Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts
“The biggest [drawback] is that they are probabilistic prediction machines and will get it wrong in ways that aren’t just ‘that’s the wrong…
Irony alert: Anthropic says applicants shouldn’t use LLMs
Please do not use our magic writing button when applying for a job with our company. Thanks! Credit: Getty Images Read moreDrupal 8.8.0…
3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead
It’s a truism at this point to say that Americans own a lot of guns. Case in point: This week, a fire chief…
Apple must face suit over alleged policy of underpaying female workers
While some of Apple’s defense was deemed “demonstrably inaccurate” and most of its arguments “insufficient,” Apple did successfully argue against efforts to seize…
Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?
Comparison of webcam software features available to Canon’s “PRO” and “Free” users. Credit: Roman Zipp/Canon Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available Comparison of webcam…
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation,…
The 20 most-read stories of 2024 on Ars Technica
The Raspberry Pi 5 inside its official case. Credit: Andrew Cunningham Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is available The Raspberry Pi 5 inside its official…
Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes
How it works Donating is easy. Simply donate to Child’s Play using a credit card or PayPal or donate to the EFF using…
12 days of OpenAI: The Ars Technica recap
Day 9: Tuesday, December 17 On day 9, OpenAI released its o1 model through its API platform, adding support for function calling, developer…
Trump FCC chair wants to revoke broadcast licenses—the 1st Amendment might stop him
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, wants the FCC to crack down on news broadcasters that he…
Bird flu jumps from birds to human in Louisiana; patient hospitalized
A person in Louisiana is hospitalized with H5N1 bird flu after having contact with sick and dying birds suspected of carrying the virus,…
The shadow’s roots take hold in Wheel of Time S3 teaser
[embedded content] The Wheel of Time returns to Prime Video in March. Read moreDrupal 8.8.0 is availablePrime Video released a one-minute teaser for…
Silo S2 expands its dystopian world
I also changed the lenses because I wanted to keep the retro feel, the dystopian future, but retro feel. I chose slightly different…
These are the lasting things that Half-Life 2 gave us, besides headcrabs and crowbars
It’s Half-Life 2 week at Ars Technica! This Saturday, November 16, is the 20th anniversary of the release of Half-Life 2—a game of historical importance for…
IBM boosts the amount of computation you can get done on quantum hardware
By making small adjustments to the frequency that the qubits are operating at, it’s possible to avoid these problems. This can be done…