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  Ars Technica
18  august     22h32
Sabotage : Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research
Beth Mole    US healthcare is broken. Under RFK Jr., the research agency working to fix it is, too.
    22h18
Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks’ new active protection system for now
Jeremy Hsu    Tanks with defensive tech for shooting down drones are still proving vulnerable.
    19h01
Against all odds, SpaceX finally tugs Starship into port after 24 days at sea
Stephen Clark    A team of SpaceX engineers is on their way to conduct additional analysis on the vehicle.
    18h11
Disney sues FCC and its chair, escalating fight against Trump’s chief censor
Jon Brodkin    FCC demands total capitulation in Trump censorship campaign, Disney suit says.
    16h42
Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable
Scharon Harding    Peacock’s quarterly profitability isn’t guaranteed.
    16h30
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China’s space program
Eric Berger    One big question: Will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?
    16h05
Fairphone’s latest repairable phone is finally available in the US for 650
Ryan Whitwam    Fairphone sells components like the USB port and screen, all swappable with a single torx driver.
    15h52
Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner
Jonathan M. Gitlin    The American automaker returns to the top category of endurance racing next year.
    15h36
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan’s dream
Ashley Belanger    Matte paintings not CGI warp a world designed to hit a nerve for slasher fans.
    15h00
X-rays add new twist to narwhal’s spiral tusk
Jennifer Ouellette    New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.
    13h00
Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked
Dan Goodin    Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link.
    11h07
As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers
Amy Green, Inside Climate News    Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.
    04h00
Theban tomb reveals how Egyptian burial trends evolved in time
Jennifer Ouellette    Practices shifted from individuals buried in coffins to reusing sites for later mummy interments.
17  august     22h08
US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
Beth Mole    Again, the CDC did not publish a full report and instead simply put the data online.
    21h18
Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
Jeremy Hsu    We’re not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.
    20h23
The Moon’s shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
Stephen Clark    Here’s what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.
    20h14
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
Nate Anderson    Network effect can run in reverse.
    20h00
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for 47 million refund of FCC fine
Jon Brodkin    Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn’t illegal.
    18h43
Petlibro accused of gaslighting users over smart pet feeder outage
Scharon Harding    Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise.
    18h13
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Ashley Belanger    Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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