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Jan 20 • 4 months ago

The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff

After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon. ...

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Jan 19 • 4 months ago

The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors

Ars checks in with the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope. ...

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Jan 19 • 4 months ago

Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft's lack of imagination

Xbox maker needs some fresher ideas for expanding access to cloud gaming. ...

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Jan 19 • 4 months ago

Asus confirms its smartphone business is on indefinite hiatus

Asus chairman Jonney Shih sees AI applications as the company's main focus going forward. ...

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Jan 19 • 4 months ago

Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft

Musk's math reduced ChatGPT inventors' contributions to "zero," OpenAI argued. ...

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Jan 19 • 4 months ago

Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh

Delayed shipping times for current models sometimes means an update is imminent. ...

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Jan 18 • 4 months ago

Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change

Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Rocket Report: Ariane 64 to debut soon; India has a Falcon 9 clone too?

"We are fundamentally shifting our approach to securing our munitions supply chain." ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

Claims Grok chatbot created "countless" sexual images of her without her consent. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US. ...

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Jan 17 • 4 months ago

Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning

Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates. ...

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