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High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.
Vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to customers' crown jewels.
Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California”
"Once a species enters, they never leave," interior secretary says. But there's more to the story.
Blogging service TypePad is shutting down and taking all blog content with it
After years of neglect, TypePad and everything on it goes away on September 30.
With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse
The company's workhorse continues its stellar performance.
New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur
A species known only by a single rib turns out to be covered with meter-long spikes.
As GM prepares to switch its EVs to NACS, it has some new adapters
GM has new adapters for every conceivable combination of NACS and CCS1.
Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades
Researchers take note: When the endpoint is compromised, all bets are off.
Porsche adds digital keys, in-car gaming to 2026 Macan Electric
Towing capacity is now 5,500 lbs, and there are some new driver assistance features.
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality
AI assistants don't have fixed personalities-just patterns of output guided by humans.
CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation
Monarez aligned with evidence-based public health community and had support of experts.
CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
"If you want to make foodborne disease go away, then don't look for foodborne disease."
Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry
"A significant part of the team has lost motivation and a sense of shared responsibility."
Judge unhappy with FCC’s “vague and uninformative” response to DOGE lawsuit
Plaintiffs seek DOGE documents, allege FCC violated Freedom of Information Act.
Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake
Intel warns investors to brace for losses and uncertainties.
Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns
Malicious websites can embed invisible commands that AI agents will follow blindly.
Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year
French report also suggests Star Citizen might hit 1.0 release in "2027 or 2028."
Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance
This was the first successful flight of SpaceX's second-generation Starship after three failures.
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as wethought
Collapsing gas clouds in the early universe may have formed lower-mass stars as well.
Corsair’s PC-dockable screen helped me monitor my PC components and news feeds
Corsair's Xeneon Edge is the best at what it does but is software-dependent.
2025 VW Jetta GLI: Save the manuals, but not like this
Specs mean nothing if you get the feel and execution wrong.
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It's not just you. Survey says: "Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky"
The Outer Worlds 2 wants you to join the space police
Preview: The sequel's prologue stresses meaningful choices, wry humor
Lawmaker: Trump’s Golden Dome will end the madness, and that’s not a good thing
"I don't want to gamble on which major city or two we lose in a scenario like that."
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will "financially ruin" the AI industry.
OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations
ChatGPT allegedly provided suicide encouragement to teen after moderation safeguards failed.
US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit
Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down.
DOGE accused of copying entire Social Security database to insecure cloud system
Live copy of NUMIDENT "lacks any security oversight," whistleblower alleges.
Parallels Desktop 26 offers a lot to enterprise users, a little to consumers
There are no major new consumer features. Enterprises get a few things though.
With Starship, SpaceX encounters an obstacle that haunted NASA’s space shuttles
"We wish we were young again and NASA was this vivacious, you know?"
“ChatGPT killed my son”: Parents’ lawsuit describes suicide notes in chat logs
ChatGPT taught teen jailbreak so bot could assist in his suicide, lawsuit says.
FCC chairman helps AT&T cement dominance with $23 billion spectrum deal
EchoStar selling spectrum to AT&T after FCC threatened to revoke licenses.
Apple set to unveil next-gen iPhones and other devices on September 9
Expect Apple's next-gen iPhones, software release dates, and some other devices.
2025 Mazda MX-5 RF review: Buy the soft top; the hardtop sucks
The soft top is cheaper and, oddly, more refined.
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model
Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is currently atop LMArena's image-editing leaderboard.
Framework Laptop 16 update brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop
Older Ryzen 7040-based model will stick around at $1,299 as a lower-end option.
Scientists unlock secret to thick, stable beer foams
Triple-fermented Belgian beers have the longest-lasting foam; single-fermented lagers have the shortest.
Google’s AI model just nailed the forecast for the strongest Atlantic storm this year
If they improve further, AI weather models may very well become the gold standard.
Trump admin issues stop-work order for offshore wind project
Project was 80 percent complete and was slated to power more than 350,000 homes.
Ars Live: Consumer tech firms stuck scrambling ahead of looming chip tariffs
Update: This Ars Live session has been rescheduled.
Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year
Google says it's no different than checking IDs at the airport.
Senator castigates federal judiciary for ignoring “basic cybersecurity”
Breaches in 2020 and 2025, reportedly by foreign adversaries, exposed confidential files.
Blade Runner makes its live-action return next year
New series will star Michelle Yeoh and take place 50 years after the 2017 film.
Horrifying screwworm infection confirmed in US traveler after overseas trip
It's not a first-there was a case last year-but it's still disturbing.
Elon Musk sues Apple and OpenAI, revealing his panic over OpenAI dominance
OpenAI slams Musk's lawsuit as part of his "ongoing pattern of harassment."
CBS caved to Trump—now he’s seeking punishments for ABC and NBC
Trump says ABC and NBC "give me 97% BAD STORIES," urges FCC to revoke licenses.
Like Intel before it, AMD blames motherboard makers for burnt-out CPUs
Users of X3D CPUs in ASRock motherboards seem to be at particularly high risk.
YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators
Google says this isn't technically "GenAI," but it is altering videos without warning.
Peter Dinklage as The Toxic Avenger is finally coming to theaters
It's not for the squeamish, but if a campy blood-splattered B-movie is your jam, the film opens Aug. 29.
With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency
Now you Zenit, now you don't.
Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county
A new tool lets you explore how much a vehicle would emit in every county of the US.
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