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Google announces faster, more efficient Gemini AI model

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 16:33 EDT

Gemini 2.5 is starting to move beyond its experimental phase. Read more ›

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NASA nominee asks why lunar return has taken so long, and why it costs so much

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 16:22 EDT

“My loyalty is to this nation, the space agency, and its world-changing mission." Read more ›

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Take It Down Act nears passage; critics warn Trump could use it against enemies

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 16:01 EDT

Anti-deepfake bill raises concerns about censorship and breaking encryption. Read more ›

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Trump boosts China tariffs to 125%, pauses tariff hikes on other countries

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 15:48 EDT

Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs isn’t necessarily a “good thing,” CTA says. Read more ›

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OpenAI’s GPT helps spammers send blast of 80,000 messages that bypassed filters

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 15:32 EDT

Company didn't notice its chatbot was being abused for (at least) 4 months. Read more ›

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After months of user complaints, Anthropic debuts new $200/month AI plan

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 15:20 EDT

Two-tiered "Claude Max" expands rate limits and offers traffic priority to subscribers. Read more ›

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Windows 11’s Copilot Vision wants to help you learn to use complicated apps

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 12:57 EDT

Copilot beta update is rolling out to Windows Insider program testers now. Read more ›

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Apple TV+ releases first trailer for sci-fi comedy Murderbot

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 12:45 EDT

"Now that I've hacked my programming, I can do whatever I want... as long as they don't find out." Read more ›

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Why Trump’s tariffs probably won’t cause an immediate Switch 2 price bump

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 12:36 EDT

But import taxes could impact longer-term pricing, US console supplies. Read more ›

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Meta secretly helped China advance AI, ex-Facebooker will tell Congress

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 12:07 EDT

Meta whistleblower can testify to Congress despite gag order on press interviews. Read more ›

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Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 11:50 EDT

Light and smells can turn flies into remote-controlled near-automatons. Read more ›

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Google unveils Ironwood, its most powerful AI processor yet

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 11:30 EDT

Ironwood will be available in configurations of up to 9,216 liquid-cooled chips. Read more ›

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Road deaths fell below 40,000 in 2024, the lowest since 2019

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 11:15 EDT

Road deaths decreased by 3.8 percent in 2024, to 39,345. Read more ›

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Trump throws coal a lifeline, but the energy industry has moved on

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Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 10:05 EDT

The US market has been moving away from coal for decades. Read more ›

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The Ars cargo e-bike buying guide for the bike-curious (or serious)

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Chris Cona @ Ars Technica · 04/09/2025 06:00 EDT

Fun and functional transportation? See why these bikes are all the rage. Read more ›

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Mario Kart World’s $80 price isn’t that high, historically

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/08/2025 17:26 EDT

Adjusting for inflation shows console game prices have been higher in the recent past. Read more ›

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“The girl should be calling men.” Leak exposes Black Basta’s influence tactics.

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 04/08/2025 16:47 EDT

Disclosure of tactics, techniques, and procedures provides rare glimpse into secretive group. Read more ›

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Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/08/2025 16:14 EDT

Pour-over coffee is made by flowing a strong, laminar water jet through a bed of ground coffee beans. Read more ›

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Twitch makes deal to escape Elon Musk suit alleging X ad boycott conspiracy

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/08/2025 14:56 EDT

Twitch must meet certain conditions by the end of the year to get dismissal. Read more ›

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Victory for DOGE as appeals court reinstates access to personal data

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/08/2025 14:39 EDT

Divided court sides with Trump admin in case over alleged privacy law violations. Read more ›

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