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Two Harvard students recently revealed that it’s possible to combine Meta smart glasses with face image search technology to “reveal anyone’s personal details,” including their name, address, and phone number, “just from looking at them.” In a Google document, AnhPhu…
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has now raised $6.6 billion in a new funding round that values the company at $157 billion, nearly doubling its previous valuation of $86 billion, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The…
A study of avalanche survival data shows that survival rates have increased and rescues are faster, but time is still critical for buried victims.
A recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior offers new insights into how labeling oneself as addicted to pornography might influence both personal and relational outcomes. The study found that while identifying as addicted to pornography is linked…
Microsoft’s push to get Windows and Office users to buy Microsoft 365 subscriptions can be irritating, but to the company’s credit, it’s one of the few that has continued to sell buy-once, use-forever versions of its flagship software after launching…
Recently, chemists at Binghamton University learned that many tattoo inks in the US contain different pigments than those listed, or unlisted additives. One might expect the European Union, with its stricter regulations, to have fewer issues on that score, but…
The Oct. 2 partial solar eclipse, known as an annular or “ring of fire” eclipse, is about to begin over Easter Island and South America. Watch it for free right here.
DirecTV’s agreement to buy the Dish satellite and streaming TV business from EchoStar is facing opposition from Dish creditors who would be forced to take a loss on the value of their debt. Dish creditors “plan to block a distressed…
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed charges against Amazon, alleging that the e-commerce giant has illegally refused to bargain with a union representing drivers who are frustrated by what they claim are low wages and dangerous working conditions.…
New research raises concerns about the co-use of prescription stimulants and alcohol in adolescents with ADHD. The study, published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, found that adolescent rats exhibiting ADHD-like symptoms tend to be resistant to…
Millions of people across the US South have gone without power or have been forced to evacuate following days of extreme downpours brought on by Hurricane Helene. North Carolina has borne the brunt of the devastation, with the state accounting…
This morning, Tesla posted its sales and production numbers for the third quarter of 2024. While not spectacular when compared to Q3 2023, the numbers do show modest growth, unlike the rather disappointing Q2 2024. However, the production and sales…
Greetings from the Orbiting HQ! As you can see, we’ve refreshed the site design. We hope you’ll come to love it. Ars Technica is a little more than 26 years old, yet this is only our ninth site relaunch (number…
Owners of the popular home EV chargers made by Juicebox are about to lose a whole lot of features. Its owner, the energy company Enel X, has just announced that it is leaving the North American market entirely as of…
Sonos’ controversial app update in May was “obviously a failure,” Sonos CEO Patrick Spence told Reuters today. When the update launched in May, customers revolted over missing features, like the ability to search music libraries, edit song and playlist queues,…
Astrophysicists estimate that any exponentially growing technological civilization has only 1,000 years until its planet will be too hot to support life.
The James Webb Space Telescope has zoomed in on an ancient supernova, revealing fresh evidence that a crisis in cosmology called the Hubble tension isn’t going anywhere soon.
A longitudinal study in Australia found that children of mothers with asthma who had increased expression of specific inflammatory genes were more likely to show autism-related behaviors at 12 months. The genes in question were CYSLTR2, NOX1, C1QA, CXCL10, C8A,…
By tracing every single connection between nerve cells in a single fruit fly’s brain, scientists have created the “connectome,” a tool that could help reveal how brains work.
A thunderstorm seen in gamma-ray vision is a complex, frenetic lightshow when viewed from above the clouds.
Hurricanes like Helene may indirectly cause deaths for years. Stress, pollution and a loss of infrastructure could all contribute to tropical cyclone fatalities.
Experts urge caution in calling bottlenosed dolphins’ gesture a humanlike “smile,” but agree it seems to be important for how the animals communicate.
Unlike past flu shots, flu vaccines for the 2024-2025 season don’t contain the “Yamagata lineage” of influenza viruses because evidence suggests that type of flu no longer exists.
The sun just unleashed one of its largest solar explosions in recent years, temporarily causing a radio blackout on Earth and spitting out a coronal mass ejection that will likely collide with our planet this weekend.
Very little is known about the origins of stuttering, but there are several possible explanations.
A new study challenges the belief that gun-free zones attract active shooters. In the first quantitative study of its kind, published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers found that gun-free zones may actually reduce the likelihood of mass…
The Garmin Epix 2 watch is now 44% off at Garmin and Amazon.
Instead of excitement about the upcoming election, many of my patients and friends – regardless of political affiliation – report they’re terrified at the thought of the “other side” winning. Democrats tell me they fear Donald Trump will end our…
Mayonnaise is useful for smearing on sandwiches and prepping potato salads. But scientists are now using it to study nuclear fusion. How mayonnaise behaves can vary. If jiggled gently, it returns to its original shape. That’s called elastic behavior —…
Filmmakers captured a mother eastern lowland gorilla nursing her infant for the PBS show “Silverback.”
A recent study published in Politics, Groups, and Identities has found that up to one-third of Americans believe in the “White Replacement” conspiracy theory. The study provides evidence that these beliefs are linked to personality traits such as anti-social tendencies,…
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The ability to make heart-melting stares may not be the fruit of dog domestication if their still-wild cousins have the power to do it too.
Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some of the strangest exoplanets that scientists have discovered so far.
Enlarge / These copyrighted Switch games shown on Ryujinx’s former GitHub page probably didn’t curry any favor with Nintendo. (credit: Ryujinx / Internet Archive) Popular open source Nintendo Switch emulator Ryujinx has been removed from GitHub, and the team behind…
Scientists have discovered the identity of a cannibalized victim who sailed on the doomed Northwest Passage expedition of 1845 to 1848.
A new study published in the journal Alcohol highlights the significant link between chronic pain and alcohol use disorder, with a particular focus on individuals seeking treatment for their condition. The research found that over 80% of people undergoing inpatient…
Enlarge / Residents line up for COVID-19 testing on November 30, 2020 in Chicago. (credit: Getty | Scott Olson) The co-owner of a Chicago-based lab has pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID testing scam that raked in millions—which…
Enlarge (credit: Benj Edwards) On Monday, OpenAI kicked off its annual DevDay event in San Francisco, unveiling four major API updates for developers that integrate the company’s AI models into their products. Unlike last year’s single-location event featuring a keynote…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Federal prosecutors have charged a man for an alleged “hack-to-trade” scheme that earned him millions of dollars by breaking into the Office365 accounts of executives at publicly traded companies and obtaining quarterly financial reports before they…
Enlarge / This AI prompt stinks… or does it? (credit: Aurich Lawson) Imagine you’re a podcaster who regularly does quick 10- to 12-minute summary reviews of written works. Now imagine your producer gives you multiple pages of nothing but the…
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Case Western Reserve University has found a link between the slaveholding history of some United States legislators’ ancestors and their current wealth. Lawmakers whose ancestors enslaved 16 or…
Enlarge (credit: Getty) Broadcom quoted AT&T a 1,050 percent price hike for VMware offerings, AT&T has claimed in legal documents. AT&T sued Broadcom on August 29, accusing Broadcom of unlawfully denying it the second of three one-year renewals for support…
Enlarge / This video screenshot released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows the site of a derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio. (credit: NTSB/Handout via Xinhua) On February 3, 2023, a train carrying chemicals jumped the…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) T-Mobile has agreed to pay a $15.75 million fine and improve its security in a settlement over a series of data breaches over three years that affected tens of millions of customers.…
The tempest caused record-breaking storm surge on the coast and widespread and deadly flooding and debris flows in the Appalachian Mountains.
Enlarge (credit: Justin Sullivan / Staff | Getty Images News) eBay has defeated a lawsuit that the US Department of Justice raised last fall, which alleged that eBay violated environmental protection and public safety laws by allowing users to sell…
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) A group of more than 5,000 car dealers have made public their worries about a lack of demand for electric vehicles. Earlier this year the group lobbied the White House to water down…
Four newly translated Japanese texts describe how ritual samurai beheadings were supposed to take place during the Edo period and later.
