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Naturally, Google is less than pleased with the news.

UK antitrust regulator takes aim at Google’s search dominance

The CMA will focus on regulating search and search advertising, but not Gemini (for now).

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 12h

More federal health employees axed amid shutdown-linked terminations

HHS would not say how many are being let go, but union says “thousands.”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 13h

Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

This Soyuz mission is brought to you by the Wagner Group.

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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

“I’m about to just toss the whole thing…”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 14h

Marvel gets meta with Wonder Man teaser

“There is an opportunity to shock audiences, to re-imagine a whole genre of storytelling.”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h

“Extremely angry” Trump threatens “massive” tariff on all Chinese exports

Trump claimed China’s export controls on rare earths came “out of nowhere.”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h

In addition to the more modern electric powertrain, there's also a more up-to-date electronic architecture and infotainment system coming in the updated Bolt.

It’s back! The 2027 Chevy Bolt gets an all-new LFP battery, but what else?

255 miles of range, new infotainment, but where did all the torque go?

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The company’s alleged violations include starting to dig without approval, releasing untreated water onto city streets, and spilling muck from its trucks.

Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 15h

Bose SoundTouch home theater systems regress into dumb speakers Feb. 18

Ending support for SoundTouch may help Bose avoid a Sonos situation.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16h

“Payroll Pirate” phishing scam that takes over Workday accounts steals paychecks

Among other things, the scammers bypass multi-factor authentication.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16h

Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control

The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17h

The CDC's website was updated sometime in the past week, signaling the meeting date is now "TBD."

Childhood vaccines safe for a little longer as CDC cancels advisory meeting

The committee aims to take on the entire childhood vaccine schedule.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17h

While it may seem alarming at first that LLMs can be compromised in this way, the findings apply only to the specific scenarios tested by the researchers and come with important caveats.

AI models can acquire backdoors from surprisingly few malicious documents

Anthropic study suggests “poison” training attacks don’t scale with model size.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 17h

UK antitrust regulator takes aim at Google’s search dominance

The CMA will focus on regulating search and search advertising, but not Gemini (for now).

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AMD and Sony tease new chip architecture ahead of PlayStation 6

Project Amethyst focuses on efficient machine learning, new compression techniques.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 18h

Judging by the teaser, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms seems to be aiming for a different, lighter tone than previous depictions of Westeros.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms teaser debuts at NYCC

“I know I’m just a hedge knight but sometimes I think I could be more.”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 18h

Going forward, almost anyone banned from YouTube will have an opportunity to request a new channel.

YouTube prepares to welcome back banned creators with “second chance” program

YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 19h

OpenAI no longer forced to save deleted chats—but some users still affected

Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 19h

Although the automaker was willing to brief us on some powertrain and chassis details, we'll have to wait until next year before seeing the interior or exterior of a car that it's calling the Ferrari Elettrica.