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On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments that could determine if a Texas age-gating law preventing kids from accessing pornography online is overly burdensome for adults. A ruling against Texas could put an end to allegedly invasive age-verification laws in…
Lots of startups use Google’s productivity suite, known as Workspace, to handle email, documents, and other back-office matters. Relatedly, lots of business-minded webapps use Google’s OAuth, i.e. “Sign in with Google.” It’s a low-friction feedback loop—up until the startup fails,…
The FDA will no longer allow red dye No. 3 in foods or ingested drugs, citing evidence that high doses of the dye can cause cancer in male rats. There is no evidence it’s carcinogenic in humans.
The Bárðarbunga volcano system was responsible for Iceland’s largest eruption for 300 years back in 2014. After a recent increase in seismic activity, could it be about to erupt again?
AI-generated summaries of scientific studies are not only simpler and more accessible to general readers but also improve public perceptions of scientists’ trustworthiness and credibility, according to recent research published in PNAS Nexus. By comparing traditional summaries written by researchers…
Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock returns in Marvel’s new series Daredevil: Born Again. Daredevil is among my favorite stories in the Netflix Defenders universe—along with Jessica Jones—in large part because Wilson Fisk (aka Kingpin, played to perfection by Vincent D’Onofrio), was…
Tires might be one of the more prosaic parts of a car, but they are undoubtedly among the most important. Bench racers might obsess about powertrain specs, and average consumers mostly want to know that there’s wireless charging for their…
Here at Ars, we’re suckers for stories about hackers getting Doom running on everything from CAPTCHA robot checks and Windows’ notepad.exe to AI hallucinations and fluorescing gut bacteria. Despite all that experience, we were still thrown for a loop by…
A Washington-based launch company announced Wednesday that it has raised $260 million in Series C funding, a significant capital raise at a time when it has become more difficult for some space companies to attract funding. “The market is tough,…
The bone fragments were once thought to be some of the oldest human fossils found in Japan.
