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…
Trump’s election win spells bad news for the auto industry
“We encourage members of both parties to support policies that provide business and trade certainty so that EV manufacturers up and down the…
Google’s DeepMind is building an AI to keep us from hating each other
The questions were not selected entirely at random. They were vetted, as the team wrote in their paper, to “minimize the risk of…
Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
Both operating systems will display a list of apps and whether they are permitted access always, never, only while the app is in…
Drugmakers can keep making off-brand weight-loss drugs as FDA backpedals
The judge in the case, District Judge Mark Pittman, granted the FDA’s request, canceling an October 15 hearing, and ordering the parties to…
SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality
The upside of SpaceX’s architecture is that, with refueling, Starship can theoretically ferry payloads of 100 metric tons or more to the Moon…
The true cost of game piracy: 20 percent of revenue, according to a new study
The longer a game’s DRM lasts, the fewer new sales are left to be affected by piracy. The longer a game’s DRM lasts,…
Vaporizing plastics recycles them into nothing but gas
Enlarge Derek Berwin Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are…
Ars is seeking a seasoned senior reporter for all things Google
Enlarge / If you get hired for this position, you’ll be provided an assistant. It’s this guy. This guy is your assistant. His…