New executive order puts all grants under political control

John Timmer 2025-08-07 19:56:00 arstechnica.com On Thursday, the Trump administration issued an executive order asserting political control over grant funding,...

Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

Eric Berger 2025-08-08 07:00:00 arstechnica.com SpaceX begins offering Starship services to Mars. On Thursday, Gwynne Shotwell, the president and chief...

Ford switches gears, will push smaller EVs over full-size pickup and van

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-08-08 09:41:00 arstechnica.com The Ford Motor Company is adjusting its electric vehicle strategy. The automaker will prioritize...

Supreme Court to review 5th Circuit ruling that upends Universal Service Fund

Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court

Jon Brodkin 2025-08-08 16:31:00 arstechnica.com Court ruled broadband isn’t telecommunications Although the Obama-era FCC won on this point in the...

Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS

Samuel Axon 2025-08-08 17:30:00 arstechnica.com OpenAI's GPT-5 model went live for most ChatGPT users this week, but lots of people...

Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker

Ashley Belanger 2025-08-08 14:40:00 arstechnica.com A toy company has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against a popular TikTok and Instagram account...

National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment

Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate News 2025-08-08 09:55:00 arstechnica.com The nation’s premier group of scientific advisers announced Thursday that it will...

Rocket Report: Channeling the future at Wallops; SpaceX recovers rocket wreckage

Stephen Clark 2025-07-25 08:41:00 arstechnica.com The easiest way to keep up with Eric Berger's and Stephen Clark's reporting on all...

OpenAI’s most capable AI model, GPT-5, may be coming in August

Benj Edwards 2025-07-25 15:59:00 arstechnica.com References to "gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13" have already been spotted on X, with code showing "reasoning_effort: high" in...

Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update

Scharon Harding 2025-07-25 16:10:00 arstechnica.com Some might never have purchased Echelon equipment if they knew the machines might one day...

Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter

Samuel Axon 2025-07-25 15:00:00 arstechnica.com I maintain a to-do list of story ideas to write at Ars, and for about...

Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand

Dan Goodin 2025-07-25 11:50:00 arstechnica.com sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root / The --no-preserve-root flag is specifically designed to override safety protections...

The electric Stark Varg EX is brutally fast but a little too unrefined

Tim Stevens 2025-07-25 12:00:00 arstechnica.com Ride time Take a look at the back wheel of your average electric motorcycle, a...

The 2025 Audi RS 3 is a five-cylinder firecracker

Bradley Iger 2025-07-25 09:18:00 arstechnica.com First offered in a passenger car by Mercedes-Benz back in 1974, the five-cylinder engine has...

Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS

Ashley Belanger 2025-07-25 11:20:00 arstechnica.com Warning that the "Paramount payout" and "reckless" acquisition approval together mark a "dark chapter" for...

Going chain-free with the Priority Gemini gravel bike

Eric Bangeman 2025-07-25 09:53:00 arstechnica.com It's no speed demon—if you're looking for something to race, this isn't it, as the...

Apple releases public betas of Liquid Glass-ified next-gen software updates

Andrew Cunningham 2025-07-24 13:17:00 arstechnica.com As promised, Apple has just released the first public beta versions for the next-generation versions...

iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new

Andrew Cunningham 2025-07-24 13:18:00 arstechnica.com If you position two windows next to each other, and you try to resize them...

Six lesser-known features to like in the macOS 26 Tahoe public beta

Andrew Cunningham 2025-07-24 13:20:00 arstechnica.com Your battery level, the time of day, connecting to a specific Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth...

Some VMware perpetual license owners are unable to download security patches

Scharon Harding 2025-07-24 13:51:00 arstechnica.com Some VMware perpetual license holders are currently unable to download security patches, The Register reported...

Nvidia AI chips worth $1B smuggled to China after Trump export controls

Zijing Wu and Eleanor Olcott, Financial Times 2025-07-24 14:11:00 arstechnica.com US export controls have had some effect on the black...

Study sheds light on why some people keep self-sabotaging

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-07-24 14:01:00 arstechnica.com What might be the underlying cause of this persistent bad decision-making? "We don't know, but...

SpaceX launches a pair of NASA satellites to probe the origins of space weather