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Attackers have been exploiting critical Zimbra flaw to steal emails
A simple email gives the attackers the ability to remotely inject OS commands.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 52m
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Google announces Gemini 4 Argon AI model, but you can't use it yet
So much for Gemini 3.5 Pro.
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Advertising may be necessary for the platform to remain financially viable and free, but users are concerned that ads and other recent changes, including age verification and AI moderation, could fundamentally change Discord's character: arstechnica.visitlink.me/EDc2U4
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Discord gives more advertisers more tools to target its users
Discord is "opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1h
Overall, more than a third of participants who took retatrutide as part of a late-stage clinical trial lost 30 percent or more of their weight: arstechnica.visitlink.me/objlbJ
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Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 1h
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Reddit will block Old.Reddit.com from people who haven’t used it in 6 months
Reddit says it's fighting "automated abuse."
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RFK Jr. says AI backs his anti-vaccine views. We checked—it doesn't.
AI is far from a perfect resource. But it seems to hallucinate less than Kennedy.
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What the Disney protests over Kimmel taught us about streaming mergers
Boycotting Disney is hard.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
Cloudflare’s plans are part of a major overhaul in the web public key infrastructure required to make website encryption and authentication safe for the coming post-quantum age: arstechnica.visitlink.me/9OcMaR
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Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
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Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
The company faces concerns about its agents going rogue during testing and training exercises, which include instances in which they hacked into the start-up Hugging Face, as well as government websites: arstechnica.visitlink.me/V_vBdU
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OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns
OpenAI is seeking another $30 billion privately as its IPO plans slip.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2h
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Lawsuit demands OpenAI halt unsafe development that caused Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer "the harms of its unsafe decision-making," nonprofit says.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3h
AMD may leverage the company's world models, which aim to provide a useful, predictive simulation of the physical world, to further its robotic ambitions and close the gap with its direct competitor: arstechnica.visitlink.me/3DzcQj
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AMD acquires World Labs AI startup, upping the ante against Nvidia
The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3h
It’s highly unlikely that the FCC or FTC will step in and order broadcasters to stop running the advertisements: arstechnica.visitlink.me/fKu1b4
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 4h
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So what's happening with Russia's new, long-delayed crewed spacecraft?
Russia says it has a "promising, reusable manned transport spacecraft."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 5h
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Google is paying 100 websites for contributions to AI Overviews, but the amounts are tiny
Many sites see just one-tenth of one percent of their advertising revenue from AI payments.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 5h
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Google figures out how to watermark AI-designed proteins
Intended to help with biosecurity, it works with a popular AI protein design tool.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 5h
Given the lack of constraints employed by OpenAI in this instance, the agent was arguably working as intended, using every available tool to generate the answers it was asked to provide: arstechnica.visitlink.me/d2djD-
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Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 5h
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PS5 jailbreaks just got a lot more useful
New exploit works on all but the most recently updated consoles.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
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Discord gives advertisers more tools to target its users
Discord is "opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
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What butterfly wings have in common with barbershop poles
Wing patterns, flight dynamics create "motion dazzle" effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
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BMW opens US order books for the new gas and electric 3 Series
The 2027 BMW 330 starts at $49,900, the i3 50 xDrive at $61,500.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
Just two years ago, NASA had some grand ambitions for an economy in low Earth orbit. These days, for both the agency and its partners, it seems that plan has gone sideways: arstechnica.visitlink.me/LAPfEl
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NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish or what?
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 6h
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OpenAI delays IPO over AI safety concerns
OpenAI is seeking another $30 billion privately as its IPO plans slip.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 9h
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Cloudflare plans to issue quantum-safe TLS certificates
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 22h
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Most powerful obesity drug yet: People lost up to 25% of weight in trial
Retatrutide is a triple-hormone obesity drug simulating GLP-1, GIP, and glucagon.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23h
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What Iceberg?: Bay Area artists target OpenAI with Titanic-themed protest art
New sculpture depicts AI leaders escaping a sinking ship.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23h
In a letter sent to the company this week, US Rep. Jamie Raskin accused Apple of “working with the government to violate its customers’ First Amendment rights to record and report on the activities of their own government." arstechnica.visitlink.me/zit76N
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Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 23h
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AMD acquires World Labs, AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li's world models startup
The deal, which is expected to close by year's end, is worth $8.2 billion.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The Firefox team hopes its latest update will help expand the browser’s appeal beyond privacy-conscious techies and open-web advocates to a broader audience who might simply pick the browser because they prefer its user experience: arstechnica.visitlink.me/p1OXz-
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Interview: Firefox's chief on why he hopes a redesign will help win users from Chrome
Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The company devoted almost a third of its lengthy S-1 filing to detailing “risk factors,” including the potential of increasingly advanced AI models to manipulate, blackmail, and exhibit other unpredictable behaviors: arstechnica.visitlink.me/GATAU1
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Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The delayed release of the company's updated model comes at a delicate time for OpenAI’s public safety reputation: arstechnica.visitlink.me/Q3kdU2
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OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
Similar performance, security trade-offs also seen in current public models.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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NASA has a Dragon dilemma, and there appear to be no good answers
So is SpaceX just being selfish, or what?
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Here's what actually happened in OpenAI's Australian gov't server hack
Without a "full set of safeguards," agent accessed "system information and source code."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Apple worked with Trump admin to remove ICE-tracking apps, lawmaker says
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The new legal motion is part of a civil lawsuit the state originally filed in June arguing that ChatGPT represented “a threat to the public safety of Floridians,” specifically by preying on vulnerable populations like children and delusional adults: arstechnica.visitlink.me/MJZWDI
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Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
Some critics worry that Nvidia’s profit motivations may be steering Trump’s thinking at a pivotal moment when it may matter how well a president actually understands the risks of a new technology: arstechnica.visitlink.me/VawsJy
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Experts worry about Nvidia's AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The conflict between Kalshi, which asserts that it can only be regulated by the US government, and individual states, which intend to enforce their own gambling laws, could end up going to the Supreme Court: arstechnica.visitlink.me/jRn4cD
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Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi's defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The federal government’s war on fuel efficiency claimed another victim this week: arstechnica.visitlink.me/jMNM83
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Trump cuts fuel economy standards back to 2014 levels
In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Connected car data privacy is still abysmal, study finds
Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Fruit flies remember their larval diet, which influences their longevity
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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OpenAI says planned GPT-6.1 is too insecure to release
Similar performance, security tradeoffs also seen in current public models.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Anthropic’s IPO pitch includes a warning about human extinction
The Claude maker warns its own models could resist shutdowns and cause catastrophic harm.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
The end of ChromeOS could present issues for certain organizations (like schools) that became accustomed to getting capable, easily managed PCs for dirt cheap: arstechnica.visitlink.me/iSL5E3
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Google seemingly confirms plans to kill ChromeOS in 2034
Google support maps out how Googlebooks can take over where ChromeOS left off.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 29/09/2026
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Mozilla's head of Firefox talks product priorities, AI skepticism, and browser choice
Mozilla's Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
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Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation
We couldn't provide detailed pricing to the CLD suppliers."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
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Nvidia may sell more chips in China as Jensen Huang’s influence over Trump grows
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
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Starship's first orbital launch gives lift to SpaceX's next-gen Starlinks
Starship had already flown 99 percent of the way to low-Earth orbit. Monday's flight added the last bit.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
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Florida asks court to put the brakes on OpenAI’s frontier AI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as "the greatest public nuisance ever created."
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 28/09/2026
OpenAI’s training pause may reflect worries about corporate liability if an overzealous agent does unintentionally cause significant harm to a third-party system: arstechnica.visitlink.me/Ds5eyu
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OpenAI halts frontier-model training amid string of agent misalignment incidents
US Government websites among "dozens of third parties" OpenAI has recently notified.
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