Ten months later, the $100 Google Home Speaker is finally available for preorder by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-06-17 15:57 (#76CK8) Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.
Towers once planned for California shuttle launches leveled for SpaceX rockets by Robert Pearlman on 2026-06-17 15:47 (#76CK9) "Space Launch Complex-6 represents six decades of American innovation."
"Truly evil" FDA rejection of gene therapy overturned after Trump official ousted by Beth Mole on 2026-06-17 15:12 (#76CKA) Gene therapy company UniQure had another FDA meeting after Vinay Prasad's exit.
Native NACS ports, infotainment upgrade for MY27 Porsche Taycan by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-06-17 12:00 (#76CA4) The bigger battery is standard and there are now simulated "E-Shifts."
Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near by Dan Goodin on 2026-06-17 11:15 (#76CA5) What you need to know about the expiration of keys securing your machine's boot sequence.
Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines by Jon Brodkin on 2026-06-16 22:22 (#76C17) NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.
Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry by Scharon Harding on 2026-06-16 22:11 (#76C18) Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes by John Timmer on 2026-06-16 21:54 (#76BZV) Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.
Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered by Eric Berger on 2026-06-16 21:14 (#76BZW) "As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."
Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK by Kyle Orland on 2026-06-16 21:00 (#76BZX) Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.
US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says by Jon Brodkin on 2026-06-16 18:48 (#76BWZ) Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. Warren says.
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-06-16 18:11 (#76BTC) Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-06-16 18:00 (#76BTD) Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges by Aman Azhar, Inside Climate News on 2026-06-16 16:49 (#76BTE) Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin's efforts to halt wind and solar power.
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion by Samuel Axon on 2026-06-16 16:37 (#76BTF) Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
Leaked financial docs show OpenAI is losing billions of dollars a year by Kyle Orland on 2026-06-16 16:18 (#76BTG) Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses.
Mobileye is entering the US robotaxi market with standalone service by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-06-16 14:20 (#76BKD) The service will leverage its Moovit platform to launch in an a US city in 2027.
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard! by Ken Fisher on 2026-06-16 13:35 (#76BKE) Tell us how you read Ars, and what you'd like to see more (or less!) of on the front page.
Critical Copilot vulnerability allowed hackers to steal 2FA code from users by Dan Goodin on 2026-06-16 11:15 (#76BG9) SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.
Commodore’s newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers by Scharon Harding on 2026-06-16 09:00 (#76BD5) Commodore's Callback 8020 is a phone where the customer is not the product."
Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again by Stephen Clark on 2026-06-15 23:40 (#76B5X) Isar Aerospace is not hurting for money, but it is sorely lacking in the currency of flight experience.
Heart protection from COVID shots remains amid updates, study finds by Beth Mole on 2026-06-15 21:04 (#76B3B) Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews by Jon Brodkin on 2026-06-15 20:14 (#76B0N) Critics say bans push kids to riskier alternatives and can be beaten with VPNs.
Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021 by Michelle Chan and Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times on 2026-06-15 19:07 (#76B0P) Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing.
A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation by Stephen Clark on 2026-06-15 18:55 (#76B0Q) The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk.
Fox’s $22B Roku acquisition aims to expand its reach into smart TVs, advertising by Scharon Harding on 2026-06-15 18:29 (#76B0R) Fox plans to take over Roku's streaming hardware, OS, and FAST services.
Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs by Dan Goodin on 2026-06-15 17:55 (#76B0S) AMD's stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.
20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again by Andrew Cunningham on 2026-06-15 16:32 (#76AXG) Remembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down.
Good news—we have extra time before the Sun ends life on Earth by Scott K. Johnson on 2026-06-15 16:28 (#76AXH) Will the Sun roast Earth's plants or starve them?
F1 in Spain: An old-fashioned strategy fight can still be thrilling by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-06-15 15:25 (#76ATE) Armed with a ton of new upgrades, Ferrari came to Spain full of confidence.
Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks by Eric Berger on 2026-06-15 13:54 (#76AQH) This has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-06-14 16:02 (#76A5E) University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066.
Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas by Jennifer Ouellette on 2026-06-13 17:17 (#769PK) There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors.
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System by Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News on 2026-06-13 11:18 (#769HQ) Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.
Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive by Kyle Orland on 2026-06-13 03:00 (#769C2) Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 "jailbreak" could be a national security threat.
SpaceX is now a public company valued for its AI potential, so what comes next? by Eric Berger on 2026-06-12 22:20 (#769AD) As of today, SpaceX is owned by investors who will want to see it make money.
PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data by Dan Goodin on 2026-06-12 19:26 (#7695M) Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.
Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue. by Jon Brodkin on 2026-06-12 18:57 (#7695N) Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do by Samuel Axon on 2026-06-12 18:45 (#7695P) It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science? by John Timmer on 2026-06-12 18:31 (#7695Q) A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.
Ukraine's one-time test used fully autonomous drones to kill Russian soldiers by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-06-12 18:03 (#7693J) Full autonomy is rare, but Ukraine is installing AI modules on drones and robots.
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year by Ashley Belanger on 2026-06-12 17:18 (#7693K) Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a "taste of political power."
When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket by Kyle Orland on 2026-06-12 16:51 (#7693M) Even moderately sized data centers can have an outsized local impact.
Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams by Ryan Whitwam on 2026-06-12 16:34 (#7693N) The fraudsters allegedly targeted hundreds of thousands of people with Gemini-coded scams sites.
RFK Jr. melts down over NYT report, admits he blacklists reporters by Beth Mole on 2026-06-12 16:19 (#7693P) NYT reported Kennedy is disengaged. Kennedy's response seems to show NYT is right.
The biggest race in the world? The 24 Hours of Le Mans is this weekend. by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2026-06-12 15:34 (#7693Q) More than 350,000 spectators will watch 62 cars compete, day and night.
Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines by Cyrus Farivar on 2026-06-12 15:03 (#7690S) Did chatbot abandon mental health guardrails when a vulnerable user pushed back?
Cameras, sensors, and 3D body scans: All the tech helping eliminate blown calls by Ben Dowsett, WIRED.com on 2026-06-12 11:45 (#768TW) This World Cup, refs will use digital twins of each player to view plays from every angle.
Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans by Beth Mole on 2026-06-12 11:30 (#768TX) Outbreak responses are still playing catch-up as US works to isolate itself.
Pokémon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses by Jeremy Hsu on 2026-06-12 11:15 (#768TY) The repurposing of Pokemon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.