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Some ancient microbes frozen with Ötzi the Iceman are still growing

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/06/2026 07:15 EDT

What’s the difference between a person, an artifact, and an ecosystem? Read more ›

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Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 15:03 EDT

Meta emerges as the biggest loser as second child safety trial verdict hits. Read more ›

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Nintendo is raising prices of Switch 2 game cartridges starting in May

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 14:57 EDT

The first physical game affected will cost $10 more than a digital copy. Read more ›

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Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 14:25 EDT

Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case. Read more ›

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Google's TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 13:59 EDT

TurboQuant makes AI models more efficient but doesn't reduce output quality like other methods. Read more ›

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Antibiotic resistance among germs swells during droughts, study suggests

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 13:49 EDT

Study links two crises: Climate change and antibiotic-resistant infections. Read more ›

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Trump staffs science and technology panel with non-scientists

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 12:49 EDT

Appointee list is in keeping with the administration's hostility toward science. Read more ›

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Google bumps up Q Day deadline to 2029, far sooner than previously thought

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 11:49 EDT

Company warns entire industry to move off RSA and EC more quickly. Read more ›

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Meta loses trial after arguing child exploitation was “inevitable” on its apps

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 10:46 EDT

Meta plans to appeal as it faces down two other child safety trials. Read more ›

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Apple begins age checks in the UK with latest iOS update

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 10:08 EDT

Move follows government pressure on smartphone makers to do more to protect children online. Read more ›

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Disney cancels $1 billion OpenAI partnership amid Sora shutdown plans

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 09:56 EDT

Press reports suggest Disney was blindsided and that no money changed hands. Read more ›

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Honda cancels the two electric vehicles it was developing with Sony

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 09:12 EDT

Sony Honda Mobility says the Afeela 1 and Afeela 2 are no more. Read more ›

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So long, farewell: Saying goodbye to Audi's best car, the 2026 RS6 Avant

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 06:00 EDT

With production now finished, we take one last ride in our favorite station wagon. Read more ›

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How chemists turned bourbon waste into supercapacitors

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/25/2026 05:00 EDT

Hydrothermal carbonization can directly convert sloppy stillage into hard or activated carbon. Read more ›

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"The last straw"—RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally angrily quits CDC panel after spat

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 23:43 EDT

Robert Malone quit a vaccine panel, blaming an HHS spokesperson for "trashing" him. Read more ›

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Final analysis of 2025 Iberian blackout: Policies left Spain at risk

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 18:43 EDT

Too much hardware was allowed to disconnect right at the edge of normal conditions. Read more ›

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Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 18:26 EDT

Walmart wants to connect what people stream "directly with retail interaction." Read more ›

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Mozilla dev's "Stack Overflow for agents" targets a key weakness in coding AI

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 17:37 EDT

There are major problems to be solved before it can be adopted, though. Read more ›

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OpenAI plans to shut down Sora just 15 months after its launch

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 17:19 EDT

Move comes amid a reported plan to refocus on business and productivity use cases. Read more ›

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Electronic Frontier Foundation to swap leaders as AI, ICE fights escalate

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 17:00 EDT

Public interest in government tech abuses is peaking. EFF's new leader plans to build on that. Read more ›

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FCC imposes sweeping ban on foreign-made routers, affecting all new models

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/24/2026 15:16 EDT

Trump admin to decide which router makers get exemptions from FCC import ban. Read more ›

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