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  1. The best summer Prime Day deals we could find for Ars readers

    On day two of Amazon's summer sale extravaganza, here are the deals we liked.

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  2. Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

    Blood stem cells are being engineered to protect them from lethal therapies.

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  3. Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

    There's no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway.

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  4. Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

    Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise.

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  5. We test the baffling hubless Verge TS Pro electric motorbike

    The Verge TS is anything but cheap, but it does feature cutting-edge technology.

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  6. The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us

    50 years of excavation unveiled the story of a catastrophic event and its aftermath.

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  7. Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next

    Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates.

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  8. Surface Pro 11 and Laptop 7 review: An Apple Silicon moment for Windows

    Superfluous AI features and compatibility issues don't detract from good PCs.

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  9. 30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive

    Project's creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it's going.

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  10. The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year

    Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France.

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  11. T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices

    FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors."

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  12. Star Wars behind the scenes: Creating the unique aesthetic of The Acolyte

    Ars chats with production designer Kevin Jenkins and cinematographer Chris Teague.

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  13. Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse

    AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use.

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  14. Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter

    Id Software co-founder talks to Ars about everything from Catacomb 3-D to "boomer shooters."

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  15. Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

    Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library.

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  16. From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction

    MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history.

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  17. MacBook Air gets hosed, other models hold steady in macOS 15 as Intel support fades

    Sequoia is both more and less generous to Intel Macs, depending on the model.

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  18. Hello sunshine: We test McLaren’s drop-top hybrid Artura Spider

    The addition of a retractable roof makes this Artura the one to pick.

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  19. Mod Easy: A retro e-bike with a sidecar perfect for Indiana Jones cosplay

    It's not the most practical option for passengers, but my son had a blast.

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  20. May contain nuts: Precautionary allergen labels lead to consumer confusion

    Some labels suggest allergen cross-contamination that might not exist.

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  21. Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy

    They hold the keys to new physics. If only we could understand them.

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  22. How the Webb and Gaia missions bring a new perspective on galaxy formation

    The Webb and Gaia telescopes have unearthed the early building blocks of the Milky Way.

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  23. Brompton C Line Electric review: Fun and foldable, fits better than you’d think

    A motor evens out its natural disadvantages, but there's still a learning curve.

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  24. Can a technology called RAG keep AI models from making stuff up?

    The framework pulls in external sources to enhance accuracy. Does it live up to the hype?

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  25. Windows Recall demands an extraordinary level of trust that Microsoft hasn’t earned

    Op-ed: The risks to Recall are way too high for security to be secondary.

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  26. No physics? No problem. AI weather forecasting is already making huge strides.

    New model that predicts global weather can run on a single desktop computer.

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  27. Driverless racing is real, terrible, and strangely exciting

    The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Racing League proves it’s possible, just very hard.

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  28. The Unistellar Odyssey smart telescope made me question what stargazing means

    The age-old pursuit of looking at the heavens is finally getting an upgrade.

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  29. Small, cheap, and weird: A history of the microcar

    Tiny EVs come of age again in the third microcar renaissance.

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  30. Google’s “AI Overview” can give false, misleading, and dangerous answers

    From glue-on-pizza recipes to recommending "blinker fluid," Google's AI sourcing needs work.

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  31. On self-driving, Waymo is playing chess while Tesla plays checkers

    We'll know Tesla is serious about robotaxis when it starts hiring remote operators.

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  32. Municipal broadband advocates fight off attacks from “dark money” groups

    "Social welfare" groups spread industry talking points against public broadband.

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  33. We take a stab at decoding SpaceX’s ever-changing plans for Starship in Florida

    "On Artemis III, we anticipate using at least two of the launch sites: one at KSC and one at Starbase."

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  34. How I upgraded my water heater and discovered how bad smart home security can be

    Could you really control someone's hot water with just an email address?

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  35. Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console

    How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s.

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  36. M4 iPad Pro review: Well, now you’re just showing off

    This tablet offers much more than you’ll actually need.

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