Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”

X removed many harmful Grok posts but not before they reached tens of thousands. | Continue reading


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Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation

FTC failed to follow rulemaking process required by US law, judges rule. | Continue reading


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RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says

The health department said Kennedy stands by his CDC reforms. | Continue reading


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Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations

Lawyers fined $6,000, while Lindell lost $2.3 million defamation verdict. | Continue reading


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Gmail’s new subscription management is here to declutter your inbox

After coming and going for a year, Gmail's unified subscription page is rolling out. | Continue reading


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Watch this cucumber squirt out its seeds at ballistic speeds

Many factors must interact perfectly to disperse the seeds efficiently without destroying the plant too early. | Continue reading


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What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.

Several definitions make measuring "human-level" AI an exercise in moving goalposts. | Continue reading


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Nissan feels the effect of US-China trade war

The automaker will build fewer 3rd-gen Leafs and is postponing two US-made EVs. | Continue reading


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Rivian’s new Quad-Motor R1T and R1S beat the competition in any conditions

Faster than a supercar to 60, still able to rock crawl with the best of them. | Continue reading


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It’s Prime Day, and these are the best deals we could hunt down

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Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters

Side-by-side views bring new insight into these intriguing clusters. | Continue reading


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China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space

The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites "merged" on July 2 and have remained together since then. | Continue reading


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As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals

With or without authority to regulate heightened emissions, states plan to meet climate goals. | Continue reading


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Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps

Important changes to Android devices took effect starting Monday. | Continue reading


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What would a cheap, Apple A18-powered MacBook actually be good at?

Op-ed: A Mac with an iPhone chip inside could be great—for the right audience. | Continue reading


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Samsung and Epic Games call a truce in app store lawsuit

Epic's Tim Sweeney says Samsung will make changes, but no one has specifics. | Continue reading


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Ancient skull may have been half human, half Neanderthal child

CT scans hint at hybridization, but it will take extracting and analyzing a DNA sample to be certain. | Continue reading


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Measles cases reach 33-year high as RFK Jr. pursues anti-vaccine agenda

There have been at least 1,281 cases since the start of the year. | Continue reading


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Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

FCC to auction spectrum that could include 6 GHz band used for next-gen Wi-Fi. | Continue reading


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Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers

Fubo was accused of giving advertisers customers' PII without their consent. | Continue reading


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“No honor among thieves”: M&S hacking group starts turf war

A clash between criminal ransomware groups could result in victims being extorted twice. | Continue reading


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US may get its own glitchy version of TikTok if Trump’s deal works out

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Oldest wooden tools in East Asia may have come from any of three species

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F1 in Britain: Terrible English summer weather equals entertaining race

Maybe Bernie Ecclestone was right about fitting racetracks with sprinklers. | Continue reading


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How a big shift in training LLMs led to a capability explosion

Reinforcement learning, explained with a minimum of math and jargon. | Continue reading


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Figuring out why a nap might help people see things in new ways

An EEG signal of sleep is associated with better performance on a mental task. | Continue reading


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The curious rise of giant tablets on wheels

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Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now

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Provider of covert surveillance app spills passwords for 62,000 users

Creators say app is intended for parental monitoring. So why the emphasis on stealth? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Judge: You can’t ban DEI grants without bothering to define DEI

A written ruling details why a judge restored funding for many NIH grants. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Meta’s “AI superintelligence” effort sounds just like its failed “metaverse”

Zuckerberg and company talked up another supposed tech revolution four short years ago. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

The Last of Us co-creator Neil Druckmann exits HBO show

Halley Gross, another prominent writer for the game and show, also departed. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

2025 VW ID Buzz review: If you want an electric minivan, this is it

The three-row Buzz is defined by its big battery, which has its plusses and minuses. | Continue reading


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Man fails to take his medicine—the flesh starts rotting off his leg

The man made a full recovery, but this tale is not for the faint of heart. | Continue reading


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xAI data center gets air permit to run 15 turbines, but imaging shows 24 on site

County health department accused of turning a "blind eye" to xAI's alleged pollution. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

TikTok is being flooded with racist AI videos generated by Google’s Veo 3

Google and TikTok have rules against this sort of thing, but it doesn't seem to matter. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

Everything that could go wrong with X’s new AI-written community notes

X says AI can supercharge community notes, but that comes with obvious risks. | Continue reading


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New evidence that some supernovae may be a “double detonation”

It may be possible to blow up a white dwarf before it reaches a critical mass. | Continue reading


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Rice could be key to brewing better non-alcoholic beer

"It’s time we move beyond outdated perceptions and recognize what rice can offer in creating beer." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

AT&T rolls out Wireless Account Lock protection to curb the SIM-swap scourge

Move is aimed at curbing a form of abuse that costs subscribers dearly. | Continue reading


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From Le Mans to Driven—where does F1: The movie rank?

How well does the world of F1 translate into the tropes of a sporting movie? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

NYT to start searching deleted ChatGPT logs after beating OpenAI in court

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@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

Paramount accused of bribery as it settles Trump lawsuit for $16 million

CBS owner won't apologize for reporting but gives $16M to presidential library. | Continue reading


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Medical groups warn Senate budget bill will create dystopian healthcare system

The $1 trillion cut to Medicaid will cause "irreparable harm." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

Tesla Q2 2025 sales dropped more than 13% year-over-year

Tesla sold 60,000 fewer cars during the period than the year before. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

What’s wrong with AAA games? The development of the next Battlefield has answers.

EA insiders describe stress and setbacks in a project that's too big to fail. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

Astronomers may have found a third interstellar object

The object has a very high eccentricity. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 10 days ago

RFK Jr.’s health department calls Nature “junk science,” cancels subscriptions

The move comes after RFK Jr. called top medical journals "corrupt." | Continue reading


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