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Dec 12 • 5 months ago

Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic announced as a KOTOR spiritual successor

Original KOTOR director Casey Hudson returns to Star Wars with new studio Arcanaut. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

No sterile neutrinos after all, say MicroBooNE physicists

There's a less than 5 percent chance that earlier anomalies can be explained by fourth neutrino "flavor." ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

Fewer EVs need fewer batteries: Ford and SK On end their joint venture

Ford will keep the plant in Kentucky, SK gets the one in Tennessee. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

Gazelle’s Arroyo offers a belt drive, continuous variable transmission

Gazelle's high-end commuter offers a belt drive and continuous variable transmission. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

Ars Live: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda

Join us Tuesday, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”

Disney demands that Google immediately block its copyrighted content from appearing in AI outputs. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

Cable channel subscribers grew for the first time in 8 years last quarter

Sports and YouTube TV played big roles, MoffettNathanson report says. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options

Devstral 2 model scores 72% on industry benchmark, nearing proprietary rivals. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses

NPR and PBS stations targeted by group involved in Carr's news-distortion probes. ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?

"Much of the AI race comes down to amassing and deploying assets." ...

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Dec 11 • 5 months ago

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

If NASA is serious about exploring Mars, it's past time to send new missions. ...

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Dec 10 • 5 months ago

This is the oldest evidence of people starting fires

We didn't start the fire. (Neanderthals did, at least 400,000 years ago.) ...

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