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Research roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 15:49 EDT

Also: testing the efficacy of WWI "dazzle" camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual. Read more ›

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Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 15:23 EDT

Tiny batteries and "disposable" e-cigs remain big risks for waste handlers. Read more ›

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Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 14:52 EDT

Court win for investors may sway SEC’s probe of Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase. Read more ›

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France fines Apple €150M for “excessive” pop-ups that let users reject tracking

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 13:25 EDT

Requiring "double consent" for user tracking is too much, French agency says. Read more ›

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There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 13:15 EDT

Did you want to see how fast your ancient computer was? Because now you can! Read more ›

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The 2025 BMW M5 Touring review: Way more power, way too much weight

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Bradley Iger @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 13:04 EDT

BMW has been making M5s for 40 years, but the latest one has lost its way somewhat. Read more ›

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Google’s new experimental Gemini 2.5 model rolls out to free users

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 12:45 EDT

Google's improved AI model is now available for free, but usage is limited. Read more ›

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Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 12:37 EDT

Nearly 20 years have passed since the European Space Agency committed to ExoMars. Read more ›

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Europe’s first private launch company is learning to embrace failure

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 12:26 EDT

"Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch." Read more ›

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Big brands are spending small sums on X to stay out of Musk’s crosshairs

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Hannah Murphy, Cristina Criddle, and Daniel Thomas, Financial Ti @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 09:19 EDT

“It’s whatever amount is enough to stay off the naughty list,” says ad executive. Read more ›

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Trump on car tariffs: “I couldn’t care less if they raise prices”

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 09:09 EDT

Consumers will have to pay the price of the president's unnecessary trade war. Read more ›

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Overblown quantum dot conspiracy theories make important points about QLED TVs

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 07:00 EDT

Lawsuits and allegations are creating doubt around quantum dot TVs' use of QDs. Read more ›

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FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/30/2025 15:41 EDT

Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why. Read more ›

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NASA’s Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars

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Derek Ward-Thompson and Megan Argo, The Conversation @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/30/2025 07:00 EDT

It’s a significant finding in the search for alien life. Read more ›

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What could possibly go wrong? DOGE to rapidly rebuild Social Security codebase.

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Makena Kelly, wired.com @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/29/2025 10:08 EDT

A safe and proper rewrite should take years not months. Read more ›

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The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations

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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/29/2025 06:50 EDT

The move is a sign that the public health agency may be falling in line under RFK Jr. Read more ›

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Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/28/2025 19:59 EDT

xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid. Read more ›

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New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2025 19:28 EDT

"Bypassnro" is an easy MS Account workaround for Home and Pro Windows editions. Read more ›

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Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2025 18:33 EDT

Claude's faulty "known entity" neurons sometime override its "don't answer" circuitry. Read more ›

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Scientists are storing light we cannot see in formats meant for human eyes

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 03/28/2025 18:11 EDT

New Spectral JPEG XL compression reduces file sizes, making spectral imaging more practical. Read more ›

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