Meet “Amaterasu”: Astronomers detect highest energy cosmic ray since 1991 (arstechnica.com)
The Telescope Array in Utah's West Desert picked up a rare particle with 244 EeV energy.
A City on Mars: Reality kills space settlement dreams (arstechnica.com)
Let’s not send a few thousand people to Mars as a big experiment in survival....
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.
Measles rises globally amid vaccination crash; WHO and CDC sound the alarm (arstechnica.com)
Soda additive linked to thyroid toxicity may finally get banned by FDA (arstechnica.com)
Star Citizen’s Squadron 42 campaign is “feature complete” after 11 years (arstechnica.com)
Game is now in "polish phase," though Cloud Imperium Games has no release date.
[ars] - Swytch DIY e-bike conversion kits: A very, very long-term review (arstechnica.com)
Turn your bike into an electric bike.
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....
College student sues Musk for falsely calling him a “psyop” in neo-Nazi brawl (arstechnica.com)
Looks like Mark Bankston is taking on Musk. Keep it up Mark!
As some carmakers run from Apple CarPlay, Porsche embraces it (arstechnica.com)
Google sued over fatal Google Maps error after man drove off broken bridge (arstechnica.com)
Google allegedly gave drivers bridge route for years despite correction requests.
Unity’s new “per-install” pricing enrages the game development community (arstechnica.com)
Fees of up to $0.20 per install threaten to upend large chunks of the industry.
Gun deaths among US kids continue to rise; Southern states have worst rates (arstechnica.com)
Judge issues legal permaban, $500K judgment against serial Destiny 2 cheater (arstechnica.com)
Restraining order also issued due to threats and harassment of Bungie employees.
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome (arstechnica.com)
Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.
Apple patches “clickless” 0-day image processing vulnerability in iOS, macOS (arstechnica.com)
"BLASTPASS" bug can install malware without user interaction.
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."
Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support (arstechnica.com)
The Fairphone 5 will keep on trucking until at least 2031.
Fairphone 5 sets a new standard with 8-10 years of Android support (arstechnica.com)
The Fairphone 5 is not for sale in the US. Europeans, though, can get the device for 699 euros (~$753), with preorders starting today and a ship date of September 14. For the basic specs, we have a mid-range loadout, starting with a 6.46-inch, 90 Hz, 2770×1224 OLED display. There’s 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, a side...
New offer gives Ubisoft, not Microsoft, control of Activision game-streaming rights (arstechnica.com)
UK still needs to approve the new deal, which could extend far beyond Ubisoft+.
After slow start, NOAA predicts rest of hurricane season to be “above normal” (arstechnica.com)
El Niño is developing slower than anticipated and the ocean is extremely warm.
Report: Apple buys every 3 nm chip that TSMC can make for next-gen iPhones and Macs -WASTE WASTE!!!! (arstechnica.com)
TSMC is said to eat the cost of defective chips so it can keep Apple's business. -WASTE WASTE WASTE -- Apple shitting on the planet making useless redundant products adding little, wasting everything!!!!!
Dude, what are those humongous plasma waves in Jupiter’s atmosphere? (arstechnica.com)
There are waves on Jupiter, but not exactly the kind surfers can ride. These plasma waves are much more intense than anything that crashes onto a beach....
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....
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.
