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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 5💬
Nvidia’s new AI audio model can synthesize sounds that have never existed
What does a screaming saxophone sound like? The Fugatto model has an answer...
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 3💬
Supreme Court may decide whether ISPs must terminate users accused of piracy
SCOTUS asks US government for its view on $1 billion Sony v. Cox case.
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 3💬
DOJ wraps up ad tech trial: Google is “three times” a monopolist
Google argued DOJ proved the "exact opposite" of existence of ad tech monopoly.
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
Tech problems plague OpenAI court battles; judge rejects a key fair use defense
OpenAI denies deleting evidence, asks why NYT didn’t back up data.
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 17💬
Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports
One more reason drinking raw milk is a bad idea.
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
Supreme Court to decide whether FCC Universal Service Fund is an illegal tax
5th Circuit ruling threatens $8 billion program that expands broadband access.
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Keanu Reeves voices archvillain Shadow in Sonic 3 trailer
"With Shadow's power, we can rule humanity."
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2024-11-25 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 4💬
Sony is reportedly working on a PS5 portable
Miniaturized hardware is still "likely years away from launch"
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$300 billion pledge at COP29 climate summit a “paltry sum”
Poorer countries reluctantly accept package from wealthy nations.
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How physics moves from wild ideas to actual experiments
Science often accommodates audacious proposals.
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2024-11-24 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 4💬
After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell
Cosmonauts aboard the Russian segment of the station donned protective equipment.
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Survivors mark 20th anniversary of deadly 2004 tsunami
NatGeo's documentary, Tsunami: Race Against Time , revisits the devastating disaster that killed nearly 230,000 […]
2024-11-24 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 4💬
What delusions can tell us about the cognitive nature of belief
Delusions can sometimes turn into strongly held beliefs.
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2024-11-23 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 5💬
Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet “monopoly” you’ve never heard of
Senator wants to investigate whether VeriSign is ripping off customers and violating antitrust […]
2024-11-23 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 2💬
Tweaking non-neural brain cells can cause memories to fade
Neurons and a second cell type called an astrocyte collaborate to hold memories.
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2024-11-23 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
“Nearest Neighbor Attack” finally lets Russia’s Fancy Bear into target’s Wi-Fi […]
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 2💬
The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays
Opinion: Apple could really change the game here.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 6💬
Ted Cruz wants to overhaul $42B broadband program, nix low-cost requirement
Cruz claims grant program is "boondoggle," urges Biden admin to halt activities.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 2💬
Amazon pours another $4B into Anthropic, OpenAI’s biggest rival
Amazon has now committed $8 billion to AI startup that makes a key ChatGPT competitor.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
Ancient fish-trapping network supported the rise of Maya civilization
The Maya were landscape engineers on a grand scale, even when it came to fishing.
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Our Universe is not fine-tuned for life, but it’s still kind of OK
Inspired by the Drake equation, researchers optimize a model universe for life.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 5💬
Microsoft’s controversial Recall scraper is finally entering public preview
First Recall iteration never released, was picked apart by security researchers.
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How real is this European space startup that aims to launch astronauts?
"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy."
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DirecTV plan to buy Dish for $1 is off as satellite rivals remain separate
DirecTV says it's ending deal after Dish debt holders refused to accept loss.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 6💬
Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare
This is the first time an IRBM, once restricted by a Cold War arms treaty, has been used in […]
2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 5💬
Microsoft president asks Trump to “push harder” against Russian hacks
Brad Smith wants US to take a tougher approach to state-sponsored cyberattacks.
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2024-11-22 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 2💬
Google seems to have called it quits on making its own Android tablets—again
Reports have the Pixel Tablet 2—or maybe 3?—being canceled over sales concerns.
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Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light
"Constellation companies and government satellite operators are desperate."
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2024-11-21 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
Surgeons remove 2.5-inch hairball from teen with rare Rapunzel syndrome
The teen didn't return for follow-up. Instead, she planned to see a hypnotherapist.
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2024-11-21 arstechnica ┃ 2🔗 1💬
One scientist’s quest to re-create call of Parasaurolophus
Preliminary model suggests the dinosaur bellowed like a large trumpet or saxophone, or perhaps a […]
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