The fight against labeling long-term streaming rentals as “purchases” you “buy” by Scharon Harding on 2025-08-29 21:51 (#6ZNQY) New law emboldens complaints against digital content rentals labled as purchases.
CDC spiraled into chaos this week. Here’s where things stand. by Beth Mole on 2025-08-29 21:05 (#6ZNPH) CDC is in crisis amid an ouster, resignations, defiance, and outraged lawmakers.
With new in-house models, Microsoft lays the groundwork for independence from OpenAI by Samuel Axon on 2025-08-29 19:49 (#6ZNPJ) Microsoft is still deeply tied to OpenAI, but who knows what the future holds.
Windows 11 25H2 update hits its last stop before release to the general public by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-29 19:10 (#6ZNM2) The 25H2 update will be a quiet one, after 24H2's under-the-hood overhauls.
Tesla denied having fatal crash data until a hacker found it by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-29 18:48 (#6ZNM3) The data was key evidence in the death of a pedestrian in 2019.
Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools by Kyle Orland on 2025-08-29 18:42 (#6ZNM4) Amid player complaints, EA says 330,000 cheaters were stopped in beta's first two days.
Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave by Hannah Murphy, Cristina Criddle, and George Hammon on 2025-08-29 18:02 (#6ZNM5) Longtime acolytes are sidelined as CEO directs biggest leadership reorganization in two decades.
FTC claims Gmail filtering Republican emails threatens “American freedoms” by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-29 16:51 (#6ZNHP) FTC chairman revives GOP claims previously rejected by judge and election agency.
Starship’s heat shield appears to have performed quite well in test by Eric Berger on 2025-08-29 16:10 (#6ZNF4) "The latest upgrades are looking good!"
Today’s game consoles are historically overpriced by Kyle Orland on 2025-08-29 15:10 (#6ZNF5) Ars analysis shows missing price cuts are costing console consumers hundreds of dollars.
Google Pixel 10 series review: Don’t call it an Android by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-08-29 14:35 (#6ZNF6) Google's new Pixel phones are better, but only a little.
700-piece Lego G3 iMac design faces long-shot odds to get made, but I still want one by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-29 14:34 (#6ZNF7) Begging Apple to let another company make Macs for the first time since the '90s.
Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster by Stephen Clark on 2025-08-29 12:39 (#6ZN9C) Firefly Aerospace reveals why its Alpha booster exploded after launch in April.
Google warns that mass data theft hitting Salesloft AI agent has grown bigger by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-29 12:15 (#6ZN9D) Assume all Salesloft credentials are compromised after Workspace breach, Google says.
Genetically, Central American mammoths were weird by John Timmer on 2025-08-28 21:57 (#6ZMXZ) The species's boundaries in North America seem to have been fairly fluid.
Video player looks like a 1-inch TV from the ’60s and is wondrous, pointless fun by Scharon Harding on 2025-08-28 21:29 (#6ZMY0) TV static and remote included.
High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now. by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-28 18:46 (#6ZMSM) Vulnerability can be exploited to gain access to customers' crown jewels.
Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California” by Kiley Price, Inside Climate News on 2025-08-28 16:00 (#6ZMPK) "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 by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-28 15:46 (#6ZMKF) 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 by Eric Berger on 2025-08-28 14:46 (#6ZMKG) The company's workhorse continues its stellar performance.
New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur by John Timmer on 2025-08-28 14:25 (#6ZMFQ) 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 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-28 13:10 (#6ZMFR) GM has new adapters for every conceivable combination of NACS and CCS1.
Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades by Dan Goodin on 2025-08-28 13:00 (#6ZMFS) Researchers take note: When the endpoint is compromised, all bets are off.
Porsche adds digital keys, in-car gaming to 2026 Macan Electric by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-28 12:48 (#6ZMFT) Towing capacity is now 5,500 lbs, and there are some new driver assistance features.
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-28 11:00 (#6ZMD0) AI assistants don't have fixed personalities-just patterns of output guided by humans.
CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation by Beth Mole on 2025-08-28 00:15 (#6ZM1X) 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 by Beth Mole on 2025-08-27 20:32 (#6ZM1Y) "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 by Eric Berger on 2025-08-27 19:54 (#6ZM1Z) "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 by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-27 19:09 (#6ZKWM) Plaintiffs seek DOGE documents, allege FCC violated Freedom of Information Act.
Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-27 16:41 (#6ZKWN) Intel warns investors to brace for losses and uncertainties.
Anthropic’s auto-clicking AI Chrome extension raises browser-hijacking concerns by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-27 16:17 (#6ZKS4) 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 by Kyle Orland on 2025-08-27 16:05 (#6ZKS5) 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 by Stephen Clark on 2025-08-27 14:48 (#6ZKS6) 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 by Luke Keller, The Conversation on 2025-08-27 14:16 (#6ZKS7) 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 by Scharon Harding on 2025-08-27 14:08 (#6ZKS8) 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 by Jim Resnick on 2025-08-27 13:39 (#6ZKS9) Specs mean nothing if you get the feel and execution wrong.
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-08-27 13:11 (#6ZKJA) 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 by Kyle Orland on 2025-08-27 13:00 (#6ZKJB) 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 by Stephen Clark on 2025-08-27 11:00 (#6ZKJC) "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 by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-26 22:26 (#6ZK6P) Advocates fear such settlements will "financially ruin" the AI industry.
OpenAI admits ChatGPT safeguards fail during extended conversations by Benj Edwards on 2025-08-26 22:08 (#6ZK6Q) ChatGPT allegedly provided suicide encouragement to teen after moderation safeguards failed.
US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit by John Timmer on 2025-08-26 21:40 (#6ZK6R) 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 by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-26 21:04 (#6ZK3A) Live copy of NUMIDENT "lacks any security oversight," whistleblower alleges.
Parallels Desktop 26 offers a lot to enterprise users, a little to consumers by Samuel Axon on 2025-08-26 20:54 (#6ZK3B) 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 by Stephen Clark on 2025-08-26 20:04 (#6ZK3C) "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 by Ashley Belanger on 2025-08-26 19:31 (#6ZK3D) 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 by Jon Brodkin on 2025-08-26 18:32 (#6ZK10) 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 by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-08-26 18:16 (#6ZJY8) 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 by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-08-26 18:09 (#6ZJY9) The soft top is cheaper and, oddly, more refined.
Google improves Gemini AI image editing with “nano banana” model by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-08-26 16:03 (#6ZJYA) Gemini 2.5 Flash Image is currently atop LMArena's image-editing leaderboard.