Notices by Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)

First commercial dual-rail qubit hardware announced
Can a small machine that makes error correction easier upend the market?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/first-commercial-dual-rail-qubit-hardware-announced/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Block zombies are on the attack in Minecraft Movie trailer
Where "anything you can imaging is possible—as long as what you imagine can be built out of blocks."
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2024/11/block-zombies-are-on-the-attack-in-minecraft-movie-trailer/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Cracking the recipe for perfect plant-based eggs
Hint: It involves finding exactly the right proteins.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/cracking-the-recipe-for-perfect-plant-based-eggs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.
Apple TV+ has a lot of prestige, but not a lot of viewers.
https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/11/apple-tv-spent-20b-on-original-content-if-only-people-actually-watched/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Microsoft builds a $349 mini desktop, but only for accessing Windows in the cloud
Small, plastic thin client is Microsoft’s first “Cloud PC,” launches in April.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/microsoft-builds-a-349-mini-desktop-but-only-for-accessing-windows-in-the-cloud/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Novo Nordisk sells hit weight-loss drug in China—at fraction of US price
As US struggles to afford GLP-1 drugs, the rest of the world sees much lower prices.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/novo-nordisk-sells-hit-weight-loss-drug-in-china-at-fraction-of-us-price/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Report: DOJ wants to force Google Chrome sale, Android de-bundling
Cutting off Google's control of the world's most popular browser may be necessary.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/report-doj-wants-to-force-google-chrome-sale-android-de-bundling/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

To invent the wheel, did people first have to invent the spindle?
The physics of spinning objects may have seeded concepts key to the wheel.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/to-invent-the-wheel-did-people-first-have-to-invent-the-spindle/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

FTC to launch investigation into Microsoft’s cloud business
Microsoft is accused of using punitive licensing terms for Azure.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/ftc-to-launch-investigation-into-microsofts-cloud-business/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Here’s how to survive your relatives’ uninformed anti-EV rant this Thanksgiving
Need to bust anti-EV myths at the Thanksgiving dinner table? Here's how.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/11/heres-how-to-survive-your-relatives-ignorant-anti-ev-rant-this-thanksgiving/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first human case of H5 bird flu
The teen had no clear exposures to animals. No contacts have tested positive.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/teen-in-critical-condition-with-canadas-first-human-case-of-h5-bird-flu/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Revisting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later
Ars chats with director Juliette Eisner and original study participants in new documentary series.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/revisting-the-stanford-prison-experiment-50-years-later/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

For the second time this year, NASA’s JPL center cuts its workforce
"If we hold strong together, we will come through this."
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/for-the-second-time-this-year-nasas-jpl-center-cuts-its-workforce/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Amazon ready to use its own AI chips, reduce its dependence on Nvidia
Annapurna Labs, acquired by Amazon in 2015, will release the Trainium 2 in December.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/amazon-ready-to-use-its-own-ai-chips-reduce-its-dependence-on-nvidia/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

DNA shows Pompeii’s dead aren’t who we thought they were
Integrating genetic data with historic and archaeological data can enrich or correct popular narratives.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/dna-shows-pompeiis-dead-arent-who-we-thought-they-were/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Discord terrorist known as “Rabid” gets 30 years for preying on kids
FBI considers 764 terror network a top threat to kids online.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/discord-terrorist-known-as-rabid-gets-30-years-for-preying-on-kids/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
US restrictions on semiconductor tech are spurring the move.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/tsmc-will-stop-making-7-nm-chips-for-chinese-customers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Trump’s likely FCC chair wrote Project 2025 chapter on how he’d run the agency
Brendan Carr wants to preserve data caps, punish NBC, and give money to SpaceX.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/trumps-likely-fcc-chair-wrote-project-2025-chapter-on-how-hed-run-the-agency/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Multimillion-dollar domain chat.com now points to ChatGPT
Speculator swapped pricey domain for OpenAI shares instead of taking cash payment.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/multimillion-dollar-domain-chat-com-now-points-to-chatgpt/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation
It turns out microplastics have an effect on the weather and climate.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/11/airborne-microplastics-aid-in-cloud-formation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social