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Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI.

The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space."

US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms.

SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy.

He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun.

"Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds.

Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips.

Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair."

Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash.

The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says.

The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours.

The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver.

"I don't know of a bigger question we can answer as humans."

The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI.

At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations.

An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways.

Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors.

A French launch startup is scrapping the name of its rocket, apparently due to a trademark issue.

Researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs.

"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."

Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.

In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.

Taiwan's drone spending plans for defense could also boost business overseas.

"We are reassigning most affected employees across existing opportunities and programs."

A new system service will roll out this month ahead of big changes starting in September.

The vulnerability, disclosed 12 months ago, affects multiple manufacturers.

It's unclear whether the system is currently intact.

One previously unreported SpaceX investor has ties to Chinese military contractors.

Biggest AI firms will likely recoil at Bernie Sanders' AI wealth fund.

We can't blame the Neolithic Transition for the plague anymore.

Two expeditions, two spacewalks, 322 days in space.

Peter Parker to Bruce Banner: "I didn't know you could get that big."

Maggot therapy lacks robust data, but it has fans and a fail-safe "bacon therapy."

Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.

FCC considers AT&T petitions to preempt state rules and discontinue phone service.

The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.

Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.

Nvidia's self-improvement program for robots enlists teams of AI coding agents.

The official launch takes place next week.

AI models with advanced hacking capabilities will soon be the norm.

Google's new smart speaker is more about Gemini than audio quality.

"Space Launch Complex-6 represents six decades of American innovation."

Gene therapy company UniQure had another FDA meeting after Vinay Prasad's exit.

The bigger battery is standard and there are now simulated "E-Shifts."

What you need to know about the expiration of keys securing your machine's boot sequence.

NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.

Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.

Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.

"As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."

Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.