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Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/06/2026 07:15 EDT

What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? Read more ›

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DHS abuses 1930s customs law in attempt to get data on Canadian from Google

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Maddy Varner, wired.com. @ Ars Technica · 05/05/2026 10:02 EDT

DHS targeted a man who hadn't entered the US for years for criticism of ICE operations. Read more ›

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Why Reddit blocked my daily visit to its mobile website

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 05/05/2026 07:20 EDT

Reddit REALLY wants you to use its app. Read more ›

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"Notepad++ for Mac" release is disavowed by the creator of the original

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 17:38 EDT

"To be clear: Notepad++ has never released a macOS version." Read more ›

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Canadian election databases use "canary traps"—and they work

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 15:45 EDT

Intentional errors can be useful. Read more ›

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Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags

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Jeremy Hsu @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 15:03 EDT

The retracted study on ChatGPT in education was already cited hundreds of times. Read more ›

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GameStop offers $56 billion for eBay, struggles to explain how it'll pay for it

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 13:57 EDT

Amid falling revenue and store closures, GameStop wants to buy the much larger eBay. Read more ›

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F1 in Miami: That's what it looks like when an upgrade works

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 13:47 EDT

2026's Formula 1 championship now looks far from a foregone thing. Read more ›

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AMD is adding HDMI 2.1 support for Linux. That's good news for the Steam Machine.

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 12:26 EDT

Fixed Rate Link being added now; Display Stream Compression coming soon. Read more ›

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Musk’s “World War III” threat in Twitter lawsuit haunts him at OpenAI trial

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 11:05 EDT

OpenAI accuses Musk of trying to "coerce" a settlement days before trial started. Read more ›

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Mac mini starting price goes up to $799, may be hard to get for "months"

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 10:55 EDT

Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part. Read more ›

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Trump administration cites national security in stalling 165 wind farms

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Martha Muir, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 09:23 EDT

Onshore wind development in the United States is being brought to a standstill. Read more ›

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MIT's virtual violin offers luthiers a new design tool

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 09:12 EDT

Computational model lets users tweak parameters to hear effect on the sound in early design process. Read more ›

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Toyota built a $10 billion private utopia—what’s going on in there?

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TIm Stevens @ Ars Technica · 05/04/2026 07:00 EDT

Woven City is a privacy nightmare but could be helpful to an OEM desperate to be more. Read more ›

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Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 1 place · 05/02/2026 10:23 EDT

Crushing soda cans for science, why dolphins swim so fast, how urine helps mushrooms communicate, and more Read more ›

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Infrasound waves stop kitchen fires, but can they replace sprinklers?

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica 2 place · 05/02/2026 07:30 EDT

Acoustic fire suppression goes commercial. Read more ›

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Study: AI models that consider user's feeling are more likely to make errors

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 3 place · 05/01/2026 18:23 EDT

Overtuning can cause models to "prioritize user satisfaction over truthfulness.” Read more ›

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The RAMpocalypse has bought Microsoft valuable time in the fight against SteamOS

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 18:00 EDT

Op-ed: Valve has made a dent in Windows' gaming share, but can it keep going? Read more ›

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Man dies covered in necrotic lesions after amoebas eat him alive

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 17:05 EDT

Doctors suspect three factors, each unremarkable on its own, contributed to his fate. Read more ›

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Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 15:12 EDT

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root. Read more ›

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Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 13:51 EDT

Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next. Read more ›

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