Apple hit with $115M for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy Apple can't force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says.

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Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy

Apple can't force app makers to get consent twice to track user data, Italian regulator says.

Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

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Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

A third of San Francisco lost power over the weekend, causing traffic chaos.

How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade The new regulation arrives on New Year's Day.

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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade

The new regulation arrives on New Year's Day.

The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

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The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored.

Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away.

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Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall

Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away.

The Ars Technica AI coding agent test: Minesweeper edition How do four modern LLMs do at recreating a simple Windows gaming classic?

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We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive

How do four modern LLMs do at re-creating a simple Windows gaming classic?

Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too.

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Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too.

Florida schools plan to vastly expand use of AI that mistook clarinet for gun Human review didn't stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school.

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School security AI flagged clarinet as a gun. Exec says it wasn’t an error.

Human review didn't stop AI from triggering lockdown at panicked middle school.