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AP: Trump admin to kill IRS free tax-filing service that Intuit lobbied against

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 17:01 EDT

Amid IRS staff cuts, employees were told to stop working on Direct File. Read more ›

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Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 16:34 EDT

X will soon remove Support account suspended users viewed as a lifeline. Read more ›

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LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 16:14 EDT

LG licenses tech for interpreting TV users' feelings and convictions. Read more ›

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14 reasons why Trump’s tariffs won’t bring manufacturing back

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Molson Hart @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 15:56 EDT

Op-ed: Trump administration grossly underestimates difficulty of their stated task. Read more ›

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Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 15:04 EDT

"Stay out of DOGE's way": IT worker details how Musk group infiltrated US agency. Read more ›

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RoboBee sticks the landing

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 14:00 EDT

New robotic landing gear draws on the crane fly's unique appendages for landing on uneven surfaces. Read more ›

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What happened when Formula E visited an American oval track?

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 13:33 EDT

Miami, Long Beach, Brooklyn, Portland, and now Miami again. Well, sort of. Read more ›

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Each measles case in raging outbreak costs up to $50,000, CDC official says

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 13:13 EDT

In first 4 months of the year, US measles cases are over double last year's count. Read more ›

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Google suspended 39.2 million malicious advertisers in 2024 thanks to AI

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 12:58 EDT

Google is adding LLMs to everything, including ad policy enforcement. Read more ›

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Trump threatens to spike chipmakers’ costs by billions as China mulls exemptions

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 12:48 EDT

Trump's unreleased plans for semiconductor tariffs loom large. Read more ›

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CVE, global source of cybersecurity info, was hours from being cut by DHS

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 12:36 EDT

Board members have launched a nonprofit to take over the program from MITRE. Read more ›

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Feds charge New Mexico man for allegedly torching Tesla dealership

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Caroline Haskins, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 09:26 EDT

Jamison Wagner also faces charges for an arson attack on a Republican office. Read more ›

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Researchers claim breakthrough in fight against AI’s frustrating security hole

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 07:15 EDT

Prompt injections are the Achilles' heel of AI assistants. Google offers a potential fix. Read more ›

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Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon

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Paul Sutter @ Ars Technica · 04/16/2025 07:00 EDT

Building an observatory on the Moon would be a huge challenge—but it would be worth it. Read more ›

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Autism rate rises slightly; RFK Jr. claims he’ll “have answers by September“

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 18:09 EDT

The slight rise is due to better access to tests in underserved communities. Read more ›

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Google adds Veo 2 video generation to Gemini app

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 15:43 EDT

Video generation starts rolling out today for Gemini Advanced subscribers. Read more ›

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White House calls NPR and PBS a “grift,” will ask Congress to rescind funding

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 15:31 EDT

Markey: Cutting NPR and PBS "is not budget discipline, it's cultural sabotage." Read more ›

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The physics of bowling strike after strike

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 15:00 EDT

New model uses 6 differential equations relating to a rotating rigid body for best strike conditions. Read more ›

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4chan has been down since Monday night after “pretty comprehensive own”

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 14:43 EDT

Early info is unreliable, but the site has been mostly unavailable for hours. Read more ›

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Netflix plans to bring streaming into the $1 trillion club by 2030

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/15/2025 14:32 EDT

Netflix aims to double its revenue over the next five years, WSJ reports. Read more ›

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