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Sophisticated $25M ethereum heist took about 12 seconds, DOJ says Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

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MIT students stole $25M in seconds by exploiting ETH blockchain bug, DOJ says

Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” FISA renewal requires more service providers to cooperate with government.

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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”

FISA renewal requires more service providers to cooperate with government.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

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Billions of public Discord messages may be sold through a scraping service

Cross-server tracking suggests a new understanding of "public" chat servers.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites Opponents say SOPA-like proposal would block plenty of legitimate websites.

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Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites

Opponents say SOPA-like proposal would block plenty of legitimate websites.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

After a one-year delay, Google might finally launch its “Find My” network Google promised to wait for Apple to launch cross-platform "unwanted tag" detection.

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Android’s AirTag competitor gears up for launch, thanks to iOS release

Google promised to wait for Apple to launch cross-platform "unwanted tag" detection.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

NASA wants to bring back supersonic airliners—but quieter this time Supersonic flight without loud booms? NASA is working on that.

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After Concorde, a long road back to supersonic air travel

Supersonic flight without loud booms? NASA is working on that.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Banish OEM self-signed certs forever and roll your own private LetsEncrypt Toss certbot or acme.sh onto some servers and baby, you got a stew going!

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Banish OEM self-signed certs forever and roll your own private LetsEncrypt

Toss certbot or acme.sh onto some servers and baby, you got a stew going!

Ars Technica 2 years ago

EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others Lawmaker hails "world's first binding law on artificial intelligence."

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EU votes to ban riskiest forms of AI and impose restrictions on others

Lawmaker hails "world's first binding law on artificial intelligence."

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Chicago battles measles with calls for vaccination—in contrast with Florida US faces threat of measles resurgence amid global rise and declining vaccination.

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Chicago battles measles with calls for vaccination—in contrast with Florida

US faces threat of measles resurgence amid global rise and declining vaccination.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

IRS free tax filing service now available, but most people don’t qualify Direct File has many limits, but nearly 19M people in 12 states may be eligible.

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IRS has launched its free tax filing service, Direct File, in 12 states

Direct File has many limits, but nearly 19M people in 12 states may be eligible.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Most mobile subscription apps generate under $1,000/month, study of 30K apps finds New apps reportedly make median monthly revenue of less than $50.

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Abysmal revenue stats of 30K mobile apps show why devs keep pushing for subs

New apps reportedly make median monthly revenue of less than $50.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

The 2024 Moto G Power packs wireless charging, 8GB RAM in a $300 phone The 2024 Moto G starts arriving at the end of March at most budget carriers.

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The 2024 Moto G Power packs wireless charging, 8GB RAM in a $300 phone

The 2024 Moto G starts arriving at the end of March at most budget carriers.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

New high-end iPads are around the corner; please let me run macOS on them Op-ed: The iPad needs more than a simple hardware refresh to fix what ails it.

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New iPads may be coming soon, but they won’t change the awkward spot the iPad is in

Op-ed: The iPad needs more than a simple hardware refresh to fix what ails it.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Apple to allow iOS app installs from websites, but small devs don’t qualify To qualify, devs need an app installed by 1 million users in EU the prior year.

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Apple to allow iOS app installs from websites, but small devs don’t qualify

To qualify, devs need an app installed by 1 million users in EU the prior year.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Study: Cicadas pee in jets, not droplets. Here’s why that’s kinda weird. Come for the cicada video, stay for the scaling graphic of urination across animal kingdom.

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Cicadas pee in jets, not droplets. Here’s why that’s kinda weird.

Come for the cicada video, stay for the scaling graphic of urination across animal kingdom.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

NYT disputes OpenAI “hacking” claim by pointing to ChatGPT bypassing paywalls OpenAI’s claim that NYT “hacked” ChatGPT is “irrelevant” and “false,” NYT says.

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NYT to OpenAI: No hacking here, just ChatGPT bypassing paywalls

OpenAI’s claim that NYT “hacked” ChatGPT is “irrelevant” and “false,” NYT says.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year In development for some time, AirPods could finally get the FDA label this fall.

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Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year

In development for some time, AirPods could finally get the FDA label this fall.

Ars Technica 2 years ago

Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit Redditor paid a reported $670 to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.