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Apple TV and Peacock bundle starts at $15/month, available on Oct. 20
The bundle starts at $15/month, compared to $21/month if purchased separately.
Open source GZDoom community splinters after creator inserts AI-generated code
UZDoom fork promises to fix other top-down leadership problems with the decades-old mod.
OpenAI thinks Elon Musk funded its biggest critics—who also hate Musk
Cutthroat" OpenAI accused of exploiting Musk fight to intimidate and silence critics.
SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to
There's no big rush to bring SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good
Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole.
Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google's hand.
Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”
"AI is one thing that, as a commander, it's been very, very interesting for me."
Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest
Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.
Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
"We're trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy."
Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network
Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.
CDC tormented: HR workers summoned from furlough to lay off themselves, others
Traumatized CDC has lost 33% of its workforce this year, union says.
Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost
Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.
ISPs angry about California law that lets renters opt out of forced payments
Gov. Newsom signs broadband billing law hated by the cable industry.
US demand grows for Chinese cars despite privacy and security fears
But they're still unlikely to go on sale in the US.
Google’s AI videos get a big upgrade with Veo 3.1
Veo 3.1 is coming to the Gemini app and the Flow filmmaking tool.
ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says
Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.
Apple unveils M5 update for the 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros
Leaks of the new tablet from a couple weeks ago appear to have been genuine.
New Apple M5 is the centerpiece of an updated 14-inch MacBook Pro
A 27.5% increase in memory bandwidth provides a big boost to GPU performance.
Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false
"Winning" means prioritizing independence from outside influence over being right.
With considerably less fanfare, Apple releases a second-generation Vision Pro
Reports suggest that Apple has de-prioritized Vision Pro development internally.
ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review
The first portable Xbox" fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms.
NATO boss mocks Russian navy, which is on the hunt for Red October “the nearest mechanic”
A Russian sub surfaces off of Western Europe. Is it damaged?
Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering”
Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims.
Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group
Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to dox and target" ICE agents.
DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026
Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more.
Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail
Help Me Schedule creates a meeting widget based on the context of your message.
OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included
OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades.
Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop
The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K.
GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit
With EV demand predicted to plummet, GM has rejiggered its production plans.
Windows 10 support “ends” today, but it’s just the first of many deaths
End users can get an extra year of security updates relatively easily.
OpenAI wants to stop ChatGPT from validating users’ political views
New paper reveals reducing "bias" means making ChatGPT stop mirroring users' political language.
SpaceX finally got exactly what it needed from Starship V2
This was the last flight of SpaceX's second-gen Starship design. Version 3 arrives next year.
Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones
Malicious app required to make "Pixnapping" attack work requires no permissions.
Measles outbreak in SC sends 150 unvaccinated kids into 21-day quarantine
The outbreak includes at least seven confirmed cases, but some are clearly being missed.
Google’s Photoshop-killer AI model is coming to search, Photos, and NotebookLM
After more than 5 billion AI image edits, Nano Banana is expanding.
Starship’s elementary era ends today with mega-rocket’s 11th test flight
"The final phase of Starship's trajectory on Flight 11 includes a dynamic banking maneuver."
To shield kids, California hikes fake nude fines to $250K max
California cracks down on AI as child safety concerns grow.
Apple’s streaming service gets harder to tell apart from its streaming app, box
Apple unifies its remaining streaming offerings by dropping the "+".
Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Act
4chan fine may test if US will intervene to block UK's Online Safety Act.
Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to space
"I've always been interested to experience Max Q from the inside."
Layoffs, a “coding error,” chaos: Trump admin ravages the health dept.
Reports suggest the hardest hit is the CDC, which is already struggling to function.
Keep losing your key fob? Ford’s new “Truckle” is the answer.
Keep your pants up and your F-150 unlocked at the same time.
Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
Jeep has pulled the update; owners are advised to ignore it if it already downloaded.
New Starfleet Academy trailer debuts at NYCC
Also: Our first look at S4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Why doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.
Price, quality, speed, and relationships all matter.
Apple ups the reward for finding major exploits to $2 million
With bonuses, maximum rewards can be as high as $5 million.
How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles?
Superionic materials promise greater range, faster charges and more safety.
Trump admin fires more health employees amid government shutdown
HHS would not say how many are being let go, but union says "thousands."
Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards
This Soyuz mission is brought to you by the Wagner Group.
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