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Ebola outbreak: WHO declares emergency, US restricts travel, American infected

The Ebola outbreak first reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Friday has seemingly escalated quickly into a large, uncontrolled multinational out...

Ars Technica Beth Mole 3 weeks ago Health CDC

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Legal fail: Don’t use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date

An attempt to pressure Meta into removing a critical post from a Chicago Facebook group called "Are We Dating the Same Guy" may end in sanctions for lawyers who...

Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 3 weeks ago AI Policy

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One Mars spacecraft, two senators, and a cloud of questions

NASA released a much-anticipated contract solicitation for a Mars-orbiting spacecraft late last week, kicking off what is sure to be a hotly contested and poten...

Ars Technica Eric Berger 3 weeks ago Space Mars

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Australian Aboriginals cared for a dingo's grave for decades

A thousand years ago, the ancestors of today's Barkindji people carefully buried a dingo (or garli, in the Barkindji language) in a mound of shells. Archaeologi...

Ars Technica Kiona N. Smith 3 weeks ago Science aboriginal australians

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Elon Musk took too long to sue OpenAI, jury unanimously agrees

Elon Musk took too long to file his lawsuit that accused OpenAI of stealing a charity, a nine-person jury unanimously decided Monday. Musk sued OpenAI in 2024 f...

Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 3 weeks ago AI Policy

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Pompeii victim ID'd as a likely doctor

Archaeologists used a combination of advanced CT scans and 3D digital reconstruction to identify one of the Pompeii victims who died in 79 CE during the eruptio...

Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 3 weeks ago Science Archaeology

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Guy Gardner makes a cameo in new Lanterns teaser

Lanterns, the new DC Universe series coming to HBO Max, dropped a surprising teaser in March that swapped the usual superhero hijinks for gritty realism more in...

Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 3 weeks ago Culture entertainment

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The Dory Sign is E ink, smart screen simplicity at its finest

Many gadgets marketed as being “smart” make me wonder if they would be better off dumb. Some examples are smart TVs that insist on sending your activities to bu...

Ars Technica Scharon Harding 3 weeks ago Reviews Tech

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Five years later, Windows 11 brings back much-missed taskbar options (and more)

When Windows 11 launched in 2021, we mostly liked its refreshed look—the rounded corners and menus with just a hint of translucency were a nice change from the...

Ars Technica Andrew Cunningham 3 weeks ago Tech windows 11

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BMW sends off the 6th-gen M3 CS with a manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive

The march of time, and what counts for progress in the automotive industry, has not been particularly kind to the driving enthusiast. Our vehicles have gotten b...

Ars Technica Jonathan M. Gitlin 3 weeks ago Cars BMW M3 CS Handschalter

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Did Artemis II break through? Registrations at Space Camp double afterward.

When he was 12 years old, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman attended the week-long "Aviation Challenge" program at Space Camp, in Huntsville, Alabama. "For the...

Ars Technica Eric Berger 3 weeks ago Space inspiraiton4

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Bug bounty businesses bombarded with AI slop

Companies that pay hackers to find flaws in their software are being inundated with low-quality reports generated by AI, forcing some to suspend the programs al...

Ars Technica Jamie John, Financial Times 3 weeks ago AI Security

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The US space enterprise is desperately waiting for Starship—will it finally deliver?

These days, one would be forgiven for forgetting that SpaceX is, at its core, a rocket company. Consider the company's mega deals over the last year. SpaceX pai...

Ars Technica Eric Berger 3 weeks ago Features Space

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A revolutionary cancer treatment could transform autoimmune disease

At age 49, Jan Janisch-Hanzlik’s multiple sclerosis was destroying her freedom to live the life she wanted. She gave up her active nursing job for a desk role....

Ars Technica Amber Dance, Knowable Magazine 3 weeks ago Health Science

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The US is betting on AI to catch insider trading in prediction markets

For most of the past year, it looked like prediction markets had kicked off a new golden age of fraud. On Polymarket, traders raked in fortunes from suspiciousl...

Ars Technica Kate Knibbs, wired.com 3 weeks ago AI Policy

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Russia pressures university students to become wartime drone pilots

Russian universities are promising free tuition and up to $70,000 to students who are willing to serve as drone pilots in the Russian military for a year—all wh...

Ars Technica Jeremy Hsu 3 weeks ago Policy Tech

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Anthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approval

After several authors and class members raised objections to Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement over its widespread book piracy to train AI, a federal judge ha...

Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 3 weeks ago AI Policy

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US hantavirus case was false positive; outbreak cases drop from 11 to 10

In a press briefing Friday, officials for the World Health Organization announced that the case count of the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius i...

Ars Technica Beth Mole 3 weeks ago Health cases

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Review: Good Omens finale (mostly) sticks the landing

It's been a three-year wait, but Prime Video finally released the series finale for Good Omens: a 90-minute single episode that sought to wrap everything up in...

Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 3 weeks ago Culture David Tennant

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Solar power production undercut by coal pollution

Coal is by far the most polluting fuel that we use. It produces the most carbon emissions per unit of energy, and impurities in the coal produce a lot of sulfur...

Ars Technica John Timmer 3 weeks ago Science coal

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