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Elizabeth Rayne @ Ars Technica 1 place · 09/28/2025 07:00 EDT

The storm literally snapped the bones in their wings. Read more ›

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