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Insurers balk at paying out huge settlements for claims against AI firms

OpenAI, Anthropic consider using investor funds to settle potential lawsuits.

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New qubit tech traps single electrons on liquid helium

Yes, it’s another potential qubit. But it’s also some very cool physics.

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Tesla’s new cut-price EVs: A $39,990 Model Y and $36,990 Model 3

A smaller battery and less standard equipment cuts prices, but not by enough.

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After RFK Jr.’s shenanigans, COVID shot access will be a lot like last year

Most people can get vaccinated at their local pharmacy like normal.

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2025 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for macroscale quantum tunneling

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John Martinis built an electrical circuit-based oscillator on a microchip.

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Wikipedia rebuts Ted Cruz attack, says Cruz just doesn’t understand the site

Wikipedia host’s lawyer wants to help Ted Cruz understand how the platform works.

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Microsoft removes even more Microsoft account workarounds from Windows 11 build

Microsoft has locked down well-documented workarounds in recent test builds.

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STARTING SOON: Join us at 3:30 PM ET for our next #ArsLive as we unpack the AI industry's explosive growth—and the growing skepticism about its sustainability.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 19h

Despite Google's concerted effort to maintain the status quo, the first elements of the antitrust remedies won by Epic Games are going into effect very soon.

Play Store changes coming this month as SCOTUS declines to freeze antitrust remedies

The first app store changes are due in a few weeks, with the major changes coming next summer.

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Natural disasters are a rising burden for the National Guard

New Pentagon data show climate impacts shaping reservists’ mission.

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DJ Bruce Lee and Jackass Mr. Rogers—dead celebrities become puppets in Sora 2 videos

OpenAI’s likeness protections for living “public figures” don’t apply to “historical figures.”…

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 20h

Cruz apparently took particular issue with Wikipedia's reliable sources/perennial sources list, which lists Fox News as a "generally unreliable" source for politics and science.

Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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Supreme Court refuses to pause Play Store changes while Google appeals antitrust case

The first app store changes are due in a few weeks, with the major changes coming next summer.

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22h

Newest developer beta backtracks on one iPadOS 26 multitasking decision

Apple had removed many of the iPad’s old multitasking modes in the new update.

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Overall, the findings have opened up new lines of research into peripheral immune tolerance.

Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize

Their work revealed a peripheral mechanism that keeps immune system from causing harm.

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A group of plaintiffs who would have benefited from the EPA's "Solar for All" program has accused the agency of violating federal law and the Constitution by unlawfully terminating the program.

Trump’s EPA sued for axing $7 billion solar energy program

“Solar for All” was designed to drop energy bills by $350 million, lawsuit says.

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It’s Prime Day 2025 part two, and here are the best deals we could find

We’ve got deals on keyboards, laptops, accessories, and all kinds of stuff!

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Discovery of cells that keep immune responses in check wins medicine Nobel Prize

Their work revealed a peripheral mechanism that keeps immune system from causing harm.

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SpaceX's $17 billion deal to buy spectrum licenses from EchoStar might give a few large corporations second thoughts about their current partnerships with Starlink competitors.

Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals

SpaceX Starlink’s mobile power play: 50 MHz of spectrum and 15,000 new satellites.

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Ted Cruz picks a fight with Wikipedia, accusing platform of left-wing bias

Cruz sends letter demanding answers from Wikimedia Foundation.

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The deal marks a major endorsement of AMD's hardware and software capabilities as the company competes with Nvidia for dominance in the AI chip market.

AMD wins massive AI chip deal from OpenAI with stock sweetener

ChatGPT maker will be allowed to buy 10% of AMD for a penny per share.

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OpenAI wants to make ChatGPT into a universal app frontend

Spotify, Canva, Zillow among today’s launch partners, more coming later this year.

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The neurons that let us see what isn’t there

A standard optical illusion triggers specific neurons in the visual system of mice.

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Earlier this year, ICE had floated plans for a system that could automatically scan social media for “negative sentiment” toward the agency and flag users thought to show a “proclivity for violence.”

ICE wants to build a 24/7 social media surveillance team

ICE plans to hire contractors to scan platforms to target people for deportation.

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The device is said to be a palm-sized object without a screen that can take audio and visual cues from the physical environment and respond to users’ requests.

OpenAI, Jony Ive struggle with technical details on secretive new AI gadget

ChatGPT maker working with former Apple design boss to launch personal assistant.

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