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A bonus from the shingles vaccine: Dementia protection?

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 04/03/2025 10:39 EDT

The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales. Read more ›

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Explaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/03/2025 10:00 EDT

Little-used 2019 standard bridges a gap between internal and external storage. Read more ›

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Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 04/03/2025 09:29 EDT

Samsung's contract chipmaking business has struggled to secure big US customers. Read more ›

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Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/03/2025 09:00 EDT

It's bigger, it's more powerful, and it has some weird Nintendo control gimmicks. Read more ›

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First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 18:30 EDT

All Nintendo titles see an increase from the $60 Switch 1 status quo. Read more ›

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RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 17:26 EDT

"Americans will be sicker and face increased health care costs." Read more ›

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Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 15:52 EDT

"We want to give audiences a reflection of their own world through the lens of fantasy." Read more ›

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Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 15:50 EDT

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones. Read more ›

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Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 15:40 EDT

With fresh leadership, Google aims to create new products based on Gemini. Read more ›

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$70 and $80 game price tags send an early signal about Switch 2 game pricing

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 15:30 EDT

Early first-party games are getting bumped up to the $70-to-$80 range. Read more ›

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A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 15:20 EDT

A bit of early 2020s triple-A, some neat originals, and two wild arrivals. Read more ›

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Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 14:59 EDT

79 arrested after Europol shuts down massive child porn platform. Read more ›

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Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 13:46 EDT

More damaging reports for Trump official who invited journalist to Signal chat. Read more ›

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AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 13:06 EDT

Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says. Read more ›

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DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 12:56 EDT

Evidence of DOGE staffer’s proud history of hacking quickly deleted, report says. Read more ›

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A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 12:46 EDT

It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick. Read more ›

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Some original Switch games will run better on Switch 2; some won’t run at all

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 12:33 EDT

Some Switch games will get free updates to improve Switch 2 performance. Read more ›

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RIP Val Kilmer: Celebrating cult classic Real Genius is now a moral imperative

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/02/2025 12:21 EDT

The ’80s comedy has stood the test of time, even inspiring a 2009 Mythbusters episode. Read more ›

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Everything you need to know about bird flu

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Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica · 04/02/2025 11:51 EDT

H5N1 influenza’s origins stretch back to the 1990s. Read more ›

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Tesla sales and production slumped heavily in Q1 2025

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 04/02/2025 10:34 EDT

The numbers are going the wrong way for a company valued on continuing growth. Read more ›

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