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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/
Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says - Ars Technica
Mar 7, 2025 - Labels push to spike cost of Internet Archive fight over old 78s.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/okcupid-match-pay-no-fine-for-sharing-user-photos-with-facial-recognition-firm/
OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says - Ars Technica
Mar 31, 2026 - OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/hegseth-trump-had-no-authority-to-order-anthropic-to-be-blacklisted-judge-says/
Hegseth, Trump had no authority to order Anthropic to be blacklisted, judge says - Ars Technica
Mar 27, 2026 - “I don’t know”: Department of War fails to justify blacklisting Anthropic.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/perplexitys-incognito-mode-is-a-sham-lawsuit-says/
Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says - Ars Technica
Apr 3, 2026 - Google, Meta, and Perplexity accused of sharing millions of chats to increase ad revenue.
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/04/nutanix-claims-it-has-poached-30000-vmware-customers/
“Negative” views of Broadcom driving thousands of VMware migrations, rival says - Ars Technica
Apr 15, 2026 - Western Union exec says there were
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/internal-emails-show-how-amazon-raises-prices-across-the-internet-lawsuit-says/
Internal emails show how Amazon raises prices across the Internet, lawsuit says - Ars Technica
Apr 21, 2026 - “It’s working!“: Amazon emails with vendors show pattern of disappearing deals.
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/08/frequent-password-changes-are-the-enemy-of-security-ftc-technologist-says/
Frequent password changes are the enemy of security, FTC technologist says - Ars Technica
Aug 3, 2016 - Contrary to what you've been told, frequent changes can be counterproductive.
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/11/blue-origin-will-move-heaven-and-earth-to-help-nasa-reach-the-moon-faster-ceo-says/
Blue Origin will “move heaven and Earth” to help NASA reach the Moon faster, CEO says - Ars Technica
Nov 10, 2025 - We have some ideas that we think could accelerate the path to the Moon.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/10/att-took-283-million-but-didnt-deploy-required-broadband-mississippi-says/
AT&T took $283 million but didn’t deploy required broadband, Mississippi says - Ars Technica
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/deezer-says-44-of-new-music-uploads-are-ai-generated-most-streams-are-fraudulent/
Deezer says 44% of new music uploads are AI-generated, most streams are fraudulent - Ars Technica
Apr 20, 2026 - AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud.
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https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/06/after-reaching-51-network-power-bitcoin-mining-pool-says-trust-us/
After reaching 51% network power, Bitcoin mining pool says “trust us” - Ars Technica
Jun 16, 2014 - GHash notes it has never attacked, double-spent against Bitcoin.
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/anthropic-says-its-leak-focused-dmca-effort-unintentionally-hit-legit-github-forks/
Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks - Ars Technica
Apr 2, 2026 - But the effort to stop the spread of leaked Claude Code client code is an uphill battle.
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/google-ceo-says-over-25-of-new-google-code-is-generated-by-ai/
Google CEO says over 25% of new Google code is generated by AI - Ars Technica
Oct 30, 2024 - We've always used tools to build new tools, and developers are using AI to continue that tradition.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/google-is-killing-off-its-one-vpn-service/
Google kills “One” VPN service, says “people simply weren’t using it” - Ars Technica
Apr 12, 2024 - Did anyone want a VPN from the Internet's largest data collector?
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https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/02/nasa-says-it-needs-to-haul-the-artemis-ii-rocket-back-to-the-hangar-for-repairs/
NASA says it needs to haul the Artemis II rocket back to the hangar for repairs - Ars Technica
Feb 23, 2026 - Accessing and remediating any of these issues can only be performed in the VAB.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/09/f-droid-calls-for-regulators-to-stop-googles-crackdown-on-sideloading/
F-Droid says Google’s new sideloading restrictions will kill the project - Ars Technica
Sep 29, 2025 - F-Droid sees Google's plans as a threat to FOSS apps.
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https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/should-ai-chatbots-have-ads-anthropic-says-no/
Should AI chatbots have ads? Anthropic says no. - Ars Technica
Feb 4, 2026 - ChatGPT competitor comes out swinging with Super Bowl ad mocking AI product pitches.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/03/judge-upholds-apple-delisting-of-free-musi-app-that-streams-songs-from-youtube/
Apple can delist apps "with or without cause," judge says in loss for Musi app - Ars Technica
Mar 18, 2026 - Judge tosses Musi case against Apple, sanctions lawyers for
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/national-academies-of-sciences-resisting-pressure-to-pull-climate-info/
National Academies of Sciences says no to demands it remove climate info - Ars Technica
Mar 19, 2026 - State attorneys general won't get climate chapter removed from a legal manual.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/youtube-increases-premium-price-again-says-90-second-unskippable-ads-are-a-bug/
YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug - Ars Technica
Apr 10, 2026 - An individual plan now cost $15.99 per month, and the free tier comes with buggy ads.
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/03/study-says-roads-bring-more-fire-to-forests-usda-wants-more-roads-to-fight-fires/
Study says roads bring more fires to forests; USDA wants more roads to fight fires - Ars Technica
Mar 24, 2026 - Opponents say the proposed rule would be a giveaway to the timber industry.
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https://arstechnica.com/apple/2026/02/in-a-replay-of-2019-apple-says-a-single-desktop-mac-will-be-manufactured-in-the-us/
In a replay of 2019, Apple says a single desktop Mac will be manufactured in the US - Ars Technica
Feb 24, 2026 - Apple is still working to get favorable tariff treatment from the Trump administration.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/florida-probes-chatgpt-role-in-mass-shooting-openai-says-bot-not-responsible/
Florida probes ChatGPT role in mass shooting. OpenAI says bot "not responsible." - Ars Technica
Apr 21, 2026 - Can ChatGPT be blamed for a mass shooting? Florida is investigating.
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-accuses-china-of-industrial-scale-ai-theft-china-says-its-slander/
US accuses China of “industrial-scale” AI theft. China says it’s “slander.” - Ars Technica
Apr 23, 2026 - Trump-Xi summit may be rocked by US mulling huge sanctions.
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