Here’s what Mira Murati’s AI company is up to
Thinking Machines, the AI company founded by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, announced Monday that it’s working on something called “interaction models.” The idea behind interaction...
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Read moreLaunch Preview: SpaceX and Chinese missions fill busy launch manifest
The week of May 11 brings nine launches across the United States and China, spanning government and commercial operators on both sides of the Pacific. SpaceX’s...
Read moreAudi has a new Q9 flagship coming soon: Here’s its interior
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the new Q9 (and drive something you can read about later)....
Read moreHow ‘Snowball Earth’ Was A Tug-Of-War
A new study by planetary scientists at Harvard offers an explanation for one of Earth’s great climate puzzles: how the Sturtian glaciation, an ancient ice age...
Read moreFix HEIC images not loading in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
If your HEIC photos show a “Could not load image” error in Ubuntu 26.04’s Image Viewer, you’re not alone – it’s an intentional breakage, albeit one...
Read moreDestroy Big Tech With a Salvaged Cyberdeck
There’s plenty of tech you can recycle in to a rad cyberdeck if you know where to salvage it from. The post Destroy Big Tech With...
Read moreCangjie, a New Open-Source Compiled Language with Native Effect Handlers and Algebraic Data Types
Prof. Dan Ghica, who leads the Programming Languages Lab at Huawei’s Edinburgh Research Centre, recently presented Cangjie (CJ), a new application development language that features algebraic...
Read moreWorld of Warcraft ‘Classic Plus’, a version of the old MMO with modern updates, might actually be real as Blizzard hosts secret event with popular streamers
WoW Classic streamers Xaryu, Sodapoppin, and Esfand are among the few invited to Irvine under NDA.
Read moreSteam’s most-wishlisted game is out this week following a year of corporate drama that involved one of the most embarrassing ChatGPT uses on record
The moment of truth nears for ultra-anticipated survival game Subnautica 2.
Read moreHow to Build a Browser-Based PDF to Image Converter Using JavaScript
Whether it’s invoices, scanned documents, reports, certificates, or receipts, users often need to convert PDF pages into image files quickly. Modern browsers make this much easier...
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