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"The question isn't are you prepared to die?' The question is who will you be when you close your eyes?'"

AI will help drive you and entertain you, according to Sony Honda Mobility.

After peaking in the Cold War, the relic of Rocketdyne has changed ownership four times in 20 years.

New chips launch "this month," targeting high-end ultraportable PCs.

But it may become slightly cheaper to buy AMD's fastest integrated Radeon GPUs.

"There's very little to not like in this."

The changes are modeled after a small country with universal health care.

Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data.

"We don't believe this has to do with our Spotify backup," Anna's Archive says.

Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.

Amazon brings back browser-based Alexa but will eventually add a paywall.

Optimus SSDs will continue with the same model numbers that the WD SSDs used.

Replay the troubled jetpack shooter before the servers shut down for good on Jan. 12.

Google TV will let you generate and watch AI content on the big screen.

Critics call for App Store ban after Grok sexualized images of minors.

New findings prompt a rethinking of group labor and ritual in ancient hunter-gatherer communities.

The European Union now prohibits desflurane's use during most procedures.

Ars' total charity haul since 2007 now tops $585,000.

It's like Tesla Autopilot, but made by a company with a culture of safety.

There are some fresh faces entering the rankings this year.

Letting the unreliable Grok be its own "spokesperson" lets xAI off the hook.

"Welder's Anthrax" was first coined in 2022, when seven cases had been identified.

Voice has lagged in adoption behind screens. OpenAI wants to change that.

Rogue, free-floating planets appear to have two distinct origins.

"Biggest advantage of lower altitude is that beam diameter is smaller for a given antenna size."

Today is your last chance to add to this year's charity haul of nearly $38,000.

xAI may be liable for Grok generating AI CSAM.

Deadly doors, a busted battery bet, and a toxic owner: What's not to like?

"NASA and Roscosmos continue to monitor and investigate the previously observed cracks."

"Acting is the sum of everything you've experienced. The joy. Sadness. Loss, Heartbreak."

Double-detonating "superkilonova," Roman liquid gypsum burials, biomechanics of kangaroo posture, and more.

Streaming may get a little worse before it gets better.

Streamers made a strong showing this year, as did horror. Big tentpoles, superhero sagas mostly fell flat.

This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby.

The past year has seen plenty of hacks and outages. Here are the ones topping the list.

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.

The study's main takeaway: "Be bold. It is the thing that slows down authoritarian creep."

Settlement forces NIH to review grants previously rejected on ideological grounds.

Musk allies spin DOGE as having a "higher purpose" beyond federal budget cuts.

The state deals with flooding and sea level rise by buying homes in flood prone areas.

Netflix's finale will also have a two-day theatrical release to more than 600 locations.

A serious data breach has occurred, but Ars users have nothing to worry about.

Gathering for mutual defense puts young spiny lobsters at risk of predators.

Florida man makes two appearances on the list.

Of all the cars we've driven and reviewed this year, these are our picks.

On Monday, US officials must explain what steps they took to enforce shocking visa bans.

Yakisugi, a Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces, creates a protective carbonized layer

Information from sensors is transmitted using neural-style activity spikes.

China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned.

Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore