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Updated 2025-11-22 09:00
Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been "irretrievably lost."
Why you don’t want to get tuberculosis on your penis
While tuberculosis can attack anywhere, it's extremely rare on the penis.
Science-centric streaming service Curiosity Stream is an AI-licensing firm now
Curiosity Stream's owner has more content for AI companies than it does for subscribers.
Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser
There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.
How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers
So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.
Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand
Google's AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.
AI trained on bacterial genomes produces never-before-seen proteins
Genes with related functions cluster together, and the AI uses that.
Tech company CTO and others indicted for exporting Nvidia chips to China
Four arrested and charged with illegal exports, smuggling, and money laundering.
Data-driven sport: How Red Bull and AT&T move terabytes of F1 info
Since the last time we spoke to Red Bull, its cars have 3 times as many sensors on them.
Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds
Tech firms dare to dream chip tariffs may go away amid rumors of delays.
Chris Hemsworth and dad fight Alzheimer’s with a trip down memory lane
Ars chats with director Tom Barbor-Might about new National Geographic documentary A Road Trip to Remember.
First revealed in spy photos, a Bronze Age city emerges from the steppe
An unexpectedly large city lies in a sea of grass inhabited largely by nomads.
Rocket Report: SpaceX’s next-gen booster fails; Pegasus will fly again
With the government shutdown over, the FAA has lifted its daytime launch curfew.
Pornhub is urging tech giants to enact device-based age verification
The company is pushing for an alternative way to keep minors from viewing porn.
Newest Starship booster is significantly damaged during testing early Friday
SpaceX had big plans for the upgraded Starship vehicle that failed on Friday morning.
Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”
"Does the world really need a 151st rocket company?"
HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs
HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.
Infant botulism outbreak doubles; ByHeart confirms bacteria in formula
ByHeart said "there's no reason to believe" until its own testing found a reason.
Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
Microsoft's Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.
Scientists found the key to accurate Maya eclipse tables
Eclipse tables in the Dresden Codex were based on lunar tables and adjusted for slippage over time.
The EU made Apple adopt new Wi-Fi standards, and now Android can support AirDrop
Google's Pixel 10 works with AirDrop, and other phones should follow later.
Trump revives unpopular Ted Cruz plan to punish states that impose AI laws
Cruz plan to block broadband funding lost 99-1, but now it's back-in Trump form.
Blue Origin revealed some massively cool plans for its New Glenn rocket
"The iterative design from our current 7x2 vehicle means we can build this rocket quickly."
Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now
GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.
Flying with whales: Drones are remaking marine mammal research
Aerial drones are giving scientists a new view of life at sea.
“Hey Google, did you upgrade your AI in my Android Auto?”
Conversational AI from your phone cast to your car should be about to get better.
Google’s new Nano Banana Pro uses Gemini 3 power to generate more realistic AI images
Google's new image-generator model is available to try globally today.
RFK Jr.’s loathesome edits: CDC website now falsely links vaccines and autism
The site previously correctly noted that studies have repeatedly found no link.
Attack, defend, pursue—the Space Force’s new naming scheme foretells new era
Ars is first to reveal how the Space Force will name its weapon systems.
In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon
A simple proposal on a 1982 electronic bulletin board helped sarcasm flourish online.
Study: Kids’ drip paintings more like Pollock’s than those of adults
The splatter master was more clumsy than graceful in his movements, which are key to his distinctive style.
“We’re in an LLM bubble,” Hugging Face CEO says—but not an AI one
The risks of AI investment in manufacturing and other areas are less clear.
NASA really wants you to know that 3I/ATLAS is an interstellar comet
A rundown of what we know of the third extrasolar object we've identified.
Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size
"I worry this is the big botnet flexing," CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.
Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery
Filling space in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center's Kent Kresa Space Gallery.
He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement
Librarian vows to stop invasive ed tech after ending lawsuit with Proctorio.
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?
Testing shows Apple N1 Wi-Fi chip improves on older Broadcom chips in every way
Apple's in-house Wi-Fi chip doesn't set records, but it's a reliable performer.
Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
DeepMind’s latest: An AI for handling mathematical proofs
AlphaProof can handle math challenges but needs a bit of help right now.
How Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion—and what it reveals aboutAI
For humans and AI, when something fits the category of ordinary," it slips from notice.
Twin suction turbines and 3-Gs in slow corners? Meet the DRG-Lola.
The concept is meant to inspire the next generation of electric single-seaters.
OnePlus 15 review: The end of range anxiety
OnePlus delivers its second super-fast phone of 2025.
GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it
Cities and counties call congressional plan an "unprecedented federal intrusion."
Faced with naked man, DoorDasher demands police action; they arrest her for illegal surveillance
Two felony charges for filming man inside his house.
CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status
Elimination status is lost if the virus spreads continuously for 12 months.
Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead
People are "bored" by their friends' content, judge ruled, siding with Meta.
Tech giants pour billions into Anthropic as circular AI investments roll on
ChatGPT competitor secures billions from Microsoft and Nvidia in deal to use cloud services and chips.
Microsoft tries to head off the “novel security risks” of Windows 11 AI agents
Agents with read/write access to your files create big security, privacy issues.
The Analogue 3D is the modern N64 fans have been waiting for
Excellent design and display filters, but the lack of OpenFPGA support rankles.
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