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April Fools’ joke results in Japanese firm making a beige ’80s throwback PC case

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/18/2024 11:41 EDT

You can fit lots of modern hardware inside—and prop your monitor on top. Read more ›

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Broadcom execs say VMware price, subscription complaints are unwarranted 

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 15:19 EDT

Industry groups aren't giving up hope for government intervention. Read more ›

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Users say Google’s VPN app “breaks” the Windows DNS settings

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Ron Amadeo @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 14:58 EDT

Does Google's app really need to constantly reset all Windows network interfaces? Read more ›

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Apple wouldn’t let Jon Stewart interview FTC Chair Lina Khan, TV host claims

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 14:28 EDT

Tech company also didn't want a segment on Stewart's show criticizing AI. Read more ›

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Expedition uses small underwater drone to discover 100-year-old shipwreck

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 14:01 EDT

The underwater drone Hydrus can capture georeferenced 4K video and images simultaneously. Read more ›

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New Catan game has overpopulation, pollution, fossil fuels, and clean energy

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 13:48 EDT

If pollution levels go too high, the game ends for everyone. It's a fun escape! Read more ›

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Medical bills are getting so big Medicare had to add two extra digits on forms

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 12:53 EDT

Previously, some doctors had to divide bills by 10 and submit 10 claims to get costs covered. Read more ›

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Hazard-identification software can’t make sense of kangaroos

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Ars Contributors @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 12:44 EDT

Australia is turning to virtual fences to cut down on car-kangaroo impacts. Read more ›

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Tesla deliveries drop 8.5 percent year over year in first decline since 2020

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 11:59 EDT

Tesla stock price continued its fall today and is down 33 percent in 2024. Read more ›

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US, UK ink AI pact modeled on intel sharing agreements

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 09:42 EDT

Bilateral AI agreement seeks to assess, regulate risks from emerging technology. Read more ›

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Daily Telescope: A shiny cluster of stars in a nearby galaxy

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2024 08:00 EDT

This cluster is about 2 billion years old. Read more ›

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Trash from the International Space Station may have hit a house in Florida

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 20:24 EDT

NASA collected the item to confirm whether it came from the International Space Station. Read more ›

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OpenAI drops login requirements for ChatGPT’s free version

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 18:31 EDT

ChatGPT 3.5 still falls far short of GPT-4, and other models surpassed it long ago. Read more ›

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Microsoft splits up the Teams and Office apps worldwide, following EU split

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 16:12 EDT

Changes may save a bit of money for people who want Office apps without Teams. Read more ›

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Discord starts down the dangerous road of ads this week

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 15:24 EDT

Discord's first real foray into ads seems minimally intrusive. Read more ›

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Google agrees to delete Incognito data despite prior claim that’s “impossible”

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 15:11 EDT

What a lawyer calls "a historic step," Google considers not that "significant." Read more ›

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AT&T acknowledges data leak that hit 73 million current and former users

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 15:01 EDT

Data leak hit 7.6 million current AT&T users, 65.4 million former subscribers. Read more ›

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Redis’ license change and forking are a mess that everybody can feel bad about

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 13:47 EDT

Cloud firms want a version of Redis that's still open to managed service resale. Read more ›

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Google Podcasts shuts down tomorrow, April 2

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Ron Amadeo @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 13:37 EDT

Building a podcast player into Google Search was always a weird plan. Read more ›

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Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor rocks the fashion in new Doctor Who trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 12:50 EDT

The return of Russell T. Davies as show runner has been a welcome one. Read more ›

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Russia has a plan to “restore” its dominant position in the global launch market

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2024 11:17 EDT

"So we are working on the same trail blazed by Korolev." Read more ›

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