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The US government's robot ban also includes vacuums

The US government's robot ban also includes vacuums

Robots apparently don't need to be bipedal to be caught up in the FCC's new foreign-made robot ban.

Waymos are starting to run on freeways again

Waymos are starting to run on freeways again

Waymo paused highway operations in May after several robotaxis drove into sections that were closed for construction.

The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

TechCrunch

The Hugging Face AI break-in, as told through an increasingly committed bear metaphor

Another way to think about the whole thing is to picture a bear at a campsite. (Really, we are going there.)

TechCrunch

I replaced my paid streaming apps with free ones - here's what surprised me

I replaced my paid streaming apps with free ones - here's what surprised me

Are free streaming services that bad? I swapped my paid subscriptions for free ones to see.

Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims

Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims

A lawsuit against Comcast's cable division alleges that a store manager humiliated the lowest performing salesperson each month with a strange ritual in which a cream pie was smashed into the employee's face. The lawsuit claims the store…

BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm

The Next Web

BMW is cutting 8,000 jobs and handing its cars’ brains to Qualcomm

BMW had two messages for staff this week. It is cutting about 8,000 jobs. And it is handing the brains of its future cars to Qualcomm for the next decade. The German carmaker will shed the roles in Germany by the end of 2027 through a…

The Next Web

ZDNET readers are skeptical of a foldable iPhone in 2026. Here's what they think instead

We asked ZDNET readers to predict the iPhone 18 specs for a chance to win a new Apple Watch. Hot takes welcome.

Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school

The Guardian

Two people accuse Epstein of sexual conduct at Michigan fine arts school

Report on Interlochen Center for the Arts details sexual allegations against 47 faculty and staff members since 1950s Two people who attended a prestigious Michigan fine arts school reported conduct of a sexual nature by Jeffrey Epstein…

The Guardian

Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription

Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription

Having it your way is one of the benefits of being an Ars Pro subscriber. You get all of the great content you come to Ars for every day, but you get to choose how you parse it. Some readers want the classic blog-style homepage. Others…

'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer

TechRadar

'If you can’t buy it, you can’t afford it' — why not everyone is buying Apple's new iPhone leasing offer

Apple's long-rumored product leasing program, which it calls unironically "Apple Upgrade," is finally here, and it looks like a low-cost way to slide into the Apple ecosystem whether on the shiny surface of a gleaming iPhone 17 Pro, a…

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RNZ

Cyber experts debate consequences of rogue OpenAI model hack

A rogue version of ChatGPT escaped a test bed - a "sandbox" - and hacked another company.

RNZ

Residents step up after roof blows off daycare in remote Sask. community

CBC