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If you’re not getting much out of Apple’s AI features, here’s how to turn them off.Read more

As vehicles grow more software-dependent, repairing them has become harder than ever. A bill in the US House called the Repair Act would ease those restrictions, but it comes with caveats.Read more

BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the electric M Neue Klasse. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Late last year, we drove BMW’s new iX3. It’s the first of a…Read more

Here’s what you need to know to stream the hit show starring Kaitlin Olson.Read more

RAM prices have soared, which is bad news for people interested in buying, building, or upgrading a computer this year, but it’s likely good news for people exasperated by talk of so-called AI PCs. As Ars Technica has reported, the growing demands of data centers, fueled byRead more

President Donald Trump made an unconventional pick for his nomination to the Federal Trade Commission: WeatherTech founder and CEO David MacNeil. MacNeil founded the company, which makes weather-resistant car floor mats, in 1989,…Read more

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is fighting to unmask the owner of Facebook and Instagram accounts of a community watch group monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Pennsylvania. Defending the right to post about ICE sightings anonymously is a Meta account holder for MontCo Community Watch,…Read more

A look at which cord-free streaming services carry the most popular channels out of 100.Read more

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On Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to integrate Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks later this month. During remarks at the SpaceX headquarters in Texas reported by The Guardian, Hegseth said the integration would place “the world’s leading AI models on every unclassified…Read more

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Jan. 14, No. 1,670.Read more

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Jan. 14 #948.Read more

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Jan. 14, No. 682.Read more

Here are hints and the answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle No. 478 for Wednesday, Jan. 14.Read more

Egnyte, the $1.5 billion cloud content governance company, has embedded AI coding tools across its global team of more than 350 developers — but not to reduce headcount. Instead, the company continues to hire junior engineers, using AI to accelerate onboarding, deepen codebase understanding, and shorten the path from…Read more

Haven’t you heard? Phones are boring now. And that’s just fine! Most people buying a new phone just want something familiar that works better…Read more

Mike Krieger, the Instagram co-founder who joined Anthropic two years ago as its chief product officer, is moving to a new focus at the AI startup: co-leading its internal incubator, dubbed the “Labs” team. …Read more

Whether you’re wearing them for the morning commute, while traveling, or if you’re simply trying to find some peace and quiet while working at home, noise-canceling headphones are a more…Read more

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local property tax reductions. As demand for generative AI services has increased over the past year, Big Tech companies have been…Read more

The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red steak, a…Read more