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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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2025 iPad Air hands-on: Why mess with a good thing?

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 18:14 EDT

Apple’s annual refresh is a minor one, but not much needed to change anyway. Read more ›

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US measles cases reach 5-year high; 15 states report cases, Texas outbreak grows

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/14/2025 17:43 EDT

Since 2000, when measles was eliminated from US, only three years had higher cases. Read more ›

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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/14/2025 16:59 EDT

Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant. Read more ›

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Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s hidden motives

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 16:03 EDT

Anthropic trains AI to hide motives, but different "personas" betray their secrets. Read more ›

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End of Life: Gemini will completely replace Google Assistant later this year

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 15:00 EDT

Google promises more details on the move to Gemini in the coming months. Read more ›

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I threw away Audible’s app, and now I self-host my audiobooks

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Lee Hutchinson @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 14:50 EDT

Stream your DRM-free audiobooks to devices yourselves, without the cloud's chains. Read more ›

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RCS texting updates will bring end-to-end encryption to green bubble chats

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 14:40 EDT

Lack of encryption was one SMS shortcoming that RCS was created to solve. Read more ›

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Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 14:30 EDT

Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals. Read more ›

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The same day Trump bought a Tesla, automaker moved to disrupt trade war

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/14/2025 14:20 EDT

Tesla hopes to slow down Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs amid financial woes. Read more ›

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To avoid the Panama Canal, Relativity Space may move some operations to Texas

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 13:51 EDT

"We are exploring options to expand our manufacturing capabilities." Read more ›

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Used Tesla prices tumble as embarrassed owners look to sell

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/14/2025 13:17 EDT

Some owners would rather sell their car than be associated with Tesla now. Read more ›

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US measles outlook is so bad health experts call for updating vaccine guidance

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 13:07 EDT

Babies 6-11 months should get extra MMR dose for some domestic travel, experts say. Read more ›

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Google agrees with OpenAI that copyright has no place in AI development

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 12:48 EDT

Google says regulators are too worried about risk. Read more ›

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Scoop: Origami measuring spoon incites fury after 9 years of Kickstarter delay hell

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 12:27 EDT

The curious case of the missing Kickstarter spoons. Read more ›

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New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 10:40 EDT

Reddit will likely continue increasing the amount of ads users see. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: ULA confirms cause of booster anomaly; Crew-10 launch on tap

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 08:09 EDT

The head of Poland's space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory. Read more ›

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Outbreak turns 30

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 07:15 EDT

Ars chats with epidemiologist Tara Smith about the film's scientific accuracy and impact over 3 decades. Read more ›

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Apple’s $349 iPad 11 is missing a lot, but it’s still all the iPad most people need

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/14/2025 06:30 EDT

Other iPads are nicer and faster, but I end up using all of them the same way. Read more ›

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UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2025 18:39 EDT

Schools across the country are cutting back as US research takes "severe blow." Read more ›

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AI search engines give incorrect answers at an alarming 60% rate, study says

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2025 17:16 EDT

CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests. Read more ›

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