Senate confirms Biden FCC nominee, finally giving Democrats a 3-2 majority (arstechnica.com)
Anna Gomez confirmation means "FCC can act swiftly to restore net neutrality."
[ars] - Swytch DIY e-bike conversion kits: A very, very long-term review (arstechnica.com)
Turn your bike into an electric bike.
Apple’s “carbon neutral” claims are facing increased scrutiny (arstechnica.com)
Dev sets up “goatse” trap for sites that steal his free web game (arstechnica.com)
The Daily Telescope: A look at a young star cluster in a nearby galaxy (arstechnica.com)
Rocket Report: Key Ariane 6 test delayed; NASA urged to look at SLS alternatives (arstechnica.com)
Mysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool (arstechnica.com)
Mysterious rock depicted in 15th-century painting is most likely a Stone Age tool (arstechnica.com)
Space Wreck is a hardcore, combat-optional, break-the-game RPG that clicks (arstechnica.com)
Been playing this for a couple of hours now and enjoying it so far. Like the article says, it does remind me a lot of the old Fallout games.
Amazon drivers’ urine packaged as energy drink, sold on Amazon (arstechnica.com)
“Netflix effect” is back as studios license old shows to competitors again (arstechnica.com)
Nonprofit hospitals skimp on charity while CEOs reap millions, report finds (arstechnica.com)
Space is starting to look like the better mining operation (arstechnica.com)
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
Instagram sorry for translation error that put “terrorist” in Palestinian bios (arstechnica.com)
Meta has apologized after a 404 Media report investigating a viral TikTok video confirmed that Instagram’s “see translation” feature was erroneously adding the word “terrorist” into some Palestinian users’ bios....
Feel-good story of the week: 2 ransomware gangs meet their demise (arstechnica.com)
Okta says hackers breached its support system and viewed customer files (arstechnica.com)
Bet there was some good tokens in some of those customer HAR files.
Feel-good story of the week: 2 ransomware gangs meet their demise (arstechnica.com)
One is fatally hacked, the other shut down in international police dragnet.
FCC moves ahead with Title II net neutrality rules in 3-2 party-line vote (arstechnica.com)
The Federal Communications Commission today voted to move ahead with a plan that would restore net neutrality rules and common-carrier regulation of Internet service providers....
India sets sights on a Moon landing in 2040, but is it realistic? (arstechnica.com)
Two ransomware gangs knocked out of commission in a single week (arstechnica.com)
One is fatally hacked, the other shut down in international police dragnet.
BMW, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Toyota, and Lexus are switching EV plugs (arstechnica.com)
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine (arstechnica.com)
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AI chatbots can infer an alarming amount of info about you from your responses (arstechnica.com)
Vechev and his team found that the large language models that power advanced chatbots can accurately infer an alarming amount of personal information about users—including their race, location, occupation, and more—from conversations that appear innocuous.
