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GOP’s pro-industry crypto bills could financially ruin millions, lawmaker warns

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/15/2025 12:45 EDT

Trump’s crypto bills could turn trusted Big Tech companies into the next FTX. Read more ›

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‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 07/15/2025 10:58 EDT

Paul Calle thought he had represented the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Read more ›

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BYD has caught up with Tesla in the global EV race. Here’s how.

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Kana Inagaki, Edward White, and Stephen Morris, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 07/15/2025 10:28 EDT

With technology gap narrowed, BYD is poised to outsell Tesla this year. Read more ›

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We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/15/2025 07:15 EDT

A 50-year wait for a second mission wouldn't be surprising. Just ask Uranus and Neptune. Read more ›

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Pebblebee tracker’s new SOS alert reminds us that updates can be good for gadgets

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 16:54 EDT

AirTags don't have an alert system; Tile trackers charge for the feature. Read more ›

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Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 16:30 EDT

The event resulted in a new black hole with a mass 225 times larger than our Sun. Read more ›

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Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 16:14 EDT

Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID. Read more ›

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Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/14/2025 16:02 EDT

Coders spent more time prompting and reviewing AI generations than they saved on coding. Read more ›

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Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 14:25 EDT

GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last. Read more ›

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Plastic surgeon off the hook for alleged COVID fraud, injecting kids with saline

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 14:08 EDT

Trump administration says dismissal is "in the interests of justice." Read more ›

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Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk

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Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 13:14 EDT

The governor’s office says some emails contain “intimate and embarrassing” information. Read more ›

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Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.”

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 12:38 EDT

Security updates will continue, but new features will require Windows 11. Read more ›

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Google’s Android head confirms Chrome OS and Android are merging

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 12:28 EDT

Google's Sameer Samat doesn't get into what "combining" means. Read more ›

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New Grok AI model surprises experts by checking Elon Musk’s views before answering

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/14/2025 12:08 EDT

Grok 4's "reasoning" shows cases where the chatbot consults Musk posts to answer divisive questions. Read more ›

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Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 N offers more sound, more shifts, more smiles

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 07/14/2025 10:39 EDT

Hyundai appears to be nailing the "make a fun electric car" brief right now. Read more ›

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Two guys hated using Comcast, so they built their own fiber ISP

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/14/2025 09:43 EDT

Brothers-in-law use construction knowledge to compete against Comcast in Michigan. Read more ›

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Species at 30 makes for a great guilty pleasure

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/13/2025 15:20 EDT

Sure, the plot lacks originality but it's a solid B movie—and H.R. Giger designed the alien lifeform. Read more ›

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A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/13/2025 07:13 EDT

A model built using data from the Curiosity rover suggests wet periods were rare. Read more ›

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5 big EV takeaways from Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”

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Aarian Marshall, WIRED.com @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/12/2025 07:12 EDT

Experts have advice for how the EV-curious buyer might navigate this tricky moment. Read more ›

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AI therapy bots fuel delusions and give dangerous advice, Stanford study finds

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/11/2025 18:01 EDT

Popular chatbots serve as poor replacements for human therapists, but study authors call for nuance. Read more ›

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