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$42B broadband grant program may scrap Biden admin’s preference for fiber

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 14:25 EDT

NTIA nominee to rework Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. Read more ›

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Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 14:09 EDT

We agree with Anthropic: People shouldn't use its AI to hide bad communication skills. Read more ›

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Why it makes perfect sense for this bike to have two gears and two chains

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 13:17 EDT

Bike design seems like a solved problem, but there's a lot to learn from Buffalo. Read more ›

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The Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance is quite a name, quite a car

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/04/2025 12:13 EDT

Few four-doors eat corners quite like this one. It sounds pretty special, too. Read more ›

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Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 11:07 EDT

Adding zirconia nanoparticles to the mix enhances slip-resistant hydrophilic effects. Read more ›

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Sick right now? Flu is resurging to yet a higher peak this season.

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 10:56 EDT

Few seasons see two peaks at such high intensity. Read more ›

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Marvel’s first family faces Galactus in Fantastic Four: First Steps teaser

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 10:37 EDT

"Whatever life throws at us, we'll face it together... as a family." Read more ›

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China responds to tariffs with antitrust investigations of Google, Nvidia

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Zijing Wu, Cheng Leng, Ryan McMorrow, and Tim Bradshaw, Financia @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 09:48 EDT

Beijing seeks leverage against US president by reviving probes into tech giants. Read more ›

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Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 08:44 EDT

Boeing has brought back a previous Starliner manager to helm the troubled program. Read more ›

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22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 02/04/2025 08:25 EDT

22-year-old Andean Medjedovic of Canada could spend decades in prison if convicted. Read more ›

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Popular Linux orgs Freedesktop and Alpine Linux are scrambling for new web hosting

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 18:47 EDT

Donor's shift away from bare-metal servers leaves groups looking for new homes. Read more ›

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Concern about SpaceX influence at NASA grows with new appointee

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 18:13 EDT

Morale at the space agency is absurdly low, sources say. Read more ›

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Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 17:28 EDT

Study provides evidence that our relatives have a "theory of mind." Read more ›

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Anthropic dares you to jailbreak its new AI model

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 17:09 EDT

Week-long public test follows 3,000+ hours of unsuccessful bug bounty claim attempts. Read more ›

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“Zero warnings”: Longtime YouTuber rails against unexplained channel removal

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 16:33 EDT

Developer calls for human review to end YouTube’s automated channel removals. Read more ›

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Let us spray: River dolphins launch pee streams into air

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 15:14 EDT

It's unclear why river dolphins do this, but it might serve some kind of social function. Read more ›

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Tariffs may soon spike cost of cars, household goods, consumer tech

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 14:31 EDT

“A little pain”: Trump finally admits tariffs heap costs on Americans. Read more ›

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Starlink profit growing rapidly as it faces a moment of promise and peril

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/03/2025 12:43 EDT

"He wants to take food off the table of people—hard-working people." Read more ›

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OpenAI says its models are more persuasive than 82 percent of Reddit users

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica 2 place · 02/03/2025 12:31 EDT

ChatGPT maker worries about AI becoming “a powerful weapon for controlling nation states.” Read more ›

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Microsoft 365’s VPN feature will be shut off at the end of the month

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 11:27 EDT

The VPN encrypted data on public networks but was missing some common features. Read more ›

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