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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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Staff complain that xAI is flailing because of constant upheaval

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Stephen Morris and Cristina Criddle, Financial Times @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/14/2026 03:14 EDT

Staff complain that the constant upheaval is destroying morale. Read more ›

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NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 2 place · 03/13/2026 20:17 EDT

"This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said. Read more ›

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Woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae get trapped in her deviated septum

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/13/2026 18:38 EDT

She made a full recovery, despite the maggots. Read more ›

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Slay the Spire 2 is a bit too familiar for its own good

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 18:26 EDT

Early Access impressions: New characters shine, but it feels like we've done this before. Read more ›

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Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 17:47 EDT

When winning depends on intuiting a mathematical function, AIs come up short. Read more ›

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Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 16:57 EDT

GFiber and Astound to merge with Alphabet selling majority stake to Stonepeak. Read more ›

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Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 16:18 EDT

Unicode that's invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned—until attackers took notice. Read more ›

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Adobe settles DOJ cancellation fee lawsuit, will pay $75 million penalty

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 14:47 EDT

Adobe says it will also give customers who "qualify" free services but is vague on details. Read more ›

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Doubling the voltage: What 800 V architecture really changes in EVs

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Matthew MacConnell @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 14:30 EDT

Confused about electric vehicle voltages? You won't be after reading this. Read more ›

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Another AT&T FirstNet user gets shocking $6,200 bill, at $2 per megabyte

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 13:49 EDT

Bizarre FirstNet charge nearly identical to one that hit different user in 2024. Read more ›

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Subscribers to Amazon Prime Video with ads lose 4K support on April 10

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 13:16 EDT

Amazon says its service requires "significant investment." Read more ›

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M5 MacBook Air review: Still the best MacBook for almost everybody

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 12:31 EDT

The M5 MacBook Air is a minor upgrade, but minor upgrades add up over time. Read more ›

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Magnetars drag spacetime to power superluminous supernovae

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 11:59 EDT

Frame-dragging may explain an odd pattern seen in the brightest supernovae. Read more ›

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Signs of hope: As measles spread, New Mexico vaccinations surged 55%

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 11:44 EDT

Despite anti-vaccine rhetoric, New Mexico residents embraced life-saving shots. Read more ›

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Microsoft is working to eliminate PC gaming's "compiling shaders" wait times

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 11:31 EDT

Advanced Shader Delivery uses precompiled shaders for "console-like load times" across PC hardware. Read more ›

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Aliens announce their presence in latest Disclosure Day trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 10:50 EDT

"That truth will upend the established order of the entire world. If you do this, there's no undoing it." Read more ›

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BYD's latest EVs can get close to full charge in just 12 minutes

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Kana Inagaki and Edward White, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 10:20 EDT

Carmaker’s technology means EVs can be ready almost as quickly as filling a fuel tank. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Pentagon needs more missile interceptors; Artemis II clears review

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/13/2026 08:46 EDT

SpaceX has started commissioning a second launch pad at the company's Starbase facility in Texas. Read more ›

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The who, what, and why of the attack that has shut down Stryker's Windows network"

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/12/2026 18:18 EDT

Company says it doesn't know how long it will take to restore its Microsoft environment. Read more ›

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Live Nation director boasted of gouging ticket buyers, "robbing them blind"

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/12/2026 16:47 EDT

Unsealed messages add wrinkle to trial after US agreed to settle with Live Nation. Read more ›

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