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Ars Technica : gadgets
16 september
16h40
Iran strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent loss of customer data
Jeremy Hsu
War damage to data centers exceeded what AWS services are designed to withstand.
14h50
macOS 27 Golden Gate: The Ars Technica review
Andrew Cunningham
It’s both a Snow Leopard update and a major leap for Apple Intelligence.
14 september
19h38
Founder’s cost-cutting obsession drove Unitree lead in cheap humanoid robots
Jeremy Hsu
Wang Xingxing micromanaged Unitree to success will his leadership style scale?
19h06
AI leaders want to hit the brakes after years of reckless speed
Kyle Orland
Safety is the watchword, but there could be ulterior benefits for the industry.
16h29
Offensively cheap : Solar power is looking up
Rachel Millard, Humza Jilani, Monica Mark, and Krishn Kaushik
Chinese-made panels on rooftops across the world are changing the facts of life for big utilities.
13 september
11h00
I fixed a tractor using John Deere’s self-repair service. Farmers aren’t sold on it.
Boone Ashworth, WIRED.com
The manufacturer has a service that lets owners repair their own equipment.
12 september
11h00
I spent 4,000 on a robot dog from China
Timothy B. Lee
Unitree might be the world’s most important robotics company.
11 september
18h22
Oracle tries to appease Stargate data center opponents with renewables push
Jeremy Hsu
Renewables pledge won’t change the Oracle and OpenAI data center’s use of gas.
10 september
18h41
Android can now securely migrate your logins between password managers
Ryan Whitwam
App support is slim right now, but Google says more are coming.
16h53
China’s drone supremacy shows in airlifting bodies and food after Nepal flood disaster
Jeremy Hsu
DJI drones that already supply Mount Everest camps assist Nepal’s flood relief.
09 september
19h42
Apple’s long-rumored foldable becomes reality with the 2,000 iPhone Duo
Ryan Whitwam
Apple’s first foldable can be yours next month.
18h58
Apple debuts 129 AirPods 5 with better noise cancellation and transparency mode
Jeremy Hsu
AirPods 5 with noise cancellation is cheaper than its predecessor.
18h47
Apple starts preorders for Watch Series 12, Ultra 4 with new Health Sensing System
Scharon Harding
New Apple Intelligence features, too.
17h38
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip
Samuel Axon
There’s also a new thermal management system, reducing overheating.
17h11
Popular navigation apps unlikely to ditch Mercator maps despite UN resolution
Jeremy Hsu
UN-backed Equal Earth map has educational value but won’t alter navigation apps.
08 september
21h52
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
Scharon Harding
It doesn’t cost a lot to store text forever.
19h12
Top chipmakers embrace ASML’s 400M machines, agree to crucial chipmaking change
Jeremy Hsu
Chipmaking changes could boost productivity of new ASML machines by 40 percent.
16h49
Google complies with EU rules for travel searches, says the new results stink
Ryan Whitwam
The EU continues to go after Google search practices it sees as anticompetitive.
04 september
11h00
Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6
Ryan Whitwam
Fairphone’s CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.
02 september
16h30
US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case
Ryan Whitwam
The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won’t get the big win it wanted.
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