The oldest known ritual chamber in the Middle East has been found
Engravings and other evidence suggest ancient humans attended religious ceremonies in the cave as early as 37,000 years ago.
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Google gets an error-corrected quantum bit to be stable for an hour
On Monday, Nature released a paper from Google’s quantum computing team that provides a key demonstration of the potential of quantum error correction. Thanks to an improved processor, Google’s team found that increasing the number of hardware qubits dedicated to…
US businesses will lose $1B in one month if TikTok is banned, TikTok warns
TikTok is doing everything it can to delay a potential ban starting the day before Donald Trump takes office in January. On Monday, TikTok filed an emergency motion requesting a temporary injunction on a US law that requires its owner,…
Meet Hyperlight, Ars Technica’s new, even brighter “Light” mode
Like many sites, apps, and operating systems, Ars Technica has both “Light” and “Dark” visual styles. They look great! But even the “Light” mode has darker elements in it, and after our recent redesign, some Ars readers asked for an…
Ten months after first tease, OpenAI launches Sora video generation publicly
On Monday, OpenAI released Sora Turbo, a new version of its text-to-video generation model, making it available to ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers through a dedicated website. The model generates videos up to 20 seconds long at resolutions reaching 1080…
Itch.io platform briefly goes down to “AI-driven” anti-phishing report
Popular indie game platform itch.io says its domain was briefly taken down for a few hours Monday morning thanks to an “AI-driven” phishing report spurred by the company behind Funko Pop figures. Itch.io management posted about the domain takedown on…
13 proteins tied to brain aging seem to spike at ages 57, 70 and 78
A new study claims to have identified 13 proteins associated with either accelerated or decelerated brain aging. However, experts have questioned the practical implications of the findings.
New study reveals how ancient ‘sky disc’ was made, squashing claims it was a forgery
The research details the elaborate process used to manufacture the Nebra Sky Disc during the Bronze Age.
Cognitive strain intensifies reward sensitivity, study reveals
Periods of stress and mental fatigue are often when people feel least equipped to resist temptation. But why? A new study published in PNAS Nexus has discovered that after intense mental effort, not only is self-control depleted, but rewards also…
Raspberry Pi 500 updates sub-$100 desktop PC with more speed, optional monitor
One of the selling points of the Raspberry Pi 5 (released in October 2023) is that it was fast enough and had enough memory to be a credible general-purpose desktop PC, if not an especially fast one. For Pi-as-desktop enthusiasts, the…
