Tech
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27We have a new teaser for The Last of Us S2
The official premise is succinct: “After five years of peace following the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie’s collective past...
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Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation
For several years, an innovative, California-based launch company named Relativity Space has been the darling of investors and media. Relativity promised to...
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As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week as the virus continues to spread swiftly...
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China rolls out its crime-fighting ball to chase down criminals
China’s latest innovation in policing technology has rolled onto the scene, quite literally. The Rotunbot RT-G, developed by Logon Technology, is a...
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Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
Some researchers based in India suspected there might be an additional reason retracted papers are still being cited: Sci-Hub. Sci-Hub works a...
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Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
Almost exactly a year ago, we were publicly yearning for the day when more portable gaming PC makers could ditch Windows in...
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US sues six of the biggest landlords over “algorithmic pricing schemes”
The Justice Department says that landlords did more than use RealPage in the alleged pricing scheme. “Along with using RealPage’s anticompetitive pricing...
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New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Nvidia has good news and bad news for people building or buying gaming PCs. The good news is that three of its...
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Dirty deeds in Denver: Ex-prosecutor faked texts, destroyed devices to frame colleague
How we got here Choi was a young attorney a few years out of law school, working at the Denver District Attorney’s...
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Lenovo laptop’s rollable screen uses motors to grow from 14 to 16.7 inches
Lenovo announced a laptop today that experiments with a new way to offer laptop users more screen space than the typical clamshell...
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Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
Who is better at maneuvering a large load through a maze, ants or humans? The piano-mover puzzle involves trying to transport an...
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Google Pixel 4a gets an unexpected update: Lower battery life
The Pixel 4a, a well-regarded release in Google’s line of budget-minded phones with nice cameras and decent stock software, was not supposed...
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Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice
Here at Ars, we’re judicious about which of the many, many Switch 2 rumors we decide to highlight on this page. For...
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Meta axes third-party fact-checkers in time for second Trump term
Meta announced today that it’s ending the third-party fact-checking program it introduced in 2016, and will rely instead on a Community Notes...
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Nvidia unveils $3,000 desktop AI computer for home researchers
On Monday, Nvidia announced Project DIGITS, a small desktop computer aimed at researchers, data scientists, and students who want to experiment with...
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Good news, bad news: Pixel 4a getting an update, but it’s reduced battery life
The Pixel 4a, a well-regarded release in Google’s line of budget-minded phones with nice cameras and decent stock software, was not supposed...
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Sony’s EV goes on sale this year, starts at $89k
ADAS, entertainment, AI The Afeela 1 is loaded with a combined 40 different sensors—a mix of optical cameras, lidar, radar, and ultrasonics—and...
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Tesla Summon under federal safety investigation
Tesla is the target of yet another federal safety probe, the fourth currently open by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office...
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Turo rentals emerge as common thread in Las Vegas Cybertruck and New Orleans deadly incidents
In the early hours of Jan. 1, 2025, two horrific attacks shook the nation, raising serious questions about car-sharing platform security and...
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Lost your contacts on your phone? Here’s how to get them back
As high-tech and advanced as all our modern mobile devices are, there’s no way of getting around basic user errors. Luckily, the...
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Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
In 2012, an industry-wide coalition of hardware and software makers adopted Secure Boot to protect Windows devices against the threat of malware...
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Are data brokers endangering your retirement security?
You know, it’s pretty unsettling when you think about it. We spend our whole lives working hard and saving up for retirement....
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