Author: Ars Technica

How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy

Arcelia Martin, Inside Climate News 2025-06-21 07:18:00 arstechnica.com “Decisions around where data centers get built have shifted dramatically over the...

Rocket Report: Two big Asian reuse milestones, Vandenberg becomes SpaceX west

Eric Berger 2025-06-20 12:02:00 arstechnica.com Kuiper launch scrubs due to hardware issue. United Launch Alliance and its customer, Amazon, will...

Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing

John Timmer 2025-06-20 14:52:00 arstechnica.com So, the paper describes how some logical operations can be performed relatively easily, while a...

Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic

Dan Goodin 2025-06-20 15:04:00 arstechnica.com Large-scale attacks designed to bring down Internet services by sending them more traffic than they...

MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours

Benj Edwards 2025-06-20 13:32:00 arstechnica.com MIT graduate student Alex Kachkine once spent nine months meticulously restoring a damaged baroque Italian...

Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry

Stephen Clark 2025-06-18 08:42:00 arstechnica.com The company has not disclosed its spending on rocket development. Honda's hopper is smaller than...

Google’s frighteningly good Veo 3 AI videos to be integrated with YouTube Shorts

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-18 12:17:00 arstechnica.com Even in the age of TikTok, YouTube viewership continues to climb. While Google's iconic video...

Netflix will start showing traditional broadcast channels next summer

Scharon Harding 2025-06-18 12:33:00 arstechnica.com In a move that further intensifies the reflection of the cable business it's slowly killing, Netflix...

Thermal imaging shows xAI lied about supercomputer pollution, group says

xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis

Ashley Belanger 2025-06-18 14:40:00 arstechnica.com "For instance, if all the 35 turbines operated by xAI were using" add-on air pollution...

Smart TV OS owners face “constant conflict” between privacy, advertiser demands

Scharon Harding 2025-06-18 17:36:00 arstechnica.com DENVER—Most smart TV operating system (OS) owners are in the ad sales business now. Software...

New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-06-18 16:20:00 arstechnica.com Some of the sediment layers contained the remains of ancient grass seeds mixed with the...

Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t

John Timmer 2025-06-18 13:15:00 arstechnica.com The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was...

2025 Audi S5 and A5 first drive: Five-door is the new four-door

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-06-18 09:00:00 arstechnica.com The S5 is eager and more engaging to drive than the A5. Jonathan Gitlin...

Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

Kyle Orland 2025-06-17 11:47:00 arstechnica.com Earlier this week, the makers of the popular Mig Flash cartridge, which allows users to...

The first Corvette hypercar? Chevrolet’s 1,250 hp ZR1X hybrid breaks cover.

Michael Teo Van Runkle 2025-06-17 12:17:00 arstechnica.com The ZR1 engine already produces more than a thousand horsepower; now, it meets...

Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-17 13:58:00 arstechnica.com Google has announced a big expansion of its Gemini AI model family today. After months...

X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win

Ashley Belanger 2025-06-17 16:59:00 arstechnica.com "It is our sincere belief that the current social media landscape makes it far too...

Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos

Beth Mole 2025-06-17 16:08:00 arstechnica.com Despite touting ambitious goals of making America healthier, the Trump administration on Monday revealed in...

OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

Benj Edwards 2025-06-17 12:26:00 arstechnica.com OpenAI executives have discussed filing an antitrust complaint with US regulators against Microsoft, the company's...

Here’s Kia’s new small, affordable electric car: The 2026 EV4 sedan

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-06-16 09:01:00 arstechnica.com The mesh headrests are a clever touch, as they're both comfortable and lightweight. The...

Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

Scharon Harding 2025-06-16 14:13:00 arstechnica.com For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The...

Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

Dan Goodin 2025-06-16 16:15:00 arstechnica.com Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Credit: Screenshot, Ars Technica, Downdetector Over the past two decades, copper...

Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction

Sujeet Indap, Financial Times 2025-06-16 09:39:00 arstechnica.com TTAM’s winning offer requires judicial approval, and a court hearing to approve the...

Real Yield Or Real Illusion? The Next Chapter Of DeFi Depends On This One Shift

Alexander Sudeykin, Forbes Councils Member 2025-06-16 09:15:00 www.forbes.com Alexander Sudeykin is a co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at Evaa Protocol,...

Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

Stephen Clark 2025-06-15 07:07:00 arstechnica.com Assuming Falcon 9s continue to launch Starlink satellites in 2033, the fees would rise to approximately...