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Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States?
Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race.
DJI’s Osmo Pocket 3 vlogging camera is a good deal at under $400
If you’re the kind of person who likes to document everything, either for professional and/or personal reasons, and your phone’s camera isn’t cutting it, you might be considering …
Xbox CEO is reportedly planning three more rounds of layoffs
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma is planning new rounds of layoffs for sometime this month, November, and January, according to Fortune. In July, as part of an organizational "reset," Sharma …
Amazon is phasing out Fire HD tablets, but not without some big discounts first
Amazon recently announced it’s phasing out its Fire HD tablets in favor of much pricier Alexa Tablets. While the days of getting an affordable, but good tablet from Amazon seem to…
JustWatch now streams TV shows and movies, too
After announcing plans to introduce its own streaming service last month, JustWatch, a popular guide and search engine for finding things to watch on existing platforms like Disne…
Sierra and Stripe let AI agents take card payments during calls
Sierra, the AI customer service startup led by Bret Taylor, has partnered with Stripe so its agents can take card payments during phone calls. Customers type their card number on …
Microsoft reportedly plans Xbox handheld in 2027, next-gen console in 2028
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch an Xbox "next-generation handheld device" for the holiday season of 2027. The Xbox next-gen console, codename Project Helix, would then …
Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
ChatGPT now lets you lock your chats
The company says the feature is designed for situations where users might be discussing something personal or planning a surprise and want to keep those conversations private when…
Meta’s policy chief Joel Kaplan will leave the company in 2027
Joel Kaplan, Meta’s chief global affairs officer, will leave the company in 2027 after more than 15 years, Bloomberg reported. He will stay through the US midterm elections. No su…
Can you see everything?
This review contains spoilers. I have heard it said that of all the drugs, fame is the most addictive. For Elizabeth Holmes, at least, I am willing to believe that is true. It is …
How long can you expect your original Steam Deck to last?
The original Steam Deck has been around for a while, but unless you only play the heaviest games, it should be great for some time more.
Ukraine’s drone rescue of wounded soldier puts much touted idea into practice
Ukraine’s latest drone innovation may boost bleak odds of evacuating casualties.
AMD is bringing its next-gen FSR 4.1 upscaling tech to Xbox
Coming soon to the X/S and Ally devices.
OpenAI says GPT-6.1 Sol is dramatically better at migrating legacy code
OpenAI confirmed that its newer models are much better at writing and migrating software in older programming languages. [...]
Quantum error correction goes well beyond breakeven
A demo of error-corrected qubits shows big reductions in errors as they grow.
Meta pauses Muse sharing after researchers find AI chats on the web
Meta says it paused a Muse feature that lets you share conversations with the AI assistant after researchers found the URLs publicly available on the web, as reported by Ars Techn…
How often should you restart your Apple Watch?
Your Apple Watch doesn't need frequent restarts like a computer, but you might still want to shut down when something's off.
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.
The $20,000 Voxel bot will help you find misplaced things around your home
Tuesday Labs, a New York City-based robotics lab and design studio, has opened reservations for Voxel, its new bi-pedal robot designed to learn and take over routine tasks through…
Meta tries to scapegoat staff who downloaded torrents to spare execs
Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
Otter.ai raises $320M from General Catalyst for enterprise growth
Otter.ai has raised $320 million in growth financing from General Catalyst’s Customer Value Fund. The AI meeting notetaker announced the deal on Tuesday. It will use the money for…
Spotify is dancing around its AI 'slop and spam' problem
The company said it removed 50 million such tracks from recommendations, but hasn't necessarily wiped them entirely.
Eight eMudhra CA Keys Compromised, Triggering Emergency Fixes Across Browsers and Software
The private keys of eight eMudhra intermediate certificate authority (CA) certificates are compromised, Mozilla and Google's Chrome Root Program confirms on October 20. An interme…