Congress apparently feels a need for “reaffirmation” of SLS rocket

Because I'm tall enough, I'm orange enough, and doggone it, Senators like me. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Nearby star cluster houses unusually large black hole

Fast-moving stars imply that there's an intermediate-mass black hole there. | Continue reading


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In bid to loosen Nvidia’s grip on AI, AMD to buy Finnish startup for $665 million

The acquisition is the largest of its kind in Europe in a decade. | Continue reading


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Airbag problems force massive recalls at Alfa Romeo, BMW, Fiat, and Jeep

Takata airbags and problematic sensors lead to recall across four car brands. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Elon Musk beats one lawsuit that sought severance for laid-off Twitter employees

Losing plaintiffs may be able to join one of the other lawsuits against X Corp. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Amazon Buy Box rigging suit dismissed after users failed to show receipts

Users want Amazon held accountable for hiding cheaper items with faster delivery. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Microsoft asks many Game Pass subscribers to pay more for less

Launch day access to first-party titles now restricted to $19.99/month "Ultimate" tier. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

OpenAI board shakeup: Microsoft out, Apple backs away amid AI partnership scrutiny

Microsoft gives up non-voting observer board role; Apple rethinks a planned similar position. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Galaxy Z Fold & Z Flip 6, Watch Ultra, and new Ring are Samsung’s AI carriers

Samsung's spec-bump products get coated in Galaxy AI lacquer for their showing. | Continue reading


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Feds who forced Ukrainian investor to sell rocket company backtrack years later

"I hope you now are happy. History will judge all of you guys." | Continue reading


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How disinformation from a Russian AI spam farm ended up on top of Google search results

A fake article about Volodymyr Zelensky’s wife buying a Bugatti with US aid was promoted by bots. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

New Antikythera mechanism analysis challenges century-old assumption

Physicists drew on statistical techniques used to analyze gravitational waves. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Europe’s first Ariane 6 flight achieved most of its goals, but ended prematurely

Ariane 6 launched into orbit, but an upper stage problem kept it from completing the demo flight. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Drug middlemen inflate US prices, squeeze out competition, FTC says

Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are key part of US's high drug costs, report finds. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Testers unearth touchscreen UI in tvOS beta, signs point to a touchscreen HomePod

Rumors of a touchscreen HomePod stretch back to 2021. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Beryl is just the latest disaster to strike the energy capital of the world

It's pretty weird to use something I've written about in the abstract for so long. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Why every quantum computer will need a powerful classical computer

Error-correcting a quantum computer can mean processing 100TB every second. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

New Blast-RADIUS attack breaks 30-year-old protocol used in networks everywhere

Ubiquitous RADIUS scheme uses homegrown authentication based on MD5. Yup, you heard right. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Samsung’s abandoned NX cameras can be brought online with a $20 LTE stick

All it took was a reverse-engineered camera firmware and a custom API rewrite. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

FCC to block phone company over robocalls pushing scam “Tax Relief Program”

Veriwave Telco "identified one client as the source of all of the calls." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Report: Z-Library admins on the lam ahead of US extradition; officials shocked

Z-Library defends admins and vows to expand access after domain seizures. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

It’s another bloody power struggle for Rome’s future in Gladiator II trailer

"What is the dream of Rome if our people are not free?" | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

New weight-loss and diabetes drugs linked to lower risk of 10 cancers

For diabetes patients, GLP-1 drugs linked to lower cancer risks compared to insulin. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Why 1994’s Lair of Squid was the weirdest pack-in game of all time

The HP 200LX included a mysterious maze game called Lair of Squid. We tracked down the author. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Fallout: London devs will “downgrade” Fallout 4 to save their massive mod

The game's "next-gen update" threatened to upend years of work on the "DLC-sized" mod. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Europe’s long-delayed flagship rocket is about to launch for the first time

"One of the main innovations on the launcher is the upper stage." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Oregon county seeks to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for extreme heat

Multnomah County's heat dome conditions killed 69 people in 2021. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

We test the baffling hubless Verge TS Pro electric motorbike

The Verge TS is anything but cheap, but it does feature cutting-edge technology. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Report: Apple approves Epic Games Store on iOS in Europe

European iOS users will see the alternative app store launch sometime soon. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Kathryn Hahn is ready to walk the Witch’s Road in Agatha All Along trailer

"I can be that witch again." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Massive car dealer ransom attack is mostly over after 2 weeks of work-arounds

CDK outage likely slumped June auto sales, may have cost more than $600M. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers 

Without updates or ability to download after August, app will become useless. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.

The Cyber Safety Review Board missed an opportunity to prevent future attacks, experts say. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

First-known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers

Legal options limited to stop fake TikTok accounts harming teachers, school says. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Notepad’s spellcheck and autocorrect are rolling out to everybody after 41 years

It's still bare-bones by most standards, but Notepad has evolved a lot recently. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Boeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud FAA Aircraft Evaluation Group

Families say deal with US "fails to hold Boeing accountable" for 346 crash deaths. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Here’s NASCAR’s idea for a fully electric stock car

The prototype is here to gauge interest and promote NASCAR's sustainability push. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Brad Pitt stages a Formula One racing comeback in first teaser for F1

Pitt: "You've never seen speed, you've never seen just the G forces like this." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Review: Catching up with Doctor Who and Ncuti Gatwa’s stellar freshman season

The Sex Education actor brings sparkling energy, charisma, and superb style to the role | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point

As the plateau of the icefield thins, ice and snow reserves at higher altitudes are lost. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us

50 years of excavation unveiled the story of a catastrophic event and its aftermath. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic

Men, women, and immigrants all seemed to have similar dietary inputs. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles

We need new fuels as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

Rocket Report: Firefly delivers for NASA; Polaris Dawn launching this month

The all-private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is set for launch no earlier than July 31. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

What we know about microdosing candy illnesses as death investigation underway

Medical toxicologist walks through what we know and don't know about the cases. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034

Full fusion power won't happen until nearly 2040 on new timeline. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 6 months ago

ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text

The app was updated to address the issue after it gained public attention. | Continue reading


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