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Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective
Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.
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Astrolab tacks toward a future where 100s of tons of cargo are shipped to the Moon
"I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."
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Qualcomm says lower-end Snapdragon X Plus chips can still outrun Apple’s M3
Same NPU, same architecture as X Elite, but fewer cores and lower clock speeds.
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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed
Reddit says its "communities are naturally commercial."
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A Polestar Phone now inexplicably exists
Polestar normally makes electric cars, but now it's releasing a phone.
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We may have spotted the first magnetar flare outside our galaxy
Not all gamma-ray bursts come from supernovae.
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Nation-state hackers exploit Cisco firewall 0-days to backdoor government networks
Perimeter devices ought to prevent network hacks. Why are so many devices allowing attacks?
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Deepfakes in the courtroom: US judicial panel debates new AI evidence rules
Panel of eight judges confronts deep-faking AI tech that may undermine legal trials.
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Chamber of Commerce sues FTC in Texas, asks court to block ban on noncompetes
Noncompete clauses "benefit employers and workers alike," Chamber tells court.
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No more refunds after 100 hours: Steam closes Early Access playtime loophole
It's largely a win against scammers, but a simple policy doesn't fit all games.
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Google can’t quit third-party cookies—delays shut down for a third time
Google says UK regulator testing means the advertising tech will last until 2025.
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Updating California’s grid for EVs may cost up to $20 billion
Charging electric vehicles at home will exceed most power lines' capacity.
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The Fall Guy spotlights its amazing stuntmen in meta marketing video
Ryan Gosling and his stunt buddies spoof Carpool Karaoke and sing along to Journey.
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US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold
Bill gives ByteDance 270 days to sell TikTok or app loses access to US market.
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Elite: Dangerous’s real-money ship sales spark “pay-to-win” outrage
In 2019, dev promised purchases would "only be used to buy cosmetic Game Extras."
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SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch
Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?
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Mercedes’ electric G-Wagon is more capable than the gas version
With four motors, deeper fording, and more power, you can forget about the gas version.
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Hackers are using developing countries for ransomware practice
Businesses in Africa, Asia, and South America hit before moving on to Western targets.
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Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions
Tesla spent $1 billion on GPUs even as its profit margins shrank by half.
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Is the Arm version of Windows ready for its close-up?
Checking back in with Windows 11 on Arm on the eve of the Snapdragon X Elite.
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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Fragments of bird flu virus genome found in pasteurized milk, FDA says
The test cannot tell if the virus is live. FDA still considers milk supply safe.
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The spam came from inside the house: How a smart TV can choke a Windows PC
The curious case of a living room screen making Windows' Settings app disappear.
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Why canned wine can smell like rotten eggs while beer and Coke are fine
Sulfur dioxide in the wine reacts with the aluminum to make hydrogen sulfide.
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Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars—but only in poorer countries
Health experts say children under age 2 should have zero added sugars in their diets.
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You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000
Thermonator, the first "flamethrower-wielding robot dog," is completely legal in 48 US states.
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FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable
Chamber of Commerce vows to sue FTC, will try to block ban on noncompetes.
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Hackers infect users of antivirus service that delivered updates over HTTP
eScan AV updates were delivered over HTTP for five years.
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Microsoft’s Phi-3 shows the surprising power of small, locally run AI language models
Microsoft’s 3.8B parameter Phi-3 may rival GPT-3.5, signaling a new era of “small language models."
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Grindr users seek payouts after dating app shared HIV status with vendors
Grindr admitted sharing HIV status with software firms in 2018, said it stopped.
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iPadOS 18 could ship with built-in Calculator app, after 14 Calculator-less years
Every single iPhone and Mac has come with a calculator app, but not the iPad.
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Tiny rubber spheres used to make a programmable fluid
The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.
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Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again
"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”
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Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues
It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage.
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You can now disable some of Fortnite’s most toxic emotes
Epic: "We want emotes to be a source of good vibes..."
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Apple’s next product event happens on May 7, and it’s probably iPads
Reports point to a new OLED iPad Pro with M3 and a big-screened iPad Air.
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Linux can finally run your car’s safety systems and driver-assistance features
Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers.