ChatGPT’s new AI agent can browse the web and create PowerPoint slideshows by Benj Edwards on 2025-07-17 20:41 (#6YQH1) New "agentic" AI feature combines web browsing with task-execution abilities.
The Pixel Watch 4 might not become e-waste if you damage it by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-07-17 20:30 (#6YQH2) Replacement is the only option if you break a Pixel Watch, but that could change soon.
Cocky cop jailed for stealing bitcoins had log of his crypto theft in his office by Ashley Belanger on 2025-07-17 20:19 (#6YQH3) Silk Road criminal tipped police off to dirty cop who stole 50 seized bitcoins.
Karl Urban is a wise-cracking Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat II by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-17 20:06 (#6YQH4) "I'm not some champion. I don't have Transformer arms or shoot lightning bolts. I'm an actor."
Samsung’s Odyssey 3D monitor delivers great visuals, limited game support by Kyle Orland on 2025-07-17 19:54 (#6YQH5) $2,000 display is hard to recommend when its best feature works with only 14 titles.
Synths hunt down deadly monsters in latest Alien: Earth trailer by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-17 17:57 (#6YQEF) "This ship collected specimens. Five new life forms from distant planets. Monsters."
Senate votes to kill entire public broadcasting budget in blow to NPR and PBS by Jon Brodkin on 2025-07-17 17:35 (#6YQEG) Senate votes to rescind $1.1 billion from Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Google hides secret message in name list of 3,295 AI researchers by Benj Edwards on 2025-07-17 17:12 (#6YQBF) Gemini 2.5 paper hides Easter egg in massive author list-but why so many contributors?
Fanfic study challenges leading cultural evolution theory by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-17 16:24 (#6YQBG) Fanfic community craves familiarity much more than novelty-but reports greater enjoyment from novelty.
Will AI end cheap flights? Critics attack Delta’s “predatory” AI pricing. by Ashley Belanger on 2025-07-17 16:01 (#6YQBH) Your data could soon be used to spike flight costs, as Delta expands AI pilot.
Feds tell automakers to forget about paying fuel economy fines by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-07-17 13:27 (#6YQ5R) Trump's tax bill means no penalties from model year 2022 onwards.
EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up by Barbara Moens and Henry Foy, Financial Times on 2025-07-17 13:19 (#6YQ5S) EU will miss self-imposed deadline to wrap up investigation.
Everything we learned from a week with Apple CarPlay Ultra by Michael Teo Van Runkle on 2025-07-17 11:00 (#6YQ3E) CarPlay Ultra takes over the main instrument display as well as the infotainment.
More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program by Scharon Harding on 2025-07-16 22:20 (#6YPSW) Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending.
2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA feels like a real car, not a science experiment by Chad Kirchner on 2025-07-16 22:01 (#6YPSX) Mercedes' new 800 V electric powertrain is ready for the public, and we've driven it.
Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices by Dan Goodin on 2025-07-16 20:29 (#6YPPH) Overstep backdoor nukes key log entries, making detection hard.
Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors by Kyle Orland on 2025-07-16 19:29 (#6YPKQ) New rule against "certain kinds" of adult content accompanies removal of "incest" games.
Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says by Ashley Belanger on 2025-07-16 19:20 (#6YPKR) Evidence suggests health department gave preferential treatment to xAI, NAACP says.
Linda Hamilton rocks Stranger Things’ S5 extended teaser by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-16 19:06 (#6YPKS) "After what we've been through, it ties us together. Forever."
Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0 by Ken Fisher on 2025-07-16 18:43 (#6YPKT) We've made an update to clarify and simplify everything.
Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting directors who refused to be fired by Jon Brodkin on 2025-07-16 18:18 (#6YPKV) CPB defied Trump, kept board members even after losing a court ruling.
Amazon’s ride on the rocket merry-go-round continues with SpaceX launch by Stephen Clark on 2025-07-16 17:41 (#6YPKW) Amazon has launched 78 of its planned 3,232 Kuiper broadband satellites.
YouTuber faces jail time for showing off Android-based gaming handhelds by Ryan Whitwam on 2025-07-16 17:17 (#6YPKX) Italian law allows for up to three years in jail for "promotion of pirated copyrighted materials."
Mac graphics settings for Cyberpunk 2077 aim for console-like simplicity by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-07-16 16:27 (#6YPH7) The finite number of Mac configurations could be good for players and game devs.
Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-07-16 14:51 (#6YPES) Fast filling times are seductive, but they don't compensate for H2's many drawbacks.
Rough road to “energy dominance” after GOP kneecaps wind and solar by Aidan Hughes, Inside Climate News on 2025-07-16 13:45 (#6YPC0) Experts argue that Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase costs for consumers.
Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy by Kyle Orland on 2025-07-16 12:00 (#6YP9N) Cathartic, punch-fueled land destruction is a great showcase for Switch 2 hardware.
There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center by John Timmer on 2025-07-16 11:30 (#6YP9P) Dark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal.
Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records by Dan Goodin on 2025-07-16 11:15 (#6YP9Q) Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system.
The ISS is nearing retirement, so why is NASA still gung-ho about Starliner? by Stephen Clark on 2025-07-16 11:00 (#6YP9R) NASA is doing all it can to ensure Boeing doesn't abandon the Starliner program.
Medieval preacher invoked chivalric hero as a meme in sermon by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-15 23:01 (#6YP00) "This is very early evidence of a preacher weaving pop culture into a sermon to keep his audience hooked."
Large study squashes anti-vaccine talking points about aluminum by Beth Mole on 2025-07-15 22:28 (#6YP01) RFK Jr. has falsely called aluminum adjuvants "extremely neurotoxic."
Congress moves to reject bulk of White House’s proposed NASA cuts by Stephen Clark on 2025-07-15 22:05 (#6YP02) We're still months away from these budget bills having a chance to become law.
Seagate’s massive, 30TB, $600 hard drives are now available for anyone to buy by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-07-15 21:44 (#6YP03) Seagate's heat-assisted drive tech has been percolating for more than 20 years.
Chinese firms rush for Nvidia chips as US prepares to lift ban by Benj Edwards on 2025-07-15 20:49 (#6YP04) H20 chips, designed to skirt export bans, are back after Trump meets with CEO.
Corporate inadequacy has rendered my favorite rediscovered gadget useless by Scharon Harding on 2025-07-15 18:49 (#6YNSM) Without rare, proprietary tech, these earbuds are useless.
From the hospital to the car plant: What is GM doing with CT scanners? by Jonathan M. Gitlin on 2025-07-15 17:07 (#6YNPV) The adoption of medical scanning tech has improved first-time quality by 90 percent.
Grok’s “MechaHitler” meltdown didn’t stop xAI from winning $200M military deal by Jon Brodkin on 2025-07-15 16:57 (#6YNPW) xAI announces Grok for Government, tells Grok to stop calling itself MechaHitler.
GOP’s pro-industry crypto bills could financially ruin millions, lawmaker warns by Ashley Belanger on 2025-07-15 16:45 (#6YNPX) Trump's crypto bills could turn trusted Big Tech companies into the next FTX.
‘Not that into peace doves’: The Apollo-Soyuz patch NASA rejected by Robert Pearlman on 2025-07-15 14:58 (#6YNKQ) Paul Calle thought he had represented the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.
BYD has caught up with Tesla in the global EV race. Here’s how. by Kana Inagaki, Edward White, and Stephen Morris, Fi on 2025-07-15 14:28 (#6YNKR) With technology gap narrowed, BYD is poised to outsell Tesla this year.
We saw the heart of Pluto 10 years ago—it’ll be a long wait to see the rest by Stephen Clark on 2025-07-15 11:15 (#6YNGY) A 50-year wait for a second mission wouldn't be surprising. Just ask Uranus and Neptune.
Pebblebee tracker’s new SOS alert reminds us that updates can be good for gadgets by Scharon Harding on 2025-07-14 20:54 (#6YN45) AirTags don't have an alert system; Tile trackers charge for the feature.
Merger of two massive black holes is one for the record books by Jennifer Ouellette on 2025-07-14 20:30 (#6YN46) The event resulted in a new black hole with a mass 225 times larger than our Sun.
Reddit’s UK users must now prove they’re 18 to view adult content by Jon Brodkin on 2025-07-14 20:14 (#6YN47) Reddit hires company to verify user age with selfie or photo of government ID.
Study finds AI tools made open source software developers 19 percent slower by Kyle Orland on 2025-07-14 20:02 (#6YN1P) Coders spent more time prompting and reviewing AI generations than they saved on coding.
Nvidia chips become the first GPUs to fall to Rowhammer bit-flip attacks by Dan Goodin on 2025-07-14 18:25 (#6YMZF) GPUhammer is the first to flip bits in onboard GPU memory. It likely won't be the last.
Plastic surgeon off the hook for alleged COVID fraud, injecting kids with saline by Beth Mole on 2025-07-14 18:08 (#6YMZG) Trump administration says dismissal is "in the interests of justice."
Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk by Lauren McGaughy, The Texas Newsroom on 2025-07-14 17:14 (#6YMWZ) The governor's office says some emails contain intimate and embarrassing" information.
Office problems on Windows 10? Microsoft’s response will soon be “upgrade to 11.” by Andrew Cunningham on 2025-07-14 16:38 (#6YMX0) Security updates will continue, but new features will require Windows 11.