Scharon Harding 2023-02-07 15:33:31 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Sonos One smart speaker. Sonos will release a new flagship speaker “in the coming months,” according to a report Monday from The Verge. The publication said this will be …
Creation of largest US lithium mine draws closer despite protest over land use
Ashley Belanger 2023-02-07 14:20:44 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Aerial view of a dirt road leading up through The Thacker Pass Lithium mining area in the arid Nevada desert. Construction will reportedly soon begin on a mine that’s …
Mercedes-Benz’s electric eSprinter van debuts, US sales later this year
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-07 10:40:21 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Mercedes-Benz Vans eSprinter will go on sale in the US in the second half of 2023, then Europe before the end of the year. Mercedes-Benz On Tuesday, Mercedes-Benz …
Volkswagen recalls almost 21,000 ID.4s for software fix
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-06 09:14:09 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Early VW ID.4s will need to visit a dealership for a software update. Jonathan Gitlin Volkswagen is the latest OEM to issue a recall for some of its …
Apple could skip an M2 Mac Studio update to boost Apple Silicon Mac Pro
Andrew Cunningham 2023-02-06 15:42:17 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Apple’s Mac Studio desktop. Andrew Cunningham If rumors are to be believed, Apple has had to scale back its ambitions for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro. A planned performance-boosting …
Hackers are mass infecting servers worldwide by exploiting a patched hole
Dan Goodin 2023-02-06 16:32:41 arstechnica.com Getty Images An explosion of cyberattacks is infecting servers around the world with crippling ransomware by exploiting a vulnerability that was patched two years ago, it was widely reported on Monday. …
New battery seems to offer it all: lithium-metal/lithium-air electrodes
John Timmer 2023-02-06 18:01:49 arstechnica.com Current lithium-based batteries are based on intercalation—lithium ions squeeze into spaces within electrode materials such as graphite. As a result, most of the battery’s volume and bulk is dedicated to things …
Getty sues Stability AI for copying 12M photos and imitating famous watermark
Ashley Belanger 2023-02-06 17:04:57 arstechnica.com Getty Images is well-known for its extensive collection of millions of images, including its exclusive archive of historical images and its wider selection of stock images hosted on iStock. On Friday, …
Big Tech companies use cloud computing arms to pursue alliances with AI groups
Financial Times 2023-02-06 09:25:42 arstechnica.com Big Tech companies are aggressively pursuing investments and alliances with artificial intelligence startups through their cloud computing arms, raising regulatory questions over their role as both suppliers and competitors in the …
Tesla raises Model Y prices after Treasury says it counts as an SUV
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-06 09:36:24 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Tesla Model Y electric vehicles in a lot at the Tesla Inc. Gigafactory in Gruenheide, Germany, on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023. Liesa Johannssen/Bloomberg via Getty Images Barely three …
Vanpowers City Vanture e-bike review: Sleek, streamlined, and hard to define
Kevin Purdy 2023-02-05 07:00:42 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Vanpowers City Vanture. Spotting the “e” on this e-bike at a glance is trickier than most. Kevin Purdy A “city” bike could mean many different things. It could …
Proposals but no consensus on curbing water shortages in Colorado River basin
Inside Climate News 2023-02-05 07:21:46 arstechnica.com Enlarge / A view of the Colorado River from the Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon, Arizona on Aug. 31, 2022. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images In 2007, the seven states …
Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software
Dan Goodin 2023-02-03 08:29:28 arstechnica.com Getty Images Searching Google for downloads of popular software has always come with risks, but over the past few months, it has been downright dangerous, according to researchers and a pseudorandom …
Ford will return to F1 in 2026 as an engine builder
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-03 10:32:46 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Ford DFV is the most successful F1 engine of all time. Ford is returning to the sport as an engine builder in 2026. Note the suspension elements …
When will United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket fly?
Eric Berger 2023-02-03 10:48:42 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Vulcan’s core stage is lifted into a processing facility at Cape Canaveral, Fla., in January. United Launch Alliance The large Vulcan rocket, which has received dozens of launch orders …
The newest feature in the Microsoft Store is more ads
Andrew Cunningham 2023-02-03 11:29:44 arstechnica.com Microsoft If your main problem with the Microsoft Store is that you get too many relevant results when you search for apps, good news: Microsoft is officially launching Microsoft Store Ads, …
SEC gets $35 million settlement in Activision misconduct disclosure case
Kyle Orland 2023-02-03 15:55:05 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Taking a close look… The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that Activision Blizzard has agreed to pay $35 million to settle a probe into the company’s handling of …
Electrify America is raising its prices in March
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-03 11:41:30 arstechnica.com Electrify America Road-tripping in an electric vehicle might be slightly more expensive this year. On Thursday morning, Electrify America informed its user base that starting on March 6, the company …
Six new electric Volvos will debut by 2026
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-02-02 09:09:20 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Modular architectures like SPA2 mean Volvo can build lots of different models using the same toolkit. Volvo In 2017 Volvo marked itself as something of a pioneer in …
Google isn’t moving Legacy G Suite users again, despite admin console warnings
Ron Amadeo 2023-02-02 19:54:05 arstechnica.com Google Grandfathered-in “Legacy G Suite” users got a scare recently when another new “transition” message started popping up in the Google Admin console. “The transition to Google Workspace has started,” said …
Razer’s $280 mouse is covered in gaping holes
Scharon Harding 2023-02-02 15:36:47 arstechnica.com Razer There are a lot of cookie-cutter mice that, though made by different manufacturers, have the same shapes and features but rely on mild changes in color or sensor specs to …
ISP admits lying to FCC about size of network to block funding to rivals
Jon Brodkin 2023-02-02 14:06:44 arstechnica.com Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Ryan Grewell, who runs a small wireless Internet service provider in Ohio, last month received an email that confirmed some of his worst suspicions about cable …
Cash-strapped Twitter to start charging developers for API access next week
Ashley Belanger 2023-02-02 11:39:50 arstechnica.com In the middle of the night, Twitter made an announcement that disappointed a wide range of developers whose research, bots, and apps depend on free access to the platform’s API to …
Samsung Galaxy S23 is official, with special-edition Qualcomm chip
Ron Amadeo 2023-02-01 13:27:25 arstechnica.com The S23 Series. Everything has a similar camera design this year. Samsung The backs. Samsung The Ultra model still has an S-Pen. Samsung The Plus and base models have round corners. …
Paper: Stable Diffusion “memorizes” some images, sparking privacy concerns
Benj Edwards 2023-02-01 13:37:40 arstechnica.com Enlarge / An image from Stable Diffusion’s training set compared (left) to a similar Stable Diffusion generation (right) when prompted with “Ann Graham Lotz.” Carlini et al., 2023 On Monday, a …
Won’t somebody please think of the insects?!
Doug Johnson 2023-02-01 14:23:26 arstechnica.com Enlarge / This butterfly is also referred to as the Cairns Birdwing. (credit: Jodi Jacobson) Nearly 17 percent, or 22.5 million square kilometers, of the world’s land now falls within protected …
(Most of) AMD’s gaming-centric Ryzen 7000 X3D CPUs launch February 28
Andrew Cunningham 2023-02-01 15:24:36 arstechnica.com Enlarge / AMD has announced pricing and availability for its newest 3D V-Cache desktop CPUs. AMD AMD’s pumped-up, 3D V-Cache-equipped Ryzen 7000 desktop processors will be available to buy on February …
Bethesda’s Redfall needs to be online for single-player mode
Kyle Orland 2023-02-01 16:17:31 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Artist’s conception of a single player (foreground) trying to access Redfall without an Internet connection. Bethesda’s upcoming supernatural shooter Redfall will require “a persistent online connection,” even for the …
New data illustrates time’s effect on hard drive failure rates
Scharon Harding 2023-02-01 13:48:03 arstechnica.com SSDs have usurped hard disk drives (HDDs) when it comes to performance, but whether building a network-attached storage (NAS) or having high-capacity needs on a budget, plenty of people still rely …
Intel cuts Arc A750 GPU’s price while boasting about driver optimizations
Andrew Cunningham 2023-02-01 09:00:36 arstechnica.com Enlarge / The Arc A750 is slower than the top-tier A770, and it’s getting a $40 price cut to make it more appealing. Intel It has been about four months since …
Two decades after the Columbia disaster, is NASA’s safety culture fixed?
Eric Berger 2023-02-01 07:01:54 arstechnica.com Enlarge / During the launch of space shuttle Columbia in 2003 a chunk of foam fell off the external tank and struck the orbiter’s left wing. NASA Leaden skies and chilly …
Tesla tells investors it’s being investigated by the Justice Department
Jonathan M. Gitlin 2023-01-31 10:42:26 arstechnica.com Aurich Lawson | Tesla | Airplane! Tesla filed its annual 10-K report with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday night, and the document confirms that, among the many open …
Sony halves reported sales expectations for coming PSVR2 headset
Kyle Orland 2023-01-31 11:22:36 arstechnica.com Enlarge / Say so long to the original PSVR’s glowing blue lights. Sony is drastically scaling back its sales expectations for next month’s launch of the PlayStation VR2 headset, according to …
