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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed

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Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, May Bulman, Gabriel Geiger, WIRED.co @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/20/2026 07:15 EDT

Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. Read more ›

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Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/31/2025 16:28 EDT

It's hard to say why Google is doing this instead of a recall. Read more ›

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OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 2 place · 01/31/2025 15:06 EDT

OpenAI says faster, more accurate STEM-focused model will be free to all users. Read more ›

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Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/31/2025 13:25 EDT

Longtime official retires after clash "over access to sensitive payment systems." Read more ›

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Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 13:15 EDT

Ars chats with directors Andy and Sam Zuchero and props department head Roberts Cifersons. Read more ›

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Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 2 place · 01/31/2025 12:40 EDT

"Dell may be missing out on some great talent..." Read more ›

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Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 12:10 EDT

We try Ford's latest track-only Mustang. Read more ›

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“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 1 place · 01/31/2025 12:00 EDT

The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most cathartic. Read more ›

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Here’s why the tech industry gets excited about sports car racing

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 10:53 EDT

Racing has always been used to improve the breed, but now mostly with software. Read more ›

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Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research

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Frederik Joelving, Cyril Labbé, and Guillaume Cabanac, The Conve @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 10:23 EDT

There may be several hundred thousand fake scientific papers in circulation. Read more ›

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Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 09:46 EDT

There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he's pro-vaccine. Read more ›

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Seven cool science stories we almost missed this month

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 07:30 EDT

Peruvian mummy tattoos, the wobbly physics of spears and darts, quantum "cat states," and more. Read more ›

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The Severance writer and cast on corporate cults, sci-fi, and more

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 07:00 EDT

Cult documentaries, science fiction classics are named as the show's influences. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX tosses away a Falcon 9; a Somalian spaceport?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/31/2025 07:00 EDT

"It was the perfect partnership and the biggest softball of all the opportunities." Read more ›

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Ford made a NASCAR Mach-E, but it’s not sure what to do with it yet

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 20:15 EDT

Just some good ol' boys with some big ol' batteries. Read more ›

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Q1 earnings: Apple sees a sales slip in China, worrying investors

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 18:07 EDT

CEO Tim Cook says iPhones sell better in countries with Apple Intelligence. Read more ›

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How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 17:52 EDT

Specialized garbage-filled captions are invisible to humans, confounding to AI. Read more ›

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Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defund them

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 17:31 EDT

Brendan Carr described as "Trump's Censorship Czar" as he launches media probes. Read more ›

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Copyright Office suggests AI copyright debate was settled in 1965

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 15:46 EDT

Most people think purely AI-generated works shouldn't be copyrighted, report says. Read more ›

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VGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic files

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 15:22 EDT

Come for the classic GamePro, stay for the raw Myst film footage. Read more ›

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Report: DeepSeek’s chat histories and internal data were publicly exposed

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 01/30/2025 14:49 EDT

Wiz researchers found many similarities to OpenAI with their escalated access. Read more ›

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