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Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz’s plasma rocket engine takes another turn.

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“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 14h

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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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 · 15h

His case was such a riddle that a master clinician with an expertise in clinical reasoning was called in to help unravel it.

Man gets drunk, wakes up with a medical mystery that nearly kills him

This one seems ready-made for a television medical drama.

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Despite attempts to block its release, The New York Times managed to win its fight to secure a list detailing Musk's top-secret security clearances—thanks in part to posts he made on his own site.

Musk’s X posts on ketamine, Putin spur release of his security clearances

Conditions of Elon Musk’s top-secret clearances may soon be exposed.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16h

While the current situation is not ideal for anyone who wants to see broad EV adoption, the forecast indicates that the market will hold its own despite the end of the tax credits.

Tax credits for electric cars are no more. What’s next for the US EV industry?

Dozens of new models are in the pipeline.

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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 · 17h

Why the humble video game cheat code is overdue for a comeback

Arcane hidden options can offer accessibility without confusing the “core” game experience.

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YouTube explains how banned creators can get a “second chance”

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

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Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law

Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 18h

Tesla FSD gets worse at driving, NHTSA opens new investigation

FSD has been crossing into oncoming traffic and ignoring red lights.

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Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users

As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.

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Rubik’s Cube reimagined as a multi-game, multi-screened gadget for $299

The Rubik’s WOWCube is a 2×2 cube with modern twists.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 19h

NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid that will make an unusually close flyby of the Earth in 2029, reversing the Trump administration's previous plan to shut it down.