Author: Ars Technica

Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

Lily Hay Newman, wired.com 2025-05-31 09:32:00 arstechnica.com Stern’s eminence within Russian cybercrime has been widely documented. The cryptocurrency-tracing firm Chainalysis...

Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy

Scharon Harding 2025-05-30 17:18:00 arstechnica.com Amazon Fire Sticks are enabling “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy, according to a...

Google and DOJ tussle over how AI will remake the web in antitrust closing arguments

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-30 17:40:00 arstechnica.com At the same time, Google is seeking to set itself apart from AI upstarts. "Generative...

The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-30 12:36:00 arstechnica.com This block of AI-generated text will soon appear automatically in some threads. Credit: Google This...

Blue Origin boss: Government should forget launch and focus on “exotic” missions

Stephen Clark 2025-05-30 07:20:00 arstechnica.com Artist's concept of Blue Ring, a propulsive spacecraft platform Blue Origin says it is developing...

Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks

Ashley Belanger 2025-05-29 15:11:00 arstechnica.com An accused movie pirate who stole more than 1,000 Blu-ray discs and DVDs while working...

Gemini in Google Drive may finally be useful now that it can analyze videos

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-29 15:21:00 arstechnica.com Google's rapid adoption of AI has seen the Gemini "sparkle" icon become an omnipresent element...

Amid rising prices, Disney+ and Hulu offer subscribers some freebies

Scharon Harding 2025-05-29 17:25:00 arstechnica.com With streaming providers frequently raising prices, subscribers often feel like they’re paying more for the...

Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates

Jon Brodkin 2025-05-28 15:39:00 arstechnica.com Enhanced damages can be $150,000 per work, instead of the usual cap of $30,000. The...

Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

Dan Goodin 2025-05-28 18:12:00 arstechnica.com GreyNoise said it detected the campaign in mid-March and held off reporting on it until...

China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission

Stephen Clark 2025-05-28 21:47:00 arstechnica.com That's one reason why Tianwen-2's roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years....

Amazon and Stellantis abandon project to create a digital “SmartCockpit”

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-05-28 16:30:00 arstechnica.com Automaker Stellantis and retail and web services behemoth Amazon have decided to put an...

Judge lets four more DOGE employees access US Treasury payment systems

Jon Brodkin 2025-05-28 13:44:00 arstechnica.com A federal judge has given Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees access to US Treasury...

We now have a good idea about the makeup of Uranus’ atmosphere

Shigeyuki Hando, Wired Japan 2025-05-28 10:10:00 arstechnica.com Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System, located between Saturn and Neptune,...

SpaceX may have solved one problem only to find more on latest Starship flight

Stephen Clark 2025-05-28 05:17:00 arstechnica.com SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world's most powerful rocket Tuesday,...

F1 in Monaco: No one has ever gone faster than that

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-05-27 10:07:00 arstechnica.com The principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1...

Musi says evidence shows Apple conspired with music industry on App Store ban

Ashley Belanger 2025-05-27 14:36:00 arstechnica.com Ars could not immediately reach Apple or Jennifer Golinveaux, Musi's lawyer, for comment on the...

NPR sues Trump over blocked funding, says it may have to shutter newsrooms

Jon Brodkin 2025-05-27 16:44:00 arstechnica.com NPR and the local stations "bring this action to challenge an Executive Order that violates...

Trump signs executive orders meant to resurrect US nuclear power

John Timmer 2025-05-27 17:21:00 arstechnica.com A large number of startups have proposed designs that should be far less prone to...

Falcon 9 sonic booms can feel more like seismic waves

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-05-27 12:36:00 arstechnica.com Could the similarities confuse California residents who might mistake a sonic boom for an earthquake?...

The key to a successful egg drop experiment? Drop it on its side

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-05-26 11:05:00 arstechnica.com There was a key difference, however, between how vertically and horizontally squeezed eggs deformed in...

200 mph for 500 miles: How IndyCar drivers prepare for the big race

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-05-24 11:30:00 arstechnica.com What to expect on Sunday? Kirkwood was bullish about his chances despite starting relatively...

Trump threatens Apple with 25% tariff to force iPhone manufacturing into US

Ashley Belanger 2025-05-23 10:58:00 arstechnica.com Donald Trump woke up Friday morning and threatened Apple with a 25 percent tariff on...

SteamOS 3.7 brings Valve’s gaming OS to other handhelds and generic AMD PCs

Andrew Cunningham 2025-05-23 11:28:00 arstechnica.com Valve's instructions will walk you through downloading a SteamOS recovery image and copying it to...

Desktop Survivors 98 is more than just a retro Windows nostalgia trip

Kyle Orland 2025-05-23 12:48:00 arstechnica.com That blue bar sure does take me back... That blue bar sure does take me...

Have we finally solved mystery of magnetic moon rocks?

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-05-23 14:36:00 arstechnica.com NASA's Apollo missions brought back moon rock samples for scientists to study. We've learned a...