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How Honda is incorporating EVs into the cars it builds in America

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/03/2025 11:16 EDT

Giant presses and 3D stir welding make the battery cases. Read more ›

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Greenland’s glaciers are falling apart faster than expected

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Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 02/03/2025 10:36 EDT

New 3D study shows meltwater driving fissures deeper into the glacial ice. Read more ›

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Civilization VII review: A major overhaul solves Civ’s oldest problems

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica 3 place · 02/03/2025 09:00 EDT

Not all changes will be popular, but it's a great launching point for a new age. Read more ›

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It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/01/2025 16:05 EDT

The political winds have shifted in Washington, but the FAA hasn't yet changed its tune on Starship. Read more ›

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To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 2 place · 02/01/2025 07:05 EDT

There's a difference between knowing a word and knowing a concept. Read more ›

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FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/31/2025 18:03 EDT

The drug, Journavx (suzetrigine), inhibits an ion channel in peripheral nerves. Read more ›

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FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 01/31/2025 17:22 EDT

FCC probes editing of 60 Minutes interview as CBS considers settling Trump suit. 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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