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Updated 2025-11-18 18:00
$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war
NIH leaders got funding-pause memo Tuesday afternoon. Trump admin then backpedaled.
So far, only one-third of Americans have ever used AI for work
AP survey shows most Americans treat AI chatbots like a search engine replacement.
How to get another free year of updates for your Windows 10 PC
Buying Windows 10 a one-year stay of execution doesn't have to cost anything.
Making Roman concrete produces as much CO2 as modern concrete
Roman concrete produces as much, if not more, CO as modern concrete, fewer air pollutants.
India safely launches a $1.5 billion satellite for NASA
"We are at the threshold of fulfilling the immense scientific potential NASA and ISRO envisioned."
Australia’s first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff
"I thought best case was maybe 40 seconds of flight time, but I'll take 14 as a win."
Google confirms it will sign the EU AI Code of Practice
The company is not looking to make new enemies in Europe.
Not (just) seeing red: Virtual Boy emulator adds full color support
Red Viper on the 3DS makes Nintendo's failed '90s experiment look like new.
VPN use soars in UK after age-verification laws go into effect
Proton VPN signups originating in the UK increased by over 1,400 percent.
Tesla picks LGES, not CATL, for $4.3 billion storage battery deal
The lithium iron phosphate cells will be made in Michigan.
Flaw in Gemini CLI coding tool could allow hackers to run nasty commands
Beware of coding agents that can access your command window.
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Proposed data center would demand 5x Wyoming's current power use at full deployment.
“It’s shocking”: Massive raw milk outbreak from 2023 finally reported
The outbreak occurred in 2023-2024, but little information had been shared about it.
“It’s shocking”; Massive raw milk outbreak from 2023 finally reported
The outbreak occurred in 2023-2024, but little information had been shared about it.
Trump claims Europe won’t make Big Tech pay ISPs; EU says it still might
EC spokesperson denies network-fee issue is settled, says it must be legislated.
EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases
"Largest deregulatory action" in the history of US would be one of the unhealthiest.
The case for memes as a new form of comics
Both comics and memes rely on the same interplay of visual and verbal elements for their humor.
Apple releases iOS 18.6, macOS 15.6, and other updates as current gen winds down
Photos app fix and a pile of security updates.
ChatGPT’s new Study Mode is designed to help you learn, not just give answers
New set of system prompts promote understanding with guided questions, "Socratic dialogue."
Acquisition sends thousands of Whistle pet trackers to IoT graveyard
Whistle pet monitors will stop working on August 31.
2025 Polestar 3 drives sporty, looks sharp, can be a little annoying
We spend a week with Polestar's SUV flagship.
Microsoft is revamping Windows 11’s Task Manager so its numbers make more sense
Changes are rolling out to Windows Insider testers in the Dev and Beta channels.
Trump promised a drilling boom, but US energy industry hasn’t been interested
Exec: Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry."
The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public
Some of Firefly's programs are going quite well. Others, not so much.
Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far
The plot makes no sense, but that retro-futuristic Tomorrowland vibe and superb cast make it (mostly) work.
Futurehome smart hub owners must pay new $117 subscription or lose access
The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription.
Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war
China's frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump.
Blender developers begin work on full-fledged mobile version
Support will come to the iPad Pro first, with other platforms to follow.
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
"This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.
How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS
Trump FCC claims there's precedent for CBS ombudsman, but it's a weak one.
Nude women streamed to office TV derail Oklahoma Board of Education meeting
Police are now involved.
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia.
Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds
CDC's MMWR is publishing much less, and sources say studies now require RFK Jr.'s sign-off.
Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update
Google's Battery Performance Program update was supposed to stop this.
Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
John Glenn's Friendship 7 returns as SpaceX and Blue Origin artifacts debut.
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.
Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet
Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios.
A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology
"Testing this tech will be helpful for navigation in contested environments."
F1 in Belgium: The best racetrack in the world
Changeable conditions usually make for exciting races, but 2025 was a bit dull.
Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned
"We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the 'red order of battle.'"
Peacemaker S2 trailer finds our anti-hero in a parallel world
"I don't want to be a joke anymore. I want to be a real hero."
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans remembers
20 years ago, Ivor Van Heerden warned of impending disaster in New Orleans. Are his warnings still going unheeded?
Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism
If you define "metabolism" loosely enough, these robots may have one.
Microsoft to stop using China-based teams to support Department of Defense
The tech giant has relied on global workforce to support federal clients.
This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable
Previous aerogels didn't work on a scale that was large enough to matter.
After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
As BlackSuit's dark web site goes dark, Chaos is already around to pick up the slack.
Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday
"Starlink went down across the entire front."
North Korean hackers ran US-based “laptop farm” from Arizona woman’s home
North Korea made millions from the scheme.
Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha
Opinions are mixed on the retraction, and the authors continue to defend their work.
Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update
Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps.
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