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Ars TechnicaWikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs
Judge tossed claim but said UK must not "significantly impede" Wikipedia operations.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/wikipedia-loses-uk-safety-act-challenge-worries-it-will-have-to-verify-user-ids/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaWhy Amazon is letting its rival launch its satellites
Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/why-amazon-is-letting-its-rival-launch-its-satellites/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaResearchers find LLMs are bad at logical inference, good at “fluent nonsense”
Chain-of-thought AI "degrades significantly" when asked to generalize beyond training.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/researchers-find-llms-are-bad-at-logical-inference-good-at-fluent-nonsense/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaRFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo
Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/rfk-jr-posted-fishing-pics-as-cdc-reeled-from-shooting-linked-to-vaccine-disinfo/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaNvidia, AMD agree to pay Trump’s 15% levy on China chip sales
The deal won’t resolve national security concerns.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/nvidia-amd-agree-to-pay-trumps-15-levy-on-china-chip-sales/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaScientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes
“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.”
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/scientists-hid-secret-codes-in-light-to-combat-video-fakes/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaFord bets big on “Universal EV Production System” and $30k truck
It's a clean-sheet approach to designing and building an electric vehicle.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-bets-big-on-universal-ev-production-system-and-30k-truck/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaHow old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?
A recent conference sees doubts raised about the age of the oldest signs of life.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/how-old-is-the-earliest-trace-of-life-on-earth/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaNASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why
Nuclear power could be the linchpin for long-term human activity.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/nasa-plans-to-build-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-a-space-lawyer-explains-why/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Ars TechnicaEncryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked
An encryption algorithm can have weaknesses that could allow an attacker to listen in.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social