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NASA launches mission to explore the frozen frontier of Jupiter’s moon Europa

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 22:25 EDT

"We’re interested in whether Europa could support simple life—single-celled organisms." Read more ›

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Adobe unveils AI video generator trained on licensed content

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 17:48 EDT

New text-to-video tool focuses on video pros, made with content owner permission. Read more ›

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Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 17:21 EDT

Irrelevant red herrings lead to "catastrophic" failure of logical inference. Read more ›

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Expert witness used Copilot to make up fake damages, irking judge

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 16:18 EDT

Judge calls for a swift end to experts secretly using AI to sway cases. Read more ›

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Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/14/2024 16:05 EDT

Christensen kick-started online culture by inspiring thousands of hobbyist communities. Read more ›

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The Internet Archive and its 916 billion saved web pages are back online

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 15:25 EDT

Wayback Machine back in read-only mode after DDoS, may need further maintenance. Read more ›

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Routine dental X-rays are not backed by evidence—experts want it to stop

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 15:11 EDT

The actual recommendations might surprise you—along with the state of modern dentistry. Read more ›

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AI chatbots can read and write invisible text, creating an ideal covert channel

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 15:06 EDT

A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel. Read more ›

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People think they already know everything they need to make decisions

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 14:56 EDT

When given partial info, most people felt confident they knew all they needed to. Read more ›

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Smart gardening firm’s shutdown a reminder of Internet of Things’ fickle nature

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 14:39 EDT

Company closing "due to a number of challenges with this business." Read more ›

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Rebellion brews underground in Silo S2 trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 14:21 EDT

"What if everything you know to be true was just one big lie?" Read more ›

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Lots of PCs are poised to fall off the Windows 10 update cliff one year from today

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 13:51 EDT

Windows 10 is by far the most-used version of Windows, and support ends soon. Read more ›

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Musk’s X blocked links to JD Vance dossier after hearing from Trump campaign

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 12:41 EDT

Report: Trump campaign "connected with X to prevent the circulation of links." Read more ›

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Two comets will be visible in the night skies this month

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James Wray, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2024 09:55 EDT

Halloween visitors from the distant Oort Cloud. Read more ›

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SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/13/2024 20:14 EDT

"Starships are meant to fly. It sure as hell flew today. So let’s get ready for the next one.” Read more ›

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Can walls of oysters protect shores against hurricanes? Darpa wants to know.

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Saqib Rahim, wired.com @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/13/2024 07:00 EDT

Colonized artificial reef structures could absorb the power of storms. Read more ›

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Starship is about to launch on its fifth flight, and this time there’s a catch

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/13/2024 03:49 EDT

“We’ll see the booster fly back and land at the tower and be captured by the arms, or we’ll take out the tower.” Read more ›

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Why a diabetes drug fell short of anticancer hopes

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Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/12/2024 07:00 EDT

Studies suggested it could treat cancer, but the clinical trials were a bust. Read more ›

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Over 86% of surveyed health care providers are short on IV fluids

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/11/2024 17:39 EDT

Providers are starting to put off elective surgeries and other procedures. Read more ›

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Climate change boosted Milton’s landfall strength from Category 2 to 3

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/11/2024 16:05 EDT

Rapid attribution shows the hurricane would have been a much less damaging storm. Read more ›

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