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With four more years like 2023, carbon emissions will blow past 1.5° limit

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 16:23 EDT

With each passing year, it gets harder to reach net zero quickly enough. Read more ›

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Bird flu hit a dead end in Missouri, but it’s running rampant in California

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 15:23 EDT

No new cases in Missouri, but plenty in California and Washington. Read more ›

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Apple teases “week of announcements” about the Mac starting on Monday

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 15:02 EDT

Announcements will almost certainly include the first wave of M4-powered Macs. Read more ›

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Removal of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/24/2024 14:21 EDT

Torvalds defends move, says "Russian troll factories" won't deter him. Read more ›

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Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 13:02 EDT

Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling. Read more ›

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Google offers its AI watermarking tech as free open source toolkit

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 10:21 EDT

SynthID provides a hidden way to mark LLM output as artificial. Read more ›

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When ribosomes go rogue

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Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica · 10/24/2024 09:41 EDT

Unusual variations in the cellular protein factory can skew development, help cancer spread, and more. But ribosome variety may also play biological roles, scientists say. Read more ›

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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 19:03 EDT

Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew? Read more ›

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At TED AI 2024, experts grapple with AI’s growing pains

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 18:32 EDT

A year later, a compelling group of TED speakers move from "what's this?" to "what now?" Read more ›

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Tesla makes $2.2 billion in profit during Q3 2024

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 18:02 EDT

Tesla's profit margin is looking healthier than it has in a while. Read more ›

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Chatbot that caused teen’s suicide is now more dangerous for kids, lawsuit says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 17:52 EDT

Google-funded Character.AI added guardrails, but grieving mom wants a recall. Read more ›

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For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbs

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 17:15 EDT

Amateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge. Read more ›

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Please ban data caps, Internet users tell FCC

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 15:12 EDT

FCC docket draws anger at ISPs and mockery of Republican's data/coffee analogy. Read more ›

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iOS 18.2 developer beta adds ChatGPT and image-generation features

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 14:29 EDT

AI image-generation features headline Apple's upcoming software update. Read more ›

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NFL player illegally streams his own team’s game, garners mostly sympathy

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 14:23 EDT

Seahawks player not too ashamed to have been caught by Instagram screenshot. Read more ›

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Report: Arm cancels Qualcomm’s architecture license, endangering its chip business

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 13:42 EDT

Dispute goes back to Qualcomm's acquisition of Nuvia in 2021. Read more ›

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San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 1 place · 10/23/2024 13:36 EDT

Muni Metro also plans to ditch super-slow loop cable communication system. Read more ›

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McDonald’s deadly Quarter Pounder E. coli outbreak is likely bigger than we know

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/23/2024 11:33 EDT

The size and span of the outbreak is likely larger than currently known. Read more ›

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Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as Bitcoin creator

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Joel Khalili, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 08:47 EDT

An HBO documentary says he is the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Read more ›

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“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/23/2024 07:00 EDT

We obtained 900 complaints the FCC received about T-Mobile's infamous price hike. Read more ›

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