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SEC’s “scorched-earth” lawsuit against Coinbase to be dropped, company says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 10:55 EDT

Coinbase dances on former SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s grave after declaring victory. Read more ›

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HP realizes that mandatory 15-minute support call wait times isn’t good support

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 10:45 EDT

HP rescinds European support call strategy due to "feedback." Read more ›

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An episode of The Simpsons? Fake speakers found in Chinese Volvos.

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 10:35 EDT

Bowers and VVilkins? That's not right! Read more ›

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More than 376,000 Tesla Model Y, Model 3s have faulty steering

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 10:10 EDT

The system won't fail while the car is in motion. Read more ›

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Doctors find worms squirming through teen’s neck: A cautionary tale

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 09:04 EDT

There are two charming categories of hookworms to keep in mind. Read more ›

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EV battery manufacturing capacity will rise when 10 plants come online this year

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Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 07:15 EDT

Trump's policies will help to determine if the new plants succeed. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX lands in the Bahamas; ULA tests modified booster

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/21/2025 07:00 EDT

India's new space chief begins outlining the country's architecture for putting astronauts on the Moon. Read more ›

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Microsoft’s new AI agent can control software and robots

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 17:39 EDT

Magma could enable AI agents to take multistep actions in the real and digital worlds. Read more ›

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See a garbage truck’s CNG cylinders explode after lithium-ion battery fire

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 17:21 EDT

It happened recently in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Read more ›

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FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 16:20 EDT

"Tech firms should not be bullying their users," Chairman Andrew Ferguson says. Read more ›

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: An RTX 4080 for $749, at least in theory

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 15:57 EDT

It's hard to review a product if you don't know what it will actually cost! Read more ›

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Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 15:41 EDT

They can take on the features of a mangrove leaf or branching coral, or run dark stripes down their bodies. Read more ›

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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 15:23 EDT

Legal discovery targets names of Altice users hit with copyright notices. Read more ›

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SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired

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Vittoria Elliott and Aarian Marshall, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 15:12 EDT

Hiring comes under policy creating “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.” Read more ›

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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 15:02 EDT

Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology. Read more ›

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Small study suggests dark mode doesn’t save much power for very human reasons

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 14:34 EDT

LCD screens, dominant in laptops and tablets, tend to get turned way up. Read more ›

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Apple, Lenovo lead losers in laptop repairability analysis

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 14:20 EDT

Lenovo fails for not providing shoppers sufficient laptop repairability information. Read more ›

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Elon Musk recommends that the International Space Station be deorbited ASAP

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/20/2025 14:10 EDT

"There is very little incremental utility. Let’s go to Mars." Read more ›

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Twitch’s new storage limits will purge huge swaths of Internet gaming history

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 13:00 EDT

Amazon-owned platform says "costly" historical archives don't drive "engagement." Read more ›

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Amazon remembers it has an Android app store, kills it

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 02/20/2025 12:35 EDT

Fire tablets and Fire TV devices will still have access to apps, though. Read more ›

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