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April Fools’ joke results in Japanese firm making a beige ’80s throwback PC case

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/18/2024 11:41 EDT

You can fit lots of modern hardware inside—and prop your monitor on top. Read more ›

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Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out about lead in your cinnamon

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 15:47 EDT

For the most part, you'd have to eat a weirdly large amount to cause a problem. Read more ›

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Google rolls out voice-powered AI chat to the Android masses

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 13:37 EDT

Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users. Read more ›

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Evidence of “snowball Earth” found in ancient rocks

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Elizabeth Rayne @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 13:00 EDT

An outcrop in Scotland has material from when the Earth went into a deep freeze. Read more ›

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A cartoon butt clenching a bar of soap has invaded my online ads

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 12:58 EDT

How can online advertising be this bad? Read more ›

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Boeing risks losing billions as 33,000 workers vote to strike

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 12:26 EDT

Workers refused to waste leverage as Boeing deals with $45 billion debt. Read more ›

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Neofetch is over, but many screenshot system info tools stand ready

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 11:18 EDT

Dev behind a popular screenshot tool checks out, but the successors are good. Read more ›

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Free Starlink Internet is coming to all of United’s airplanes

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 10:01 EDT

The upgrade starts in 2025, but with more than 1,000 planes, will take several years. Read more ›

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“Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/13/2024 09:32 EDT

“Elon Musk’s had more positions on free speech than the Kama Sutra," says lawmaker. Read more ›

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Remembering where your meals came from key for a small bird’s survival

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 09:07 EDT

For small birds, remembering where the food is beats forgetting when it's gone. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: China leaps into rocket reuse; 19 people are currently in orbit

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 09/13/2024 07:00 EDT

Launch startups in China and Europe are borrowing ideas and rhetoric from SpaceX. Read more ›

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CEO of “health care terrorists” faces contempt charges after Senate no-show

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 19:19 EDT

Senators are pursuing both civil and criminal contempt charges. Read more ›

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Meet the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 18:00 EDT

The award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures. Read more ›

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Court clears researchers of defamation for identifying manipulated data

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 17:17 EDT

Harvard, however, will still face trial over how it managed the investigation. Read more ›

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Unity is dropping its unpopular per-install Runtime Fee

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 15:52 EDT

Cross-platform game engine saw the downside to "novel and controversial" plan. Read more ›

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OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 15:01 EDT

New o1 language model can solve complex tasks iteratively, count R's in "strawberry." Read more ›

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“Face with bags under eyes” sets the tone for new Unicode 16.0 emoji update

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 14:39 EDT

New designs will roll out to phones, tablets, and PCs over the next few months. Read more ›

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Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/12/2024 14:27 EDT

The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson. Read more ›

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AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 14:00 EDT

Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies." Read more ›

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Reported Dreamcast addict Tim Walz is now an unofficial Crazy Taxi character

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 13:17 EDT

New "Tim Walz Edition" mod lets the VP hopeful earn some ca-razy (campaign) money. Read more ›

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US sting of online gun part sales started with a shipment marked “fidget spinner”

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 09/12/2024 13:00 EDT

US seizes 350 sites that masked gun part imports from China as toys, jewelry. Read more ›

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