Notices by Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)

NASA begins assembling rocket to send astronauts around far side of the Moon
NASA expects it to take about four months to fully assemble the main parts of the SLS rocket.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/11/nasa-begins-assembling-rocket-to-send-astronauts-around-far-side-of-the-moon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s operating system
Sonos is rumored to be building a streaming box running The Trade Desk's OS.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11/an-ad-giant-wants-to-control-your-next-tvs-operating-system/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Welcome to Google’s nightmare: US reveals plan to destroy search monopoly
DOJ goes for Google's throat with "staggering" remedies to end search monopoly.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/welcome-to-googles-nightmare-us-reveals-plan-to-destroy-search-monopoly/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=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