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Northrop Grumman’s new spacecraft is a real chonker
"We're excited that Northrop is ready to deliver this incredibly beneficial increase in capacity."
RFK Jr. adds more anti-vaccine members to CDC vaccine advisory panel
The panel will meet this week and could limit access to measles, Hep B, COVID vaccines.
Google releases VaultGemma, its first privacy-preserving LLM
Google Research shows that AI models can keep training data private.
Internet Archive’s big battle with music publishers ends in settlement
The true cost of keeping the Internet Archive alive will likely remain unknown.
What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers.
New study breaks down what 700 million users do across 2.6 billion daily GPT messages.
Ars Live: CTA policy expert explains why tariff stacking is a nightmare
Tech firms are bracing for a possible "triple whammy" of tariffs.
Boeing faces $3.1M fine for door plug blowout, hundreds of safety violations
FAA found factory violations, says Boeing sought approval for unairworthy planes.
macOS 26 Tahoe: The Ars Technica review
Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes.
Get into the cockpit as new crop of “Top Gun” pilots get their wings
NatGeo's new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, shows the sweat behind the spectacle.
Will TikTok go dark Wednesday? Trump claims deal with China avoids shutdown.
Experts aren't sure China will agree to a sale without more trade war concessions.
Parts shortage is the latest problem to hit General Motors production
There will be temporary layoffs at a factory in Missouri from September 29-October 19.
NASA closing its original repository for Columbia artifacts to tours
A reminder to remain diligent and keep focused on safety.
China rules that Nvidia violated its antitrust laws
Regulator's statement comes as US and Chinese officials meet in Madrid for trade talks.
The US is trying to kick-start a “nuclear energy renaissance”
Push to revive nuclear energy relies on deregulation; experts say strategy is misplaced.
60 years after Gemini, newly processed images reveal incredible details
"It's that level of risk that they were taking. I think that's what really hit home."
Scientists: It’s do or die time for America’s primacy exploring the Solar System
"When you turn off those spacecraft's radio receivers, there's no way to turn them back on."
RFK Jr.’s CDC may limit COVID shots to 75 and up, claim they killed kids
A battle is brewing over mRNA vaccines, which could intensify backlash against Kennedy.
Modder injects AI dialogue into 2002’s Animal Crossing using memory hack
Unofficial mod lets classic Nintendo GameCube title use AI chatbots with amusing results.
Feds try to dodge lawsuit against their bogus climate report
Meanwhile, Congress is trying to keep serious scientists from weighing in.
After Kirk shooting, Utah governor calls social media a “cancer.” Will we treat it like one?
We did not evolve to handle this, Utah governor says.
Electric vehicle sales grew 25% worldwide but just 6% in North America
North America has bought 1.3 million EVs this year; China has bought 7.6 million.
California bill lets renters escape exclusive deals between ISPs and landlords
Bill author says law "gives this industry an opportunity to treat people fairly."
Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources
Experts find fake sources in Canadian government report that took 18 months to complete.
Over three decades later, Nintendo remembers the Virtual Boy exists
A $100 replica Switch dock or $25 cardboard sleeve is needed to play the 3D re-releases.
New pathway engineered into plants lets them suck up more CO₂
Engineered pathway lets carbon be plugged directly into key metabolic pathways.
Small, affordable, efficient: A lot to like about the 2026 Nissan Leaf
Smaller on the outside, bigger on the inside, and it goes farther on a single charge.
Ex-DVD company employee gets 4 years for leaking Spider-Man Blu-ray
Man agreed to return more than 1,000 stolen DVDs to his former employer.
Microsoft dodges EU fine by unbundling Teams from Office
EU probe came after complaint by Slack in 2020.
Rocket Report: Russia’s rocket engine predicament; 300th launch to the ISS
North Korea test-fired a powerful new solid rocket motor for its next-generation ICBM.
Jef Raskin’s cul-de-sac and the quest for the humane computer
He wanted to make [computers] more usable and friendly to people who weren't geeks."
OpenAI and Microsoft sign preliminary deal to revise partnership terms
Companies work to finalize terms as OpenAI pursues for-profit restructuring.
Child dies of horrifying measles complication in Los Angeles
SSPE is a rare but always fatal disease that destroys a child's brain.
NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?
"I have to look at dollars, and I have to look at time, and I have to look at return."
Latest TRON: Ares trailer takes us back to 1982
"Our worlds are more connected than anyone knows."
New black hole merger bolsters Hawking area theorem
Physicists spliced merger's gravitational signal into isolated frequencies to determine surface areas.
Ted Cruz AI bill could let firms bribe Trump to avoid safety laws, critics warn
Ted Cruz won't give up fight to block states from regulating AI.
35 percent of VMware workloads expected to migrate elsewhere by 2028
We are all addicted to hypervisors, and that needs to change."
Is Hollow Knight: Silksong too hard? Well, it depends on what you mean by “hard.”
The Ars Difficulty MatrixTM helps us analyze the many dimensions of Silksong's challenges.
Gmail gets a dedicated place to track all your purchases
Gmail reorganizes its order-tracking and promotion filters ahead of the holiday season.
The US is now the largest investor in commercial spyware
And new countries are linked to the dangerous software.
Pentagon begins deploying new satellite network to link sensors with shooters
"This is the first time we'll have a space layer fully integrated into our warfighting operations."
Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal
Verizon and T-Mobile lost, but AT&T beat the FCC. SCOTUS may have to step in.
After Ukrainian testing, drone-detection radar doubles range with simple software patch
Even mobile radars are now software upgradeable.
HBO Max is “way underpriced,” Warner Bros. Discovery CEO says
People used to pay $55 a month for TV, Zaslav recalls.
Ousted CDC director to testify before Senate after RFK Jr. called her a liar
Monarez said she was fired for not pre-approving vaccine recommendations from a dubious panel.
Senator blasts Microsoft for making default Windows vulnerable to “Kerberoasting”
Wyden says default use of RC4 cipher led to last year's breach of health giant Ascension.
One of Google’s new Pixel 10 AI features has already been removed
The Pixel 10 Daily Hub has vanished, but Google says it will come back when it's ready.
Developers joke about “coding like cavemen” as AI service suffers major outage
Anthropic outage takes down AI tools some developers rely on to create software.
Can we please keep our broadband money, Republican governor asks Trump admin
Governor worries Trump won't let states spend entire $42 billion broadband fund.
Spotify peeved after 10,000 users sold data to build AI tools
Spotify sent a warning to stop data sales, but developers say they never got it.
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