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Explaining why your keyboard feels so darn good—or way too mushy
Ars Technica's guide to keyboards: Mechanical, membrane, and buckling springs.
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PyPI halted new users and projects while it fended off supply-chain attack
Automation is making attacks on open source code repositories harder to fight.
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Ubuntu will manually review Snap Store after crypto wallet scams
Former Canonical employee calls out the "Safe" label applied to Snap apps.
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China has a big problem with super gonorrhea, study finds
Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem—one that doesn't heed borders.
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Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer
Federal agencies rush to appoint chief AI officers with “significant expertise.”
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Proxmox gives VMware ESXi users a place to go after Broadcom kills free version
Proxmox is a Linux-based hypervisor that could replace ESXi for some users.
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How Apple plans to update new iPhones without opening them
Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.
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FTX fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50.
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Yamaha and Lola pair up to enter Formula E next season
Lola has Yamaha as a technical partner and Formula E veterans in key roles.
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Embracer Group lets go of Borderlands maker for $460M after three years
Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari-like studio roll-up.
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Daily Telescope: Peering into the remnants of an 800-year-old supernova
Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star.
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The Delta IV Heavy, a rocket whose time has come and gone, will fly once more
The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting.
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Thousands of servers hacked in ongoing attack targeting Ray AI framework
Researchers say it's the first known in-the-wild attack targeting AI workloads.
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Quantum computing progress: Higher temps, better error correction
Amazon, IBM, and traditional silicon makers are all working toward error correction.
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Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.
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Puerto Rico declares public health emergency as dengue cases rise
Cases so far are up 140 percent compared to this point last year.
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Starlink mobile plans hit snag as FCC dismisses SpaceX spectrum application
SpaceX application tossed but firm will get another shot in spectrum rulemaking.
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Event Horizon Telescope captures stunning new image of Milky Way’s black hole
There are also hints of an elusive high-energy jet, similar to larger M87* black hole.
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Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat usage to confuse advertisers, court docs say
Zuckerberg told execs to “figure out” how to spy on encrypted Snapchat traffic.
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Canva’s Affinity acquisition is a non-subscription-based weapon against Adobe
But what will result from the companies' opposing views on generative AI?
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Intel, Microsoft discuss plans to run Copilot locally on PCs instead of in the cloud
Companies are trying to make the "AI PC" happen with new silicon and software.
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Google’s Pixel 9 might have three models, adding a small “Pro” phone
A 6.8-inch "Pixel 9 Pro XL," 6.1-inch "Pixel 9 Pro," and a "Pixel 9" at 6.0 inches.
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The company building a rotating detonation engine is pushing the tech forward
"I'm convinced that this is going to be the engine that unlocks the hypersonic economy."
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“MFA Fatigue” attack targets iPhone owners with endless password reset prompts
Rapid-fire prompts sometimes followed with spoofed calls from "Apple support."
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Why the Baltimore bridge collapsed so quickly
The immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated.
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US pricing announced for the Polestar 4 EV; starts at $54,900
The midsize SUV will have up to 300 miles of range—but no rear windshield.
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“The king is dead”—Claude 3 surpasses GPT-4 on Chatbot Arena for the first time
Anthropic's Claude 3 is first to unseat GPT-4 for #1 since launch of Chatbot Arena in May '23.
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Microsoft opens a crack in console gaming’s decades-old walled garden
Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.
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Pornhub prepared to block Florida if child safety law takes effect
Florida plans to start requiring ID for porn January 1.
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Cows in Texas and Kansas test positive for highly pathogenic bird flu
The risk to the public is low, and the milk supply is safe.
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Taylor Swift fans dancing and jumping created last year’s “Swift quakes”
"Shake It Off" produced tremors equivalent to a local magnitude earthquake of 0.851.
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SCOTUS mifepristone case: Justices focus on anti-abortion groups’ legal standing
The case has big implications for women's health and the authority of the FDA.
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Thousands of phones and routers swept into proxy service, unbeknownst to users
Two new reports show criminals may be using your device to cover their online tracks.
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Missouri AG sues Media Matters over its X research, demands donor names
Media watchdog slams "meritless, expensive, and harassing investigations."
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WWDC 2024 starts on June 10 with announcements about iOS 18 and beyond
Speculation is rampant that Apple will make its first big moves in generative AI.
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Cities: Skylines 2 gets long-awaited official mod support and map editor
Modding was seen as the most important next step by developer's leader.