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SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn't start
"Now offloading propellant. Next launch attempt hopefully in a few days."
Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing
Both nominees flailed in their own unique ways as senators sought answers.
HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs
Resellers threatened to ditch HP printing supplies for counterfeits.
T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users' free lines
T-Mobile to restore free lines lost during plan migration, but price hikes remain.
It's official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android
Google says these changes could endanger user privacy and security.
xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users.
Elon Musk's xAI files first lawsuit against Grok user accused of making child sex images.
Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory
Hyundai aims to deploy 25,000 Atlas robots starting with US factories in 2028.
Trump teleprompter aide made $100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say
If only someone could have predicted it.
2026 Toyota RAV4 plug-in: Big battery means daily drives are all-electric
Toyota's everyday small SUV should rarely require trips to the gas station.
Now, even Russia's most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices
The social-engineering technique has primarily been a tool of financially motivated criminals.
Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away."
Creator says he will "very loudly ignore" those arguing for a ban on AI tools.
We've seen helium baked off a rocky exoplanet's atmosphere
If the large, rocky planet is losing helium, then we can infer what is left behind.
OnePlus confirms shutdown in the US and Europe, ending months of speculation
OnePlus promises to continue supporting the phones it has already released.
Could China and Russia really destroy Starlink? Only with a boomerang.
"We will likely have similar concerns and discussions when China fields its Starlink-like constellation."
Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
Companies coming to market are raising money at fastest pace this century.
Tesla driver who blamed crash on autopilot pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB finds
NTSB findings back Elon Musk's claim that driver manually overrode FSD.
Move over, GPS: Navigation satellites in low-Earth orbit are making a comeback
Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low-Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
Hundreds rally at Bethesda HQ to protest Xbox layoffs, and Ars was there
Union wants to halt a "perpetual cycle" of layoffs, get back to contract bargaining.
Buzz Aldrin sells famous felt-tip pen that helped launch Apollo from the Moon
While an impressive sale, the pen and switch did not break records.
Sheetz is quitting VMware, migrating 11,000 virtual machines
The convenience store chain will use StorMagic instead.
Judge: Trump can’t deport researchers just for working in content moderation
Disinformation researchers praise ruling blocking Trump visa denials and deportations.
Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park
Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.
Windows 0-day drops the same day Microsoft releases record number of patches
HiveLegacy is a "powerful primitive" that's likely capable of other nefarious actions.
FCC to repeal 39% TV ownership cap in boost for Trump-friendly news orgs
FCC chairman claims power to repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
In memoriam: 7 of our favorite Sam Neill films
The actor, who starred in 1993's Jurassic Park, died Monday in Sydney, Australia, at the age of 78.
Third-party app stores coming to Google Play next week as Epic settlement withdrawn
With the settlement withdrawn, Google is now bound by the court's full antitrust remedies.
OpenAI's first branded hardware is... a light-up keyboard?
The Codex Micro is designed to monitor multiple agentic threads at a glance.
A most improbable astronaut just went to space
"I pretty much, at that point in time, gave up on being an astronaut."
How hard is it to build orbital data centers, actually?
"The ISS radiators are expensive and heavy. We're focused on making them cheap and light."
Sotheby's big T. rex auction raises concerns hype and wealth are upending science
Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils.
Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.
Trump admin puts Americans in Congo on "do-not-board" list, barring return
Citizens must now spend 21 days in a third country before they are allowed to come home.
Lawsuit claims Meta's layoff decisions were made by AI, not humans
Meta denies using AI to terminate workers with disabilities and medical problems.
Probe into explosive diarrheal cases points to Taco Bell and bad lettuce
Federal officials have not confirmed a source yet-and there may be multiple sources.
US military sent explosive drone boats into combat for the first time
US military's drone boats struck an Iranian naval port as war heats up again.
These painted e-tattoos could be the future of wearable biosensors
Conductive ink is painted directly onto the skin in colorful custom designs, drying into working electrodes.
Google revamps image search for its 25th anniversary with more images and more AI
The new Google image search will use your "unique interests" to create an always-updated gallery.
New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
New York's data center moratorium may become the blueprint for anti-AI movement.
Boomers, not Gen Z, are the generation cutting back most on alcohol
New research overturns assumption that abstinent younger drinkers are behind weak demand.
SpaceX is gearing up for Starship's 13th test flight later this week
This flight will put Starship under higher pressure and test out new Starlink satellites in orbit.
US continues to shun Ebola-infected citizens; second American sent to Germany
The man is said to be doing well in a Frankfurt hospital.
The US government warns that Russia state hackers are coming after your router
With residential proxies all the rage, CISA urges router users to be vigilant.
Ukrainian drone strikes forced Russia to stop shipping in vital sea corridor
Ukraine's drone blitz halted Russia's Sea of Azov shipping in under a week.
California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers
There's a separate $1,750 rebate for used EVs, but both rebates have a price cap.
Apple sues OpenAI after ex-engineer allegedly used bug to steal trade secrets
OpenAI accused of conspiring with former Apple employees to steal trade secrets.
Solution to Feynman's reverse sprinkler puzzle also applies to "silly sprinklers"
New study confirms 2024 "momentum flux theory" on how angular momentum of water flows drives rotation.
States sue to block Paramount/WBD merger that was approved by Trump admin
AG: Deal will bring "higher prices, lower quality, and less content for film and TV."
Tom Cruise is utterly transformed in Digger trailer
"If we can't control the force of nature, at least we can control the narrative."
Apple and Samsung benefit as memory shortage pushes smartphone shipments to historic lows
The biggest smartphone makers keep on trucking in the face of component shortages and economic uncertainty.
Colorado will decide whether a "right to natural gas" is added to state constitution
The amendment would restrict building codes that promote electrification.
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