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Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 15:11 EDT

Feds reduced maximum infringement amount from "tens of millions" to $40,000. Read more ›

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Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 15:01 EDT

Statistically, "the real behavior of a rolling object is largely a function of its geometry." Read more ›

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Ars Live: Three space journos pick apart NASA’s Mars plans

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 14:55 EDT

Join us on the livestream at 3 pm EDT and ask questions about the future of space! Read more ›

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Researchers study extinct hominins using enamel proteins from their teeth

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 14:10 EDT

We weren't even sure if Paranthropus remains come from a single species. Read more ›

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AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 13:58 EDT

Google's Veo 3 delivers AI videos of realistic people with sound and music. We put it to the test. Read more ›

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Video apps like Hulu “cannot be used on Nintendo Switch 2,” says support page

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 13:40 EDT

About a third of the Switch library can be launched but is still being tested. Read more ›

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Trump allies expect he’ll double down on tariffs after sweeping court block

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 12:58 EDT

Trump rejects court ruling he can't impose tariffs at his whim. Read more ›

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Discord lures users to click on ads by offering them new Orbs currency

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 12:37 EDT

Discord moves further away from being ad-free. Read more ›

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Elon Musk to exit government, upset that Trump bill undermines DOGE’s work

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 12:16 EDT

Musk says he's leaving Trump admin, citing 130-day limit on special employees. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. yanks pandemic vaccine funding as Moderna reports positive results

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 05/29/2025 12:03 EDT

HHS said it pulled funding for testing because the shots are "under-tested." Read more ›

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Ars Live: This afternoon, three space journos pick apart NASA’s Mars plans

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 11:45 EDT

Join us on the livestream at 3 pm EDT and ask questions about the future of space! Read more ›

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Report: Apple will jump straight to “iOS 26” in shift to year-based version numbers

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 10:37 EDT

Instead of iOS 19, macOS 16, and watchOS 12, we'll get "iOS/macOS/watchOS 26." Read more ›

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Trump bans sales of chip design software to China

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Demetri Sevastopulo, Zijing Wu, and Michael Acton, Financial Tim @ Ars Technica · 05/29/2025 09:26 EDT

Move is another attempt to make it tougher for China to develop cutting-edge AI hardware. Read more ›

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China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 21:47 EDT

Tianwen-2 will first return samples from an asteroid, then explore a mysterious comet-like object. Read more ›

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Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 18:12 EDT

Backdoor giving full administrative control can survive reboots and firmware updates. Read more ›

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Healthy man goes camping—lands in ICU for 40 days with respiratory failure

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 17:56 EDT

The man was in Argentina when he fell ill, but such cases occur in the US, too. Read more ›

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Amazon and Stellantis abandon project to create a digital “SmartCockpit”

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 16:30 EDT

The Amazon/Stellantis STLA SmartCockpit was meant to arrive in 2024. Read more ›

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“Extraordinarily expensive”: Costs force Getty to pick its AI legal battles

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 15:57 EDT

Getty dumped “millions and millions” into just one AI copyright fight, CEO says. Read more ›

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Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 15:39 EDT

Trump admin backs Cox in Supreme Court piracy battle against record labels. Read more ›

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Samsung drops Android 16 beta for Galaxy S25 with more AI you probably don’t want

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 05/28/2025 15:08 EDT

Samsung's One UI 8 beta program for the Galaxy S25 is now open. Read more ›

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