40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess (arstechnica.com)
Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter (arstechnica.com)
NASA indefinitely delays return of Starliner to review propulsion data (arstechnica.com)
Another Boeing disaster
$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on Windows 3.1 era (arstechnica.com)
Pocket 386 supports external accessories and will just barely run Windows 95.
From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (arstechnica.com)
From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction (arstechnica.com)
Softbank plans to cancel out angry customer voices using AI (arstechnica.com)
AI trained on photos from kids’ entire childhood without their consent (arstechnica.com)
Retired engineer discovers 55-year-old bug in Lunar Lander computer game code (arstechnica.com)
A physics simulation flaw in text-based 1969 computer game went unnoticed until today.
Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (arstechnica.com)
Report: Apple isn’t paying OpenAI for ChatGPT integration into OSes (arstechnica.com)
If Apple aren’t paying OpenAI and OpenAI aren’t playing Apple, it means that consumers are paying both.
Civilization-like Ara blurs lines between hot-seat and play-by-mail multiplayer (arstechnica.com)
Cop busted for unauthorized use of Clearview AI facial recognition resigns (arstechnica.com)
"So the cop was tracking random people off social media using this incredibly invasive technology, on a pretty regular basis."...
Elon Musk drops claims that OpenAI abandoned mission (arstechnica.com)
China state hackers infected 20,000 Fortinet VPNs, Dutch spy service says (arstechnica.com)
- Hackers working for the Chinese government gained access to more than 20,000 VPN appliances sold by Fortinet using a critical vulnerability that the company failed to disclose for two weeks after fixing it, Netherlands government officials said....
US agencies to probe AI dominance of Nvidia, Microsoft, and OpenAI (arstechnica.com)
We’ve just had a year in which every month was a record-setter (arstechnica.com)
Sony removes still-unmet “8K” promise from PS5 packaging (arstechnica.com)
Oral-B bricking Alexa toothbrush is cautionary tale against buzzy tech (arstechnica.com)
Flawed, scandalous trials tank FDA expert support for MDMA therapy (arstechnica.com)
Run trials with an astounding number of easily avoidable flaws, win stupid prizes. It would be a shame for this to turn into an overall setback for psychedelic therapy....
Google accidentally published internal Search documentation to GitHub (arstechnica.com)
https://i.vgy.me/q5HdC7.gif
After you die, your Steam games will be stuck in legal limbo (arstechnica.com)
Saw a article on a large number of gamers being over 55 and then I saw this which I believe needs to be addressed in our current laws.
FDA’s review of MDMA for PTSD highlights study bias and safety concerns (arstechnica.com)
The comments section on this article is illuminating beyond the story itself (as is frequently the case on Ars) and worth a look....
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)
Federal agency warns critical Linux vulnerability being actively exploited (arstechnica.com)
