How to port any N64 game to the PC in record time ( arstechnica.com )
Neuralink to implant 2nd human with brain chip as 85% of threads retract in 1st ( arstechnica.com )
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results ( arstechnica.com )
ChatGPT outperforms undergrads in intro-level courses, falls short later ( arstechnica.com )
Researchers create 30 fake student accounts to submit model-generated responses to real exams. Professors grade the 200 or 1500 word responses from the AI undergrads and gave them better grades than real students 84% of the time. 6% of the bot respondents did get caught, though... for being too good. Meanwhile, AI detection...
T-Mobile imposes $5 monthly price hike on customers using older plans ( arstechnica.com )
New research shows gas stove emissions contribute to 19,000 deaths annually ( arstechnica.com )
Concerns over addicted kids spur probe into Meta and its use of dark patterns ( arstechnica.com )
Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says ( arstechnica.com )
Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts ( arstechnica.com )
Apple, SpaceX, Microsoft return-to-office mandates drove senior talent away ( arstechnica.com )
I hate to go as cliche as "surprising absolutely no one," but really, this is not a surprise.
Do you need a dentist visit every 6 months? That filling? The data is weak ( arstechnica.com )
A 2020 Cochrane review that assessed the two clinical trials concluded that "whether adults see their dentist for a check‐up every six months or at personalized intervals based on their dentist's assessment of their risk of dental disease does not affect tooth decay, gum disease, or quality of life. Longer intervals (up to 24...
Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose ( arstechnica.com )
NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket ( arstechnica.com )
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter ( arstechnica.com )
On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers ( arstechnica.com )
Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups ( arstechnica.com )
Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good ( arstechnica.com )
Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how. ( arstechnica.com )
Nova explosion visible to the naked eye expected any day now ( arstechnica.com )
Air Force is “growing concerned” about the pace of Vulcan rocket launches ( arstechnica.com )
Apple is halting its next high-end Vision in favor of something cheaper ( arstechnica.com )
What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think. ( arstechnica.com )
Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking ( arstechnica.com )
Surely the clearest path to retaining only the best.
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns ( arstechnica.com )
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era ( arstechnica.com )
