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AIs can generate near-verbatim copies of novels from training data

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Melissa Heikkilä, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 02/23/2026 10:38 EDT

LLMs memorize more training data than previously thought. Read more ›

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New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 11:17 EDT

Controversial 2025 study "represents the encroachment of pseudoscience into the heart of biological research." Read more ›

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Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 10:59 EDT

The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong. Read more ›

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Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 10:36 EDT

NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement. Read more ›

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NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 09:55 EDT

"Our two worlds that on paper wouldn't seem connected, made a lot of sense to connect." Read more ›

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EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"

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Barbara Moens, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 09:31 EDT

Regulators say design choices that hook users could breach EU's digital rules. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 07:00 EDT

Amazon has booked 10 more launches with SpaceX, citing a "near-term shortage in launch capacity." Read more ›

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Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 06:30 EDT

Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video. Read more ›

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AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 17:47 EDT

Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents. Read more ›

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The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 17:14 EDT

Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't. Read more ›

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With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 16:47 EDT

The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates." Read more ›

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"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 15:54 EDT

Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies." Read more ›

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Neocities founder stuck in chatbot hell after Bing blocked 1.5 million sites

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 14:32 EDT

Microsoft won’t explain why Bing blocked 1.5 million Neocities websites. Read more ›

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Watch Kanzi the bonobo pretend to have a tea party

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 14:07 EDT

“Kanzi is able to generate an idea of this pretend object and at the same time know it’s not real.” Read more ›

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Bad sleep made woman's eyelids so floppy they flipped inside out, got stuck

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 13:55 EDT

Never underestimate the value of a good night's sleep. Read more ›

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Google hints at big AirDrop expansion for Android "very soon"

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 13:06 EDT

AirDrop came to the Pixel 10 last year, and more Android phones will join the party in 2026. Read more ›

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OpenAI is hoppin' mad about Anthropic's new Super Bowl TV ads

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 12:46 EDT

Sam Altman calls AI competitor "dishonest" and "authoritarian" in lengthy post on X. Read more ›

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This black hole "burps" with Death Star energy

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 11:02 EDT

Dubbed "Jetty McJetface," the tidal disruption event's energy keeps getting brighter and should peak in 2027. Read more ›

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NASA changes its mind, will allow Artemis astronauts to take iPhones to the Moon

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 10:46 EDT

"We are giving our crews the tools to capture special moments." Read more ›

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Tesla slipped behind VW in European EV sales last year

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 10:16 EDT

Electric vehicle sales increased by 29% in 2025, even as overall sales grew 2.2%. Read more ›

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Steam Machine and Steam Frame delays are the latest product of the RAM crisis

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 09:22 EDT

Valve says it still hopes to ship both devices "in the first half of the year." Read more ›

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