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12  october     17h52
Russia was not ready for the data center war it started with Ukraine
Jeremy Hsu    Russian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.
    13h00
Google announces the Fitbit Edge, a middle ground between Pixel Watch 5 and Fitbit Air
Ryan Whitwam    The Fitbit Edge offers more than the Air, but it’s not a real smartwatch.
    12h43
Amazon has over 1 million robot workers. What’s next for human employees?
Jeremy Hsu    The second-largest corporate employer has bet big on robot workers to scale.
11  october     18h10
Review: 4-hour Musk documentary feels like two different films
Jennifer Ouellette    Alex Gibney’s provocative film is compelling but overlong, and there’s not much new here for Ars readers.
09  october     22h04
Ukraine’s drones knock out AI data center belonging to Russia’s Google
Jeremy Hsu    One damaged data center has supercomputers used for training Yandex’s AI model.
    21h51
A Cray-1 supercomputer replica from 30 obsolete Mac Minis
Nick Indge    Stylish upcycling, with a retro flair, at Spain’s Museo de Historia de la Computación.
    18h54
PC shipments fall 20.1 percent in sharpest decline since Q1 2023
Scharon Harding    The current decline may be just the beginning of a new downward cycle.
    18h33
Your artwork could be featured in the next Debian release
Nick Indge    Debian Linux has put a call out for artist submissions for its next release: Forky.
08  october     19h57
Let’s Encrypt cuts certificate lifetimes to 64 days starting February 2027
Nick Indge    Free SSL TLS certificate lifetimes reduce to 64 days in February.
    16h32
Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets drop the Fire branding but are more Android than ever
Ryan Whitwam    Amazon killed its app store, so Google Play it is.
    00h00
Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
Nick Indge    Get ready for more AI in your Windows and more AI on the desktop.
06  october     21h31
Drones sink ships near NATO countries in unacceptable attacks, EU says
Jeremy Hsu    Two cargo ships have sunk, one ship was afire, and sailors are dead or missing.
    20h32
HBO Max, Paramount , and Discovery will unify into a single service
Scharon Harding    A combined service could lead to higher prices.
    17h03
Amazon kills Alexa’s ability to control Echo speakers’ AUX input
Scharon Harding    Amazon hasn’t made an Echo with a 3.5mm port in six years.
    16h15
Googlebook Better Together phone features don’t work with Samsung at launch
Ryan Whitwam    Googlebooks require Android 17, but Samsung’s Android 17 phones won’t work yet.
05  october     17h21
Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps
Jeremy Hsu    Russian attacks on Internet, phone services threaten Ukraine’s wartime economy.
    11h00
Explaining Hall-effect, TMR, and other new types of mechanical switches
Scharon Harding    Ars Technica’s guide to new keyboard sensing technologies.
03  october     11h15
The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
Ildar Farkhatdinov, The Conversation    The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
02  october     17h20
This startup pays NYC residents to run air conditioners on free batteries
Jeremy Hsu    Bonus: Every Electric’s batteries are beloved by household cats.
    14h52
The 7-year-old Nvidia Shield TV is now 100 more expensive due to AI
Ryan Whitwam    Initially launched in 2019, the Nvidia Shield TV Pro now retails for 299.99.
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