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A Valentine's Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/14/2026 13:33 EDT

Ang Lee's gorgeous 2000 masterpiece has awe-inspiring martial arts stunts and a tragic love story for the ages. Read more ›

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Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt

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Becky Ferreira, wired.com @ Ars Technica 3 place · 02/14/2026 06:45 EDT

Next-generation telescopes are mapping this outer frontier. Read more ›

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WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical"

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 18:16 EDT

CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau. Read more ›

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Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 18:03 EDT

Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles. Read more ›

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Verizon makes customers wait 35 days to unlock fully paid-off phones

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 17:13 EDT

Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online. Read more ›

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Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 02/13/2026 16:39 EDT

“This is definitely not about dogs,” senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans. Read more ›

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The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 15:58 EDT

Don't expect big changes yet. Read more ›

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After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name

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Benj Edwards and Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 14:40 EDT

One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack. Read more ›

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$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica 1 place · 02/13/2026 12:52 EDT

MST3K's 2010s revival looked forward; this one is emphatically looking backward. Read more ›

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Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 12:29 EDT

Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life. Read more ›

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What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 10:32 EDT

Robotaxis can't escape the gig economy as Waymo tries to solve a human problem. Read more ›

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Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 10:19 EDT

"It’s time to go back to the Moon—this time to stay." Read more ›

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I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn't make a single cent

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Reece Rogers, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 09:41 EDT

These bots supposedly need a human body to accomplish great things in meatspace. Read more ›

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Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 07:00 EDT

Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 02/13/2026 07:00 EDT

"You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price." Read more ›

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When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket delivered

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/12/2026 19:34 EDT

This was the first launch of the Ariane 64, the most powerful rocket in European space history. Read more ›

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OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 02/12/2026 17:56 EDT

OpenAI's new GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark is 15 times faster at coding than its predecessor. Read more ›

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Trump official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna's flu shot

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 02/12/2026 17:36 EDT

FDA's top vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, is known for overruling scientists. Read more ›

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Spider-Noir teaser comes in colorized "True Hue" and black and white

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/12/2026 17:14 EDT

Nicolas Cage described his character as "70 percent Humphrey Bogart and 30 percent Bugs Bunny." Read more ›

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ULA's Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/12/2026 16:33 EDT

Vulcan's Blue Origin-made BE-4 engines appear to have saved the rocket from failure. Read more ›

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