technology #Space #EarthScience #NASA #SeanDuffy #Space NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency Ars Technica 3h ago 2m read
technology #Science #Space #Ariane6 #Arianespace #ArtemisII #China #HumanSpaceflight #NASA #RocketReport #SpaceLaunchSystem #Spacex #UnitedLaunchAlliance #Vulcan Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship Ars Technica 5h ago 3m read
technology #Cars #AcuraRDX Here’s Acura’s next all-electric RSX crossover Ars Technica 5h ago 1m read
technology #Cars #Features #CarReview #Porsche911CarreraGTS #Porsche911CarreraGTSTHybrid Porsche’s best daily driver 911? The 2025 Carrera GTS T-Hybrid review. Ars Technica 8h ago 3m read
technology #Culture #DavidWoodard #Wikipedia Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history” Ars Technica 21h ago 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AiActionPlan #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbot #ChatGPT #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #Grok #Openai #TrumpAdministration #USGovernment #XAI US government agency drops Grok after MechaHitler backlash, report says Ars Technica 22h ago 2m read
technology #Policy #BroadbandEquityAccessAndDeploymentProgram #Spacex #Starlink Starlink tries to block Virginia’s plan to bring fiber Internet to residents Ars Technica 22h ago 2m read
technology #AI #Google #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #OpenAIModels Google releases pint-size Gemma open AI model Ars Technica 23h ago 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #Chatbots #ChildSafety #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #MetaAI Meta backtracks on rules letting chatbots be creepy to kids Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Science #AncientPeopleDidStuff #Anthropology #Archaeology #Inca #IncanEmpire #IndigenousAmericans #IndigenousCommunities #IndigenousSouthAmerica #Khipu #PreColumbianCivilizations #Science #Wari Incan numerical recordkeeping system may have been widely used Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Science #FluidDynamics #LeidenfrostEffect #MaterialsScience #Physics #ReverseLeidenfrostEffect Ice discs slingshot across a metal surface all on their own Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Science #Engineering #MaterialsScience #Photophoresis #Physics Misunderstood “photophoresis” effect could loft metal sheets to exosphere Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Apple #Tech #AppleWatch Apple Watch gets reformulated, non-patent-infringing blood oxygen monitoring Ars Technica Thu 1m read
technology #AI #China #Deepseek #NVIDIA #Syndication Upcoming DeepSeek AI model failed to train using Huawei’s chips Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #AI #Features #Policy #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #ElonMusk #Openai #SamAltman #XAI Sam Altman finally stood up to Elon Musk after years of X trolling Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Science #Space #CommercialSpace #DonaldTrump #ExecutiveOrder #FAA #Launch #SpacePolicy #Spacex #WhiteHouse Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches Ars Technica Thu 3m read
technology #Apple #Tech #Alexa #Amazon #Apple #HomePod #Siri #Tvos Report: Apple’s smart home ambitions include “tabletop robot,” cameras, and more Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #AI #BizIT #AIAlignment #AIBehavior #AIDeception #AIEthics #AIResearch #AISafety #AiSafetyTesting #AISecurity #AlignmentResearch #AndrewDeck #Anthropic #ClaudeOpus4 #GenerativeAi #GoalMisgeneralization #JeffreyLadish #LargeLanguageModels #MachineLearning #O3Model #Openai #PalisadeResearch #ReinforcementLearning Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people? Ars Technica Wed 3m read
technology #Cars #GuinnessWorldRecord Polestar sets production car record for longest drive on a single charge Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #AI #Google #Tech #AIPrivacy #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #GoogleGemini Google Gemini will now learn from your chats—unless you tell it not to Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Science #Space #CapeCanaveralSpaceForceStation #GPS #Launch #MilitarySpace #Navigation #UnitedLaunchAlliance #Ussf106 #Vulcan After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket Ars Technica Wed 3m read
technology #Cars #CanAm #Ducati #Motorcycling The case for commuting by motorcycle Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Gaming #GameReview #NintendoSwitch2 Drag x Drive is a uniquely fun and frustrating showcase for Switch 2 mouse mode Ars Technica Wed 1m read
technology #Health #Bats #Exposure #Infectious #Rabies #Risk #Wyoming Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Features #Science #AgentBasedModeling #LLMs #Polarization #SocialMedia #SocialPsychology #SocialSciences #SocialWorks Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed Ars Technica Wed 3m read
technology #AI #BizIT #AIAssistants #AIBehavior #AIModelDeprecation #AIPersonality #Chatbots #GPT4o #GPT5 #LargeLanguageModels #MachineLearning #Openai #SamAltman OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Cars #ConceptCar #MercedesBenz Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept: Is this the solution or a sideshow? Ars Technica Wed 3m read
technology #AI #Science #BCI #BrainComputerInterface #Neuralink #Syndication OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Health #Eyeball #Eyes #Infection #Parasites #Worms Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly Ars Technica Wed 2m read
technology #Science #Space #CapeCanaveralSpaceForceStation #GPS #Launch #MilitarySpace #Navigation #UnitedLaunchAlliance #USSpaceForce #Vulcan Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #AI #BizIT #MachineLearning Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #AI #Google #Tech #ArtificialInteligence #Browsers #Google #Perplexity Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AgeChecks #AgeEstimation #AgeVerification #ArtificialIntelligence #OnlinePrivacy #YouTube 50K YouTubers rage against AI spying that could expose identities Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #Culture #AnimatedFilm #Entertainment #FilmReviews #Films #KPopDemonHunters #Netflix #Reviews #StreamingTelevision They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts Ars Technica Tue 3m read
technology #Cars #Features #Bikes #Cycling #EBikes #ElectricVehicles #PersonalMobility Rad Power’s Radster: A very non-radical commuter bike Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AppStore #Apple #ArtificialIntelligence #Chatbot #ChatGPT #Deepseek #ElonMusk #Google #Grok #Openai #PlayStore #Twitter #X #XAI Musk threatens to sue Apple so Grok can get top App Store ranking Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #China #NVIDIA #Syndication China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #BizIT #Security #0Day #ESET #Winrar #ZeroDayVulnerability High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups Ars Technica Tue 2m read
technology #Health #Boar'sHead #DeliMeat #FoodBorneDiseases #Listeria #Outbreak #Sanitation Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Tech #AOL #AolDialUp #BBSes #Broadband #DialUp #DialUpInternet #DigitalDivide #DSL #InternetAccess #InternetHistory #InternetInfrastructure #InternetServiceProviders #Modem #Modems #Retrotech #RuralInternet #SatelliteInternet #Telecommunications #Yahoo AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet after 34 years Ars Technica Mon 3m read
technology #AI #Policy #AiScraping #AITraining #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #InternetArchive #Openai #Reddit Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #AI #Tech #GitHub #GitHubCopilot #Microsoft GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Policy #UkOnlineSafetyAct #WikimediaFoundation #Wikipedia Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Space #Amazon #Ariane6 #Falcon9 #NewGlenn #ProjectKuiper #Space #Vulcan Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk? Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #AI LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find Ars Technica Mon 3m read
technology #Health #Science #CDC #CentersForDiseaseControl #CentersForDiseaseControlAndPrevention #COVID19 #Covid19Misinformation #RfkJr #Shooting RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AIChips #AMD #DonaldTrump #Huawei #Micron #NVIDIA #Semiconductor #Tariffs #UsChinaTradeWar Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Science #ImageProcessing #Optics #Photometric #Physics #VideoManipulation Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Cars #Ford #SoftwareDefinedVehicle Ford bets big on “Universal EV Production System” and $30k truck Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Science #CarbonSequestration #ClimateChange #Oceanography #Syndication Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Culture #Netflix #OnePiece #StreamingTelevision #Trailers Netflix drops One Piece S2 teaser, renews for S3 Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Features #Science #Biology #EarthScience #Geology #OriginOfLife #RadioisotopeDating How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth? Ars Technica Mon 2m read
technology #Policy #Space #NuclearReactor #SpaceLaw #Syndication #TheMoon NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why Ars Technica Sun 2m read
technology #BizIT #Security #E2ee #ETSI #Syndication #TETRA Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked Ars Technica Sat 2m read
technology #Science #Biology #Biomechanics #Engineering #MaterialsScience New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater Ars Technica Sat 2m read
technology #Space #Apollo13 #Apollo8 #Astronaut #Death #Died #Gemini12 #Gemini7 #JamesLovell #JimLovell #MoonVoyager #NASA #Obituary #Shaky #SpaceExploration #SpaceHistory #TomHanks James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died Ars Technica Sat 2m read
technology #Science #Biology #Biomechanics #Carnivores #Dinosaurs #Fossils #Paleontology For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Health #Science #Cattle #FleshEating #Flies #Livestock #Mexico #Screwworms #SterileInsectTechnique #Swormlure #Texas #USDA Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #AI #Apple #Apple #AppleIntelligence #ChatGPT #GPT4o #GPT5 #IOS #Ios26 #IPadOS #Ipados26 #Iphone #MacOS #MacosTahoe #Openai Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Culture #Crypto #Memecoins #Wnba Green dildos are raining down on WNBA courts. Why? Crypto memecoins, of course. Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Culture #Entertainment #NeilGaiman #Netflix #Reviews #StreamingTelevision #TheSandman #TVReviews Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told Ars Technica Fri 3m read
technology #Policy #NetNeutrality #SupremeCourt Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #BizIT #ReturnToOffice It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing Ars Technica Fri 3m read
technology #BizIT #Security #Exploits #JavaScript #Phishing #Scams Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Policy #ContentCreator #IntellectualProperty #IpInfringement #Tiktok #TrademarkInfringement Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #AI #Google #GoogleGemini Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #Anthropic #ArtificialIntelligence #BookAuthors #CopyrightInfringement #LargeLanguageModels #LLMs AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #AI #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #GPT5 #Openai ChatGPT users hate GPT-5’s “overworked secretary” energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Gaming #Tech #Chromebooks #ChromeOS #Steam Google and Valve will kill “Steam for Chromebooks” experiment in January 2026 Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Space #AntiLobbyingAct #BoardOfRegents #BringTheSpaceShutleHomeAct #Chancellor #Chantilly #Congress #Discovery #InternalInvesigation #JohnCorbyn #JohnRoberts #NationalAirAndSpaceMuseum #OneBigBeautifulBill #RandyWeber #Representative #Senator #Smithsonian #SpaceCenterHouston #SpaceExploration #SpaceHistory #SpaceShuttle #StevenFUdvarHazyCenter #Texas #Virginia Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Science #ClimateChange #EndangermentFinding #EPA #NationalAcademies #Syndication National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment Ars Technica Fri 5m read
technology #Cars #AffordableEVs #EVAdoption #Ford Ford switches gears, will push smaller EVs over full-size pickup and van Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Space #RocketReport #Space Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars Ars Technica Fri 2m read
technology #Policy #Science #ExecutiveOrder #ResearchGrants #ScienceFunding #Trump New executive order puts all grants under political control Ars Technica Thu 3m read
technology #Policy #Broadband #FCC FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Science #Anthropology #Archaeology #Hobbits #Hominins #HomoErectus #HomoFloresiensis #HomoLuzonensis #Paleoanthropology #Science #StoneTools Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis Ars Technica Thu 9m read
technology #BizIT #Google #Security #Google #Salesforce #SocialEngineering Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it Ars Technica Thu 2m read
technology #Health #Bromism #ChatGPT After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Science #Anthropology #Archaeology #Cannibalism #Neolithic Did a rival tribe kill and eat their neighbors 5,700 years ago? Ars Technica Aug 7 3m read
technology #AI #BizIT #AgenticAI #AIAgents #AIAssistants #AICoding #AIDevelopmentTools #AIResearch #GenerativeAi #LargeLanguageModels #MachineLearning #MultimodalAI #Openai OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT users Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Cars #CarReview #PorschePanameraTurboS 2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S: A different approach to a luxury sedan Ars Technica Aug 7 3m read
technology #Tech #Sonos #Tariffs Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying to win back customers Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Policy #Apple #DonaldTrump #IPhones #Tariffs #UsChinaTradeWar Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue. Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Gaming #Tech #AMD #Framework #FrameworkDesktop #NVIDIA #RyzenAi Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio Ars Technica Aug 7 3m read
technology #Cars #CarReview #SubaruWRX 2025 Subaru WRX tS review: A scalpel-sharp chassis lets this car dance Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Policy #Tech #DonaldTrump #Intel #LipBuTan #Syndication President Trump says Intel’s new CEO “must resign immediately” Ars Technica Aug 7 2m read
technology #Health #Antigen #Flu #Kennedy #Pandemic #SARSCoV2 #Vaccine #Virus RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook Ars Technica Aug 7 3m read
technology #AI #BizIT #Security #Deepfakes #Fraud #SpeechSynthesis Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect Ars Technica Aug 7 3m read
technology #Policy #Crypto #RomanStorm #TornadoCash Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.” A jury isn’t sure what to think. Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AiActionPlan #ChatGPT #ChatGPTEnterprise #ExecutiveBranch #FederalGovernment #LLM #Openai #PreventingWokeAI #TrumpAdministration US executive branch agencies will use ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Tech #Disney #Hulu #Streaming Hulu’s days look numbered, but there’s reason for Disney to keep it around Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Policy #UsConstitution Coding error blamed after parts of Constitution disappear from US website Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #AI #Google #Tech #AiOverviews #ArtificialIntelligence #Google Google search boss says AI isn’t killing search clicks Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Space #Axiom #BlueOrigin #CLDs #CommercialSpaceStation #NASA #Space #Vast #Voyager NASA’s new chief has radically rewritten the rules for private space stations Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Science #AnimalBehavior #Animals #Biology #Cockatoos Cockatoos know 30 distinct dance moves Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Policy #ChipBackdoor #ChipKillSwitch #NVIDIA Nvidia warns of “disaster” if it has to put kill switch and backdoor in chips Ars Technica Aug 6 3m read
technology #AI #Google #Tech #ArtificialIntelligence #Google #GoogleGemini #SmartHome Researchers design “promptware” attack with Google Calendar to turn Gemini evil Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #Cars #EVAdoption #TrumpTariffs Trump’s trade and environment policies are a disaster for carmakers Ars Technica Aug 6 3m read
technology #AI #Science #Biology #FoundationModels #GeneExpression #Genetics #MolecularBiology Some AI tools don’t understand biology yet Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
technology #AI #Policy #AiActionPlan #AIRegulation #FacialRecognition #GenerativeAi #Syndication States take the lead in AI regulation as federal government steers clear Ars Technica Aug 6 2m read
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