For regular books, Amazon’s $280 Kindle Colorsoft falls short of the Paperwhite
Even if you spend most of your time reading monochrome text, the Colorsoft does insert splashes of color wherever it can. The ...
The harrowing story of what flying Starliner was like when its thrusters failed
As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...
Overblown quantum dot conspiracy theories make important points about QLED TVs
“QLED generally implies superior colors, but some QLED models have been reported to cover less than 90 percent of the DCI-P3 ...
Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles
No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...
Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant
Google announced its intention to unify its generative AI efforts under the Gemini brand at the tail end of 2023, and it's ...
DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge
Google’s artificial intelligence arm DeepMind has been holding back the release of its world-renowned research, as it seeks ...
Lithium-ion battery waste fires are increasing, and vapes are a big part of it
Publicly reported fire incidents at waste and recycling facilities also hit 398, a new high since Fire Rover began compiling ...
FTC watching 23andMe bankruptcy sale for impact on users’ genetic data
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson said he's keeping an eye on 23andMe's bankruptcy proceeding and the company ...
MCP: The new “USB-C for AI” that’s bringing fierce rivals together
The solution comes from Anthropic, which developed and released an open specification called Model Context Protocol (MCP) in November 2024. MCP establishes a royalty-free protocol that allows AI ...
Even Trump may not be able to save Elon Musk from his old tweets
Elon Musk accused the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of launching a purely politically motivated probe into his ...
Tuesday Telescope: On Mars, the rovers take pictures of robotic arms and rocks
We're back! A long-time reader and subscriber recently mentioned in the Ars Forums that they "kind of" missed the Daily Telescope posts that I used to write in 2023 and 2024. Although I would have ...
With new Gen-4 model, Runway claims to have finally achieved consistency in AI videos
The last major model update at Runway was Gen-3, which was announced just under a year ago in June 2024. That update greatly ...