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States take the lead in AI regulation as federal government steers clear

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Anjana Susarla, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 08/06/2025 09:34 EDT

All 50 states have introduced AI-related legislation this year. Read more ›

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Houston, you’ve got a space shuttle… only NASA won’t say which one

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/06/2025 08:31 EDT

"The acting administrator has made an identification." Read more ›

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In trial, people lost twice as much weight by ditching ultraprocessed food

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 19:20 EDT

Swapping foods like premade lasagna for hand-made spaghetti Bolognese made a difference. Read more ›

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RIP to the Macintosh HD hard drive icon, 2000–2025

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 18:07 EDT

Latest macOS 26 Tahoe finally excises old spinning rust icons throughout the OS. Read more ›

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Trump admin warns states: Don’t try to lower broadband prices

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 17:43 EDT

ISPs getting grants must offer "low-cost" plan, but they get to pick the price. Read more ›

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Titan sub implosion caused by absolutely bonkers “toxic workplace environment”

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 17:29 EDT

CEO Stockton Rush does not come off well. Read more ›

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Murena’s Pixel Tablet is helping to wean me off Google

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 17:01 EDT

More gadgets should push privacy as a competitive feature. Read more ›

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Analysis: The Trump administration’s assault on climate action

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 15:49 EDT

Official actions don't challenge science, while unofficial docs muddy the waters. Read more ›

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Grok generates fake Taylor Swift nudes without being asked

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/05/2025 15:31 EDT

Elon Musk so far has only encouraged X users to share Grok creations. Read more ›

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Roku gets frugal with the content and price of its new streaming service

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 14:39 EDT

The content selection isn't amazing, but the price is. Read more ›

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Voice phishers strike again, this time hitting Cisco

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 14:28 EDT

Stopping people from falling for phishing attacks isn't working. So what are organizations to do? Read more ›

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Jury finds Meta broke wiretap law by collecting data from period-tracker app

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/05/2025 14:05 EDT

Lawyers hail jury’s "clear message" to Big Tech; Meta will fight verdict. Read more ›

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OpenAI offers 20 million user chats in ChatGPT lawsuit. NYT wants 120 million.

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 13:55 EDT

OpenAI asks judge to drastically limit NYT access to ChatGPT logs. Read more ›

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OpenAI announces two “gpt-oss” open AI models, and you can download them today

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 13:00 EDT

OpenAI's new open models can run on your hardware instead of in the cloud. Read more ›

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Report: Intel struggles with new 18A process as it cuts workers and cancels projects

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 12:37 EDT

Intel says it's still on track to launch its first 18A Core Ultra chips in 2025. Read more ›

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2025 Morgan Plus Four review: Apparently, they do still make them like this

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Michael Teo Van Runkle @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 12:24 EDT

Morgan's heritage looks come with a BMW powertrain and a lot of FMVSS exemptions. Read more ›

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Invasion S3 trailer hints the series is finally finding its stride

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 10:37 EDT

"Whatever happened before is just the beginning. What I saw is new, more powerful. And they're not done." Read more ›

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Rivian tells Ohio: Stop blocking us from selling cars to your citizens

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 10:16 EDT

Ohio is Rivian's latest battleground for direct sales. Read more ›

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Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi

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Lee Hutchinson @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/05/2025 10:02 EDT

I like how the search engine is the product instead of me. Read more ›

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DeepMind reveals Genie 3 “world model” that creates real-time interactive simulations

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/05/2025 10:00 EDT

Genie 3 creates detailed worlds from a prompt or image. Read more ›

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