Author: Ars Technica

Elon Musk complains about China’s ban on X

Ryan McMorrow and Joe Leahy, Financial Times 2025-01-20 09:25:00 arstechnica.com But it highlighted the Tesla chief’s potential conflicts of interest...

Edge of Mars’ great dichotomy eroded back by hundreds of kilometers

John Timmer 2025-01-20 17:14:00 arstechnica.com A shoreline transformed? The huge area covered by these mounds gives a sense of just...

Sleeping pills stop the brain’s system for cleaning out waste

Jacek Krywko 2025-01-20 11:54:00 arstechnica.com “When we used the flow fiber photometry method to look into the brains of mice,...

After chaotic weekend, TikTok remains in limbo

Kevin Purdy 2025-01-20 10:11:00 arstechnica.com At a rally Sunday, he did not clarify if this meant a US-based business or...

Wegovy and Ozempic top list of 15 drugs up for next price negotiations

Beth Mole 2025-01-17 11:47:00 arstechnica.com Blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs Wegovy and Ozempic top the list of 15 drugs selected...

Switch 2 sports ~7.9-inch screen, 33% bigger tablet surface—Ars video analysis

Kyle Orland 2025-01-17 11:56:00 arstechnica.com A scaled comparison between the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck OLED shows Nintendo's system...

GM faces ban on selling driver data that can be used to raise insurance rates

Jon Brodkin 2025-01-17 13:51:00 arstechnica.com The FTC said its complaint alleged that "GM used a misleading enrollment process to get...

Camera owner asks Canon, skies: Why is it $5/month for webcam software?

Kevin Purdy 2025-01-17 14:36:00 arstechnica.com Comparison of webcam software features available to Canon's "PRO" and "Free" users. Credit: Roman Zipp/Canon...

A solid electrolyte gives lithium-sulfur batteries ludicrous endurance

John Timmer 2025-01-17 10:19:00 arstechnica.com The iodine turned out to be a critical component. While the exchange of electrons with...

European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents

Javier Espinoza and Andy Bounds, Financial Times 2025-01-17 09:31:00 arstechnica.com Brussels has ordered Elon Musk to fully disclose recent changes...

Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space

Stephen Clark 2025-01-16 23:44:00 arstechnica.com This launch debuted a more advanced, slightly taller version of Starship, known as Version 2...

Home Microsoft 365 plans use Copilot AI features as pretext for a price hike

Andrew Cunningham 2025-01-16 14:49:00 arstechnica.com Microsoft hasn't said for how long this "limited time" offer will last, but presumably it...

GM patents a dual-port charging system for EVs with vehicle-to-load

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-01-16 15:00:00 arstechnica.com The battery system on an electric car can either charge—from regenerative braking or an...

FCC chair makes one last stand against Trump’s call to punish news stations

Jon Brodkin 2025-01-16 16:51:00 arstechnica.com Rejecting all four, Rosenworcel said "the facts and legal circumstances in each of these cases...

Google is about to make Gemini a core part of Workspaces—with price changes

Samuel Axon 2025-01-16 15:15:00 arstechnica.com Google has added AI features to its regular Workspace accounts for business while slightly raising...

Two lunar landers are on the way to the Moon after SpaceX’s double moonshot

Stephen Clark 2025-01-16 11:41:00 arstechnica.com Julianna Scheiman, director of NASA science missions for SpaceX, said it made sense to pair...

ChargePoint develops uncuttable charging cables to stop thieves

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-01-16 08:00:00 arstechnica.com Electric vehicle chargers are increasingly a target of vandals, often in search of copper....

Blue Origin reaches orbit on first flight of its titanic New Glenn rocket

Eric Berger 2025-01-16 02:51:00 arstechnica.com Early on Thursday morning, a Saturn V-sized rocket ignited its seven main engines, a prelude...

Researchers use AI to design proteins that block snake venom toxins

John Timmer 2025-01-15 11:00:00 arstechnica.com Since these two toxicities work through entirely different mechanisms, the researchers tackled them separately. Blocking...

SEC sues Elon Musk, says he cheated Twitter investors out of $150 million

Jon Brodkin 2025-01-15 11:10:00 arstechnica.com The lawsuit was filed in the waning days of the Biden administration, and the next...

Tire simulation is so good it’s replacing real-world testing

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-01-15 11:23:00 arstechnica.com "If it's a one-second maneuver, you want it to take one second, right? Those...

Firm developing a fully reusable rocket raises a quarter of a billion dollars

Eric Berger 2025-01-15 11:54:00 arstechnica.com The company continues to make technical progress, Lapsa said. A few weeks ago, Stoke successfully...

The trailer for Daredevil: Born Again is here

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-01-15 12:23:00 arstechnica.com In addition, Mohan Kapur reprises his MCU role as Yusuf Khan, while Kamar de los...

Meta to cut 5% of employees deemed unfit for Zuckerberg’s AI-fueled future

Ashley Belanger 2025-01-14 15:05:00 arstechnica.com Anticipating that 2025 will be an "intense year" requiring rapid innovation, Mark Zuckerberg reportedly announced...

Amid a flurry of hype, Microsoft reorganizes entire dev team around AI

Samuel Axon 2025-01-14 16:00:00 arstechnica.com Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has announced a dramatic restructuring of the company's engineering organization, which...