The ‘90s Internet: When 20 hours online triggered an email from my ISP’s president

1998 plea for restraint reveals a lost world where the 'Net was an opt-in experience.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/the-90s-internet-when-20-hours-online-triggered-an-email-from-my-isps-president/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

This white dwarf star has two “faces”

One side is all helium, and the other side is all hydrogen, baffling astronomers.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/this-white-dwarf-star-has-two-faces/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

For the first time in 51 years, NASA is training astronauts to fly to the Moon

“They’ve got a great adventure ahead of them.”

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/for-the-first-time-in-51-years-nasa-is-training-astronauts-to-fly-to-the-moon/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

It’s crafty, fish-stealing sharks vs. anglers in NatGeo’s Bull Shark Bandits

Depredation behavior offers evidence that bull sharks are more intelligent than we thought.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/its-crafty-fish-stealing-sharks-vs-anglers-in-natgeos-bull-shark-bandits/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

X-rays reveal hidden “first drafts” of ancient Egyptian paintings at Theban Necropolis

Finds include hidden third "ghost hand," alterations to a crown in Ramesses II portrait

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/x-rays-reveal-hidden-first-drafts-of-ancient-egyptian-paintings-at-theban-necropolis/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Game tutorials should be easily skipped. Why is that so hard?

Let's talk about replay accessibility, not replay value.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/07/game-tutorials-should-be-easily-skipped-why-is-that-so-hard/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

The gravitational interactions that have helped us dodge 60-hour days

An atmospheric effect got various tidal forces to cancel out.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/the-gravitational-interactions-that-have-helped-us-dodge-60-hour-days/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Get comfortable in the Solar System—we’ll be here for a while

What if we dropped interstellar ambitions and focused on understanding our home system?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/07/get-comfortable-in-the-solar-system-well-be-here-for-a-while/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ChatGPT’s user base shrank after OpenAI censored harmful responses

Data shows ChatGPT use decreased by nearly 10 percent from May to June.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/chatgpts-user-base-shrank-after-openai-censored-harmful-responses/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Film companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011

Reddit urges US court to protect anonymity of six users who mentioned piracy.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/film-companies-demand-names-of-reddit-users-who-discussed-piracy-in-2011/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social