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Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
"You just can't trash everything associated with the Moon and go to Mars."
Winners and losers as the EV tax credit rules change for 2025
27 EVs now qualify for the tax credit, up from 24 in 2024.
Archaeologists just mapped a Bronze Age megafortress in Georgia
This recently mapped Bronze Age fortress is just one among hundreds.
Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
How do you stash 18,000 keywords into a description? Turns out it's easy.
Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network
"We are strong if we remain united and defend our infrastructure."
It’s remarkably easy to inject new medical misinformation into LLMs
Changing just 0.001% of inputs to misinformation makes the AI less accurate.
Gentrified Doom remake trades chainsaw for cheese knife
Remake of 1993 classic lets you drink wine and eat hors d'oeuvres as you admire masterpieces from art history.
China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears
Data shows a completely normal respiratory illness season, WHO says.
After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
If you lost service but only 9 cell towers went down, you won't get a bill credit.
How I program with LLMs
Generative models can be powerfully useful-if you're willing to adapt your approach.
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
"We want to have the quickest, cheapest way to get these 30 samples back."
New videos show off larger Nintendo Switch 2, snap-on Joy-Cons
Accessory maker says 3D mock-up at CES is sourced from an actual console.
Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time
Video feeds from at least 150 Motorola license plate readers accessible without a password.
EU “energetically” probing disinformation, right-wing bias on X, report says
Elon Musk wading further into global right-wing politics raises alarms in EU.
Honda shows off “nearly production” EVs and new operating system at CES
Production of the Honda Zero SUV begins in Ohio in 2026.
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
No human-to-human spread identified and no concerning mutations circulating.
Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation
But a Silicon Valley billionaire might bail the company out.
US sues six of the biggest landlords over “algorithmic pricing schemes”
Six landlords added to RealPage lawsuit; Cortland settles and will cooperate.
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
Legion Go S is cheaper without Windows; upcoming OS beta will allow for personal installs.
Dirty deeds in Denver: Ex-prosecutor faked texts, destroyed devices to frame colleague
Sometimes, data collection can work for you.
New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Nvidia leans heavily on DLSS 4 and AI-generated frames for speed comparisons.
Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
85 percent of invalid papers continue to be shared after they've been retracted.
Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
"People stand out for individual cognitive abilities while ants excel in cooperation."
Lenovo laptop’s rollable screen uses motors to grow from 14 to 16.7 inches
Yes, there are still visible creases.
Meta axes third-party fact-checkers in time for second Trump term
Zuckerberg says Meta will "work with President Trump" to fight censorship.
Switch 2 leaks point to controllers that work like computer mice
Circumstantial rumors suggest a new hybrid hardware gimmick might be in the works.
Google Pixel 4a gets an unexpected update: Lower battery life
It's intentional, and eligible users can get cash or free battery replacements.
Good news, bad news: Pixel 4a getting an update, but it’s reduced battery life
It's intentional, and eligible users can get cash or free battery replacements.
Nvidia unveils $3,000 desktop AI computer for home researchers
Project DIGITS can run a local chatbot or other AI models up to 200B parameters in size.
We have a new teaser for The Last of Us S2
Abby: "It doesn't matter if you have a code like me. There are just some things everyone agrees are just wrong."
Tesla’s remote parking under federal scrutiny after multiple crashes
This is the fourth NHTSA safety investigation currently looking at Tesla.
Sony and Honda’s EV goes on sale this year, starts at $89,900
Sony's first electric vehicle doesn't come cheap.
Widely used DNA sequencer still doesn’t enforce Secure Boot
A firmware-dwelling bootkit in the iSeq 100 could be a key win for threat actors.
Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom
No. 1 should come as no surprise, but we bet you won't guess no. 10.
Apple will update iOS notification summaries after BBC headline mistake
It's unfortunately not possible for Apple Intelligence to make zero errors.
Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews
70 percent of studies included in the meta-analysis had a high risk of bias.
Disney makes antitrust problem go away by buying majority stake in Fubo
Fubo to merge with giant it accused of trying to monopolize sports streaming.
“I’m getting dizzy”: Man films Waymo self-driving car driving around in circles
Waymo software fix addressed "looping events" after car kept circling parking lot.
AMD’s new laptop CPU lineup is a mix of new silicon and new names for old silicon
New Ryzen AI CPUs boost speeds, but cheaper laptops get another Ryzen rebrand.
AMD launches new Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs for PCs that play games and work hard
Not much faster at games than 9800X3D, but with up to twice as many CPU cores.
AMD’s new Ryzen Z2 CPUs boost gaming handhelds, if you buy the best one
Z2 Extreme is the only one that's faster than what AMD was offering before.
The end of an era: Dell will no longer make XPS computers
Dell won't make Precision or Inspiron PCs anymore, either.
New Radeon RX 9000 GPUs promise to fix two of AMD’s biggest weaknesses
Better ray tracing and ML-backed FSR upscaling could close the gap with Nvidia.
HDMI 2.2 will require new “Ultra96” cables, whenever we have 8K TVs and content
The physical connector is, confusingly but expectedly, the same.
Sam Altman says “we are now confident we know how to build AGI”
The race to replace human workers continues in Big Tech, but not everyone is convinced it will happen so soon.
Outgoing NASA administrator urges incoming leaders to stick with Artemis plan
"I was almost intrigued why they would do it a few days before me being sworn in."
Ars readers gave over $39,000 in our 2024 Charity Drive
Ars' total charity haul since 2007 now tops $540,000.
Check out this awesome Street Fighter II car dashboard mod
The classic arcade fighter takes over your gauges with this mod.
Cold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumps
Heat pumps can mitigate range loss and are standard on newer models.
Intel fills out Core Ultra 200 laptop chips with hodgepodge of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs
Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX will all fall short of Copilot+ compatibility.
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