Encryption-breaking, password-leaking bug in many AMD CPUs could take months to fix (arstechnica.com)
NASA temporarily loses contact with V'ger (arstechnica.com)
The Voyagers were launched nearly half a century ago.
Did Facebook fuel political polarization during the 2020 election? It’s complicated. (arstechnica.com)
Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark (arstechnica.com)
The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.
Meat allergy from tick bites is on the rise—and US doctors are in the dark (arstechnica.com)
The allergy, called alpha-gal syndrome, came to light a little over a decade ago.
Man open-sources the self-repairable AirPods Pro case that Apple won’t make (arstechnica.com)
CherryBlos: Android malware steals user credentials using optical character recognition (arstechnica.com)
The malware, dubbed CherryBlos by researchers from security firm Trend Micro, has been embedded into at least four Android apps available outside of Google Play, specifically on sites promoting money-making scams. One of the apps was available for close to a month on Google Play but didn’t contain the malicious CherryBlos...
OpenAI discontinues its AI writing detector due to “low rate of accuracy” (arstechnica.com)
Over 230 people get puzzling neurological disorder in Peru; emergency declared (arstechnica.com)
Android phones can now tell you if there’s an AirTag following you (arstechnica.com)
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com)
US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices” (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795564...
Borax is the new Tide Pods and poison control experts are facepalming (arstechnica.com)
BMW uses autonomous cars for boring, repetitive tests (arstechnica.com)
On a large empty slab of asphalt, two BMWs take off. They drive in figure eights and along an oval path separate from each other but nearly in tandem, like two ice skaters practicing the same routine on a piece of black ice before coming to a stop....
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion (arstechnica.com)
Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter.
Namibian fairy circle debate rages on: Sand termites or Turing mechanism? [Updated] (arstechnica.com)
Study offers four-point rebuttal to 2022 claim that they're a kind of eco-Turing pattern.
US senator blasts Microsoft for “negligent cybersecurity practices” (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/795564...
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
also on r/privacy
FCC chair: Speed standard of 25Mbps down, 3Mbps up isn’t good enough anymore (arstechnica.com)
Chair proposes 100Mbps national standard and an evaluation of broadband prices.
Twitter took @x handle from longtime user and only offered him “some merch” (arstechnica.com)
Hwang confirmed to Ars today that “there was no financial compensation” offered to him. The company offered “to switch the @x account and its history/followers etc to a new handle once I select one that is available,” Hwang told us. “They also offered some merch and to meet with the management team as well.”
Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web (arstechnica.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/2437896...
The US government is taking a serious step toward space-based nuclear propulsion (arstechnica.com)
Four years from now, if all goes well, a nuclear-powered rocket engine will launch into space for the first time. The rocket itself will be conventional, but the payload boosted into orbit will be a different matter....
Analysis: Pandemic deaths in Ohio and Florida show partisan divide after vaccine rollout (arstechnica.com)
The death gap between Democrats and Republicans was larger in counties with lower vaccination rates.
Android 4.4 KitKat is truly dead, loses Play Services support (arstechnica.com)
