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Get ready for new Macs and iPads: Apple announces "Special Experience" on March 4
Apple has not confirmed whether you'll be able to watch live, but Ars will bring you the news.
Best Buy worker used manager’s code to get 99% off MacBooks, cops say
Employee allegedly exploited Best Buy's discount system for months.
ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art”
Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0.
A fluid can store solar energy and then release it as heat months later
Sunlight can cause a molecule to change structure, and then release heat later.
Michigan antitrust lawsuit says oil companies hobbled EVs and renewables
The energy industry is pressing for laws that would ban climate liability lawsuits.
Sideways on the ice, in a supercar: Stability control is getting very good
To test stability control, it helps to have a wide-open space with very low grip.
Space Station returns to a full crew complement after a month
"It's only possible because of the incredibly talented workforce we have."
Ancient Mars was warm and wet, not cold and icy
Kaolinite pebbles show evidence of alteration under high rainfall conditions.
Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations
We are reinforcing our editorial standards following this incident.
"It ain't no unicorn": These researchers have interviewed 130 Bigfoot hunters
What prompts this community to spend time looking for a creature that likely doesn't exist?
NASA has a new problem to fix before the next Artemis II countdown test
"We observed materially lower leak rates compared to prior observations during WDR-1."
A Valentine's Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Ang Lee's gorgeous 2000 masterpiece has awe-inspiring martial arts stunts and a tragic love story for the ages.
Astronomers are filling in the blanks of the Kuiper Belt
Next-generation telescopes are mapping this outer frontier.
WHO slams US-funded newborn vaccine trial as "unethical"
CDC awarded $1.6 million for study birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Guinea-Bissau.
Aided by AI, California beach town broadens hunt for bike lane blockers
Hayden AI's cameras will scan for violations from 7 city vehicles.
Verizon imposes new roadblock on users trying to unlock paid-off phones
Verizon unlocks have 35-day waiting period after paying off device plan online.
Ring cancels Flock deal after dystopian Super Bowl ad prompts mass outrage
This is definitely not about dogs," senator says, urging a pause on Ring face scans.
The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices
Don't expect big changes yet.
After a routine code rejection, an AI agent published a hit piece on someone by name
One developer is struggling with the social implications of a drive-by AI character attack.
$1.8 million MST3K Kickstarter brings in (almost) everyone from the old show
MST3K's 2010s revival looked forward; this one is emphatically looking backward.
Tiny, 45 base long RNA can make copies of itself
Self-copying RNAs may have been a key stop along the pathway to life.
What if riders don't close a robotaxi door after a ride? Try DoorDash.
Robotaxis can't escape the gig economy as Waymo tries to solve a human problem.
Why is Bezos trolling Musk on X with turtle pics? Because he has a new Moon plan.
"It's time to go back to the Moon-this time to stay."
I spent two days gigging at RentAHuman and didn't make a single cent
These bots supposedly need a human body to accomplish great things in meatspace.
Rocket Report: Say cheerio to Orbex; China is getting good at booster landings
"You absolutely have to have a plan to compete with SpaceX on price."
Platforms bend over backward to help DHS censor ICE critics, advocates say
Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem sued for coercing platforms into censoring ICE posts.
When Amazon badly needed a ride, Europe's Ariane 6 rocket delivered
This was the first launch of the Ariane 64, the most powerful rocket in European space history.
OpenAI sidesteps Nvidia with unusually fast coding model on plate-sized chips
OpenAI's new GPT5.3CodexSpark is 15 times faster at coding than its predecessor.
Trump official overruled FDA scientists to reject Moderna's flu shot
FDA's top vaccine regulator, Vinay Prasad, is known for overruling scientists.
Spider-Noir teaser comes in colorized "True Hue" and black and white
Nicolas Cage described his character as "70 percent Humphrey Bogart and 30 percent Bugs Bunny."
ULA's Vulcan rocket suffers another booster problem on the way to orbit
Vulcan's Blue Origin-made BE-4 engines appear to have saved the rocket from failure.
EPA kills foundation of greenhouse gas regulations
The agency is betting the the Supreme Court will reverse a prior ruling.
Trump FTC wants Apple News to promote more Fox News and Breitbart stories
FTC claims Apple News suppresses conservatives, cites study by pro-Trump group.
DIY PC maker Framework has needed monthly price hikes to navigate the RAM shortage
And Framework expects things to get worse before they get better.
It took two years, but Google released a YouTube app on Vision Pro
App arrives months after Google requested takedowns of third-party options.
Attackers prompted Gemini over 100,000 times while trying to clone it, Google says
Distillation technique lets copycats mimic Gemini at a fraction of the development cost.
Bringing the "functionally extinct" American chestnut back from the dead
Wiped out in its native range by invasive pathogens, the trees may make a comeback.
Unique structure of elephant whiskers give them built-in sensing "intelligence"
The material properties change gradually from base to tip for better navigation, more precise manipulation.
2026 Nissan Leaf review: The best budget EV on sale right now
A week with the new Leaf in frigid weather did not cool our feelings for the car.
RFK Jr. food pyramid site links to Grok, which says you shouldn’t trust RFK Jr.
Grok generated a meal plan to fit RFK Jr.'s food pyramid, then explained why it's bad.
US consumers, business pay 90% of tariff costs, says Federal Reserve
The Fed's research contradict Trump's claim foreign companies would bear the burden.
Party like it's 2001: Diablo II gets a new expansion, new playable class
Alongside new endgame content, Blizzard says the Warlock is coming to other Diablo games soon.
We let Chrome's Auto Browse agent surf the web for us—here's what happened
Auto Browse is capable of some impressive things, but it can also crash and burn spectacularly.
SpaceX takes down Dragon crew arm, giving Starship a leg up in Florida
SpaceX's crew missions will now launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Trump orders the military to make agreements with coal power plants
The administration's "reasoning" for doing so has little connection to reality.
El Paso airport closed after military used new anti-drone laser to zap party balloon
"I want to be very, very clear that this should've never happened."
Once-hobbled Lumma Stealer is back with lures that are hard to resist
ClickFix bait, combined with advanced Castleloader malware, is installing Lumma "at scale."
Byte magazine artist Robert Tinney, who illustrated the birth of PCs, dies at 78
He became one of the first to visualize personal computing by painting vivid cover art.
Yes, Rocket Lab is blowing up engines. No, it's not a big deal, CEO says.
"We are in the part of the program where we are doing very nasty things to the engine."
Did seabird poop fuel rise of Chincha in Peru?
Guano dramatically boosted the production of maize, and the surplus helped fuel the Chincha Kingdom's economy.
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