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It’s all in the ink: Vinland Map is definitely a fake, new analysis finds

Enlarge / The Vinland Map purports to be a 15th-century map with a pre-Columbian depiction of the North American Coast. A new analysis has confirmed that the map is, in fact, a modern-day forgery. (credit: Yale University) Scholars have questioned the authenticity of a purported 15th-century map housed in Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & […]

New York Times takes down third-party Wordle Archive

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Ars Technica) Wordle Archive—a website that let users play through hundreds of previous daily five-letter Wordle puzzles—has been taken down at the request of Wordle owner The New York Times. The archival site, which offered a backward-looking play feature that’s not available in the NYT’s official version of Wordle, had […]

UK Supreme Court says Uber drivers are not independent contractors

Enlarge (credit: Peter Summers/Getty Images) The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled that Uber drivers are legally workers, not self-employed contractors as Uber has argued in courts around the world. The ruling means that drivers in Britain and Northern Ireland are eligible for additional benefits and protections, including a minimum wage. Uber claims […]