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Ex-Twitter staffer wins $600K over Musk’s click-yes-or-resign ultimatum arstechnica.com
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BMW makes the Internet happy, brings M5 station wagon to the US arstechnica.com
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Illinois changes biometric privacy law to help corporations avoid big payouts arstechnica.com
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Elon Musk sues OpenAI, Sam Altman for making a “fool” out of him arstechnica.com
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Sonos’ $30M app fail is cautionary tale against rushing unnecessary updates arstechnica.com
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Non-Google search engines blocked from showing recent Reddit results | Ars Technica arstechnica.com
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5th Circuit court upends FCC Universal Service Fund, ruling it an illegal tax arstechnica.com
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The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B arstechnica.com
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Astronomers discover technique to spot AI fakes using galaxy-measurement tools arstechnica.com
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German Navy still uses 8-inch floppy disks, working on emulating a replacement arstechnica.com
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Nearly all AT&T subscribers’ call records stolen in Snowflake cloud hack arstechnica.com
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Elon Musk’s X faces big EU fines as paid checkmarks are ruled deceptive arstechnica.com
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Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words arstechnica.com
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First-known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers arstechnica.com
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Court ordered penalties for 15 teens who created naked AI images of classmates arstechnica.com
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After two rejections, Apple approves Epic Games Store app for iOS arstechnica.com
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Music industry giants allege mass copyright violation by AI firms arstechnica.com
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Tesla investors sue Elon Musk for diverting carmaker’s resources to xAI arstechnica.com
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Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” arstechnica.com
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Pornhub prepares to block five more states rather than check IDs arstechnica.com
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TDK claims insane energy density in solid state battery breakthrough arstechnica.com
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Turkish student creates custom AI device for cheating university exam, gets arrested arstechnica.com
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Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned arstechnica.com
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US agencies to probe AI dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI arstechnica.com
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Canada demands 5% of revenue from Netflix, Spotify, and other streamers arstechnica.com
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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good arstechnica.com
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Google accused of secretly tracking drivers with disabilities arstechnica.com
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Amazon execs may be personally liable for tricking users into Prime sign-ups arstechnica.com
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Google sends DOJ unexpected check in attempt to avoid monopoly jury trial arstechnica.com
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New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC arstechnica.com
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Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away | Ars Technica arstechnica.com
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Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says arstechnica.com
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Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results arstechnica.com
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Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking arstechnica.com
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Customers say Meta’s ad-buying AI blows through budgets in a matter of hours arstechnica.com
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Elon Musk loses at Supreme Court in case over “funding secured” tweets arstechnica.com
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Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time arstechnica.com
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Meta’s oversight board to probe subjective policy on AI sex image removals arstechnica.com
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Biden orders every US agency to appoint a chief AI officer arstechnica.com
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European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls arstechnica.com
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World’s first global AI resolution unanimously adopted by United Nations arstechnica.com
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YouTube will require disclosure of AI-manipulated videos from creators arstechnica.com
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Vernor Vinge, father of the tech singularity, has died at age 79 arstechnica.com
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EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others arstechnica.com
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Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year arstechnica.com
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Tesla must face racism class action from 6,000 Black workers, judge rules arstechnica.com
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AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating arstechnica.com
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ChatGPT goes temporarily “insane” with unexpected outputs, spooking users | Ars Technica arstechnica.com
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AMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of Meta Pixel arstechnica.com
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USPTO says AI models can’t hold patents arstechnica.com
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