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Malicious code planted in xz Utils has been circulating for more than a month.

Civil rights group sues two counties, says hundreds more have banned visits.

Latest improvements to ANYmal make it better at navigating rubble and tricky terrain.

The clicky Kailh White switches are easily replaceable.

Next-gen iPads will be Apple's first new tablets since late 2022.

Google wants AI models to be loaded 24/7, so 8GB of RAM might not be enough.

Voice Engine can clone voices with 15 seconds of audio, but OpenAI is warning of potential harms.

They're free, they're easy, they're open source, and they generate funny names.

Terms seemed to grant an "irrevocable" right to commercialize any user content.

How hard could it be?

There's also a wide spread when it comes to acceptable range, Edmunds found.

More than 1,200 EVs are cheap enough to qualify for the used clean vehicle tax credit.

CEO Sam Altman met with Universal, Paramount, and Warner Bros Discovery.

"So don't have that expectation, please. It's not going to be perfect."

Supersonic flight without loud booms? NASA is working on that.

Major League Soccer highlight reel is the first Immersive Video since launch.

LifeSpan's Ampera offers a solid workout, but it has a lot of quirks.

Facebook Watch, Netflix were allegedly bigger competitors than they let on.

Blame it on a smaller orbiting black hole repeatedly punching through the accretion disk.

Automation is making attacks on open source code repositories harder to fight.

Former Canonical employee calls out the "Safe" label applied to Snap apps.

Drug-resistant gonorrhea is a growing problem-one that doesn't heed borders.

Federal agencies rush to appoint chief AI officers with significant expertise."

Proxmox is a Linux-based hypervisor that could replace ESXi for some users.

Apple wants to rid the iPhone-buying process of the post-unboxing update.

SBF had asked for sentence of just 5 or 6 years. Prosecutors sought 40 to 50.

Lola has Yamaha as a technical partner and Formula E veterans in key roles.

Swedish giant releases the largest piece of its Katamari-like studio roll-up.

Incomplete explosions can leave a kind of "zombie" star.

The final Delta IV Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch Thursday, weather permitting.

Researchers say it's the first known in-the-wild attack targeting AI workloads.

Amazon, IBM, and traditional silicon makers are all working toward error correction.

Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software-pairing checks.

Cases so far are up 140 percent compared to this point last year.

SpaceX application tossed but firm will get another shot in spectrum rulemaking.

There are also hints of an elusive high-energy jet, similar to larger M87* black hole.

Zuckerberg told execs to figure out" how to spy on encrypted Snapchat traffic.

But what will result from the companies' opposing views on generative AI?

Companies are trying to make the "AI PC" happen with new silicon and software.

A 6.8-inch "Pixel 9 Pro XL," 6.1-inch "Pixel 9 Pro," and a "Pixel 9" at 6.0 inches.

"I'm convinced that this is going to be the engine that unlocks the hypersonic economy."

Rapid-fire prompts sometimes followed with spoofed calls from "Apple support."

The immense power of a container ship shouldn't be underestimated.

The midsize SUV will have up to 300 miles of range-but no rear windshield.

Anthropic's Claude 3 is first to unseat GPT-4 for #1 since launch of Chatbot Arena in May '23.

Competing marketplaces like the Epic Games Store could show up on Xbox in the future.

Florida plans to start requiring ID for porn January 1.

Ars Technica's guide to keyboards: Mechanical, membrane, buckling springs

The risk to the public is low, and the milk supply is safe.

"Shake It Off" produced tremors equivalent to a local magnitude earthquake of 0.851.