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AstroForge selects target for “high risk, seat of the pants” asteroid mission
The primary goal is to make sure Odin turns on.
Trump’s new head of DOT rips up US fuel efficiency regulations
Secretary Duffy claims polluting more will make cars cheaper.
Streaming prices climb in 2025 after already surpassing inflation rates
Five services started charging more in January.
Trump executive order calls for a next-generation missile defense shield
The White House bills this as an "Iron Dome for America." It's a lot more than that.
Why did Elon Musk just say Trump wants to bring two stranded astronauts home?
"We will do so."
How does DeepSeek R1 really fare against OpenAI’s best reasoning models?
We run the LLMs through a gauntlet of tests, from creative writing to complex instruction.
AI haters build tarpits to trap and trick AI scrapers that ignore robots.txt
Attackers explain how an anti-spam defense became an AI weapon.
Apple chips can be hacked to leak secrets from Gmail, iCloud, and more
Side channel gives unauthenticated remote attackers access they should never have.
Senator Ted Cruz is trying to block Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren
Cruz: Hotspot lending could "censor kids' exposure to conservative viewpoints."
States say they’ve been shut out of Medicaid amid Trump funding freeze
The freeze is said to ensure funding aligns with Trump's political ideology.
For the first time, a privately developed aircraft has flown faster than sound
There appears to be plenty of demand in the commercial air travel industry.
A telltale toilet reveals “lost” site shown in Bayeux Tapestry
A house in England is most likely the site of a lost residence of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.
There’s not much for anyone to like in the Star Trek: Section 31 movie
Even for fans of Discovery or franchise completists, this one is hard to watch.
Google goes gaga over the Gulf of Mexico
"We will update Google Maps in the US quickly to show Mount McKinley and Gulf of America."
Why the markets are freaking out about Chinese AI newcomer DeepSeek
A big day for short sellers after Nvidia loses $600 billion off its market value.
Pebble’s founder wants to relaunch the e-paper smartwatch for its fans
With help from Google, a focused team wants to make sustainable watches.
New FPGA-powered retro console re-creates the PlayStation, CD-ROM drive optional
Works with original PS1 accessories and supports other MiSTer FPGA cores.
Dead babies, critically ill kids: Pediatricians make moving plea for vaccines
"I remember holding a baby dying of complications of pneumococcal meningitis."
With iOS 18.3, Apple Intelligence is now on by default
Apple has released software updates for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more.
FCC chair helps ISPs and landlords make deals that renters can’t escape
Brendan Carr dumps plan to ban bulk billing deals that lock renters into one ISP.
US‘s wind and solar will generate more power than coal in 2024
Utility-scale solar generation is up by over 30% amid future uncertainties.
Alien: Earth will bring the horror home
The prequel series is set a couple of years before the events of the original 1979 film, Alien.
Trump’s reported plans to save TikTok may violate SCOTUS-backed law
Everything insiders are saying about Trump's plan to save TikTok.
A long, costly road ahead for customers abandoning Broadcom’s VMware
"We loved VMware, and then when Broadcom bought em, we hated em."
Mazda celebrates 35 years of the MX-5 with anniversary model
The MX-5 is the perfect antidote to all those big SUVs.
DeepSeek panic triggers tech stock sell-off as Chinese AI tops App Store
A new Chinese AI app is sparking existential panic in American AI companies and investors.
With successful New Glenn flight, Blue Origin may finally be turning the corner
"This is the very beginning of the Space Age."
Jeep’s first battery EV is not what we expected: The 2024 Wagoneer S
Drag optimization means it's very quiet inside, but it's also quite expensive.
3D-printed “ghost gun” ring comes to my community—and leaves a man dead
3D-printed gun parts are worth real money on the black market.
WHO starts cutting costs as US withdrawal date set for January 2026
The US is currently the WHO's biggest funder, contributing about 18% of its budget.
Nvidia starts to wind down support for old GPUs, including the long-lived GTX 1060
Nvidia last dropped Game Ready driver support for older GPUs in 2021.
Anthropic builds RAG directly into Claude models with new Citations API
New feature allows Claude to reference source documents and reduce hallucinations.
Couple allegedly tricked AI investors into funding wedding, houses
FBI claims GameOn founder forged six years of financial records in brazen scheme.
Complexity physics finds crucial tipping points in chess games
Physicist used interaction graphs to show how pieces attack and defend to analyze 20,000 top matches.
For real, we may be taking blood pressure readings all wrong
Blood pressure readings while lying down beat seated readings at predicting heart risks.
ISP failed to comply with New York’s $15 broadband law—until Ars got involved
Optimum wasn't ready to comply with law, rejected low-income man's request twice.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast
Even setting aside Frame Generation, this is a fast, power-hungry $2,000 GPU.
Researchers optimize simulations of molecules on quantum computers
A new approach to simulating the electrons of small molecules like catalysts.
Millions of Subarus could be remotely unlocked, tracked due to security flaws
Flaws also allowed access to one year of location history.
Rocket Report: Did China’s reusable rocket work?; DOT may review SpaceX fines
Rocket Lab announced it will soon launch a batch of eight German-owned wildfire-detection satellites.
Backdoor infecting VPNs used “magic packets” for stealth and security
J-Magic backdoor infected organizations in a wide array of industries.
Way more game makers are working on PC titles than ever, survey says
80 percent of game devs are working on a PC project, up from 66 percent last year.
OpenAI launches Operator, an AI agent that can operate your computer
New research "Computer-Use Agent" AI model can jump in and help users with on-screen tasks.
All federal agencies ordered to terminate remote work—ideally within 30 days
US agencies wasting billions on empty offices an embarrassment," RTO memo says.
Trump can save TikTok without forcing a sale, ByteDance board member claims
ByteDance apparently sees several non-sale options as Trump mulls resolution.
Doom: The Dark Ages wants to be more like the original Doom
Preview: A more grounded game than Doom Eternal in more ways than one.
Court rules FBI’s warrantless searches violated Fourth Amendment
Rights groups demand lawmakers add a warrant requirement to Section 702.
Trump’s FCC chair gets to work on punishing TV news stations accused of bias
Chairman Brendan Carr revives bias complaints against CBS, ABC, and NBC stations.
George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
"I couldn't help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon."
George R.R. Martin has co-authored a physics paper
"I couldn't help but wonder if a simple underlying model might tidy up the canon."
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