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NeuralDSP models John Mayer’s entire amp and effects rig—and it sounds great
Mayer gets the "Archetype" treatment.
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NASA will soon find out if the Perseverance rover can really persevere on Mars
Engineers at JPL are certifying the Perseverance rover to drive up to 100 kilometers.
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For the lazy techie: These are Ars staff’s last-minute holiday gift picks
Two wireless mice, two external hard drives, and a partridge in a pear tree.
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Does swearing make you stronger? Science says yes.
"A calorie-neutral, drug-free, low-cost, readily available tool for when we need a boost in performance.”
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Formula 1 is deploying new jargon for 2026
Forget DRS, now it's all about corner mode, straight mode, and overtake mode.
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The inside story of SpaceX’s historic rocket landing that changed launch forever
"It's hard to describe how epic this comeback was after our first Falcon 9 launch failure."
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NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader
A long and winding road to reach NASA's headquarters in Washington, DC.
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Physicists 3D-printed a Christmas tree of ice
New method uses no freezing technology or refrigeration equipment—just water and a vacuum.
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OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy
New GPT Image 1.5 allows more detailed conversational image editing, for better or worse.
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Man sues cops who jailed him for 37 days for trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil
Cops may be fined for jailing a man over his Facebook posts.