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Updated 2026-01-23 16:15
Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Another partially reusable Chinese rocket, the Long March 12B, is nearing its first test flight.
Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms
Their presence appears to lower the risk of food-borne illnesses from pathogens.
2026 Lucid Air Touring review: This feels like a complete car now
It's efficient, easy to live with, and smooth to drive.
This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world's oldest human-made art
The world's oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration.
US officially out of WHO, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars unpaid
US did not pay $278 million in 2024-2025 dues and millions more in promised funds.
Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"
The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.
Hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins wants a second chance—and a security job
Crypto theft was "the worst thing I had ever done."
Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027
Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.
Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court
Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.
Google begins offering free SAT practice tests powered by Gemini
Google says more kinds of standardized tests will be added in the future.
Check out the first trailer for Masters of the Universe
"Talking tigers, spaceships, and magic swords that can make a man as mighty as a god."
Blue Origin makes impressive strides with reuse—next launch will refly booster
With this quick turnaround, Blue Origin takes a step toward a faster cadence.
Google adds your Gmail and Photos to AI Mode to enable "Personal Intelligence"
Personal Intelligence is optional and rolling out first to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.
Finally, a new controller that solves the Switch 2's "flat Joy-Con" problem
But Nyxi's Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price.
eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents
New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.
All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II
More than 2,300 commemorative items fill the duffel bag-size pouch.
Meta wants to block data about social media use, mental health in child safety trial
Company is pulling out all the stops to protect itself in advance of New Mexico trial.
Judge orders stop to FBI search of devices seized from Washington Post reporter
Order says gov't must stop search while court reviews Washington Post motions.
Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS
Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.
mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say
The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.
Trump FCC threatens to enforce equal-time rule on late-night talk shows
FCC disputes long-standing view that the shows are exempt from equal-time rule.
Why adding modern controls to 1996's Tomb Raider simply doesn't work
For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.
Kioxia's memory is "sold out" for 2026, prolonging a "high-end and expensive phase"
Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly.
Watch a robot swarm "bloom" like a garden
The Swarm Garden: An array of modular robot agents that adapt to changing conditions for living architecture.
Spotify won court order against Anna’s Archive, taking down .org domain
Lawsuit was filed under seal; Anna's Archive wasn't notified until after takedown.
Another Jeff Bezos company has announced plans to develop a megaconstellation
With data speeds of up to 6Tbps, one could stream a lot of HD movies.
Here's Volvo's new EX60 $60,000 electric midsize SUV
The EX60 goes into production in April 2026.
Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.
Did Apple make the right choice in partnering with Google for Siri's AI features?
Zillow removed climate risk scores. This climate expert is restoring them.
Real estate website scrubbed data under pressure from California real estate brokers.
Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there's a plugin to avoid them.
The web's best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.
Webb reveals a planetary nebula with phenomenal clarity, and it is spectacular
The colors show the star's final breath transforming into the raw ingredients for new worlds.
Zuck stuck on Trump’s bad side: FTC appeals loss in Meta monopoly case
FTC will appeal ruling that found Meta has no monopoly in social networking.
Verizon starts requiring 365 days of paid service before it will unlock phones
Verizon changed prepaid brands' policy a week after FCC waived unlocking rule.
Google temporarily disabled YouTube's advanced captions without warning
Google says SRV3 captions were causing playback errors, so it has "temporarily" disabled them.
Flesh-eating flies are eating their way through Mexico, CDC warns
Eight animal cases in Mexico's Tamaulipas spur CDC to warn doctors of festering wounds.
Macaque facial gestures are more than just a reflex, study finds
Study is first to implant micro-electrode arrays to record neurons as they produce facial gestures.
Netflix to pay all cash for Warner Bros. to fend off Paramount hostile takeover
Netflix and Warner seek quick shareholder vote as Paramount tries to upend deal.
Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs
TCL will own 51 percent of the high-end TVs.
The first commercial space station, Haven-1, is now undergoing assembly for launch
"We have a very strong incentive to send a crew as quickly as we can safely do so."
The fastest human spaceflight mission in history crawls closer to liftoff
After a remarkably smooth launch campaign, Artemis II reached its last stop before the Moon.
The first new Marathon game in decades will launch on March 5
Development hasn't exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter's 2023 announcement.
Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh
Delayed shipping times for current models sometimes means an update is imminent.
Elon Musk accused of making up math to squeeze $134B from OpenAI, Microsoft
Musk's math reduced ChatGPT inventors' contributions to "zero," OpenAI argued.
Asus confirms its smartphone business is on indefinite hiatus
Asus chairman Jonney Shih sees AI applications as the company's main focus going forward.
Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft's lack of imagination
Xbox maker needs some fresher ideas for expanding access to cloud gaming.
The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors
Ars checks in with the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.
Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning
Supernatural has had its staff cut and won't receive any more content updates.
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