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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

Netflix's plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

Welcome to “necroprinting”—3D printer nozzle made from mosquito’s proboscis

They're quite a bit cheaper than manufactured nozzles if you can dissect them. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it’s doing, delays big vote

Today's meeting was chaotic and included garbage anti-vaccine presentations. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

Kohler is getting the scoop on people's poop. ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again? ...

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Dec 05 • 5 months ago

Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work”

"The Artemis III mission and those beyond should be canceled." ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

The device starts at $900 and comes with a free gift for a limited time. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

Podcaster faces up to 70 years and a $3.5 million fine for ChatGPT-linked stalking. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Valve tells Ars its "trying to unblock" limits caused by open source driver issues. ...

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Dec 04 • 5 months ago

Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

A massive study of political persuasion shows AIs have, at best, a weak effect. ...

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