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FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”

Ars Technica

MARCH 25, 2025

"The bureau has received reports of 48 instances so far this month related to Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations and is investigating at least seven of them in conjunction with local law enforcement, The Post has learned," the article said. Read full article Comments There were previously three arrests.

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10 Website Maintenance Tips for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Publishing blogs and articles to your website helps increase SEO. However there are some basic checks that you can do on your own to increase your organization’s visibility. Is your content per page the right length and does it include relevant keywords? Also, setting up a Google Business Profile for your nonprofit also helps.

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NOAA scientists scrub toilets, rethink experiments after service contracts end

Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

Read full article Comments The scientistswho conduct genetic sampling of endangered salmon to check the species stock status and survivalroutinely work with chemicals that can burn skin, erupt into flames, and cause cancer. At least one said theyd have to delay mission-critical research if hazardous waste removal isnt restored.

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Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins

Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

Read full article Comments For example, Atlantic spotted dolphins have signature whistles that appear to be used like names, allowing two specific individuals to find each other. They also consistently produce "squawk" sound patterns during fights.

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Become the Association Your Members Want

This article is the result of feedback gleaned during those dialogues, previous research, and the viewpoints of the.orgSource team. We organized a Think Tank to help identify trends and crystalize our outlook on the future of membership. The sessions were facilitated by Elizabeth Engel, Chief Strategist, Spark Consulting.

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Holy water brimming with cholera compels illness cluster in Europe

Ars Technica

APRIL 11, 2025

Read full article Comments Two of the German patients and three of the UK patients reported travel to the country, and several reported visiting a holy well called Bermel Giorgis (also spelled Georgis) in the Quara district. The German travelers and at least one of the UK travelers brought water home with them and shared it.

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Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar

Ars Technica

APRIL 17, 2025

Read full article Comments For companies deploying these systems in customer-facing roles without human oversight, the consequences can be immediate and costly: frustrated customers, damaged trust, and, in Cursor's case, potentially canceled subscriptions.

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An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

Read full article Comments ARPA was funding multiple research projects across the United States, but users of these different systems had no way to share their resources with each other. Wouldnt it be great if there was a network that connected all these computers?

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Should we be concerned about the loss of weather balloons?

Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Read full article Comments Additionally, the balloon launches in Aberdeen, S.D.; Grand Junction, Colo.; Green Bay, Wis.; Gaylord, Mich.; North Platte, Neb.; and Riverton, Wyo., would be reduced to once a day from twice a day.

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UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Read full article Comments Since then, at least 989 herds across 17 states have been infected with bird flu. In previous reports, farmers and researchers have noted that the virus appears to attack the animal's mammary glands and their milk is teeming with the virus.

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AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

Ars Technica

MARCH 13, 2025

Read full article Comments The AI didn't stop at merely refusingit offered a paternalistic justification for its decision, stating that "Generating code for others can lead to dependency and reduced learning opportunities."

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Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn

Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

Read full article Comments The mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 2028 on a US rocket. But there have been so many twists and turns in the ExoMars story that it's very difficult to know what will ultimately happen.

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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

Ars Technica

APRIL 1, 2025

Read full article Comments Approaching the station was deemed too risky for Wilmore and Williams, aboard Starliner, as well as the astronauts on the $100 billion space station. But what if it was not safe to come home, either?

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OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover

Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We contacted OpenAI about the report and will update this article if it provides any comment. Read full article Comments "While no firm decisions have been made, special voting rights would also ensure OpenAI can fight off hostile bids from outsiders such as Musk."

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Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

Ars Technica

MARCH 28, 2025

Read full article Comments Anthropic's newly published research this week expands on that previous work by tracing how these features can affect other neuron groups that represent computational decision "circuits" Claude follows in crafting its response.

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DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected

Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

Read full article Comments "The dispute came to a head on Saturday, as the DOGE workers obtained the access and then placed two of the IT officials who had resisted them on administrative leave and under investigation, the people said," according to the NYT report.

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DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge

Ars Technica

APRIL 1, 2025

Read full article Comments Three former researchers said the group was most reluctant to share papers that reveal innovations that could be exploited by competitors, or cast Googles own Gemini AI model in a negative light compared with others.

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Can we make AI less power-hungry? These researchers are working on it.

Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Read full article Comments Part of the surge in demand comes from data centers, and their increasing thirst for power comes in part from running increasingly sophisticated AI models. As with all world-shaping developments, what set this trend into motion was visionquite literally.

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Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy

Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Read full article Comments This relied on looking broadly at the patterns of variation and comparing those to the patterns typically found in different geographic regions. It's an imperfect analysis, but it can often provide a decent big-picture resolution of a person's ancestry.

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Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

Ars Technica

MARCH 25, 2025

Read full article Comments Throughout the case, the government made the value of defaults clearmost people never change them. That effectively delivers Google a captive audience on Apple devices.

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Midjourney introduces first new image generation model in over a year

Ars Technica

APRIL 4, 2025

Read full article Comments Starting with the image improvements, V7 promises much higher coherence and consistency for hands, fingers, body parts, and "objects of all kinds." It also offers much more detailed and realistic textures and materials, like skin wrinkles or the subtleties of a ceramic pot.

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The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Read full article Comments Recognizing that the company had to diversify to survive, Firefly executives began pursuing other business opportunitiesspacecraft manufacturing, lunar missions, and a medium-class rocket to go alongside its small Alpha launch vehicle.

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The first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket lasted just 40 seconds

Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

Read full article Comments "Today, we know twice as much about our launch system as yesterday before launch," Daniel Metzler, Isar's co-founder and CEO, wrote on X early Monday. Can't beat flight testing. Ploughing through lots of data now."

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Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

Ars Technica

MARCH 10, 2025

Read full article Comments Either a large, coordinated group and/or a country is involved." Details remain vague beyond Musk's post, but rumors were circulating that X was under a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack.

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DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world

Ars Technica

APRIL 3, 2025

Read full article Comments While some in the AI field believe AGI is a pipe dream, the authors of the DeepMind paper project that it could happen by 2030. With that in mind, they aimed to understand the risks of a human-like synthetic intelligence, which they acknowledge could lead to "severe harm."

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Overblown quantum dot conspiracy theories make important points about QLED TVs

Ars Technica

MARCH 31, 2025

In this article, we'll break down why new conspiracy theories about QLED TVs are probably overblown. Read full article Comments Lawsuits have been filed, accusing companies like TCL of using misleading language about whether their QLED TVs actually use QDs.

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Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce

Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Read full article Comments During the gathering, Limp cited "business strategy" as the rationale for making the cuts to a workforce of more than 10,000 people. Blue Origin was founded by Jeff Bezos in 2000, and he continues to provide an estimated $2 billion in funding annually to support its operations.

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Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Ars Technica

MARCH 27, 2025

Read full article Comments They also obtained Florida police records of any accidents and cross-referenced their locations to any vehicle that experienced a sudden stop in that spot at the same time.

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Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars

Ars Technica

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Read full article Comments There is no reason why these clouds could not also exist on Mars, which has a thin atmosphere. And about two decades ago, the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter observed noctilucent clouds on Mars and went on to make a systematic study.

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Apple is reportedly working on two new versions of the Vision Pro

Engadget

APRIL 13, 2025

This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link] Apples ultimate goal, though, is reportedly to create AR glasses that are practical and comfortable enough to be worn like regular glasses, and the next iterations of the Vision Pro are seen as steps toward getting there.

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Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right

Ars Technica

APRIL 8, 2025

Read full article Comments This significantly reduces the extraction yield (EY)the fraction of coffee that dissolves into the final beverageand thus the quality of the final brew. That, in turn, depends on controlling water flow and pressure as the liquid percolates through the coffee grounds.

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Autism rate rises slightly; RFK Jr. claims he’ll “have answers by September“

Ars Technica

APRIL 15, 2025

Read full article Comments In 2020, when the rate hit 1 in 36, it was the first year in which higher ASD rates were seen in underserved communities. That year, researchers also noted that the link between ASD and socioeconomic status evaporated in most of the network.

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What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.

Ars Technica

MARCH 13, 2025

Read full article Comments In prepared remarks, Saltzman outlined in new detail why the Space Force should be able to go on the offense in an era of orbital warfare. Later, in a roundtable meeting with reporters, he briefly touched on the how.

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“MyTerms” wants to become the new way we dictate our privacy on the web

Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

Read full article Comments You arrive with either a pre-set contract you prefer on your device or pick one when you arrive, and it tells the site what information you will and will not offer up for access to content or services.

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Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

Ars Technica

APRIL 11, 2025

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Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

Ars Technica

APRIL 3, 2025

Read full article Comments Up to now, the most common means has been S/MIME , a standard so complex and painful that only the bravest and most well-resourced organizations tend to implement it.

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Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”

Ars Technica

APRIL 8, 2025

Read full article Comments The critic expressed concern that such technology would eliminate jobs in an industry already facing layoffs, writing: "A fully generative game cuts out the number of jobs necessary for such a project which in turn makes it harder for devs to get jobs."

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Patapon 1 + 2 Replay brings two PSP classics to PC, PS5 and Switch on July 11

Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

Update, March 31, 1:15PM ET: Bandai Namco confirmed that Patapon 1 + 2 Replay is coming to PS5 and PC as well as Switch, and this information has been included in the article. This article originally appeared on Engadget at [link]

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Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara

Ars Technica

MARCH 17, 2025

Read full article Comments Loon was wound up in 2021 due to the political and regulatory hurdles to flying the balloons and the difficulty of servicing the 20-mile-high equipment. However, its lasers found a second life on Taaras towers under engineer Mahesh Krishnaswamy.

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20 Reasons: Why Board Members Don’t Want to ask for Donations (& How to Respond)

NonProfit PRO

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

This article explores the top reasons behind their hesitation and provides proven strategies to shift their mindset. Many board members resist asking for donations--but why? Learn how to empower board members with the confidence, tools, and motivation needed to embrace fundraising and support your organization’s mission.

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How to watch the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct

Engadget

MARCH 31, 2025

link] pic.twitter.com/ACu5pZUd0D Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) February 5, 2025 You can read our article collecting Switch 2 rumors and reports for a preview of what Nintendo might cover. You can watch along on Nintendo's YouTube channel or right in this article once the stream goes live.

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At monopoly trial, Zuckerberg redefined social media as texting with friends

Ars Technica

APRIL 17, 2025

Read full article Comments Only Snapchat and MeWe (a privacy-focused Facebook alternative) are competitors to Meta platforms, the FTC argues, and social networks like TikTok or YouTube aren't interchangeable, because those aren't destinations focused on connecting friends and family.

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“The girl should be calling men.” Leak exposes Black Basta’s influence tactics.

Ars Technica

APRIL 8, 2025

Read full article Comments We need to exploit as soon as possible Researchers from security firm Trustwaves SpiderLabs pored through the messages, which were written in Russian, and published a brief blog summary and a more detailed review of the messages on Tuesday.

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Report: Apple will take another crack at iPad multitasking in iPadOS 19

Ars Technica

APRIL 14, 2025

Read full article Comments If this is giving you dj vu, you're probably thinking about iPadOS 16 , the last time Apple tried making significant upgrades to the iPad's multitasking model. Gurman's reporting at the time even used similar language, saying that iPads running the new software would work " more like a laptop and less like a phone."

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FBI probes arson of Tesla cars and facilities, says “this is domestic terrorism”

10 Website Maintenance Tips for Nonprofits

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NOAA scientists scrub toilets, rethink experiments after service contracts end

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Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins

Become the Association Your Members Want

Holy water brimming with cholera compels illness cluster in Europe

Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Should we be concerned about the loss of weather balloons?

UK on alert after H5N1 bird flu spills over to sheep in world-first

AI coding assistant refuses to write code, tells user to learn programming instead

Europe’s quest to finally land on Mars takes another turn

Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover

Why do LLMs make stuff up? New research peers under the hood.

DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected

DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge

Can we make AI less power-hungry? These researchers are working on it.

Genetic testing company 23andMe declares bankruptcy

Apple barred from Google antitrust trial, putting $20 billion search deal on the line

Midjourney introduces first new image generation model in over a year

The Moon’s next robotic visitor is lining up for landing this weekend

The first flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket lasted just 40 seconds

Elon Musk blames X outages on “massive cyberattack”

DeepMind has detailed all the ways AGI could wreck the world

Overblown quantum dot conspiracy theories make important points about QLED TVs

Citing too much “bureaucracy,” Blue Origin to cut 10 percent of its workforce

Study of Lyft rideshare data confirms minorities get more tickets

Curiosity spies stunning clouds at twilight on Mars

Apple is reportedly working on two new versions of the Vision Pro

Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right

Autism rate rises slightly; RFK Jr. claims he’ll “have answers by September“

What is space war-fighting? The Space Force’s top general has some thoughts.

“MyTerms” wants to become the new way we dictate our privacy on the web

Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs

Google unveils end-to-end messages for Gmail. Only thing is: It’s not true E2EE.

Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”

Patapon 1 + 2 Replay brings two PSP classics to PC, PS5 and Switch on July 11

Alphabet spins off laser-based Internet backbone provider Taara

20 Reasons: Why Board Members Don’t Want to ask for Donations (& How to Respond)

How to watch the Switch 2 Nintendo Direct

At monopoly trial, Zuckerberg redefined social media as texting with friends

“The girl should be calling men.” Leak exposes Black Basta’s influence tactics.

Report: Apple will take another crack at iPad multitasking in iPadOS 19

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