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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 11/24/2025 16:17 EDT

Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated. Read more ›

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Microsoft warns of new “Payroll Pirate” scam stealing employees’ direct deposits

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 14:07 EDT

Among other things, the scammers bypass multi-factor authentication. Read more ›

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Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 13:45 EDT

The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds. Read more ›

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UK regulators plan to force Google changes under new competition law

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 12:58 EDT

The CMA will focus on regulating search and search advertising, but not Gemini (for now). Read more ›

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AMD and Sony’s PS6 chipset aims to rethink the current graphics pipeline

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 12:45 EDT

Project Amethyst focuses on efficient machine learning, new compression techniques. Read more ›

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OpenAI will stop saving most ChatGPT users’ deleted chats

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:58 EDT

Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs. Read more ›

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Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

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Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las V @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:10 EDT

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains. Read more ›

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It’s back! The 2027 Chevy Bolt gets an all-new LFP battery, but what else?

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:00 EDT

255 miles of range, new infotainment, but where did all the torque go? Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 08:39 EDT

The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz's plasma rocket engine takes another turn. Read more ›

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“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

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Kai Williams @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 07:00 EDT

AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters. Read more ›

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Childhood vaccines safe for a little longer as CDC cancels advisory meeting

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 18:17 EDT

The committee aims to take on the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Read more ›

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AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 18:03 EDT

Anthropic study suggests "poison" training attacks don't scale with model size. Read more ›

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms teaser debuts at NYCC

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 16:00 EDT

"I know I'm just a hedge knight but sometimes I think I could be more." Read more ›

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It’s time for game developers to bring back the cheat code

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 15:43 EDT

Arcane hidden options can offer accessibility without confusing the "core" game experience. Read more ›

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YouTube prepares to welcome back banned creators with “second chance” program

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 15:23 EDT

YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply. Read more ›

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Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 15:09 EDT

Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says. Read more ›

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Tesla FSD gets worse at driving, NHTSA opens new investigation

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/09/2025 14:39 EDT

FSD has been crossing into oncoming traffic and ignoring red lights. Read more ›

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Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 14:24 EDT

As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come. Read more ›

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Rubik’s Cube gets a $299 update, complete with IPS screens and its own apps

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 14:10 EDT

The Rubik's WOWCube is a 2×2 cube with modern twists. Read more ›

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Musk’s X posts on ketamine, Putin spur release of his security clearances

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/09/2025 12:12 EDT

Conditions of Elon Musk’s top-secret clearances may soon be exposed. Read more ›

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We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 10:14 EDT

"You don't have to claim that they're aliens to make these exciting." Read more ›

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