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DOGE “cut muscle, not fat”; 26K experts rehired after brutal cuts

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 11/24/2025 16:17 EDT

Government brain drain will haunt US after DOGE abruptly terminated. Read more ›

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Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Service Act

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 1 place · today 11:15 EDT

The biggest changes Musk made to Twitter trigger a $140 million fine under DSA. Read more ›

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Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses Heb B vaccine recommendation

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · today 12:06 EDT

There is no data supporting a delay and no evidence of harm from a birth dose. Read more ›

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Toyota’s new GR GT picks up where the 2000GT and Lexus LFA left off

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · today 10:55 EDT

The GR GT is a V8 hybrid, and there's an electric Lexus sports car concept, too. Read more ›

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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · today 12:44 EDT

Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe. Read more ›

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Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · today 13:49 EDT

Netflix's plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny. Read more ›

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Streaming service makes rare decision to lower its monthly fees

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · today 17:56 EDT

This could be just what Fubo and its subscribers need. Read more ›

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Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer brings levity to Westeros

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · today 10:12 EDT

"Every knight needs a squire, and you look like you need one more than most." Read more ›

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New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

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Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · today 07:15 EDT

Foundations of daily life are being pushed to the brink by human-caused warming. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · today 07:00 EDT

The Department of the Air Force approves a new home in Florida for SpaceX's Starship. Read more ›

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SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · today 12:29 EDT

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards. Read more ›

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Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work”

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 17:54 EDT

"The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled." Read more ›

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In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/04/2025 16:51 EDT

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again? Read more ›

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Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/04/2025 16:23 EDT

Kohler is getting the scoop on people's poop. Read more ›

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CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it’s doing, delays big vote

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/04/2025 15:56 EDT

Today's meeting was chaotic and included garbage anti-vaccine presentations. Read more ›

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Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 15:07 EDT

A massive study of political persuasion shows AIs have, at best, a weak effect. Read more ›

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Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 14:53 EDT

Valve tells Ars its "trying to unblock" limits caused by open source driver issues. Read more ›

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ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 13:40 EDT

Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking. Read more ›

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OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 13:11 EDT

The device starts at $900 and comes with a free gift for a limited time. Read more ›

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In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 12:59 EDT

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all. Read more ›

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Welcome to “necroprinting”—3D printer nozzle made from mosquito’s proboscis

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 11:16 EDT

They're quite a bit cheaper than manufactured nozzles if you can dissect them. Read more ›

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Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 10:28 EDT

Even the first Trump administration had tougher fuel economy targets. Read more ›

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Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 10:08 EDT

Developed with NASA and ESA, the 632-piece kit comes out Jan. 1. Read more ›

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The NPU in your phone keeps improving—why isn’t that making AI better?

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 07:00 EDT

Shrinking AI for your phone is no simple matter. Read more ›

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A fentanyl vaccine is about to get its first major test

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Emily Mullin, WIRED.com @ Ars Technica · 12/04/2025 06:30 EDT

Vaccine trial in the Netherlands hopes to protect against fentanyl-related overdose and death. Read more ›

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12 former FDA chiefs unite to say agency memo on vaccines is deeply stupid

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 12/03/2025 19:06 EDT

Prasad's arguments "misrepresent both the science and the regulatory record." Read more ›

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Maximum-severity vulnerability threatens 6% of all websites

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 12/03/2025 18:16 EDT

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed. Read more ›

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Great handling, advanced EV tech: We drive the 2027 BMW iX3

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 12/03/2025 18:01 EDT

The first of BMW's clean-sheet "Neue Klasse" EVs hits it out of the park. Read more ›

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Republicans drop Trump-ordered block on state AI laws from defense bill

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/03/2025 16:06 EDT

“Widespread and powerful movement” keeps Trump from blocking state AI laws. Read more ›

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Humans in southern Africa were an isolated population until recently

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 12/03/2025 15:40 EDT

A distinct population that was isolated until the last thousand years or so. Read more ›

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After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/03/2025 14:48 EDT

Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand. Read more ›

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