Feed ars-technica Ars Technica - All content

Favorite IconArs Technica - All content

Link https://arstechnica.com/
Feed http://feeds.arstechnica.com/arstechnica/index
Updated 2025-09-16 02:30
Reddit’s new API pricing will kill off Apollo on June 30
Faced with 30 days' notice for a $1.6 million monthly bill, Apollo calls it quits.
Google un-bans Downloader app, but developer still mad about “broken” DMCA
Downloader app for TVs "was offline for 20 days, all because the DMCA is broken."
Testing antibacterial surfaces on the International Space Station
Humans breathe out a lot of microbes that can make homes on surfaces inside the ISS.
Porsche builds itself a 900-volt hypercar as a 75th birthday present
It promises record-breaking Nürburgring times and recharging in 10 minutes.
Sweet study finds how to keep gummy bears chewable longer
Internal (and edible) crosslinks keep the polymers of a gummy from hardening.
DeSantis ad uses fake AI images of Trump hugging and kissing Fauci, experts say
Trump/Fauci Images have strange hair, garbled text, and unnatural body parts.
California hospital staff call for halt of surgeries over bizarre particles
Hospital officials said the equipment is sterile, while staff questions safety.
Nvidia’s new monster CPU+GPU chip may power the next gen of AI chatbots
It takes a lot of computing power to pretend to be human.
This trailer-sized EV charger will be tested at Dallas airport in June
This mobile charger can service four EVs at once at up to 80 kW.
Damning probes find Instagram is key link connecting pedophile rings
Lawmakers, researchers demand Meta do more to stop Instagram pedophile rings.
EV market share is growing because the vehicles keep getting better
New research finds plenty of reasons for the appeal of EVs
Boeing hit with a lawsuit over alleged “theft” of SLS rocket tools
"Without the engines installed and fitted perfectly, the rocket could not launch."
AI system devises first optimizations to sorting code in over a decade
Writing efficient code was turned into a game, and the AI played to win.
Robocalls claiming voters would get “mandatory vaccines” result in $5M fine
Black people targeted with conspiracy theory about voting and mandatory vaccines.
New York’s air quality reaches “hazardous” level, by far the worst in the world
Wildfire smoke conditions worsened across much of Northeast US on Wednesday.
Autonomous Waymo car runs over dog in San Francisco
The vehicle was in autonomous mode with a safety driver present in a 25 mph zone.
Reddit insists on being “fairly paid” amid API price protest plans, layoffs
Reddit, accused of trying to kill third-party apps, is cutting 5% of workforce.
Apple removes $99 dev account requirement for first iOS 17 and macOS 14 betas
We'll also explain how the beta install process has changed since last year.
Dozens of popular Minecraft mods found infected with Fracturiser malware
Stop downloading or updating Minecraft mods for now, investigators say.
Pornhub attacks states for passing “unsafe” age-verification laws
Pornhub wants to punt privacy concerns of age verification to Big Tech.
Twitch bans stream sponsor overlays, and “I’ve never seen creators so pissed”
Twitch tries to walk back "overly broad" new policy following instant creator furor.
Apple has a Proton-like Game Porting Toolkit for getting Windows games on Mac
Eager gamers already have Cyberpunk, Diablo IV running on Apple Silicon Macs.
Why you’ll never fly in an airplane with those double-decker seats
Yet again, a designer proposes cramming way more people into airliners.
Dealmaster: Savings on maker tools and board games
Keep summer crafty with savings on a range of maker tools.
Volvo’s next EV is here, and it’s affordable—the $34,950 EX30
The next Swedish EV won't break the bank, and it has a tiny carbon footprint to boot.
Jon Hamm is an amnesiac archangel lost in Soho in Good Omens S2 trailer
Aziraphale: "I think I may have just started a war...."
FBI warns of increasing use of AI-generated deepfakes in sextortion schemes
Deepfake videos show real people engaged in fake sex.
15-inch MacBook Air hands-on: Just what some folks were asking for
Apple hasn’t reinvented anything here, but we like options.
Hands-on with Apple Vision Pro: This is not a VR headset
This was the best headset demo I’ve ever seen. But there’s room for improvement.
J&J’s COVID vaccine is dead in the US; FDA revokes authorization
The withdrawal leaves the two mRNA vaccines and the Novavax protein subunit vaccine.
Dell in hot water for making shoppers think overpriced monitors were discounted
It happened on Dell's Australia website, but misleading sale claims are common.
Apple is going out of its way to make sure Vision Pro doesn’t look dorky
Opinion: Apple normalized AirPods and smartwatches. Can it normalize headsets?
Google Workspace users can now log in without a password, thanks to passkeys
After the consumer launch last month, businesses can ditch their Google passwords.
Redditor creates working anime QR codes using Stable Diffusion
Image-synthesis technique relies upon QR's natural error-correction properties.
Xbox COPPA violations cost Microsoft $20 million in FTC settlement
Complaint: MS didn't notify parents until children's info was already collected.
Internet users love fiber service—too bad you probably can’t get it
Fiber beats cable and everything else in ACSI customer satisfaction scores.
SEC sues Coinbase, continues major crackdown on cryptocurrency exchanges
Coinbase promises to continue operating, as Congress mulls new crypto rules.
LG makes a 27-inch tablet forever bound to a rugged suitcase
Internal arm lets the screen lie horizontally, vertically, or flat, like a table.
With 7,000+ satellites and growing, is space sustainable? An Ars Frontiers recap
"We've been using space as our own personal operating dumping ground."
Vision Pro developer kits will help devs get their apps ready before launch
Apple is doing a few things to help developers get ready for its new platform.
The Tesla Model 3 qualifies for the full $7,500 tax credit again
Tesla isn't saying what changed to allow the cars to qualify.
Inside 4chan’s top-secret moderation machine
Internal documents show how chaotic moderation allowed racism and violence to take over.
Nearly two decades after NASA, China and Europe eye commercial cargo plans
Doing so, however, will be challenging.
Mass exploitation of critical MOVEit flaw is ransacking orgs big and small
SQL injection attacks on MOVEit file-transfer service likely to get worse.
What to make of Apple’s intriguing $3,499 Vision Pro headset
Some instant analysis of Apple's boldest product experiment in years.
Game on—the most metal of asteroid missions is back on the menu
"We believe Psyche is on a positive course for an October 2023 launch."
SEC sues Binance, says it evaded US law with “extensive web of deception”
Binance slammed by SEC chair for "calculated evasion of the law."
Apple avoids “AI” hype at WWDC keynote by baking ML into products
Apple prefers using "machine learning," or just having AI work in the background.
Reddit’s plan to kill third-party apps sparks widespread protests
Users revolt over Reddit's API pricing as third-party apps face shutdowns.
“Dead Duck Day” marks that time a scientist witnessed gay duck necrophilia
One dead duck can change your life.
...179180181182183184185186187188...