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YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 14:16 EDT

Google says this isn't technically "GenAI," but it is altering videos without warning. Read more ›

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Peter Dinklage as The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to theaters

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 13:49 EDT

It's not for the squeamish, but if a campy blood-splattered B-movie is your jam, the film opens Aug. 29. Read more ›

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With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 13:17 EDT

Now you Zenit, now you don't. Read more ›

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Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 13:07 EDT

A new tool lets you explore how much a vehicle would emit in every county of the US. Read more ›

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How the cavefish lost its eyes—again and again

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Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 10:51 EDT

Mexican tetras in pitch-black caverns had no use for the energetically costly organs. Read more ›

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SpaceX’s latest Dragon mission will breathe more fire at the space station

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 10:21 EDT

"The boost kit will help sustain the orbiting lab's altitude, starting in September." Read more ›

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With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/25/2025 07:00 EDT

Why AI chatbots validate grandiose fantasies about revolutionary discoveries that don't exist. Read more ›

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Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/24/2025 14:51 EDT

SpaceX is gearing up for another Starship launch after three straight disappointing test flights. Read more ›

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Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory

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Marc Hudson, The Conversation @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/23/2025 07:07 EDT

If you think climate change is a hoax, you might believe wind turbines poison groundwater. Read more ›

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An inner-speech decoder reveals some mental privacy issues

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/23/2025 07:00 EDT

Words you'll never speak still cause activity in the brain's speech centers. Read more ›

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Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/22/2025 18:28 EDT

The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range. Read more ›

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College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 18:13 EDT

Hobbyist training AI on Victorian texts gets an unexpected history lesson from his own creation. Read more ›

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Trump says US will take 10% stake in Intel because CEO wants to “keep his job”

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 16:14 EDT

Intel deal could pave the way for the US to profit off CHIPS Act funding. Read more ›

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Developer gets 4 years for activating network “kill switch” to avenge his firing

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 15:21 EDT

Disgruntled developer was caught after naming the "kill switch" after himself. Read more ›

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4chan refuses to pay UK Online Safety Act fines, asks Trump admin to intervene

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 15:04 EDT

4chan asks US to "invoke all legal levers" in fight against Online Safety Act. Read more ›

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Google says it dropped the energy cost of AI queries by 33x in one year

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 14:53 EDT

The company claims that a text query now burns the equivalent of 9 seconds of TV. Read more ›

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US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 13:54 EDT

The X-37B spaceplane is flying missions few would have foreseen when the program began. Read more ›

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For some people, music doesn’t connect with any of the brain’s reward circuits

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 13:44 EDT

Neuroscientists find people who don't enjoy music, study their brain activity. Read more ›

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Scientists are building cyborg jellyfish to explore ocean depths

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 13:03 EDT

"There's really something special about the way moon jellies swim." Read more ›

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Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC’s bizarre ad fight.

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/22/2025 12:48 EDT

Here's the "least silly way" to wrap your head around the FTC's war over X ads. Read more ›

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