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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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EV buyers want SUVs and sedans, not minivans or trucks, survey says

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/29/2024 11:23 EDT

There's also a wide spread when it comes to acceptable range, Edmunds found. Read more ›

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EV bargains to be found as Hertz sells off some of its electric cars

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/29/2024 10:00 EDT

More than 1,200 EVs are cheap enough to qualify for the used clean vehicle tax credit. Read more ›

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OpenAI shows off Sora AI video generator to Hollywood execs

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 03/29/2024 09:35 EDT

CEO Sam Altman met with Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros Discovery. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Multi-day delay for the final Delta launch; Orbex patents landing tech

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/29/2024 07:00 EDT

"So don’t have that expectation, please. It’s not going to be perfect." Read more ›

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After the Concorde, a long road back to supersonic air travel

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Ars Contributors @ Ars Technica · 03/29/2024 06:45 EDT

Supersonic flight without loud booms? NASA is working on that. Read more ›

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Apple’s first new 3D Vision Pro video since launch is only a few minutes long

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 18:17 EDT

Major League Soccer highlight reel is the first Immersive Video since launch. Read more ›

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Getting a charge: An exercise bike that turns your pedaling into power

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 17:39 EDT

LifeSpan's Ampera offers a solid workout, but it has a lot of quirks. Read more ›

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Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 16:40 EDT

Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on. Read more ›

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Astronomers have solved the mystery of why this black hole has the hiccups

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 15:56 EDT

Blame it on a smaller orbiting black hole repeatedly punching through the accretion disk. Read more ›

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PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 14:50 EDT

Automation is making attacks on open source code repositories harder to fight. Read more ›

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Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 14:23 EDT

Former Canonical employee calls out the "Safe" label applied to Snap apps. Read more ›

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Super gonorrhea rate quickly triples in China, now 40x higher than US

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 14:12 EDT

Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem—one that doesn't heed borders. Read more ›

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Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 13:52 EDT

Federal agencies rush to appoint chief AI officers with “significant expertise.” Read more ›

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Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 13:15 EDT

Proxmox is a Linux-based hypervisor that could replace ESXi for some users. Read more ›

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How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them

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Ron Amadeo @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 13:15 EDT

Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update. Read more ›

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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 11:54 EDT

SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50. Read more ›

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Yamaha and Lola pair up to enter Formula E next season

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 10:42 EDT

Lola has Yamaha as a technical partner and Formula E veterans in key roles. Read more ›

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Embracer Group lets go of Borderlands maker for $460M after three years

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 09:39 EDT

Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari-like studio roll-up. Read more ›

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Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2024 08:00 EDT

Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star. Read more ›

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The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket whose time has come and gone, will fly once more

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/27/2024 19:15 EDT

The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting. Read more ›

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