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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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Starlink tells Brazil it won’t block X until government unfreezes its assets

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 09/03/2024 13:11 EDT

More than one Musk company involved in battle with powerful Brazilian judge. Read more ›

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Bugs, performance issues hinder Huawei’s AI chips

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 09/03/2024 09:34 EDT

Export controls bar import of Nvidia chips, but homegrown alternative is struggling. Read more ›

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The good and bad about the 2025 Volvo EX90, the company’s new electric SUV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 09/03/2024 03:00 EDT

Some of the EX90's features won't be enabled until next year. Read more ›

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The New Glenn rocket’s second stage set to roll to the launch pad on Monday

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 09/02/2024 08:45 EDT

The large rocket will attempt to land on its debut flight. Read more ›

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The good and bad about the 2025 Volvo EX90, the company’s new electric SUV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/02/2024 03:00 EDT

Some of the EX90's features won't be enabled until next year. Read more ›

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Audi replaces its bestseller—here’s the next Q5 SUV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 09/01/2024 18:01 EDT

Yet again, the US misses out on some options, like the mild hybrid. Read more ›

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The Starliner spacecraft has started to emit strange noises

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 09/01/2024 10:13 EDT

"I don't know what's making it." Read more ›

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Agatha All Along’s latest teaser hints at one character’s true identity

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/30/2024 17:35 EDT

"This journey... it's a death wish." Read more ›

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City of Columbus sues man after he discloses severity of ransomware attack

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 08/30/2024 16:00 EDT

Mayor said data was unusable to criminals; researcher proved otherwise. Read more ›

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Harmful “nudify” websites used Google, Apple, and Discord sign-on systems

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WIRED @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/30/2024 15:42 EDT

Sign-on systems from Big Tech companies have been incorporated into deepfake generators. Read more ›

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Boeing will try to fly its troubled Starliner capsule back to Earth next week

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/30/2024 15:28 EDT

The two astronauts who launched on Starliner will stay behind on the International Space Station. Read more ›

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NASA makes a very tough decision in setting final Crew-9 assignments

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/30/2024 15:03 EDT

"I am deeply proud of our entire crew." Read more ›

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Nonprofit scrubs illegal content from controversial AI training dataset

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/30/2024 14:44 EDT

After backlash, LAION cleans child sex abuse materials from AI training data. Read more ›

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AnandTech, mainstay of computer hardware reviews, closes after 27 years

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/30/2024 14:03 EDT

Site was founded by a 14-year-old Anand Lal Shimpi in 1997. Read more ›

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ChatGPT hits 200 million active weekly users, but how many will admit using it?

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/30/2024 13:21 EDT

Despite corporate prohibitions on AI use, people flock to the chatbot in record numbers. Read more ›

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Texas judge decides Texas is a perfectly good venue for X to sue Media Matters

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/30/2024 12:59 EDT

Judge says Musk critic "targeted" advertisers in Texas, denies motion to dismiss. Read more ›

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Tumblr migrates more than 500 million blogs to WordPress

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/30/2024 12:50 EDT

Parent company Automattic insists the user experience won't change a bit. Read more ›

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Blood puddles, mold, tainted meat, bugs: Boar’s Head inspections are horrifying

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/30/2024 12:42 EDT

The USDA recorded 69 violations in a year. So far, 9 people have died in the outbreak. Read more ›

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Gen AI Alexa to use Anthropic tech after it “struggled for words” with Amazon’s

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/30/2024 12:26 EDT

Amazon's $4 billion investment in Anthropic has been under investigation. Read more ›

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Peglin is the roguelike Peggle RPG we didn’t know we needed

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/30/2024 12:11 EDT

Entrancing pachinko-style gameplay has just the right mix of skill and luck. Read more ›

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