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iFixit’s iPhone 16 teardown finds a greatly improved battery removal process

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 17:06 EDT

The new iPhones received a repair score of 7 out of 10. Read more ›

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Google and Meta update their AI models amid the rise of “AlphaChip”

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 3 place · 09/27/2024 16:50 EDT

News about Gemini updates, Llama 3.2, and Google's new AI-powered chip designer. Read more ›

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Black hole jet appears to boost rate of nova explosions

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 16:29 EDT

There's a 2.5x boost in nova frequency, and all reasonable explanations fail. Read more ›

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More unidentified illnesses linked to unexplained bird flu case in Missouri

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 16:15 EDT

The update raises questions about how the health investigation is going. Read more ›

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Steam doesn’t want to pay arbitration fees, tells gamers to sue instead

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/27/2024 15:31 EDT

Valve previously sued a law firm in attempt to stop mass arbitration claims. Read more ›

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“Not a good look”: Google’s ad tech monopoly defense widely criticized

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 14:31 EDT

Google wrapped its defense of its ad tech empire this week. Read more ›

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Study: Cats in little crocheted hats shed light on feline chronic pain

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/27/2024 14:02 EDT

The custom-made caps hold electrodes in place and reduce motion artifacts during EEGs. Read more ›

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Meta pays the price for storing hundreds of millions of passwords in plaintext

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 09/27/2024 13:53 EDT

Company failed to follow one of the most sacrosanct rules for password storage. Read more ›

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Dell sales team told to return to office 5 days a week, starting Monday

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 13:37 EDT

"... sales teams are more productive when onsite." Read more ›

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AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 13:16 EDT

I, for one, welcome our traffic light-identifying overlords. Read more ›

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Man tricks OpenAI’s voice bot into duet of The Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby”

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 13:03 EDT

OpenAI doesn't want its chatbot to sing, but sometimes the ability slips through. Read more ›

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Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 13:00 EDT

Recall nearly launched as a scraper that stored all its data in plaintext. Read more ›

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Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted it

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 12:30 EDT

X says it suspended reporter for "posting unredacted personal information." Read more ›

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Tesla workers in Germany complain about home visits from their bosses

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 12:21 EDT

The rate of sick leave reached 17 percent in August, far above industry average. Read more ›

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Indicted NYC mayor to FBI: I, uh, forgot my phone’s passcode

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 12:11 EDT

I think it starts with a 2? Read more ›

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IBM opens its quantum-computing stack to third parties

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 12:03 EDT

You don't have to use IBM's tools to run software on its quantum processor. Read more ›

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NASA confirms space station cracking a “highest” risk and consequence problem

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/27/2024 10:49 EDT

NASA and Roscosmos have not agreed on the point at which the leak rate is untenable. Read more ›

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Ars in San Jose recap: Infrastructure, sustainability, AI, cocktails

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Lee Hutchinson @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 10:21 EDT

We came, we saw, we talked, we schmoozed, we toured the Computer History Museum! Read more ›

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Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars

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WIRED @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 07:02 EDT

Bug let researchers track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX salvages Starship wreckage; pessimism for Virgin Galactic

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 09/27/2024 07:00 EDT

The penultimate flight of Japan's workhorse H-IIA rocket deploys a spy satellite. Read more ›

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