Roku OS home screen is getting video ads for the first time ( arstechnica.com )
UK outlaws awful default passwords on connected devices ( arstechnica.com )
This is an obviously good thing.
Motherboard makers apparently to blame for high-end Intel Core i9 CPU failures ( arstechnica.com )
Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed ( arstechnica.com )
You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000 ( arstechnica.com )
NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan ( arstechnica.com )
Dragonfly mission to Titan gets the green light ( arstechnica.com )
The mission includes a quadcopter to explore different locations on the surface.
Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs ( arstechnica.com )
NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan ( arstechnica.com )
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover ( arstechnica.com )
Chinese EV makers won’t get subsidies from Mexico after US pressure ( arstechnica.com )
OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022 | Ars Technica ( arstechnica.com )
ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say ( arstechnica.com )
Tesla stops cybertruck deliveries—accelerator pedal may be to blame ( arstechnica.com )
Owners will have to wait until April 20 for deliveries to resume.
SD cards finally expected to hit 4TB in 2025 ( arstechnica.com )
5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030 ( arstechnica.com )
"Permission is Hereby Granted" -- MIT License text becomes viral “sad girl” piano ballad generated by AI ( arstechnica.com )
On Wednesday, prompt engineer Riley Goodside tweeted an AI-generated song created with the prompt "sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License," and it began to circulate widely in the AI community online.
Roku has patented a way to show ads over anything you plug into your TV ( arstechnica.com )
The diagnosis is in—bad memory knocked NASA’s aging Voyager 1 offline ( arstechnica.com )
"Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
The Maven: A user-friendly, $2K Cargo e-bike perfect for families on the go ( arstechnica.com )
I love seeing this. I'm not quite ready to by this particular bike, but I'm definitely going to share the info with my husband and see what he thinks. This could suit our needs in the next year or two.
Medicare forced to expand forms to fit 10-digit bills—a penny shy of $100M ( arstechnica.com )
Finally, engineers have a clue that could help them save Voyager 1 ( arstechnica.com )
A new signal from humanity's most distant spacecraft could be the key to restoring it....
Urban Diets Lead to Decline in Gut Bacteria That Digest Plants ( arstechnica.com )
This article discusses a new study on the link between gut bacteria and diet, particularly the ability to digest cellulose, a major component of plants....
AI-generated articles prompt Wikipedia to downgrade CNET’s reliability rating ( arstechnica.com )
Futurism report highlights the reputational cost of publishing AI-generated content.