After 27 years, engineer discovers how to display secret photo in Power Mac ROM

Jon Brodkin 2025-06-27 11:36:00 arstechnica.com With Comcast trying to figure out how to stop losing broadband customers, the cable firm...

Researchers develop a battery cathode material that does it all

John Timmer 2025-06-26 11:08:00 arstechnica.com Battery electrode materials need to do a lot of things well. They need to be...

An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines

Eric Berger 2025-06-27 07:00:00 arstechnica.com The second thing Lu urged NASA to do is develop a follow-up mission to DART....

Google begins rolling out AI search in YouTube

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-26 12:43:00 arstechnica.com Over the past year, Google has transformed its web search experience with AI, driving toward...

45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-06-26 13:02:00 arstechnica.com (Left) GPS tracking and modeling of ocean currents toward the end of the experimental voyage....

Ongoing attacks on Ivanti VPNs install a ton of sneaky, well-written malware

Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

Dan Goodin 2025-06-26 18:52:00 arstechnica.com On Wednesday, CISA added CVE-2024-54085 to its list of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in...

VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

Scharon Harding 2025-06-26 16:17:00 arstechnica.com The letter, signed by Aiden Fitzgerald, director of global sales operations at Broadcom, claims that...

13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop review: A slightly worse version of a year-old PC

Andrew Cunningham 2025-06-26 13:27:00 arstechnica.com Microsoft's new 13-inch Surface Laptop is an odd one. It's inarguably a step down in...

The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter

Paul Sutter 2025-06-25 07:00:00 arstechnica.com In fact, axions belong to a much broader class of “ultra-light” dark matter particle candidates,...

Gemini CLI is a free, open source coding agent that brings AI to your terminal

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-25 09:00:00 arstechnica.com Some developers prefer to live in the command line interface (CLI), eschewing the flashy graphics...

Ars Live: What’s up with the sudden surge in temperatures?

John Timmer 2025-06-25 15:13:00 arstechnica.com On Thursday, we encourage you to join us for a live chat with Zeke Hausfather,...

Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

Dan Goodin 2025-06-25 15:39:00 arstechnica.com Ubuntu users could see up to a 20 percent boost in graphics performance on Intel-based...

Looking at Framework’s progress on software support for its repairable laptops

Andrew Cunningham 2025-06-25 16:12:00 arstechnica.com For the past five years, we've been paying a lot of attention to Framework, the...

Google’s spotty Find Hub network could get better thanks to a small setup tweak

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-25 16:53:00 arstechnica.com Bluetooth trackers have existed for quite a while, but Apple made them worthwhile when it...

Three axial flux motors and 850 kW fast charging? Meet the GT XX.

Chad Kirchner 2025-06-25 13:30:00 arstechnica.com The pack in the GT XX concept has 3,000 cells, giving the pack an energy...

Apple’s push to take over the dashboard resisted by car makers

Kana Inagaki and Michael Acton, Financial Times 2025-06-25 10:21:00 arstechnica.com Of the original 14 brands listed by Apple, Jaguar Land...

UK looking to loosen Google’s control of its search engine

Suzi Ring and Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times 2025-06-24 09:45:00 arstechnica.com Other conduct rules that the CMA is considering include requirements...

Google’s new robotics AI can run without the cloud and still tie your shoes

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-24 10:00:00 arstechnica.com We sometimes call chatbots like Gemini and ChatGPT "robots," but generative AI is also playing...

Data-recovery firm tests $28, 500GB HDD from Amazon and gets surprising results

Scharon Harding 2025-06-24 13:43:00 arstechnica.com Ars was unable to confirm if UnionSine and Toshiba have any formal business relationship. UnionSine’s...

Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

Jon Brodkin 2025-06-24 14:15:00 arstechnica.com The lawsuit alleged that Media Matters' free speech rights are being violated "as state governments...

Philips Hue bulbs will be even more expensive in July. And it may not end there.

Scharon Harding 2025-06-24 16:07:00 arstechnica.com Philips is upping the prices of its popular and already-expensive Hue series of smart lighting...

Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached

Andrew Cunningham 2025-06-24 13:00:00 arstechnica.com Free* updates It's worth noting that the Windows Backup and Microsoft Rewards methods for getting...

After successfully entering Earth’s atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost

Eric Berger 2025-06-24 08:32:00 arstechnica.com A European company that seeks to develop orbital spacecraft for cargo, and eventually humans, took...

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

Benj Edwards 2025-06-23 13:23:00 arstechnica.com Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a...

Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group