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Bicycle bling: All the accessories you’ll need for your new e-bike
To accompany our cargo bike shopper's guide, here's the other you'll want.
Tesla’s Q1 results show the financial cost of Musk’s support for Trump
As Elon Musk helps undo regulations, regulatory credits keep Tesla profitable.
Universities (finally) band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach”
New statement is weak-but a start.
Drunk man walks into climate change, burns the bottoms of his feet off
Climate change is a danger to health in a wide variety of ways.
OpenAI wants to buy Chrome and make it an “AI-first” experience
OpenAI would love to own Chrome, and it's allegedly not alone.
Google won’t ditch third-party cookies in Chrome after all
Google drops plans for a one-click prompt to disable tracking cookies.
Taxes and fees not included: T-Mobile’s latest price lock is nearly meaningless
T-Mobile makes 5-year price guarantee after refusing to honor lifetime price lock.
Harvard sues to block government funding cuts
Suit claims the funding freeze violates First Amendment, Title VI procedures.
Man buys racetrack, ends up launching the Netflix of grassroots motorsports
FRDM+ is profitable, has its own smart TV apps. Subscriptions start at $20/month.
12-year-old Doom 2 challenge map finally beaten after six-hour, 23K-demon grind
Streamer Coincident gets a dream run on the Okuplok's nightmarish "slaughter map."
You can play the Unreal-powered The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion remaster today
"Surprise" dropped today, the game overhauls leveling and graphics.
Google Messages can now blur unwanted nudes, remind people not to send them
Google's Sensitive Content Warnings can keep Messages rated PG.
FTC sues Uber over difficulty of canceling subscriptions, “false” claims
It's the latest legal move against Big Tech by the Trump administration.
2025 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS first drive: A big ride and handling upgrade
It's not a track car, but we drove it on a track.
Tuesday Telescope: A rare glimpse of one of the smallest known moons
I'll bet you don't spend a ton of time thinking about Deimos.
A Chinese-born crypto tycoon—of all people—changed the way I think of space
"Are we the first generation of digital nomad in space?"
Controversial doc gets measles while treating unvaccinated kids—keeps working
Ben Edwards has grown popular in Texas for providing unproven measles treatments.
Are these chimps having a fruity booze-up in the wild?
New data suggests that the human inclination toward feasting in groups is part of our deep evolutionary history.
White House plagued by Signal controversy as Pentagon in “full-blown meltdown”
Trump insists defense secretary who shared secrets on Signal doing a great job."
Teen coder shuts down open source Mac app Whisky, citing harm to paid apps
Developer tells Ars free app could "seriously threaten CrossOver's viability."
Trump can’t keep China from getting AI chips, TSMC suggests
As Trump eyes chip controls, TSMC fears its tariff-proof era will end.
In depth with Windows 11 Recall—and what Microsoft has (and hasn’t) fixed
Original botched launch still haunts new version of data-scraping AI feature.
Chrome on the chopping block as Google’s search antitrust trial moves forward
The court ruled that Google has a search monopoly. Now, we learn the consequences.
Annoyed ChatGPT users complain about bot’s relentlessly positive tone
Users complain of new "sycophancy" streak where ChatGPT thinks everything is brilliant.
HBO’s The Last of Us reaches “The Moment” game fans have been dreading
A shocking scene hits a bit different thanks to some odd narrative choices.
F1 in Saudi Arabia: Blind corners and walls at over 200 mph
After four years of the same technical rules, there's not much left to find.
Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech
AI and brain implants are being leveraged to create voice neuroprostheses.
Ghost forests are growing as sea levels rise
As trees choked by saltwater die along low-lying coasts, marshes may move in.
Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars
The symbiotic organisms appear to be able to avoid some radiation damage.
Google adds YouTube Music feature to end annoying volume shifts
Automatic audio leveling is coming to YouTube Music.
Trump official to Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée: “You cannot identify as an astronaut”
It turns out the FAA now takes no role in identifying who is an astronaut.
Microsoft’s “1‑bit” AI model runs on a CPU only, while matching larger systems
Future AI might not need supercomputers thanks to models like BitNet b1.58 2B4T.
Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives
Firm will later add "curated drive compatibility" lists after testing.
To regenerate a head, you first have to know where your tail is
Planaria can't replace a missing head until after the tail develops sufficiently.
Regrets: Actors who sold AI avatars stuck in Black Mirror-esque dystopia
Is $1,000 worth being the AI face of obvious scams? Rueful actors say no.
“Lab leak” marketing page replaces federal hub for COVID resources
The site previously hosted links to resources on long COVID, vaccines, and testing.
Rover finds hints of an ancient Martian carbon cycle
Rather than cycling, some of Mars' carbon took a one-way trip into rocks.
Women rely partly on smell when choosing friends
College women smelled each other's T-shirts in new study to evaluate "friendship potential."
Trump’s tariffs trigger price hikes at large online retailers
Americans will soon pay more for cheap online items amid tariff chaos.
Cupra is all about affordable cars, funky styling, electrified performance
Cupra aims to be in the US in 2030, doesn't expect tariff-related delays.
Nintendo raises planned Switch 2 accessory prices amid tariff “uncertainty”
Prices for hardware and games remain steady, delayed US preorders open April 24.
Sunderfolk review: RPG magic that transports your friends together
Using your phone as a controller keeps you engaged with this accommodating RPG.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the dad rock of video games, and I love it
It also proves AAA publishers should be more willing to delay their games.
Recap: Wheel of Time’s third season balefires its way to a hell of a finish
Revolution, rebellion, fae dealings, and desert rain-things are wild in Randland.
Rocket Report: Daytona rocket delayed again; Bahamas tells SpaceX to hold up
A Falcon 9 core has now launched as many times as there are Merlins on a Falcon Heavy.
There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch
The Space Force is looking for responsive launch. This week, they're the unresponsive ones.
Resist, eggheads! Universities are not as weak as they have chosen to be.
Opinion: It's time for public resistance.
Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar
Frustrated software developer believed AI-generated message came from human support rep.
Trump admin accused of censoring NIH’s top expert on ultra-processed foods
Kevin Hall claims an aide for Kennedy edited his written responses to a reporter.
At monopoly trial, Zuckerberg redefined social media as texting with friends
Mark Zuckerberg played up TikTok rivalry at monopoly trial, but judge may not buy it.
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