Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated. (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs (arstechnica.com)
Some seemingly innocuous APIs are misused to track users, Apple says.
End of the line for Russia and Ukraine’s partnership in rocketry (arstechnica.com)
A last gasp in a long-standing link between Russia and Ukraine in the field of rocketry could come this week in an unlikely place—the rural wetlands of eastern Virginia—halfway around the world from the battlefields where the nations' military forces are locked in a deadly conflict....
Musk’s X Corp. threatens to sue Meta over Twitter “copycat” Threads (arstechnica.com)
X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.
Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best (arstechnica.com)
The Browser Company’s unconventional browser, Arc, releases publicly on Mac (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday, The Browser Company made its unusual new web browser, Arc, widely available on desktop for the first time....
Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works (arstechnica.com)
Nintendo’s Switch successor is already in third-party devs’ hands, report claims (arstechnica.com)
Europe turns its new $1.5 billion space telescope on, and happily it works (arstechnica.com)
Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best (arstechnica.com)
Reddit calls for “a few new mods” after axing, polarizing some of its best (arstechnica.com)
Will Reddit get quality replacements? "Not a snowball's chance in hell."
A jargon-free explanation of how AI large language models work (arstechnica.com)
Officials bust illegal lab containing 20 infectious agents, hundreds of lab mice (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data (arstechnica.com)
Some good news? (arstechnica.com)
European satellite plunges back to Earth in first-of-its-kind assisted re-entry (arstechnica.com)
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated. (arstechnica.com)
NASA temporarily loses contact with one of its most distant spacecraft | Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you (arstechnica.com)
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