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In a recent experiment, students watched a video depicting a female student offering verbal and tactile support to another female student who had failed a midterm exam. The study found that verbal support centered on emotions was perceived as the…

At this point, anyone following artificial intelligence is familiar with the many (often flawed) benchmarks companies use to demonstrate a model’s effectiveness at everything from math and logical reasoning to vision and weather forecasting. But even careful AI watchers might…

Two new independent estimates of revenue from SpaceX’s Starlink Internet service suggest it is rapidly growing, having nearly tripled in just two years. An updated projection from the analysts at Quilty Space estimates that the service produced $7.8 billion in…

Honda provided flights from Daytona to Columbus then Washington, DC, and accommodation so Ars could visit its factories. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. ANNA, Ohio—Honda’s Anna Engine Plant has changed a little since I last visited. As we…

Last month, Microsoft announced that it was increasing the prices for consumer Microsoft 365 plans for the first time since introducing them as Office 365 plans more than a decade ago. Microsoft is using new Copilot-branded generative AI features to…

A new study published in Law and Human Behavior shows that people tend to perceive criminal suspects who exercise their right to remain silent or request a lawyer as more likely to be guilty compared to those who waive their…

A new large-scale study of crevasses on the Greenland Ice Sheet shows that those cracks are widening faster as the climate warms, which is likely to speed ice loss and global sea level rise. Crevasses are wedge-shaped fractures and cracks…