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arstechnica. com > health > 2026 > 04 > flesh-eating-bacteria-devour-mans-arm-and-leg-in-just-three-days

Flesh-eating bacteria devour man's arm and leg in just three days

9+ hour, 29+ min ago  (342+ words) When doctors saw him, his limbs were discolored and crackling. A 74-year-old man went to an emergency department in Florida with rapidly rotting limbs after jumping into the waters off Florida's Gulf Coast. Just three days earlier, the man was…...

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arstechnica. com > tech-policy > 2026 > 04 > fcc-orders-review-of-abc-licenses-after-kimmel-joke-offends-trump-and-first-lady

FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Kimmel joke offends Trump and first lady

9+ hour, 47+ min ago  (782+ words) Kimmel joke calling Melania an "expectant widow" followed quickly by FCC order. The Federal Communications Commission today opened an unusual review of ABC's broadcast licenses, one day after President Trump and the first lady called on ABC to fire Jimmy…...

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arstechnica. com > tech-policy > 2026 > 04 > anti-trump-instagram-pic-of-seashells-now-enough-to-indict-ex-fbi-directors

Anti-Trump Instagram pic of seashells now enough to indict ex-FBI directors

6+ hour, 36+ min ago  (502+ words) The clown car is all gassed up. To "86" something, in restaurant slang, is to say that it is out, finished, gone, through, not on the menu anymore. This is the only sense in which I have heard the term used…...

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arstechnica. com > gadgets > 2026 > 04 > no-fly-zones-around-moving-ice-vehicles-this-drone-pilot-fought-back-and-won

Drone pilot makes US rescind no-fly zones around unmarked, moving ICE vehicles

10+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1102+ words) Civil liberty concerns spur FAA to revise drone no-fly zones near ICE vehicles. In January 2026, during the height of protests against immigration raids in Minneapolis, federal agents shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Good. Before even gathering all the facts, the…...

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arstechnica. com > ai > 2026 > 04 > japan-airlines-tests-having-robots-instead-of-humans-handle-travelers-luggage

Humanoid robots start sorting luggage in Tokyo airport test amid labor shortage

11+ hour, 42+ min ago  (225+ words) Humanoid robots could load cargo and clean aircraft cabins at Haneda Airport. Humanoid robots are getting a new gig as baggage handlers and cargo loaders at Tokyo's Haneda Airport'part of a Japan Airlines experiment to address a human labor shortage…...

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arstechnica. com > ai > 2026 > 04 > github-will-start-charging-copilot-users-based-on-their-actual-ai-usage

Git Hub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage

14+ hour, 2+ min ago  (275+ words) Git Hub says it can no longer absorb "escalating inference cost" from it heaviest AI users. Git Hub has announced that it will be shifting to a usage-based billing model for its Git Hub Copilot AI service starting on June…...

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arstechnica. com > civis > threads > electrical-current-might-be-the-key-to-a-better-cup-of-coffee. 1512798

Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee

14+ hour, 43+ min ago  (17+ words) University of Oregon scientists repurposed battery-testing tool to better measure coffee's flavor profile See full article. .....

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arstechnica. com > cars > 2026 > 04 > gms-super-cruise-passes-a-billion-driven-miles-since-2017

A billion miles in less than a decade: GM's Super Cruise reaches a milestone

15+ hour, 44+ min ago  (289+ words) Jonathan is the Automotive Editor at Ars Technica. He has a BSc and Ph D in Pharmacology and followed up with postdoctoral work at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, CA, and the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY,…...

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arstechnica. com > cars > 2026 > 04 > start-with-the-sensors-then-design-the-rest-how-zoox-built-its-robotaxi

Start with the sensors, then design the rest: How Zoox built its robotaxi

18+ hour, 23+ min ago  (195+ words) The bidirectional design has some clear advantages for a working taxi. "A robotaxi is not a car; it's not a human-driven vehicle, and the requirements are wildly different, although it has to live in that world," explained Chris Stoffel, director…...

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arstechnica. com > science > 2026 > 04 > neanderthal-brains-measure-up-to-ours-literally

Neanderthal brains measure up to ours'literally

18+ hour, 38+ min ago  (276+ words) The differences between our brains and Neanderthals" were likely cosmetic. If you look at a Neanderthal skull and a Homo sapiens skull, they"re visibly different: Neanderthal skulls are lower and longer, whereas ours tend to be rounder. However, those…...