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Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to
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Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google’s hand.
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ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review
The first portable “Xbox” fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms.
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Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
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“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection
AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters.
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We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one
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Google delivers another phone that is slightly better than its predecessor—is that enough?
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Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals
SpaceX Starlink’s mobile power play: 50 MHz of spectrum and 15,000 new satellites.
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Apple iPhone 17 Pro review: Come for the camera, stay for the battery
If your iPhone is your main or only camera, the iPhone 17 Pro is for you.
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How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up
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The SUV that saved Porsche goes electric, and the tech is interesting
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A history of the Internet, part 3: The rise of the user
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Your very own humane interface: Try Jef Raskin’s ideas at home
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Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools
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Tiny Vinyl is a new pocketable record format for the Spotify age
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Beyond technology? How Bentley is reacting to the 21st century.
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Delete, Delete, Delete: How FCC Republicans are killing rules faster than ever
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China’s Guowang megaconstellation is more than another version of Starlink
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