Gemini 2.5 Flash comes to the Gemini app as Google seeks improve “dynamic thinking”

Kyle Orland 2025-04-17 10:46:00 arstechnica.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq4uCJDwO9U Earlier this month, Nintendo let Ars Technica and other outlets have access to a...

RoboBee sticks the landing – Ars Technica

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-04-16 14:00:00 arstechnica.com The RoboBee is only slightly larger than a penny. Credit: Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory The first...

LG TVs’ integrated ads get more personal with tech that analyzes viewer emotions

Scharon Harding 2025-04-16 16:14:00 arstechnica.com With all this information, ZenVision will group LG TV viewers into highly specified market segments,...

Disgruntled users roast X for killing Support account

Ashley Belanger 2025-04-16 16:34:00 arstechnica.com After X (formerly Twitter) announced it would be killing its "Support" account, disgruntled users quickly...

Why are two Texas senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian?

Eric Berger 2025-04-16 17:25:00 arstechnica.com Should the city of Houston, which proudly bills itself as "Space City," have a prized...

OpenAI releases new simulated reasoning models with full tool access

Benj Edwards 2025-04-16 18:21:00 arstechnica.com On Wednesday, OpenAI announced the release of two new models—o3 and o4-mini—that combine simulated reasoning...

Elon Musk and Trump win fight to keep DOGE’s work secret

Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home

Jon Brodkin 2025-04-16 15:04:00 arstechnica.com A government whistleblower told lawmakers that DOGE's access to National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) systems...

Looking at the Universe’s dark ages from the far side of the Moon

Paul Sutter 2025-04-16 07:00:00 arstechnica.com Second, there was a time, within the first few hundred million years after the Big...

Researchers claim breakthrough in fight against AI’s frustrating security hole

Benj Edwards 2025-04-16 07:15:00 arstechnica.com Here's how it works. First, the system splits responsibilities between two language models: A "privileged...

Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days

Ryan Whitwam 2025-04-15 12:00:00 arstechnica.com A silent update rolling out to virtually all Android devices will make your phone more...

Netflix plans to bring streaming into the $1 trillion club by 2030

Scharon Harding 2025-04-15 14:32:00 arstechnica.com Netflix doesn’t plan to disclose subscriber counts anymore, but one of WSJ’s anonymous sources said...

Google adds Veo 2 video generation to Gemini app

Ryan Whitwam 2025-04-15 15:43:00 arstechnica.com Google has announced that yet another AI model is coming to Gemini, but this time,...

Nvidia nudges mainstream gaming PCs forward with RTX 5060 series, starting at $299

Andrew Cunningham 2025-04-15 12:36:00 arstechnica.com As with its other 50-series announcements, Nvidia is leaning on its DLSS Multi-Frame Generation technology...

An Ars Technica history of the Internet, part 1

Jeremy Reimer 2025-04-14 07:00:00 arstechnica.com In a very real sense, the Internet, this marvelous worldwide digital communications network that you’re...

Amid Trump tariff chaos, Nvidia launches AI chip production on US soil

Benj Edwards 2025-04-14 11:55:00 arstechnica.com Nvidia announced plans today to manufacture AI chips and build complete supercomputers on US soil...

Report: Apple will take another crack at iPad multitasking in iPadOS 19

Andrew Cunningham 2025-04-14 12:40:00 arstechnica.com Apple is taking another crack at iPad multitasking, according to a report from Bloomberg's Mark...

Scientists made a stretchable lithium battery you can bend, cut, or stab

Jacek Krywko 2025-04-14 15:30:00 arstechnica.com The Li-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric cars are usually packed in...

Should we settle Mars, or is it a dumb idea for humans to live off world?

Eric Berger 2025-04-14 17:56:00 arstechnica.com Mars is back on the agenda. During his address to a joint session of Congress...

Razer built a game-streaming app on top of Moonlight, and it’s not too bad

Kevin Purdy 2025-04-14 16:06:00 arstechnica.com Razer's iOS app showing its width of game discovering. Who wants to stream some Solitaire?...

Samsung’s Android 15 update has been halted

Ryan Whitwam 2025-04-14 12:50:00 arstechnica.com When asked about specifics, Samsung doesn't have much to say. "The One UI 7 rollout...

Google created a new AI model for talking to dolphins

Ryan Whitwam 2025-04-14 09:00:00 arstechnica.com Dolphins are generally regarded as some of the smartest creatures on the planet. Research has...

Powerful programming: BBC-controlled electric meters are coming to an end

Kevin Purdy 2025-04-11 13:43:00 arstechnica.com Two rare tungsten-centered, hand-crafted cooled anode modulators (CAM) are needed to keep the signal going,...

AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say

Samuel Axon 2025-04-11 18:26:00 arstechnica.com Agents using debugging tools drastically outperformed those that didn't, but their success rate still wasn't...

Chrome’s new dynamic bottom bar gives websites a little more room to breathe

Ryan Whitwam 2025-04-11 14:26:00 arstechnica.com The Internet might look a bit different on Android soon. Last month, Google announced its...

Quantum hardware may be a good match for AI