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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 11/24/2025 16:17 EDT

Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated. Read more ›

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Some stinkbugs’ legs carry a mobile fungal garden

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 11/04/2025 12:58 EDT

A dedicated organ grows the fungus, which deters parasitic wasps. Read more ›

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Dune driving with Mercedes-Benz as it tests off-road systems

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 11/04/2025 05:00 EDT

The low-traction surfaces of the Dumont Dunes are a perfect test location. Read more ›

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Apple releases iOS 26.1, macOS 26.1, other updates with Liquid Glass controls and more

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 21:08 EDT

New updates include a small but noteworthy batch of fixes and features. Read more ›

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A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 11/03/2025 17:13 EDT

Vast differs from its space station cohorts by flying a series of progressively more complex demos. Read more ›

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Real humans don’t stream Drake songs 23 hours a day, rapper suing Spotify says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/03/2025 16:01 EDT

Proposed class action may force Spotify to pay back artists harmed by streaming fraud. Read more ›

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AMD says that it’s not pulling driver support for older Radeon GPUs afterall

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 15:21 EDT

Re-using old silicon means that dropping "old" GPUs can affect "new" products. Read more ›

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LLMs show a “highly unreliable” capacity to describe their own internal processes

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 15:08 EDT

Anthropic finds some LLM "self-awareness," but "failures of introspection remain the norm." Read more ›

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Trump on why he pardoned Binance CEO: “Are you ready? I don’t know who he is.”

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/03/2025 14:15 EDT

Trump family business could benefit from pardon of crypto ex-con Changpeng Zhao. Read more ›

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Google removes Gemma models from AI Studio after GOP senator’s complaint

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 13:28 EDT

Sen. Marsha Blackburn says Gemma concocted sexual misconduct allegations against her. Read more ›

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OpenAI signs massive AI compute deal with Amazon

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 12:23 EDT

Deal will provide access to hundreds of thousands of Nvidia chips that power ChatGPT. Read more ›

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Capitol Hill is abuzz with talk of the “Athena” plan for NASA

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/03/2025 11:53 EDT

The Athena plan lays out a blueprint for Isaacman's tenure at NASA. Read more ›

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Disruption to science will last longer than the US government shutdown

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Kenneth M. Evans, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 11/03/2025 09:45 EDT

The consequences of the shutdown extend far beyond a lapse in funding. Read more ›

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Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/03/2025 07:00 EDT

"We survived, but it wiped out the library," Internet Archive's founder says. Read more ›

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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/01/2025 12:38 EDT

Also: the science of regular vs. gluten-free spaghetti, catching high-speed snake bites in action, etc. Read more ›

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Inside the marketplace for vaccine medical exemptions

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Michael Schulson, Undark @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/01/2025 07:15 EDT

Frontline Health Advocates provides medical exemption notes—for a fee. What exactly are they selling? Read more ›

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YouTube denies AI was involved with odd removals of tech tutorials

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/31/2025 20:32 EDT

YouTubers suspect AI is bizarrely removing popular video explainers. Read more ›

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Neural network finds an enzyme that can break down polyurethane

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/31/2025 18:35 EDT

Given a dozen hours, the enzyme can turn a foam pad into reusable chemicals. Read more ›

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Cursor introduces its coding model alongside multi-agent interface

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 10/31/2025 17:34 EDT

The vibe-coding IDE put an emphasis on speed with Composer. Read more ›

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Two Windows vulnerabilities, one a 0-day, are under active exploitation

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/31/2025 17:03 EDT

Both vulnerabilities are being exploited in widescale operations. Read more ›

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FCC to rescind ruling that said ISPs are required to secure their networks

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/31/2025 16:44 EDT

FCC chair to rely on ISPs' voluntary commitments instead of Biden-era ruling. Read more ›

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