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Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost

“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.

2025-11-03T04:00:51-0800 Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 2,000 words

Rated 2025-11-05T13:54:35-0800 - sethherr

10M people watched a YouTuber shim a lock; the lock company sued him. Bad idea.

It’s still legal to pick locks, even when you swing your legs.

2025-10-27T04:00:28-0700 Ars Technica Nate Anderson 3,000 words

Rated 2025-10-27T19:46:05-0700 - sethherr

Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike battery

Tiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes.

2025-05-22T13:12:13-0700 Ars Technica Kevin Purdy 1,000 words

Rated 2025-08-21T14:44:17-0700 - sethherr

UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.

2025-07-21T06:30:09-0700 Ars Technica Financial Times 1,000 words

Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter

Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.

2024-12-16T14:23:34-0800 Ars Technica Beth Mole 1,000 words

Rated 2024-12-20T21:01:32-0800 - sethherr

For the strongest disc golf throws, it’s all in the thumbs

Amateur players got the best results by placing thumbs about 3 centimeters from the outer edge.

2024-10-23T14:15:15-0700 Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28T17:28:38-0700 - sethherr

Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

2023-09-15T12:04:50-0700 Ars Technica 1,000 words

Rated 2023-09-15T13:43:13-0700 - sethherr

Trendy “raw water” source under bird’s nest sparks diarrheal outbreak

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-14T16:04:46-0700 - sethherr

Rated 2023-04-14T05:29:22-0700 - Jaog

Surprising things happen when you put 25 AI agents together in an RPG town

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-11T21:59:43-0700 - Jaog

Klaus Teuber made Catan, and it changed the world’s expectations for board games

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-04-09T07:36:33-0700 - Jaog