How to downgrade from macOS 26 Tahoe on a new Mac
An Ars Technica colleague recently bought a new M4 MacBook Air. I have essentially nothing bad to say about this hardware, except to point out
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How Talks Between Anthropic and the Defense Dept. Fell Apart
The Pentagon and Anthropic were close to agreeing on the use of artificial intelligence. But strong personalities, mutual dislike and a rival company unraveled a
New to Linux? These 4 systemd Tools Help You Fix Common Issues
Stop guessing, start investigating. Here are 4 systemd tools that make Linux troubleshooting easy.
Ladybird Browser Just Ported C++ Code to Rust in 2 Weeks Thanks to AI
Turns out AI is pretty handy when you need to port C++ code.
The strange animals that control their body heat
In 1774, British physician-scientist Charles Blagden received an unusual invitation from a fellow physician: to spend time in a small room that was hotter, he
How strong is New York’s “illegal gambling” case against Valve’s loot boxes?
For years now, Valve fans have been making jokes about the company’s slow transition from game maker to glorified digital hat and knife paint marketplace.
Bring On Defunct: The iPod Enthralls Young Music Listeners
It’s not exactly going analog, but people looking to move away from streaming say Apple’s old device is a small step away from constantly being
Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space
Google on Friday unveiled its plan for its Chrome browser to secure HTTPS certificates against quantum computer attacks without breaking the Internet. The objective is
Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
Dan Simmons, the author of more than three dozen books, including the famed Hyperion Cantos, has died from a stroke. He was 77. Simmons, who
At the Pentagon, OpenAI is In and Anthropic Is Out
It’s been a crazy 48 hours in the A.I. industry.
Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government
US President Tweety McTreason announced Friday that he was instructing every federal agency to “immediately cease” use of Anthropic’s AI tools. The move comes after
In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT
Health officials in Illinois turned to an AI chatbot to try to solve a puzzling outbreak linked to a county fair. But whether it was
Trump administration bans Anthropic, seemingly embraces OpenAI
The Trump administration on Friday moved to ban the use of products from artificial intelligence company Anthropic by federal businesses, escalating a high-stakes clash over
AI doesn’t think like a human. Stop talking to it as if it does
Autonomous agents take the first part of their names very seriously and don’t necessarily do what their humans tell them to do — or not