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Google inks $32 billion deal to buy security firm Wiz even as DOJ seeks breakup
"While a tough regulatory climate in 2024 had hampered such large-scale deals, Wall Street is…
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SpiderBot experiments hint at “echolocation” to locate prey
It's well understood that spiders have poor eyesight and thus sense the vibrations in their…
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Eight years later, new but familiar-looking PebbleOS watches appear
Certain watches can stay just as they are and people will keep buying them. The…
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DOGE cuts to USDA may open door to invasive species, higher food prices
Two federal judges and an independent agency that assesses government personnel decisions have already ordered…
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New EV battery boasts 5-min charge time, adding 250 miles of range
"Our goal is to make EV charging as fast as refueling a gasoline car," said…
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Even the worst mass extinction had its oases
Some earlier plants might not have made it through the extinction since rock layers from…
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People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions
A hint came from our previous work comparing mathematical and social scientists’ judgements of illusions…
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Farewell Photoshop? Google’s new AI lets you edit images by asking
Multimodal output opens up new possibilities Having true multimodal output opens up interesting new possibilities…
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Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
"You want to avoid that," Coogan told Ars before Blue Ghost's launch. "What you can…
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
Ars Technica has reached out to the NIH and HHS for comment and will update…