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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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Coal-filled trains are likely sending people to the hospital

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Ars Contributors @ Ars Technica · 07/19/2024 10:34 EDT

Coal-filled trains trail a cloud of particulates shaken free from their cargo. Read more ›

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FTC attacks Microsoft’s post-merger Game Pass price increases

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 07/19/2024 10:14 EDT

Regulator says move is "exactly the sort of consumer harm" it warned about. Read more ›

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Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/19/2024 09:22 EDT

Nobody's sure who's at fault for each outage: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, or both. Read more ›

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Gazelle Eclipse C380+ e-bike review: A smart, smooth ride at a halting price

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 07/19/2024 07:00 EDT

It's a powerful, comfortable, fun, and very smart ride. Is that enough? Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Firefly’s CEO steps down; Artemis II core stage leaves factory

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/19/2024 07:00 EDT

Rocket Factory Augsburg completed qualification of its upper stage for a first launch this year. Read more ›

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Long COVID rates have declined, especially among the vaccinated, study finds

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 19:07 EDT

In large study, rates of long COVID fell from 10% to 3.5% for the vaccinated. Read more ›

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Apple Vision Pro’s content drought improves with new 3D videos

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 18:45 EDT

It's still not the weekly cadence we expected, but it's something. Read more ›

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Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 18:17 EDT

Subscribers will have to pay $15.49 for commercial-free Netflix. Read more ›

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Witness the rise of the Bene Gesserit in new Dune: Prophecy teaser

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 17:48 EDT

"Our hands are poised on the levers of power but yet our grasp on it is still fragile." Read more ›

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Space colonizers battle ultimate killing machines in Alien: Romulus trailer

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 16:28 EDT

"Whatever comes, we'll face it together." Read more ›

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Elon Musk’s X may succeed in blocking Calif. content moderation law on appeal

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 16:17 EDT

Elon Musk's X previously failed to block the law on First Amendment grounds. Read more ›

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FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 15:13 EDT

FCC wasn't able to cap intrastate prices until Congress granted new authority. Read more ›

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Report: Apple TV+ will soon get a lot more movies made by studios other than Apple

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 14:59 EDT

Apple TV+ series have made an impact, but its films have been less successful lately. Read more ›

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Google, its cat fully escaped from bag, shows off the Pixel 9 Pro weeks early

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 14:36 EDT

Upcoming phone is teased with an AI breakup letter to "the same old thing." Read more ›

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NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 14:29 EDT

"It would have been revolutionary. Other missions don’t replace what is lost here." Read more ›

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The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 13:34 EDT

You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you. Read more ›

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The Mazda CX-90 PHEV gives luxury car vibes for a mainstream price

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 13:28 EDT

This big Mazda is one of a handful of plug-in hybrid three-rows on sale today. Read more ›

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Switch 2 is around the corner, but Nintendo announces a new Switch accessory anyway

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 12:45 EDT

Oddly timed accessory is released as the Switch's life cycle is winding down. Read more ›

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Aventon, a major e-bike maker, tries its hand with a hardtail

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 12:33 EDT

Aventon's entry into the mountain bike market is good, but not quite low-budget. Read more ›

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OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, which will replace GPT-3.5 in ChatGPT

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 07/18/2024 11:44 EDT

Lower-cost AI language model will be free for ChatGPT users. Read more ›

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