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FTC attacks Microsoft’s post-merger Game Pass price increases
Regulator says move is "exactly the sort of consumer harm" it warned about.
Major outages at CrowdStrike, Microsoft leave the world with BSODs and confusion
Nobody's sure who's at fault for each outage: Microsoft, CrowdStrike, or both.
Gazelle Eclipse C380+ e-bike review: A smart, smooth ride at a halting price
It's a powerful, comfortable, fun, and very smart ride. Is that enough?
Rocket Report: Firefly’s CEO steps down; Artemis II core stage leaves factory
Rocket Factory Augsburg completed qualification of its upper stage for a first launch this year.
Long COVID rates have declined, especially among the vaccinated, study finds
In large study, rates of long COVID fell from 10% to 3.5% for the vaccinated.
Apple Vision Pro’s content drought improves with new 3D videos
It's still not the weekly cadence we expected, but it's something.
Netflix is kicking US subscribers off its cheapest ad-free plan soon
Subscribers will have to pay $15.49 for commercial-free Netflix.
Witness the rise of the Bene Gesserit in new Dune: Prophecy teaser
"Our hands are poised on the levers of power but yet our grasp on it is still fragile."
Space colonizers battle ultimate killing machines in Alien: Romulus trailer
"Whatever comes, we'll face it together."
Elon Musk’s X may succeed in blocking Calif. content moderation law on appeal
Elon Musk's X previously failed to block the law on First Amendment grounds.
FCC closes “final loopholes” that keep prison phone prices exorbitantly high
FCC wasn't able to cap intrastate prices until Congress granted new authority.
Report: Apple TV+ will soon get a lot more movies made by studios other than Apple
Apple TV+ series have made an impact, but its films have been less successful lately.
Google, its cat fully escaped from bag, shows off the Pixel 9 Pro weeks early
Upcoming phone is teased with an AI breakup letter to "the same old thing."
NASA built a Moon rover but can’t afford to get it to the launch pad
"It would have been revolutionary. Other missions don't replace what is lost here."
The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way
You can't see inside the firmware, but more open code can translate it for you.
The Mazda CX-90 PHEV gives luxury car vibes for a mainstream price
This big Mazda is one of a handful of plug-in hybrid three-rows on sale today.
Switch 2 is around the corner, but Nintendo announces a new Switch accessory anyway
Oddly timed accessory is released as the Switch's life cycle is winding down.
Aventon, a major e-bike maker, tries its hand with a hardtail
Aventon's entry into the mountain bike market is good, but not quite low-budget.
OpenAI launches GPT-4o mini, which will replace GPT-3.5 in ChatGPT
Lower-cost AI language model will be free for ChatGPT users.
Accused of using algorithms to fix rental prices, RealPage goes on offensive
RealPage faces multiple antitrust lawsuits, promises "The Real Story" online.
The Lucid Air Pure review: Lower weight, better steering, amazing efficiency
Less power and less weight almost always makes for a better electric vehicle.
One more way to die: Tremors when Vesuvius erupted collapsed shelter walls
Two male skeletons showed signs of severe fracture and trauma injuries.
“Extraordinarily disappointed” users reckon with the Google-fication of Fitbit
Users seek alternatives as Google is intent on app-centric focus.
Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition gave me new respect for gaming speedrunners
Bite-size speed challenges refresh the classics, but require a healthy dose of patience.
Vulnerability in Cisco Smart Software Manager lets attackers change any user password
Yep, passwords for administrators can be changed, too.
Researchers track individual neurons as they respond to words
When processing language, individual neurons respond to words with similar meanings.
After breach, senators ask why AT&T stores call records on “AI Data Cloud”
AT&T ditched internal system, stores user call logs on "trusted" cloud service.
Researchers build ultralight drone that flies with onboard solar
Bizarre design uses a solar-powered motor that's optimized for weight.
Meta tells court it won’t sue over Facebook feed-killing tool—yet
Researcher wants legal assurances before releasing his Unfollow Everything tool.
Electric eels inspire novel “jelly” batteries for soft robotics, wearables
Another team built a lithium-ion battery with electrolyte layer that expands by 5,000%.
Real, actual Markdown support is arriving in Google Docs, not a moment too soon
It's a big day for typing in plain-text fashion, for the good of syntax.
Five people infected as bird flu appears to go from cows to chickens to humans
High temperatures made it hard for workers to use protective gear during culling.
Elon Musk says SpaceX and X will relocate their headquarters to Texas
The billionaire blamed a California gender identity law for moving SpaceX and X headquarters.
Trump allies want to “Make America First in AI” with sweeping executive order
After repealing Biden's AI order, draft would create "Manhattan Projects" for military AI.
TikTok pushed far-right AfD party on young voters in Germany
Alternative for Germany-related content returned when searching for other parties.
The best summer Prime Day deals we could find for Ars readers
On day two of Amazon's summer sale extravaganza, here are the deals we liked.
Valve runs its massive PC gaming ecosystem with only about 350 employees
Ars' leak analysis shows a large "Games" department and a very well-paid "Admin" team.
Rite Aid says breach exposes sensitive details of 2.2 million customers
Stolen data includes customer names, addresses, birth dates, and driver's license numbers.
All four of Google’s Pixel 9 phones get lined up and shot (by regulators)
A taller Pixel Fold, a "small Pro" Pixel 9, and lots more early details.
Former OpenAI researcher’s new company will teach you how to build an LLM
Karpathy's Eureka Labs will pair human-made curriculum with an AI-powered assistant.
YouTube creators surprised to find Apple and others trained AI on their videos
Once again, EleutherAI's data frustrates professional content creators.
Meet the woman whose research helped the FBI catch notorious serial killers
Hulu documentary Mastermind: To Think Like a Killer traces career of Dr. Ann Burgess.
Streaming’s bundling obsession ignores the real problem with subscription costs
Opinion: Subscribers keep paying more and getting the same.
Craig Wright’s claim of inventing bitcoin may get him arrested for perjury
UK judge refers Wright to prosecutors, suggests arrest warrant and extradition.
AMD brags about Ryzen 9000’s efficiency, extends AM5 support guarantee to 2027
Ryzen 9000 will also have more overclocking headroom, for those interested.
Seismic data shows Mars is often pummeled by planet-shaking meteorites
Seismic information now allows us to make a planet-wide estimate of impact rates.
Full dev build of Space Marine 2 leaks, and players are already leveling up
Developers canceled a beta test-but may have gotten one anyway.
Google’s $500M effort to wreck Microsoft EU cloud deal failed, report says
Google reportedly didn't want a Microsoft antitrust complaint dropped in the EU.
The 2025 Lucid Air is now the most efficient EV on sale
A standard heat pump has made an already-efficient car even more so.
The struggle to understand why earthquakes happen in America’s heartland
The New Madrid fault line remains something of an enigma to seismologists.
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