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2026-06-09 21:12:26 UTC

Starlink takes page from cable firms with $10 monthly rental fee for hardware
Starlink, SpaceX's top moneymaker, also raised service prices by $5 to $10.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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2026-06-09 20:58:17 UTC

Locked in heated rivalry with researcher, Microsoft fixes 0-day they disclosed
A separate zero-day also disclosed by Nightmare Eclipse appears to be patched as well.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/locked-in-heated-rivalry-with-researcher-microsoft-fixes-0-day-they-disclosed/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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2026-06-09 20:37:54 UTC

Study: How to take the "urban pulse" of a city
Cities are dynamic, not static grids, and urbanization is a "spiky," cyclical, and asynchronous process.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/06/study-how-to-take-the-urban-pulse-of-a-city/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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2026-06-09 20:31:20 UTC

Commonwealth Fusion lays out the physics of its planned reactor
Five peer-reviewed papers update the design and model its expected output.
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2026-06-09 20:16:44 UTC

Netflix trying to "poison regulators" about WBD merger, Paramount lawyer claims
Netflix's response: "Absurd."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/netflix-trying-to-poison-regulators-about-wbd-merger-paramount-lawyer-claims/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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2026-06-09 19:20:49 UTC

Anthropic says these topics are too dangerous to let its Fable 5 model talk about
New frontier model refuses cybersecurity, biology, and chemistry queries.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/anthropic-says-these-topics-are-too-dangerous-to-let-its-fable-5-model-talk-about/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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2026-06-09 18:57:57 UTC

Google announces Gemini 3.5 Live Translate for instant voice-to-voice translation
Voice translations preserve speaker's tone, pacing, pitch—with SynthID watermarks for security.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/06/google-announces-gemini-3-5-live-translate-for-instant-voice-to-voice-translation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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