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Ford bets big on “Universal EV Production System” and $30k truck

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 10:30 EDT

It's a clean-sheet approach to designing and building an electric vehicle. Read more ›

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Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

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Teresa Tomassoni, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 10:28 EDT

Gulf of Maine will be site of safety and effectiveness testing. Read more ›

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Netflix drops One Piece S2 teaser, renews for S3

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 07:14 EDT

"Everything I've done, everywhere I go, is for the One Piece," Read more ›

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How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

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Howard Lee @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 07:00 EDT

A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life. Read more ›

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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

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Michelle L.D. Hanlon, The Conversation @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/10/2025 07:05 EDT

Nuclear power could be the linchpin for long-term human activity. Read more ›

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Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked

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Kim Zetter, WIRED.com @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/09/2025 07:18 EDT

An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in. Read more ›

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New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/09/2025 07:08 EDT

It was tested for its ability to adhere to the inside of the digestive tract. Read more ›

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James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/08/2025 21:28 EDT

Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice. Read more ›

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For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 18:06 EDT

The biomechanics of dinosaur skulls say T. rex was the king of bite force. Read more ›

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Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/08/2025 17:46 EDT

In Colombia, the parasites were caught expanding into endangered wild mountain tapirs. Read more ›

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Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 17:30 EDT

It's unclear exactly how GPT-5's new approach to model-switching will work here. Read more ›

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Green dildos are raining down on WNBA courts. Why? Crypto memecoins, of course.

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 17:08 EDT

Just another "viral" stunt. Read more ›

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Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 16:54 EDT

Stellar cast, lavish visuals make Netflix adaptation of influential graphic novels shine. Read more ›

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Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 16:31 EDT

Advocates say Supreme Court shows "hostility toward sound legal reasoning." Read more ›

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It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 16:11 EDT

Most companies downsizing office space say it's because of hybrid work. Read more ›

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Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 15:41 EDT

Running JavaScript from inside an image? What could possibly go wrong? Read more ›

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Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 14:40 EDT

Looks like the “Sylvanian Drama” TikTok will be revived after a long hiatus. Read more ›

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Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 14:07 EDT

Google still trying to fix "annoying infinite looping bug," product manager says. Read more ›

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AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/08/2025 13:44 EDT

Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say. Read more ›

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ChatGPT users hate GPT-5’s “overworked secretary” energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 13:26 EDT

"I want my GPT-4o back and I’ll do anything to get it." Read more ›

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