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Scout Motors’ new pickup and SUV EVs will start at “under $60,000”
Scout provided flights from Washington to Nashville and accommodation so Ars could attend the reveal. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Today, the reborn Scout Motors showed...
View ArticleDelta Shows Broadcom 128-port 400GbE Co-Packaged Optics Switch with Pluggable...
Delta showed off a Broadcom Tomahawk 5 CPO switch with pluggable light sources. These are an important innovation towards broader adoption The post Delta Shows Broadcom 128-port 400GbE Co-Packaged...
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Vivaldi browser gets a complete overhaul
Vivaldi 7 debuts today with a redesigned UI featuring floating tabs, new icons, and themes,...
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Europe’s highest court strikes down antitrust case against Intel for good
Intel is going through a rough time right now, and things will likely get worse before they get better. The US chipmaker needed some good news, and the European judiciary system obliged with a recent...
View ArticleGoogle’s DeepMind is building an AI to keep us from hating each other
An unprecedented 80 percent of Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll, think the country is deeply divided over its most important values ahead of the November elections. The general public’s...
View ArticleX Payments delayed after Musk’s X weirdly withdrew application for NY license
This October, many Elon Musk believers are wondering, where is X Payments? Last year, Musk claimed in a Spaces conversation that he “would be surprised” if it took longer than mid-2024 to roll out the...
View ArticleVideo game libraries lose legal appeal to emulate physical game collections...
Earlier this year, we reported on the video game archivists asking for a legal DMCA exemption to share Internet-accessible emulated versions of their physical game collections with researchers. Today,...
View ArticleUS Copyright Office “frees the McFlurry,” allowing repair of ice cream machines
Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge today hailed a decision by the US Copyright Office to “grant an exemption specifically allowing for repair of retail-level food preparation equipment—including...
View ArticleAnnoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI...
A trend on Reddit that sees Londoners giving false restaurant recommendations in order to keep their favorites clear of tourists and social media influencers highlights the inherent flaws of Google...
View ArticleWhy is Elon Musk talking to Vladimir Putin, and what does it mean for SpaceX?
In a blockbuster story published Friday morning, The Wall Street Journal reports that Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for about two years, with the...
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Terminally ill fan hopes to play Borderlands 4 early, Gearbox CEO vows to...
The story began when Caleb McAlpine, a self-described “diehard Borderlands fan,” posted on the Borderlands 3 subreddit earlier this week. McAlpine shared that he was diagnosed with stage four cancer...
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Windows 11 KB5044384 makes 24H2 more usable (directly download .msu)
Windows 11 KB5044384 is the first optional update for Windows 11 24H2, and as I thought, it’s actually a pretty nice release. It fixes all major bug fixes in the update and can be installed via...
View ArticleFor the first time, beloved IDE Jetbrains Rider will be available for free
The integrated development environment (IDE) Rider by Jetbrains is now available for free for the first time ever. After trialing non-commercial free licenses with other products like RustRover and...
View ArticleArs Live: What else can GLP-1 drugs do? Join us Tuesday for a discussion.
News and talk of GLP-1 drugs are everywhere these days—from their smash success in treating Type 2 diabetes and obesity to their astronomical pricing, drug shortages, compounding disputes, and what...
View ArticleAstronaut hospitalized after returning from 235-day space mission
NASA said Friday one its astronauts is in a hospital in Florida for medical observation after a “normal” predawn splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico inside a SpaceX capsule. The mission’s other three...
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The PlayStation 4 is the latest console to receive a handheld makeover
YouTuber modding channel Restore Technique recently unveiled a custom portable PlayStation 4. The device shrinks all of the console’s essential functionality into a package just a few centimeters thick...
View ArticleAre Boeing’s problems beyond fixable?
As Boeing’s latest chief executive, Kelly Ortberg’s job was never going to be easy. On Wednesday, it got harder still. That morning, Ortberg had faced investors for the first time, telling them that...
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Scientists unlock a faster, cheaper way to store data on DNA
Conventional methods for encoding data into DNA strands involve making custom DNA sequences from scratch. Scientists call this process “de novo synthesis.” This technique is labor-intensive, slow,...
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Musk’s conversations with Putin raise concerns over tech, diplomacy, and...
A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed that Elon Musk, the world’s wealthiest individual and a key figure in US space endeavors, has had regular discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Record-high carbon emissions in 2023 erase gains from pandemic decline
Unsurprisingly, this year’s United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report states that the world’s wealthiest nations aren’t doing enough to decrease greenhouse gas emissions....
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