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Tesla to buy storage battery cells from LGES in $4.3 billion deal

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/30/2025 08:40 EDT

The lithium iron phosphate cells will be made in Michigan. Read more ›

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Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 07/30/2025 06:30 EDT

Beware of coding agents that can access your command window. Read more ›

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AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 17:24 EDT

Proposed datacenter would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment. Read more ›

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“It’s shocking”: Massive raw milk outbreak from 2023 finally reported

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 16:39 EDT

The outbreak occurred in 2023–2024, but little information had been shared about it. Read more ›

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Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 15:52 EDT

EC spokesperson denies network-fee issue is settled, says it must be legislated. Read more ›

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EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases

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Martha Muir, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 15:34 EDT

"Largest deregulatory action" in the history of US would be one of the unhealthiest. Read more ›

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The case for memes as a new form of comics

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 15:18 EDT

Both comics and memes rely on the same interplay of visual and verbal elements for their humor. Read more ›

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Apple releases iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and other updates as current gen winds down

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 15:03 EDT

Photos app fix and a pile of security updates. Read more ›

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ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/29/2025 14:00 EDT

New set of system prompts promote understanding with guided questions, "Socratic dialogue." Read more ›

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Acquisition sends thousands of Whistle pet trackers to IoT graveyard

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 13:38 EDT

Whistle pet monitors will stop working on August 31. Read more ›

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2025 Polestar 3 drives sporty, looks sharp, can be a little annoying

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 12:41 EDT

We spend a week with Polestar's SUV flagship. Read more ›

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Revamped Task Manager, second-monitor notifications coming soon to Windows 11

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 12:18 EDT

Changes are rolling out to Windows Insider testers in the Dev and Beta channels. Read more ›

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Trump promised a drilling boom, but US energy industry hasn’t been interested

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Deep Vakil, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 09:26 EDT

Exec: “Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry." Read more ›

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The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 18:52 EDT

Some of Firefly's programs are going quite well. Others, not so much. Read more ›

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Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 18:10 EDT

The plot makes no sense, but that retro-futuristic Tomorrowland vibe and superb cast make it (mostly) work. Read more ›

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Bankrupt Futurehome suddenly makes its smart home hub a subscription service

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 17:30 EDT

The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription. Read more ›

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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 17:04 EDT

China’s frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump. Read more ›

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Blender developers begin work on full-fledged mobile version

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 16:17 EDT

Support will come to the iPad Pro first, with other platforms to follow. Read more ›

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 16:07 EDT

"This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step. Read more ›

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How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 15:54 EDT

Trump FCC claims there's precedent for CBS ombudsman, but it's a weak one. Read more ›

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