Rocket Report: A mysterious explosion in China; Firefly tests new engine (arstechnica.com)
A nice overview of various recent and upcoming spaceflight topics:...
Real humans appeared human 63% of the time in recent “Turing test” AI study (arstechnica.com)
Reddit updates look after rough 6 months and ahead of reported IPO (arstechnica.com)
"Edit: Obligatory 'F--- Spez' for karma."
Meta sues FTC, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ Facebook data (arstechnica.com)
Meta’s “overpriced” ad-free subscriptions make privacy a “luxury good”: EU suit (arstechnica.com)
The Great Google Account Purge starts tomorrow for inactive users (arstechnica.com)
Meta sues FTC, hoping to block ban on monetizing kids’ Facebook data (arstechnica.com)
Accused of violating kids' privacy, Facebook owner challenges FTC authority.
2023 has been another year with a record number of orbital launches (arstechnica.com)
Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs are breaking up over money-losing Apple Card (arstechnica.com)
Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.
New type of geothermal power plant powers data centers in the desert (arstechnica.com)
Pilot plant in Nevada uses tech from fracking to generate power in arid landscape.
Weird DMCA takedown: Google Play bans app because it can load WarnerBros.com (arstechnica.com)
Backlash over fake female speakers shuts down developer conference (arstechnica.com)
Researchers beat Windows Hello fingerprint sensors with Raspberry Pi and Linux (arstechnica.com)
Google Drive users say Google lost their files; Google is investigating (arstechnica.com)
DOS_deck offers free, all-timer DOS games in a browser, with controller support (arstechnica.com)
Baldur’s Gate 3 bug caused by game’s endless mulling of evil deeds (arstechnica.com)
"Unnoticed and eternally active acts of theft and violence" to be fixed soon.
GameMaker throws shade at Unity, makes its 2D engine free or $100 for most (arstechnica.com)
For most games, a license is either free or the cost of a medium-nice dinner.
Rocket Report: Beyond Gravity to study fairing reuse; North Korea launches satellite (arstechnica.com)
Eric Berger’s Rocket Report. Nice short summaries of a number of topics:...
North Korea launched a satellite, then apparently blew up its booster (arstechnica.com)
North Korea launched a small military spy satellite Tuesday on the country’s first successful orbital launch since 2016. This, alone, would be newsworthy, but this launch comes with a twist.
Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024 (arstechnica.com)
The "Manifest V3" rollout is back after letting tensions cool for a year.
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
Google News is shutting down purchased magazine content, offering refunds (arstechnica.com)
Google offers static PDF downloads for some content, refunds for others.