The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it by Stephen Clark on 2026-08-17 20:23 (#77RB5) Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid.
As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value by Nate Anderson on 2026-08-17 20:14 (#77RB6) "Network effect" can run in reverse.
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-17 20:00 (#77RB7) Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.
Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-17 18:43 (#77RB8) Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise.
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI by Ashley Belanger on 2026-08-17 18:13 (#77R8Z) Amazon's team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-17 15:01 (#77R38) The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX by Rafe Rosner-Uddin on 2026-08-17 14:22 (#77R39) Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history by Kiona N. Smith on 2026-08-17 13:41 (#77R3A) "It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare," said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.
Satellite operators are in panic mode due to a worsening launch crisis by Eric Berger on 2026-08-17 11:00 (#77R0Z) What happens if the Falcon rockets stop flying?
Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution by Liza Gross on 2026-08-16 10:00 (#77QDG) Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.
VisionQuest trailer kicks off Disney's D23 fan event by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-15 21:21 (#77Q5M) Also: Ahsoka S2 teaser, Doomsday trailer, news about MCU's X-Men and Star Wars: Starfighter.
Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles by Eric Berger on 2026-08-15 15:46 (#77Q1N) "Flamingo missiles were used. A good achievement."
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year by Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News on 2026-08-15 11:09 (#77PWK) Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.
Vulnerability giving attackers full control of Macs is under active exploitation by Dan Goodin on 2026-08-14 18:32 (#77PFW) Screen-sharing bug lets remote hackers log in without a password.
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-14 18:00 (#77PFX) Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.
Suspecting court of using AI, man injected prompts in filings to try to win case by Ashley Belanger on 2026-08-14 17:26 (#77PFY) Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.
State judge orders Kalshi to stop offering sports bets and other wagers by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-14 17:13 (#77PFZ) Kalshi ordered to stop offering bets in Washington, must implement geofencing.
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-14 17:03 (#77PG0) "We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers," Iron Mountain told Ars.
Policy experts: Europe stuck between "rock and a hard place" on launch by Eric Berger on 2026-08-14 16:29 (#77PG1) It turns out that the economics of rocket reuse are pretty, pretty good.
Ars Live recap: How can we stop publishers from killing their own games? by Kyle Orland on 2026-08-14 16:11 (#77PCR) The Stop Killing Games movement faces an uphill battle.
Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-14 15:46 (#77PCS) Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play.
R-rated director's cut of X-Files film restores Chris Carter's original horror vision by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-14 15:18 (#77PCT) Chris Carter chats with Ars about the film he originally wanted to make-and why it's more relevant than ever.
Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response by Beth Mole on 2026-08-14 15:03 (#77PCV) Senator Warren questions whether Taylor Farms' influence swayed Trump admin.
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground by Jamie John on 2026-08-14 14:27 (#77PAA) US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.
Rocket Report: Rocket Lab shows off its flexibility; Blue Origin's two-pad plan by Eric Berger on 2026-08-14 11:00 (#77P7S) "We've never seen launch capacity so constrained."
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: The ultra foldable with an ultra price by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-14 11:00 (#77P7T) Samsung didn't have to change much this year because its hardware is just that good.
Organic-looking brake assemblies debut on new Czinger 21C Spyder by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-14 07:01 (#77P2G) Czinger used topological design and additive manufacturing to make the brakes.
US wait times for cancer surgeries are getting longer and longer by Beth Mole on 2026-08-13 22:17 (#77NXT) Study finds wait times for cancer surgeries hit 10-year high.
Private security firms will soon be allowed to hack overseas cybercriminals by Dan Goodin on 2026-08-13 19:38 (#77NRQ) Trump memo is first time gov't has authorized private sector to perform cyberattacks.
Virgin Galactic wants your help naming its new Delta class spaceship by Robert Pearlman on 2026-08-13 19:12 (#77NRR) Will it be the VSS... Horizon, Explorer, Ascend or Apeiron?
Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-13 18:31 (#77NRS) Ukrainian drone pilots teach the US military and NATO hard battlefield lessons.
Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say by Ashley Belanger on 2026-08-13 18:10 (#77NRT) Flock to lock out cops who stalk exes, but agencies can still hide abuse.
Pet owners say smart pet feeder outage led to furry ones going unfed by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-13 17:53 (#77NRV) "I've lost trust ..."
The new Instagram logo is the perfect embodiment of AI slop by Aurich Lawson on 2026-08-13 17:32 (#77NRW) Opinion: Some remarks about the new wordmark accidentally being perfectly awful.
Google announces Gemini 3.7 Flash just three weeks after previous release by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-13 17:00 (#77NRX) Gemini 3.6 Flash debuted just 3 weeks ago, but Google says 3.7 has "substantial improvements."
Rivian's 2027 changes include its No. 1 most-requested feature by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-13 14:00 (#77NH3) Pricing hasn't changed, and now you can get captain's chairs for the R1S.
Anthropic could be worth $2 trillion when it goes public by George Hammond, Financial Times on 2026-08-13 13:58 (#77NH4) Rapid revenue growth fuels hope Claude maker's IPO is the biggest listing in history
We've flown a radiation-blocking vest to the Moon and back, and it worked by Jacek Krywko on 2026-08-13 13:48 (#77NH5) Let's shield the astronauts instead of the spacecraft.
Claude's new Scarlet Letter watermark is invisible—for now by Ashley Belanger on 2026-08-13 11:10 (#77NC1) The mark flags anything Claude processed, even human writing it only edited.
Toddler's tragic death from brain-destroying amoeba offers lessons for doctors by Beth Mole on 2026-08-12 22:31 (#77N38) Boy's unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner.
The web’s newest weapon against AI scrapers is a font by Kyle Orland on 2026-08-12 22:02 (#77N39) ShieldFont" aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack by Dan Goodin on 2026-08-12 21:43 (#77N0M) The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package.
Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes. by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-08-12 21:13 (#77N0N) It's the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature."
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now by Scharon Harding on 2026-08-12 21:00 (#77N0P) Streaming platform says user-generated content "may be used for future Gen AI model improvements."
Trump sued over "brazen" scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-12 20:20 (#77N0Q) With Truth API, Trump is "selling priority access to news he himself generates."
US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-08-12 19:40 (#77N0R) Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock.
Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-08-12 17:01 (#77MW5) JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery.
US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating by Jon Brodkin on 2026-08-12 16:33 (#77MSP) Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created "market emergency."
Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books by Ashley Belanger on 2026-08-12 15:19 (#77MPF) AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers.
Google reveals 2026 hardware lineup: Pixel 11, Pixel Watch 5, and Pixel Tag by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-08-12 14:00 (#77MPG) Google focuses more on AI and curated experiences than spec upgrades in 2026.