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Rabbit’s R1 AI gadget gets first hands-on testing
Following the disappointment of the Humane Ai Pin, the Rabbit R1 aims to offer something better at a third of the price and without any subscription fees. However, reviewers remain skeptical about the...
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A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists
The Polestar Phone. Someday it will unlock your Polestar car. [credit: Polestar ] Polestar, the Volvo offshoot EV company, has made a smartphone. It’s called, predictably, the Polestar Phone, and it’s...
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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Reddit has made it clear that it’s an ad-first business. Today, it expanded on that practice with a new ad format that looks to sell things to Reddit users. Simultaneously,...
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Adobe Firefly and Photoshop receive new AI enhancements, hilarity ensues
Adobe’s new AI-based foundation model, Firefly Image 3, is now in beta. Available in Photoshop and the Firefly web app, the update enhances the performance of the company’s generative AI tools and...
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Lenovo ThinkCentre mini PC features a Core i5-6400T and 16GB RAM for $180
Other specs of the ThinkCentre M900 include a 256GB SSD and a Windows 10 Pro license. It supports standard VESA mounts and is listed as “grade A” refurbished. Read Entire Article
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS lands with Gnome 46, Linux 6.8, and Raspberry Pi 5 support
The biggest Linux distro release of the year, Ubuntu 24.04 brings a new app center and firmware updater based on Flutter, an updated toolchain, and experimental support for TPM-backed full disk...
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Nintendo DMCA lawyers shut down everything Mario on Garry’s Mod
On Wednesday, Garry’s Mod developer Facepunch announced that it would pull all Nintendo-related content from Steam Workshop. The takedown is in response to Nintendo serving DMCA notices to several...
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HP adds a “Caps Lock On” notification to Windows 11, but you can turn it off
Do you see “Caps Lock On” and “Num Lock On” padlock/alerts on your screen after a recent update on your Windows 11 (and Windows 10) HP PC? You’re not alone. You can safely disable “Caps Lock On” or...
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Apple releases eight small AI language models aimed at on-device use
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) In the world of AI, what might be called “small language models” have been growing in popularity recently because they can be run on a local device instead of requiring...
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Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa
Enlarge / Drops of the blood going onto an HIV quick test. (credit: Getty | BRITTA PEDERSEN) Trendy, unproven “vampire facials” performed at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico left at least three women...
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HMD’s first self-branded phones are all under $200
The HMD Pulse base model. [credit: HMD ] HMD has been known as the manufacturer of Nokia-branded phones for years now, but now the company wants to start selling phones under its own brand. The first...
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Microsoft makes it easier to customize Windows 11 File Explorer with Dev Home
The Dev Home app by Microsoft lets developers manage multiple devices and monitor their status using a single app. Its new version 0.13 update adds a few much-needed features to help you easily...
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Tech brands are forcing AI into your gadgets—whether you asked for it or not
Enlarge / Tech brands love hollering about the purported thrills of AI these days. (credit: Getty) Logitech announced a new mouse last week. A company rep reached out to inform Ars of Logitech’s...
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Russia stands alone in vetoing UN resolution on nuclear weapons in space
Enlarge / A meeting of the UN Security Council on April 14. (credit: Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images) Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution Wednesday that would have...
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US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much
Enlarge (credit: US EIA) On Thursday, the US Department of Energy released its preliminary estimate for the nation’s carbon emissions in the previous year. Any drop in emissions puts us on a path that...
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Escape From Tarkov developer offers $250 pay-to-win DLC, outraging entire fan...
On Monday, Battlestate Games released a significant content drop for its live service game Escape from Tarkov. The update includes a new PvE co-op mode and several bonuses for the PvP mode. Battlestate...
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U.S. Trade Representative Flags Vietnam as a Leading Source of Online Piracy
Each year the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) publishes a new update of its Special 301 Report, highlighting countries that fail to live up to U.S copyright protection...
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Police arrest high school athletic director for deepfaking principal’s voice
According to NBC News, police arrested former Pikesville High School athletic director Dazhon Darien as he was attempting to board a flight to Houston, Texas. Transportation Security Administration...
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Android TV has access to your entire account—but Google is changing that
Enlarge (credit: Google) Google says it has patched a nasty loophole in the Android TV account security system, which would grant attackers with physical access to your device access to your entire...
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Putting Microsoft’s cratering Xbox console sales in context
Enlarge / Scale is important, especially when talking about relative console sales. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it made 31 percent less off Xbox hardware...
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