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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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Supreme Court lets Hawaii sue oil companies over climate change effects

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 01/13/2025 11:27 EDT

SCOTUS won't answer "recurring question of extraordinary importance" to Big Oil. Read more ›

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US splits world into three tiers for AI chip access

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 01/13/2025 11:18 EDT

While close US allies get unrestricted AI chip access, the rest of the world has numerical limits. Read more ›

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An icy vent line may have caused Blue Origin to scrub debut launch of New Glenn

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/13/2025 03:45 EDT

Such issues are totally expected and normal with large, new rockets. Read more ›

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Although it’s ‘insane’ to try and land New Glenn, Bezos said it’s important to try

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/12/2025 19:30 EDT

"There are some things that can only be tested in flight." Read more ›

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The 8 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2025

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/12/2025 08:00 EDT

Here are upcoming computer screens with features that weren't around last year. Read more ›

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Getting an all-optical AI to handle non-linear math

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/12/2025 07:07 EDT

Instead of sensing photons and processing the results, why not process the photons? Read more ›

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New Glenn rocket is at the launch pad, waiting for calm seas to land

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/11/2025 12:31 EDT

"Landing our booster offshore is ambitious—but we’re going for it." Read more ›

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Three bizarre home devices and a couple good things at CES 2025

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 2 place · 01/11/2025 07:30 EDT

Some quietly good things made an appearance at CES 2025, amidst the AI slush. Read more ›

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161 years ago, a New Zealand sheep farmer predicted AI doom

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 2 place · 01/11/2025 07:15 EDT

Butler's "Darwin among the machines" warned of a future mechanical race that could subjugate humanity. Read more ›

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Did Hilma af Klint draw inspiration from 19th century physics?

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/11/2025 06:45 EDT

Diagrams from Thomas Young's 1807 Lectures bear striking resemblance to abstract figures in af Klint's work. Read more ›

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Microsoft sues service for creating illicit content with its AI platform

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 18:10 EDT

Service used undocumented APIs and other tricks to bypass safety guardrails. Read more ›

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Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 16:14 EDT

Responders, medical equipment, and supplies are ready for deployment, HHS says. Read more ›

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Meta kills diversity programs, claiming DEI has become “too charged”

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 15:17 EDT

Meta claims it will find other ways to hire employees from different backgrounds. Read more ›

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Strange, unique, and otherwise noteworthy PCs and PC accessories from CES 2025

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 15:04 EDT

Most of these experiments don't stick around for long, but who knows. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: China launches refueling demo; DoD’s big appetite for hypersonics

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 14:22 EDT

We're just a few days away from getting a double-dose of heavy-lift rocket action. Read more ›

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German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 13:58 EDT

A German case clarified that LGPL source isn't enough—it needs to be usable. Read more ›

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Man turns irreversibly gray from an unidentified silver exposure

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 13:47 EDT

His skin, hands, nails, and eyes had turned silvery gray from the exposure. Read more ›

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Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 13:36 EDT

Hard drive that could provide access to 8,000 bitcoins is buried at the dump. Read more ›

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Everyone agrees: 2024 the hottest year since the thermometer was invented

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 13:30 EDT

An exceptionally hot outlier, 2024 means the streak of hottest years goes to 11. Read more ›

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AI could create 78 million more jobs than it eliminates by 2030—report

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 01/10/2025 12:52 EDT

As AGI talk sparks job loss fears, new WEF report projects AI-driven net job growth by 2030. Read more ›

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