In depression treatment trials, placebo effect is growing stronger
Enlarge / A decent placebo setup for transcranial magnetic stimulation is difficult to distinguish from actual treatment. (credit: Monty Rakusen) Placebos have occupied an increasingly awkward spot in the medical…
FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai
Enlarge / Federal Communication Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, then a commissioner, rallies against repeal of net neutrality rules in December 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla) Federal Communications Commission…
This week’s dead Google products: Google Podcasts, basic Gmail, and more!
Enlarge / Google is looking pretty dilapidated these days. (credit: Aurich Lawson) Google is killing off so many products lately we need to do a roundup or we won’t get…
Newegg now takes GPU trade-ins
Newegg’s caption for this photo was “Joseph Olmedo of Newegg examines a graphics card to determine its condition.” Joseph, you’re doing great, man. | Image: Newegg Newegg will now take…
Apple’s Studio Display gets manual controls for its webcam
Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple just released macOS Sonoma, and along with the new 14.0 version of its operating system, there’s an update for its standalone Studio…
FCC announces plans to resurrect net neutrality rules
Photo by Steven Ferdman / Getty Images The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced plans to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules meant to guarantee fair access to the internet…
IBMs Progress to Practical Fault Tolerant Quantum Computers
Many experts predict that practical fault tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) will require millions of physical quantum bits (qubits) but in August, 2023 IBM scientists published the discovery of new error…
FTC files “the big one,” a lawsuit alleging Amazon illegally maintains monopoly
Enlarge / FTC Chair Lina Khan speaks during the Spring Enforcers Summit at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on Monday, March 27, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg)…
Windows 11 23H2’s new features and version number are arriving separately
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft) Today, Microsoft is beginning to roll out a major batch of new Windows updates, including its Copilot generative AI assistant, wide-ranging…
macOS 14 Sonoma: The Ars Technica review
Enlarge I was preparing to write an intro calling macOS Sonoma—version 14.0 of Apple’s desktop operating system, for those of you who can’t keep the ever-lengthening list of California codenames…