Notices by Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social), page 2

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

Boeing workers vote to end $9.6B strike, nabbing 43% wage increase over 4 years
Workers vow to restore Boeing's iconic legacy as costly strike ends.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/boeing-workers-vote-to-end-9-6b-strike-nabbing-43-wage-increase-over-4-years/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

JavaScript developers targeted by hundreds of malicious code libraries
These are not the the developer tools you think they are.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/11/javascript-developers-targeted-by-hundreds-of-malicious-code-libraries/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

New Zemeckis film used AI to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright
Time-hopping film Here used AI trained on every Tom Hanks movie to make him appear young again.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/new-zemeckis-film-used-ai-to-de-age-tom-hanks-and-robin-wright/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games
Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/11/ipod-fans-evade-apples-drm-to-preserve-54-lost-clickwheel-era-games/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Study: AIs prefer white, male names on resumes, just like humans
Language models seem to treat "masculine and White concepts... as the 'default' value"
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/study-ais-prefer-white-male-names-on-resumes-just-like-humans/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

More dentists are pulling healthy teeth to sell pricy implants, experts warn
It turns out you may not have needed those implants after all.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/11/more-dentists-are-pulling-healthy-teeth-to-sell-pricy-implants-experts-warn/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

RFK Jr. claims Trump promised to put him in charge of NIH, CDC, and more
Trump's transition team lead disavows promises while spouting anti-vax nonsense.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/rfk-jr-claims-trump-promised-to-put-him-in-charge-of-nih-cdc-and-more/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Home users can only buy one year of extra Windows 10 updates—for $30 per PC
End users can't get the same three-year extension as businesses and schools.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/home-users-can-only-buy-one-year-of-extra-windows-10-updates-for-30-per-pc/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

A year after Broadcom’s VMware buy, customers eye exit strategies
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/a-year-after-broadcoms-vmware-buy-customers-eye-exit-strategies/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Slivered onions are likely cause of McDonald’s E. coli outbreak, CDC says
To date, 90 sickened, 27 hospitalized and one dead in the multi-state outbreak.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/slivered-onions-are-likely-cause-of-mcdonalds-e-coli-outbreak-cdc-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

When you make lunch for your coworkers—and accidentally cause a mass poisoning
Testing found S. aureus in a homemade noodle dish caused the illnesses.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/10/when-you-make-lunch-for-your-coworkers-and-accidentally-cause-a-mass-poisoning/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Android trojan that intercepts voice calls to banks just got more stealthy
FakeCall malware can reroute calls intended for banks to attacker-controlled numbers.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/android-trojan-that-intercepts-voice-calls-to-banks-just-got-more-stealthy/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

AT&T praises itself after getting caught taking too much money from FCC program
AT&T obtained subsidies for duplicate users and non-users, will pay $2.3 million.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/att-praises-itself-after-getting-caught-taking-too-much-money-from-fcc-program/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

CrowdStrike accuses Delta of blaming its own IT failures on global outage
CrowdStrike and Delta’s legal battle has begun. Will Microsoft be sued next?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/crowdstrike-accuses-delta-of-blaming-its-own-it-failures-on-global-outage/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

“Impact printing” is a cement-free alternative to 3D-printed structures
Impact printing uses a high-velocity jet of material, fusing it into a structure.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/impact-printing-is-a-cement-free-alternative-to-3d-printed-structures/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Lidar mapping reveals mountainous medieval cities along the Silk Road
A city larger than many in Europe at the time was perched in the mountains.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/10/lidar-mapping-reveals-mountainous-medieval-cities-along-the-silk-road/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Google accused of shadow campaigns redirecting antitrust scrutiny to Microsoft
Cloud provider allegedly approached by Google ratted out shady group to Microsoft.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/10/google-accused-of-shadow-campaigns-redirecting-antitrust-scrutiny-to-microsoft/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social