Injured green sea turtle relearns how to swim thanks to 3D-printed harness
Charlotte, a green sea turtle, was hit by a boat back in 2008. This left...
Exploring an undersea terrain sculpted by glaciers and volcanoes
On May 2, 2008, the Chaitén volcano in Chile awoke with unexpected fury after more...
12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Over the past 12 business days, OpenAI has announced a new product or demoed an...
Rocket Report: ULA has a wild idea; Starliner crew will stay in orbit even longer
Welcome to Edition 7.24 of the Rocket Report! This is the last Rocket Report of...
Horizon: Zero Dawn gets the graphical remaster a modern classic deserves
At their best, “remastered” video games keep terrific older titles viable on new generations of...
Startup set to brick $800 kids robot is trying to open source it first
Earlier this month, startup Embodied announced that it is going out of business and taking...
OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models
On Friday, during Day 12 of its “12 days of OpenAI,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman...
The next two FIFA Women’s World Cups will only air on Netflix
If you want to watch the next two FIFA Women’s World Cups in the US,...
Google will apparently offer “AI Mode” right on its main search page
Google will soon take more steps to make AI a part of search, exposing more...
New AA-powered AirTag case promises 10-year lifespan
On Wednesday, a startup announced TimeCapsule, a new $20 battery case purported to extend Apple...
Louisiana bars health dept. from promoting flu, COVID, mpox vaccines: Report
Louisiana’s health department has been barred from advertising or promoting vaccines for flu, COVID-19, and...
Automakers excoriated by Senators for fighting right-to-repair
Yesterday, US Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Joshua Hawley (R-MO) sent letters...
VPN used for VR game cheat sells access to your home network
In the hit virtual reality game Gorilla Tag, you swing your arms to pull your...
Why AI language models choke on too much text
Large language models represent text using tokens, each of which is a few characters. Short...
We’re about to fly a spacecraft into the Sun for the first time
Almost no one ever writes about the Parker Solar Probe anymore. Sure, the spacecraft got...