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Over the weekend, China debuted a new rocket on the nation’s path to the Moon

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 14:13 EDT

Depending on how you count them, China now has roughly 18 types of active space launchers. Read more ›

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Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 13:58 EDT

Cloud provider moved most of its 20,000 VMs off VMware. Read more ›

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Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 13:25 EDT

Blizzard's push of remasters has GOG committing to its DRM-free offerings. Read more ›

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Volkswagen workers go on strike as union fights factory closures

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 12:00 EDT

VW wants to close three plants in Germany, causing the largest walkout since 2018. Read more ›

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Sony just released the first 8 minutes of Kraven the Hunter

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 11:49 EDT

The studio hopes to bolster its Spider-Man Universe with much-delayed film starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Read more ›

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Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/02/2024 11:41 EDT

The Falcon 9 rocket is truly delivering on the promise of rapid, reusable launch. Read more ›

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Intel’s CEO hasn’t turned the company around, and now he’s no longer CEO

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 11:27 EDT

Gelsinger rejoined Intel as CEO in early 2021 after a previous 30-year stint. Read more ›

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Cyber Monday cybers into view, and we’ve got all the cyber deals

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Ars Staff @ Ars Technica · 12/02/2024 04:55 EDT

Beat the crowds with our list of cool stuff to buy—updated throughout Monday. Read more ›

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Supermassive black hole binary emits unexpected flares

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Elizabeth Rayne @ Ars Technica 1 place · 12/01/2024 07:05 EDT

Their orbit periodically takes them through a cloud of gas, triggering flares. Read more ›

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How should we treat beings that might be sentient?

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Lindsey Laughlin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/30/2024 07:07 EDT

A book argues that we've not thought enough about things that might think. Read more ›

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Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/29/2024 16:37 EDT

Unearthed sample likely works against Linux devices from Acer, HP, Fujitsu, and Lenovo. Read more ›

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It’s Black Friday, and here are the best shopping deals we could find

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Ars Staff @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/29/2024 08:35 EDT

Beat the crowds with our list of cool stuff to buy—updated throughout the weekend. Read more ›

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Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.

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Brendan Nystedt, WIRED.com @ Ars Technica 3 place · 11/29/2024 07:20 EDT

In the age of AI images, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras. Read more ›

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The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/29/2024 07:02 EDT

A "copy/paste error" on a Mac logic board has led to some restoration problems. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: A good week for Blue Origin; Italy wants its own launch capability

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/28/2024 07:00 EDT

Blue Origin is getting ready to test-fire its first fully integrated New Glenn rocket in Florida. Read more ›

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Flour, water, salt, GitHub: The Bread Code is a sourdough baking framework

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/28/2024 07:00 EDT

My year of baking lessons, guided by a full-stack engineer who teaches patience. Read more ›

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Man suffers chemical burn that lasted months after squeezing limes

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 11/27/2024 17:00 EDT

The toxin is in more foods than you might think, including carrots, parsley, limes, and lemons. Read more ›

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What fossilized dino feces can tell us about their rise to dominance

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 11/27/2024 16:00 EDT

Scientists studied trace fossils called bromalites to reconstruct critical food webs in late Triassic, early Jurassic. Read more ›

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Found in the wild: The world’s first unkillable UEFI bootkit for Linux

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 11/27/2024 14:21 EDT

"Bootkitty" is likely a proof-of-concept, but may portend working UEFI malware for Linux. Read more ›

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Teaching a drone to fly without a vertical rudder

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 11/27/2024 13:08 EDT

We can get a drone to fly like a pigeon, but we needed to use feathers to do it. Read more ›

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