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Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2026 13:17 EDT

There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors. Read more ›

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The early 2000s capacitor plague is probably not just a stolen recipe

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 14:04 EDT

Video takes a wider look at the busted caps of early 2000s PCs and other gear. Read more ›

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Discord heightens ad focus by introducing video ads to mobile apps in June

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/20/2025 12:12 EDT

Discord looks for more ways to make money ahead of expected IPO. Read more ›

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Mom horrified by Character.AI chatbots posing as son who died by suicide

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 12:01 EDT

Character.AI takes down bots bearing likeness of boy at center of lawsuit. Read more ›

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DOT must not give Tesla or other automakers a free pass, advocates say

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 11:08 EDT

Will Elon Musk's Tesla get special treatment? Read more ›

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A mathematician unpacks the science of “bracketology”

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 10:49 EDT

Crafting the perfect bracket is nearly impossible, but there are solid strategies to improve your odds. Read more ›

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What’s behind the changed relationship between Jeff Bezos and Donald Trump?

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Anna Nicolaou, Stephen Morris, Rafe Uddin, and Alex Rogers, Fina @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 10:33 EDT

Amazon founder has executed a sharp public reversal in his relationship with Trump. Read more ›

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Dad demands OpenAI delete ChatGPT’s false claim that he murdered his kids

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2025 00:01 EDT

Blocking outputs isn't enough; dad wants OpenAI to delete the false information. Read more ›

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Bird flu continues spread as Trump’s pandemic experts are MIA

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 18:28 EDT

Vacancies in a key office of pandemic preparedness raise concern. Read more ›

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Study finds AI-generated meme captions funnier than human ones on average

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 18:12 EDT

Mollick proclaims "the meme Turing Test has been passed," but a new study offers a key caveat. Read more ›

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Hints grow stronger that dark energy changes over time

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 18:00 EDT

Latest DESI results fall short of discovery threshold but strengthen evidence for dynamical dark energy. Read more ›

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John Wick has a new target in latest Ballerina trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 17:34 EDT

"This is your fate, and you cannot change it." Read more ›

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HP avoids monetary damages over bricked printers in class-action settlement

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 17:12 EDT

HP has previously paid millions for bricking printers, but not this time. Read more ›

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Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 16:44 EDT

A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system. Read more ›

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Apple and Google in the hot seat as European regulators ignore Trump warnings

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 16:09 EDT

Apple will have to open iOS up more, and Google could face steep fines. Read more ›

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US tries to keep DOGE and Musk work secret in appeal of court-ordered discovery

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 15:56 EDT

Judge's discovery order is too "intrusive," Trump admin tells appeals court. Read more ›

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Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 14:32 EDT

You've got until April 29 before the Lifetime Pass more than doubles in price. Read more ›

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Trump fires both FTC Democrats in challenge to Supreme Court precedent

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/19/2025 13:22 EDT

Democrats fight "illegal" firings that leave only Republicans at consumer agency. Read more ›

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Meager 8GB of RAM forces Pixel 9a to run “extra extra small” Gemini AI

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 13:06 EDT

Some of Google's coolest AI features don't work on the 9a. Read more ›

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Judge disses Star Trek icon Data’s poetry while ruling AI can’t author works

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 11:52 EDT

Computer scientist won't give up fight to copyright AI-made art after court loss. Read more ›

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Volvo is using Gaussian splatting in virtual worlds to make safer cars

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2025 11:32 EDT

Massive parallel testing means Volvo can work through lots of unusual scenarios. Read more ›

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