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Sundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a “de facto” spin-off of Google search

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 14:49 EDT

Sundar Pichai took the stand in Google's search antitrust trial. Read more ›

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Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that.

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 14:36 EDT

Researchers say the behavior amounts to a persistent backdoor. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. rejects cornerstone of health science: Germ theory

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 04/30/2025 14:24 EDT

In his 2021 book vilifying Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory. Read more ›

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Millions of Apple Airplay-enabled devices can be hacked via Wi-Fi

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Lily Hay Newman and Andy Greenberg, WIRED.com @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 13:52 EDT

Hackers can run their code on AirPlay devices thanks to a collection of bugs known as AirBorne. Read more ›

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NASA just swapped a 10-year-old Artemis II engine with one nearly twice its age

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 13:40 EDT

One of the engines on NASA's next Space Launch System rocket requires repairs. Read more ›

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CBS owner Paramount reportedly intends to settle Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/30/2025 13:27 EDT

Lawsuit seen as frivolous, but Paramount needs FCC approval for Skydance merger. Read more ›

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Nintendo imposes new limits on sharing for digital Switch games

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 12:44 EDT

New "Virtual Game Card" system prevents simultaneous online play from a single purchase. Read more ›

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After convincing senators he supports Artemis, Isaacman nomination advances

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 12:32 EDT

"I believe pursuing both lunar and Martian objectives is not inherently cost-prohibitive." Read more ›

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First Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 12:14 EDT

Feds could censor chatbots if their "speech" isn't protected, Character.AI says. Read more ›

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Republicans want to tax EV drivers $200/year in new transport bill

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 09:08 EDT

Internal combustion engine drivers would pay only $20 a year, and only from 2030. Read more ›

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The end of an AI that shocked the world: OpenAI retires GPT-4

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 07:30 EDT

A look back at GPT-4's legacy as OpenAI pulls the pioneering 2023 AI model from ChatGPT. Read more ›

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Redditor accidentally reinvents discarded ’90s tool to escape today’s age gates

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2025 07:00 EDT

The '90s called. They want their flawed age verification methods back. Read more ›

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Intel says it’s rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 18:13 EDT

Laptops with Core Ultra 200V chips CPUs Arc 130V or 140V GPUs should benefit. Read more ›

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OpenAI rolls back update that made ChatGPT a sycophantic mess

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 17:15 EDT

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the super-positive update to GPT-4o is being pulled. Read more ›

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Google search’s made-up AI explanations for sayings no one ever said, explained

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 16:53 EDT

A partial defense of (some of) AI Overview's fanciful idiomatic explanations. Read more ›

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FCC urges courts to ignore 5th Circuit ruling that agency can’t issue fines

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 15:25 EDT

One court said FCC violated right to trial, but other courts haven't ruled yet. Read more ›

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Firefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 15:10 EDT

The rocket's first stage may have exploded moments after it separated from the upper stage. Read more ›

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Amazon denies it will start listing cost of tariffs as other sites start doing it

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica 1 place · 04/29/2025 14:03 EDT

Tariff chaos continues for both manufacturers and retailers. Read more ›

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Montana’s Republican legislators fight back after successful youth climate lawsuit

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Nick Mott, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 13:40 EDT

Republican backlash could lead to changes in Montana’s courts and environmental laws. Read more ›

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Google: Governments are using zero-day hacks more than ever

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/29/2025 12:53 EDT

Google says zero-day threats are trending upward even as total detections fell in 2024. Read more ›

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