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Thoughts and musings of David Greenberg, a polymath

Cybersecurity

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network

February 1, 2025

U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39 domains and their associated servers as part of efforts to disrupt a network of online marketplaces originating…

Cybersecurity

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposes 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

February 1, 2025

BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted some of the company’s Remote Support SaaS instances by making use of a compromised API key.…

Technology

Here’s why the tech industry gets excited about sports car racing

February 1, 2025

Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH—Last week, ahead of the annual Rolex 24 at Daytona and…

Technology

“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews

February 1, 2025

If you search Google for a way to turn off the company’s AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can’t be directly…

Technology

Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame

February 1, 2025

Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford Performance 2025 event. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHARLOTTE, NC—It’s amazing how much…

Technology

Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time

February 1, 2025

Dell is calling much of its workforce back into the office five days a week starting on March 3. The technology giant is framing the mandate as a business strategy,…

Technology

Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me

February 1, 2025

There have been a lot of films and television series exploring sentient AI, consciousness, and identity, but there’s rarely been quite such a unique take on those themes as that…

Technology

Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system

February 1, 2025

A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has reportedly been seeking access to federal payment systems.…

Technology

OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model

February 1, 2025

Over the last week, OpenAI’s place atop the AI model hierarchy has been heavily challenged by Chinese model DeepSeek. Today, OpenAI struck back with the public release of o3-mini, its…

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Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess

February 1, 2025

What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google’s Pixel 4a phones still out there? Google has not really said. Now that many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing…

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