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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.

2025-11-3 4:00am Ars Technica Ashley Belanger 2,000 words

Rated 2025-11-5 1:54pm - 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.

2025-10-27 4:00am Ars Technica Nate Anderson 3,000 words

Rated 2025-10-27 7:46pm - 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.

2025-5-22 1:12pm Ars Technica Kevin Purdy 1,000 words

Rated 2025-8-21 2:44pm - sethherr

UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

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

2025-7-21 6:30am 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.

2024-12-16 2:23pm Ars Technica Beth Mole 1,000 words

Rated 2024-12-20 9:01pm - 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.

2024-10-23 2:15pm Ars Technica Jennifer Ouellette 1,000 words

Rated 2024-10-28 5:28pm - 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.

2023-9-15 12:04pm Ars Technica 1,000 words

Rated 2023-9-15 1:43pm - sethherr

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

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-4-14 4:04pm - sethherr

Rated 2023-4-14 5:29am - Jaog

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

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-4-11 9:59pm - Jaog

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

Ars Technica

Rated 2023-4-9 7:36am - Jaog