Ars Technica
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Non-invasive zaps to the spinal cord can treat paralysis—but no one knows why
The benefits may seem small, but they can make a world of difference, patients say.
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Google sends DOJ unexpected check in attempt to avoid monopoly jury trial
Google steals DOJ tactic to dodge owing damages by paying DOJ upfront.
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We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels
It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently.
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Surviving reentry is the key goal for SpaceX’s fourth Starship test flight
Elon Musk says SpaceX aims to launch the fourth Starship test flight in about two weeks.
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Shadow of the Erdtree’s trailer gives us more Elden Ring lore to get wrong
A lore-lover's moment-by-moment dive into the latest Miyazaki mind maze.
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Researchers spot cryptojacking attack that disables endpoint protections
A key component: Installing known vulnerable drivers from Avast and IOBit.
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After years of rumors, Sonos has now entered the headphones market
Sonos jumps into the fray with Sony's WH-1000XM5 and Apple's AirPods Max.
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Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89
Bell architected DEC's VAX minicomputers, championed computer history, mentored at Microsoft.
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Tesla shareholder group opposes Musk’s $46B pay, slams board “dysfunction”
Letter urges shareholders to reject CEO pay plan and boot two board members.
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Comcast’s streaming bundle is $15/month for Netflix, Peacock, Apple TV+, and ads
It's $25 or $10 cheaper than separate subs, but note the plans you're getting.
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After beating Sonos case, Google brings back group speaker controls
We'll likely have to wait until the end of the year for Android 15, though.
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$899 mini PC puts Snapdragon X Elite into a mini desktop for developers
Well-specced box includes the best Snapdragon X Elite, 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
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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“CSAM generated by AI is still CSAM,” DOJ says after rare arrest
Software engineer arrested, suspected of grooming teen with AI-generated CSAM.
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Microsoft Copilot will watch you play Minecraft, tell you what you’re doing wrong
Microsoft demo is like chatting with GameFAQs when you don't have a friend to hang with.
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This is Volvo’s production-ready fully autonomous Class 8 truck
Some believe autonomous trucks are the answer to a shortage of truck drivers.
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Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now
Sometime between May and September, a white dwarf is expected to go thermonuclear.
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Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups
"Social welfare" groups spread industry talking points against public broadband.
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Big AI companies sign safety pledge
Promise not to deploy AIs if severe risks cannot be addressed and mitigated.
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Daily Telescope: Black holes have been merging for a long, long time
Webb wows us again.
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23-year-old man accused of running $100 million online narcotics marketplace
The dark web's Incognito Market allowed people to buy and sell narcotics worldwide.
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Scarlett Johansson says Altman insinuated that AI soundalike was intentional
OpenAI pauses use of "Sky" voice after threat of legal action.
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Does anyone really need a 1,000 Hz gaming display?
TCL's ultra-fast 4K LCD prototype has us musing about diminishing smoothness returns.
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Single brain implant restores bilingual communication to paralyzed man
Tracking syllables of words lets English and Spanish training assist each other.
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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC
Recall uses AI features "to take images of your active screen every few seconds."
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New Arm-powered Surface Pro and Surface Laptop aim directly at Apple Silicon Macs
Microsoft's first "Copilot+ PCs" aim for the MacBook Air; neither is fanless.
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OpenAI on the defensive after multiple PR setbacks in one week
Sexy voices, departing employees, and NDA rumors have challenged the AI company.
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iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1 fix a nasty bug that resurfaced old photos
Bug was discovered by Redditors and forum users a few days ago.
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Judge: Craig Wright forged documents on “grand scale” to support bitcoin lie
Wright "lied repeatedly and extensively" in response to forgery allegations.
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You can now buy a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot for $16K
No one is quite sure what you're supposed to do with the robot, but you can buy one.
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HP resurrects ’90s OmniBook branding, kills Spectre, Dragonfly
Most new HP laptops will be an OmniBook, ProBook, or EliteBook.
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M4 iPad Pro teardown finds easier-to-access battery, glimpses of Tandem OLED design
Straightforward tablet teardown is followed by a comically difficult Pencil one.
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It’s not “Windows 12”: Microsoft keeps Windows 11 branding despite major changes
24H2 update comes with new compiler, kernel, and scheduler, among other changes.
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Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD
Microsoft demands an NPU capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second.
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Microsoft says “Prism” translation layer does for Arm PCs what Rosetta did for Macs
Prism layer is one of several under-the-hood overhauls in Windows 11 24H2.
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Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 85% of threads retract in 1st
Algorithm tweaks made up for the loss, and Neuralink thinks it has fix for next patient.
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BLM ends future coal mining on Powder River Basin federal lands
The move compounds pressure on coal communities to diversify their economies.