The US is prepared to fight the injunction. In a letter, the US Justice Department argued that the court has already “definitively rejected petitioners’ constitutional claims” and no further briefing should be needed before rejecting the injunction. If the court denies the injunction, TikTok plans to immediately ask SCOTUS for an injunction next. That’s part […]
December 9, 2024 | bytedance, Policy, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, tiktok, TikTok ban | No comments
(In addition to a standard surface code, Google includes a few qubits that handle a phenomenon called “leakage,” where a qubit ends up in a higher-energy state, instead of the two low-energy states defined as zero and one.) The key result is that going from a distance of three to a distance of five more […]
December 9, 2024 | Computer science, Google, logical qubits, Physics, quantum computing, quantum error correction, quantum mechanics, Science | No comments
The itch.io domain was back up and running by 7 am Eastern, according to media reports, “after the registrant finally responded to our notice and took appropriate action to resolve the issue.” Users could access the site throughout if they typed the itch.io IP address into their web browser directly. Too strong a shield? BrandShield’s […]
December 9, 2024 | AI, Gaming | No comments
One of the selling points of the Raspberry Pi 5 (released in October 2023) is that it was fast enough and had enough memory to be a credible general-purpose desktop PC, if not an especially fast one. For Pi-as-desktop enthusiasts, the company has a couple of new pre-holiday announcements. The biggest is the Raspberry Pi 500, […]
December 9, 2024 | Raspberry Pi, raspberry pi 5, raspberry pi 500, raspberry pi monitor, Tech | No comments
The CDC’s recent findings come from a long-running survey known as the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, or NHANES, which employs health experts to collect information like weight and height measurements from a nationally representative sample of study participants. Obesity and severe obesity are determined based on body mass index, and results are reported […]
December 9, 2024 | Health, obesity, Ozempic, syndication, wegovy, weight loss drugs | No comments
Earlier this year, JWST researchers reported on measurements built on last year’s confirmation based on Webb data that Hubble’s measurements of the expansion rate were accurate, at least for the first few “rungs” of the “cosmic distance ladder.” But there was still the possibility of as-yet-undetected errors that might increase the deeper (and hence further […]
December 9, 2024 | astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, expansion of the universe, Hubble constant, Hubble tension, Physics, Science | No comments
It’s once again that special time of year when we give you a chance to do well by doing good. That’s right—it’s time for the 2024 edition of our annual Charity Drive! Every year since 2007, we’ve encouraged readers to give to Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity, which provides toys and games to kids being […]
December 9, 2024 | Features, Gaming | No comments
The Wheel of Time returns to Prime Video in March. Prime Video released a one-minute teaser for its fantasy series The Wheel of Time at CCXP24 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The series is adapted from the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling 14-book series of epic fantasy novels, and Ars has been following it closely with regular […]
December 8, 2024 | Culture, entertainment, prime video, streaming television, Trailers, TV trailers, wheel of time | No comments
Severance returns to Apple TV in January for its sophomore season. Severance was one of the most talked-about TV series of 2022, receiving widespread critical acclaim. We loved the series so much that Ars staffers actually wrote a group review so that everyone could weigh in with their thoughts on the first season, pronouncing it […]
December 8, 2024 | Apple TV Plus, Culture, entertainment, severance, streaming television, Trailers, TV trailers | No comments
On the evening of November 19, art adviser Adam Biesk was finishing work at his California home when he overheard a conversation between his wife and son, who had just come downstairs. The son, a kid in his early teens, was saying he had made a ton of money on a cryptocurrency that he himself […]
December 7, 2024 | cryptocurrency, memecoins, Policy, syndication | No comments