How did eastern North America form?

Collisions hold lessons for how the edges of continents are built and change over time. | Continue reading


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Go back to the Grid in TRON: Ares trailer

It's more of a standalone reboot rather than a direct sequel to 2010's TRON: Legacy. | Continue reading


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Dustland Delivery plays like a funny, tough, post-apocalyptic Oregon Trail

Buy low, sell high, fight raiders, and fix tires in this quirky RPG. | Continue reading


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Editorial: Mammoth de-extinction is bad conservation

Ecosystems are inconveniently complex, and elephants won't make good surrogates. | Continue reading


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With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider

The military's stable of certified rockets will include Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Vulcan, and New Glenn. | Continue reading


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Midjourney introduces first new image generation model in over a year

The new model is now in public alpha and has personalization enabled by default. | Continue reading


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Judge calls out OpenAI’s “straw man” argument in New York Times copyright suit

OpenAI loses bid to dismiss NYT claim that ChatGPT contributes to users’ infringement. | Continue reading


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Not just Switch 2: ESA warns Trump’s tariffs will hurt the entire game industry

"[It's] hard to imagine a world where tariffs like these don’t impact pricing." | Continue reading


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NSA warns “fast flux” threatens national security. What is fast flux anyway?

Used by nation-states and crime groups, fast flux bypasses many common defenses. | Continue reading


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Remembering MS-DOS 5.0, my first Microsoft product, on the company’s 50th birthday

A story about an obsolete PC, an old library book, and a one version of MS-DOS. | Continue reading


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Gemini “coming together in really awesome ways,” Googler says after 2.5 Pro release

Google's Tulsee Doshi talks vibes and efficiency in Gemini 2.5 Pro. | Continue reading


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EU may “make an example of X” by issuing $1 billion fine to Musk’s social network

Regulators discuss size of penalty as X calls punishment "political censorship." | Continue reading


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NJ teen wins fight to put nudify app users in prison, impose fines up to $30K

Here's how one teen plans to fix schools failing kids affected by nudify apps. | Continue reading


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“Existential crisis”: The tariff scythe takes a swing at board games

Most games are made in China. They now face hefty fees. | Continue reading


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We have the first video of a plant cell wall being built

Plant cells without a cell wall are fragile, so it's hard to image its construction. | Continue reading


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Newly hatched hummingbird looks, acts like a toxic caterpillar

"Batesian mimicry" is when a species evolves to look like one that's inedible. | Continue reading


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2025 Chevrolet Silverado EV LT review: This is one long pickup truck

Has the moment passed for massive electric trucks with massive range? | Continue reading


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Switch 2 preorders delayed over Trump tariff uncertainty

Nintendo will "assess" market conditions; planned June 5 launch date still set for now. | Continue reading


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SpinLaunch—yes, the centrifuge rocket company—is making a hard pivot to satellites

"Launch has generally been more of a cost center than a profit center." | Continue reading


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USDA cuts could cause long-term damage, reverse hard-won progress

Yield-increasing conservation measures now branded as "far left climate activities." | Continue reading


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Old faces in unexpected places: The Wheel of Time season 3 rolls on

Episode six: Elayne sings karaoke, the Forsaken attack, and Rand pays his toh. | Continue reading


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Rocket Report: Next Starship flight to reuse booster; FAA clears New Glenn

"The first Super Heavy reuse will be a step towards our goal of zero-touch reflight." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

Wealthy Americans have death rates on par with poor Europeans

Some wealthy Europeans have death rates 35 percent lower than the richest Americans. | Continue reading


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Google DeepMind releases its plan to keep AGI from running wild

DeepMind says AGI could arrive in 2030, and it has some ideas to keep us safe. | Continue reading


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Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

Yes, encryption/decryption occurs on end-user devices, but there's a catch. | Continue reading


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Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen

300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning. | Continue reading


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Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray-tracing

Nvidia says the Switch 2's GPU is 10 times faster than the original Switch. | Continue reading


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Monkeys are better yodelers than humans, study finds

Voice breaks in Latin American monkey calls resemble human yodeling, but over a much wider frequency range. | Continue reading


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Critics suspect Trump’s weird tariff math came from chatbots

Trump accused of consulting chatbots after critics mock tariffs on islands of penguins. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

SpaceX just took a big step toward reusing Starship’s Super Heavy booster

SpaceX hasn't said whether the next Starship flight will use a new or flight-proven booster. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

Google gives NotebookLM a “Discover” button to search the web

NotebookLM can do the legwork for you now. | Continue reading


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How automakers like Ford, VW, Stellantis are reacting to Trump’s 25% tariff

New car prices were already 25% more expensive than before the pandemic. Now what? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

Most Americans think AI won’t improve their lives, survey says

Rare survey of AI experts exposes deep divide with public opinion. | Continue reading


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A bonus from the shingles vaccine: Dementia protection?

The study shows a sharp change when the vaccine was introduced in Wales. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

Explaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them

Little-used 2019 standard bridges a gap between internal and external storage. | Continue reading


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Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division

Samsung's contract chipmaking business has struggled to secure big US customers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 3 days ago

Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too

It's bigger, it's more powerful, and it has some weird Nintendo control gimmicks. | Continue reading


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RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer

"Americans will be sicker and face increased health care costs." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 days ago

Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser

"We want to give audiences a reflection of their own world through the lens of fantasy." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 days ago

Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them

Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 days ago

Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins

With fresh leadership, Google aims to create new products based on Gemini. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 days ago

$70 and $80 game price tags send an early signal about Switch 2 game pricing

Early first-party games are getting bumped up to the $70-to-$80 range. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 4 days ago

A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck

A bit of early 2020s triple-A, some neat originals, and two wild arrivals. | Continue reading


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Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation

79 arrested after Europol shuts down massive child porn platform. | Continue reading


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Not just Signal: Michael Waltz reportedly used Gmail for government messages

More damaging reports for Trump official who invited journalist to Signal chat. | Continue reading


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AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%

Automated AI bots seeking training data threaten Wikipedia project stability, foundation says. | Continue reading


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DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity

Evidence of DOGE staffer’s proud history of hacking quickly deleted, report says. | Continue reading


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A 32-bit processor made with an atomically thin semiconductor

It's slow and inefficient, but the semiconductor is only one molecule thick. | Continue reading


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