Author: Ars Technica

Google Drive gets a desperately needed “spam” folder for shared files

As it turns out, letting anyone add files to your Drive account is bad.

Microsoft patches Secure Boot flaw, but won’t enable fix by default until early 2024

Fix will eventually render all kinds of older Windows boot media unbootable.

Fairphone’s user-repairable headphones will offer spare parts through its app

But Fairphone doesn't know how long it will stock spare parts.

Google Fi takes the sting off the Pixel Fold price tag with $700 off

Your $700 arrives via 24 months of Google Fi credits.

The AI race heats up: Google announces PaLM 2, its answer to GPT-4

PaLM 2 can code, translate, and "reason" in ways that best GPT-4, says Google.

Google jumps into the AI coding assistant fray with Codey and Studio Bot

Google says it's still early days, though.

Don’t miss Ars Frontiers 2023: Top minds talk AI, mRNA, and TikTok bans

Everyone is invited to join us for our (free!) event, streaming live on May 22.

AI with a moral compass? Anthropic outlines “Constitutional AI” in its Claude chatbot

List of guiding AI values draws on UN Declaration of Rights—and Apple's terms of service

Doom II RPG is what it says on the label, and it’s ready for PC 13 years later

Chainsaw an imp on your Sony Ericsson? Sure, just take it turn by turn.

After 18 months, GitHub’s big code search overhaul is generally available

The technical preview that started in December 2021 is now available to everyone.