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Rocket Report: Archimedes engine sees first light, New Glenn making moves

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/09/2024 07:00 EDT

"Coming soon: a full recovery rehearsal with our landing vessel." Read more ›

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The 2024 Honda Prologue—a dependable but somewhat dull EV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/09/2024 06:00 EDT

Borrowing a GM platform means being stuck with some of GM's design decisions. Read more ›

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Another death in nationwide outbreak that spurred massive meat recall

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 17:44 EDT

The outbreak tally has increased to 43 amid recall of 7 million pounds of meat. Read more ›

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PrivacyLens uses thermal imaging to turn people into stick figures

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 17:36 EDT

"Most consumers do not think about what happens to data collected by smart home devices." Read more ›

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FTX to pay $12.7B to victims of Sam Bankman-Fried’s massive scheme

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 17:21 EDT

US commodities trading agency claimed its largest recovery ever for FTX victims. Read more ›

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App redesign blowback will cost Sonos up to $30 million, CEO says

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 17:11 EDT

Sonos is delaying two hardware releases because of the app's problems. Read more ›

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In world first, Russian chess player poisons rival’s board with mercury

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/08/2024 16:23 EDT

At least it wasn't novichok. Read more ›

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Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 15:58 EDT

Global Alliance for Responsible Media disputes X lawsuit but stops operations. Read more ›

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Report: Apple plans mini-er Mac mini, its first design update in 14 years

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 15:07 EDT

What was "mini" in 2010 is not particularly mini in 2024. Read more ›

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Man vs. machine: DeepMind’s new robot serves up a table tennis triumph

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 14:59 EDT

Human-beating ping-pong AI learned to play in a simulated environment. Read more ›

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String of record hot months came to an end in July

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 14:17 EDT

July had the two hottest days recorded but fell 0.04° Celsius short of last year. Read more ›

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Amazon defends $4B Anthropic AI deal from UK monopoly concerns

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 13:57 EDT

Amazon risks heavy fines if Anthropic deal violates UK's latest competition law. Read more ›

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People are returning Humane AI Pins faster than Humane can sell them, report says

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 13:37 EDT

Returned devices are currently e-waste that can't be reassigned, per The Verge. Read more ›

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It’s not worth paying to be removed from people-finder sites, study says

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 13:30 EDT

The best removal rate was less than 70%, and that didn't beat manual opt-outs. Read more ›

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A new report finds Boeing’s rockets are built with an unqualified work force

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 12:25 EDT

NASA declines to penalize Boeing for the deficiencies. Read more ›

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You can kick the alpha tires on System76’s Cosmic, a new Linux desktop

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 11:30 EDT

A whole new desktop aims to appeal with tiling, themes, and a safer Rust core. Read more ›

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This new charger lets all EVs plug in without an adapter

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 10:09 EDT

The Omni Port has a Tesla-style J3400 plug as well as a CCS1 plug. Read more ›

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Google and Meta ignored their own rules in secret teen-targeting ad deals

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2024 09:21 EDT

Project disregarded Google rules barring personalizing and targeting ads to minors. Read more ›

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NASA official acknowledges internal “disagreement” on safety of Starliner return

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2024 18:40 EDT

"We heard from a lot of folks that had concerns." Read more ›

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The conspiracy theorists who think Biden has been replaced by AI

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2024 18:15 EDT

Anything you dislike can now be called an "AI fake." Read more ›

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