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Gamer
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Former GOP & NRA
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$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
MST3K 's 2010s revival looked forward; this one is emphatically looking backward.
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/02/1-8-million-mst3k-kickstarter-brings-in-almost-everyone-from-the-old-show/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Mitchell!

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OpenAI researcher quits over fears that ChatGPT ads could manipulate users
Zoë Hitzig resigned on the same day OpenAI began testing ads in its chatbot.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/02/openai-researcher-quits-over-fears-that-chatgpt-ads-could-manipulate-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica That's entirely the purpose of an ad.

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Trump FCC investigates The View, reportedly says "fake news" will be punished
FCC recently issued equal-time warning to late-night and daytime talk shows.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/trump-fcc-investigates-the-view-reportedly-says-fake-news-will-be-punished/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Selective prosecution is unconstitutional. Trumps FCC can warn all they like, they’ll lose in court.

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Has Elon Musk given up on Mars?
"SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/has-elon-musk-given-up-on-mars/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Musk is a grifter. He shifts from one ludicrous idea to another without any intention to actually DO them. But it keeps him in the headlines and idiots keep buying his stock.

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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then I shall begin.

A Combine soldier threatening with a baton, in front of a door. Which one is a greater menace in gamedev?
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@TomF As a developer, we've all run into that "HOW DID THIS CODE EVER WORK?!" bugs.

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Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds
Tech firms dare to dream chip tariffs may go away amid rumors of delays.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/keep-your-receipts-tech-firms-told-to-prepare-for-possible-tariff-refunds/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Absolute clown show.

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Google vows to stop scam E-Z Pass and USPS texts plaguing Americans
"Phishing for dummies" kits make it easier to scam millions, Google alleged.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/google-vows-to-stop-scam-e-z-pass-and-usps-texts-plaguing-americans/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica How magnanimous of Google.

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If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/if-you-want-to-satiate-ais-hunger-for-power-google-suggests-going-to-space/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Google is run by morons.

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Trump on why he pardoned Binance CEO: “Are you ready? I don’t know who he is.”
Trump family business could benefit from pardon of crypto ex-con Changpeng Zhao.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/11/trump-on-why-he-pardoned-binance-ceo-are-you-ready-i-dont-know-who-he-is/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Trump accused Biden of using an "illegal" auto-pen. But this is just more proof that Trump is projecting.

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NASA races to keep Artemis II on schedule, even when workers aren’t being paid
"I do think we're rapidly approaching the point where it will be a significant impact."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/nasa-races-to-keep-artemis-ii-on-schedule-even-when-workers-arent-being-paid/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Not going to happen.

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Westinghouse is claiming a nuclear deal would see $80B of new reactors
Details are remarkably sparse on what has been agreed to.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/westinghouse-is-claiming-a-nuclear-deal-would-see-80b-of-new-reactors/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Likely nothing has been agreed to.

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Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update
Update introduces two ways for the fridges to show ads.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/samsung-makes-ads-on-3499-smart-fridges-official-with-upcoming-software-update/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Man fuck that noise.

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Expert panel will determine AGI arrival in new Microsoft-OpenAI agreement
New deal extends Microsoft IP rights until 2032 or until AGI arrives.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/10/expert-panel-will-determine-agi-arrival-in-new-microsoft-openai-agreement/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica "The companies did not disclose who will serve on the expert panel or how panel members will be selected. The lack of details about the panel’s composition leaves open questions about what criteria the experts will actually use to verify that AGI has been achieved. Previously, the two companies had agreed on a somewhat arbitrary economic threshold of when AI systems can generate $100 billion in profits."

Why do I get the feeling that not much will change?

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Trump’s UCLA deal: Pay us $1B+, and we can still cut your grants again
The deal wouldn't protect UCLA from the proposed university compact.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/trumps-ucla-deal-pay-us-1b-and-we-can-still-cut-your-grants-again/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Fascist scum.

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Suing a popular YouTuber who shimmed a $130 lock—what could possibly go wrong?
It's still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/suing-a-popular-youtuber-who-shimmed-a-130-lock-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica This company deserves to go out of business.

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Feds probe Tesla about its “Mad Max” mode
The new mode added in the latest update will speed and weave through traffic.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/feds-probe-tesla-about-its-mad-max-mode/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Unfortunately the investigation will go nowhere once Musk pays the bribe.

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Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House
"Now it looks like the White House is physically being destroyed."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/satellite-shows-whats-really-happening-at-the-east-wing-of-the-white-house/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica These people were lecturing us about tearing down confederate monuments.

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Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
"This is the dumbest plan I've ever heard in nearly five years in the United States Senate."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/texas-lawmakers-double-down-on-discovery-call-for-doj-investigation-into-smithsonian/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The GOP is one big criminal enterprise.

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Absolutely obsessed with framing your employees sleeping on the floor as a humble brag

“Look how hard my team works” no dude you’re just bad at project management.

Competent companies ship products without cosplaying being homeless

A tweet by Mark Kretschmann showing two photos of the xAI office on Grokipedia release day. The office is filled with small camping tents set up between desks and along hallways, suggesting that engineers have been sleeping there while working late. The caption notes it’s early morning and the engineers are still in their tents, joking that a good night’s sleep does wonders.
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@Daojoan Ah yes, I always get a good night’s sleep in a tent sleeping on a concrete floor.

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@arstechnica Machine Learning is fine. But LLMs are the absolute wrong kind of ML for driving a car.

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The mystery object that struck a plane in flight? It was probably a weather balloon
WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/the-mystery-object-that-struck-a-plane-in-flight-it-was-probably-a-weather-balloon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The flash of light you saw in the sky was not a UFO. Swamp gas from a weather balloon was trapped in a thermal pocket and reflected the light from Venus.

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Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?
Doctors share top concerns of AI surrogates aiding life-or-death decisions.
https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/10/should-an-ai-copy-of-you-help-decide-if-you-live-or-die/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Considering there's no such thing as an AI "copy" of someone, I'd have to say NO.

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Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Meta removed ICE Sighting group after hearing from the Justice Department.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/trump-admin-pressured-facebook-into-removing-ice-tracking-group/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Call it what it is: government censorship.

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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
The one petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/nvidia-sells-tiny-new-computer-that-puts-big-ai-on-your-desktop/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Who wants that?

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More federal health employees axed amid shutdown-linked terminations
HHS would not say how many are being let go, but union says "thousands."
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/more-federal-health-employees-axed-amid-shutdown-linked-terminations/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica How long until this regime is forced to hire them back?

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YouTube explains how banned creators can get a “second chance”
YouTube will evaluate each request individually, but copyright violators need not apply.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/youtube-explains-how-banned-creators-can-get-a-second-chance/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica YouTube has notoriously bad customer support. They’re so big that they simply don’t care.

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Apple and Google reluctantly comply with Texas age verification law
Texas requires sensitive info just to check weather and sports scores, Apple says.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/apple-and-google-reluctantly-comply-with-texas-age-verification-law/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Age verification laws are shit and so is Texas.

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Discord says hackers stole government IDs of 70,000 users
As more sites require IDs for user age verification, expect more such breaches to come.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/10/discord-says-hackers-stole-government-ids-of-70000-users/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica This keeps happening and they wonder why we hate age-verification bullshit.

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Man gets drunk, wakes up with a medical mystery that nearly kills him
This one seems ready-made for a television medical drama.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/man-gets-drunk-wakes-up-with-a-medical-mystery-that-nearly-kills-him/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica “Toothpick ingestions often go unnoticed”

Do they? I guess it depends on how much you’ve had to drink.

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ISPs created so many fees that FCC will kill requirement to list them all
ISPs complained about Biden-era rule, said listing every fee was too hard.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/isps-created-so-many-fees-that-fcc-will-kill-requirement-to-list-them-all/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica When Republicans talk about "small government", they don't mean the military or ICE, they mean the agencies that protect normal people from billionaires. Like the FCC is supposed to.

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Wikipedia rebuts Ted Cruz attack, says Cruz just doesn’t understand the site
Wikipedia host's lawyer wants to help Ted Cruz understand how the platform works.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/wikipedia-rebuts-ted-cruz-attack-says-cruz-just-doesnt-understand-the-site/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The man’s salary depends on him not “understanding” it.

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OpenAI wants to make ChatGPT into a universal app frontend
Spotify, Canva, Zillow among today's launch partners, more coming later this year.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openai-wants-to-make-chatgpt-into-a-universal-app-frontend/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica And people in hell want ice water. What a laugh.

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OpenAI, Jony Ive struggle with technical details on secretive new AI gadget
ChatGPT maker working with former Apple design boss to launch personal assistant.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openai-jony-ive-struggle-with-technical-details-on-secretive-new-ai-gadget/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica It will be a spectacular flop. Remember the Pin?

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Tesla reverses sales decline in Q3, sells 50k more cars than it built
The end of the EV tax credit in the US on September 30 helped spur sales.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/tesla-reverses-sales-decline-in-q3-sells-50k-more-cars-than-it-built/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Expect sales to plummet even more now. No more EV credit.

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How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up
Thanks to some recent reporting, we've found a potential solution to the Artemis blues.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/10/how-america-fell-behind-china-in-the-lunar-space-race-and-how-it-can-catch-back-up/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica PSA: We already beat China to the moon. This is just a dick-waving contest.

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Ice Age hunters in South America preferred now-extinct megafauna
Giant sloths are extinct in part because they were tasty and nutritious.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/ice-age-hunters-in-south-america-preferred-now-extinct-megafauna/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica I mean, I’d eat one.

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OpenAI mocks Musk’s math in suit over iPhone/ChatGPT integration
xAI's claim that Apple gave ChatGPT a monopoly on prompts is “baseless,” OpenAI says.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/openai-mocks-musks-math-in-suit-over-iphone-chatgpt-integration/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Here’s hoping that somehow they both lose.

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FCC chairman leads “cruel” vote to take Wi-Fi access away from school kids
Groups blast "Chairman Carr's cruel move to delete kids' Internet connections."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/10/fcc-chairman-leads-cruel-vote-to-take-wi-fi-access-away-from-school-kids/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica MAGA is defined by its selfishness and cruelty.

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Big AI firms pump money into world models as LLM advances slow
World models aim to navigate the physical world by learning from videos, robotic data.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/big-ai-firms-pump-money-into-world-models-as-llm-advances-slow/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Gotta do something while waiting for the bubble to burst.

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Who should we blame for the current war on science?
A vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/who-should-we-blame-for-the-current-war-on-science/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Highly-educated Republican politicians and propagandists telling their base not to trust anyone who’s highly-educated.

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ChatGPT Pulse delivers morning updates based on your chat history
New mobile chatbot feature analyzes conversations overnight.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/chatgpt-pulse-delivers-morning-updates-based-on-your-chat-history/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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NASA targeting early February for Artemis II mission to the Moon
"There is a desire for us to be the first to return to the surface of the Moon."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/nasa-targeting-early-february-for-artemis-ii-mission-to-the-moon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica There have been several landings on the moon. This is not going to be "the first to return".

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Supreme Court lets Trump fire FTC Democrat despite 90-year-old precedent
Kagan dissent: Majority is giving Trump "full control" of independent agencies.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/supreme-court-lets-trump-fire-ftc-democrat-despite-90-year-old-precedent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Absolutely corrupt SCOTUS.

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Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day
It's the latest evidence in support of Robert Dudley's controversial "drunk monkey" hypothesis.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/09/chimps-consume-alcohol-equivalent-of-nearly-2-drinks-a-day/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica Pfft, lightweights.

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After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC’s The View
Brendan Carr threatens to eliminate shows' exemptions from Equal Time Rule.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/after-getting-jimmy-kimmel-suspended-fcc-chair-threatens-abcs-the-view/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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@arstechnica The Equal Time Rule is generally considered unconstitutional and these shows would easily prove in court that they're being singled out while Fox News is the country''s greatest transgressor.

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FCC derided as “Federal Censorship Commission” after pushing Jimmy Kimmel off ABC
Disney does FCC chair's bidding, suspends Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comment.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/fcc-derided-as-federal-censorship-commission-after-pushing-jimmy-kimmel-off-abc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

qhstone ,
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@arstechnica This is a fascist regime by any yardstick.

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Trump’s Golden Dome will cost 10 to 100 times more than the Manhattan Project
In nuclear era, it has proven cheaper to build offensive weapons than play defense.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/09/trumps-golden-dome-will-cost-10-to-100-times-more-than-the-manhattan-project/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

qhstone ,
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@arstechnica The shambling corpse of Reagan's SDI project reanimated and turned loose three decades later.

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White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits
Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors' work.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/white-house-officials-reportedly-frustrated-by-anthropics-law-enforcement-ai-limits/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

qhstone ,
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@arstechnica "The restrictions affect private contractors working with law enforcement agencies who need AI models for their work." Do they ACTUALLY need AI models for their work? Or are they taking a lazy shortcut that produces unreliable information?