After critics decry Orion heat shield decision, NASA reviewer says agency is correct

Eric Berger 2024-12-06 17:29:00 arstechnica.com "Every one of our conclusions, every one of our recommendations, was unanimously agreed to by...

Google’s Genie 2 “world model” reveal leaves more questions than answers

Kyle Orland 2024-12-06 18:09:00 arstechnica.com As podcaster Ryan Zhao put it on Bluesky, "The design process has gone wrong when...

TikTok’s two paths to avoid US ban: Beg SCOTUS or woo Trump

Ashley Belanger 2024-12-06 14:55:00 arstechnica.com "What the Act targets is the PRC’s ability to manipulate that content covertly," the ruling...

Lower-cost sodium-ion batteries are finally having their moment

Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News 2024-12-06 10:07:00 arstechnica.com In contrast, a sodium-ion battery relies on an element—sodium—that you can find...

Rocket Report: NASA delays Artemis again; SpinLaunch spins a little cash

Eric Berger 2024-12-06 07:00:00 arstechnica.com China debuts a new medium-lift rocket. China's new Long March 12 rocket made a successful...

Broadcom reverses controversial plan in effort to cull VMware migrations

Scharon Harding 2024-12-05 15:50:00 arstechnica.com Broadcom will no longer take VMware's biggest 2,000 customers directly. Instead, it will work with...

New drone has legs for landing gear, enabling efficient launches

Jacek Krywko 2024-12-05 18:34:00 arstechnica.com “What we meant by energy efficiency was calculating the energy input and energy output. The...

NASA says Orion’s heat shield is good to go for Artemis II—but does it matter?

Stephen Clark 2024-12-05 20:03:00 arstechnica.com "We have since determined that while the capsule was dipping in and out of the...

Judge rejects Boeing plea deal that was opposed by families of crash victims

Jon Brodkin 2024-12-05 16:51:00 arstechnica.com The compliance monitor is supposed to ensure that "Boeing implements a program designed to prevent...

OpenAI announces full “o1” reasoning model, $200 ChatGPT Pro tier

Benj Edwards and Kyle Orland 2024-12-05 13:39:00 arstechnica.com On Thursday during a live demo as part of its "12 days...

The return of Steam Machines? Valve rolls out new “Powered by SteamOS” branding.

Kyle Orland 2024-12-05 12:06:00 arstechnica.com Steam Machines 2.0? While there hasn't been any wider official rollout for the Powered by...

Backdoor slips into popular code library, drains ~$155k from digital wallets

Dan Goodin 2024-12-05 07:35:00 arstechnica.com Hackers pocketed as much as $155,000 by sneaking a backdoor into a code library used...

Google’s DeepMind tackles weather forecasting, with great performance

John Timmer 2024-12-04 12:06:00 arstechnica.com By some measures, AI systems are now competitive with traditional computing methods for generating weather...

No more EV app folders: Universal plug-and-charge is due to launch in 2025

Kevin Purdy 2024-12-04 12:18:00 arstechnica.com Charging networks can and likely will continue to offer incentives for brand loyalty, whether through...

These spiders listen for prey before hurling webs like slingshots

Jennifer Ouellette 2024-12-04 18:00:00 arstechnica.com Along came a spider A) Untensed web shown from front view. (B) Tensed web shown...

China hits US with ban on critical minerals used in tech manufacturing

Ashley Belanger 2024-12-03 10:50:00 arstechnica.com Although China's response to the latest curbs was swift and seemingly strong, experts told Ars...

OpenAI teases 12 days of mystery product launches starting tomorrow

Benj Edwards 2024-12-04 15:15:00 arstechnica.com On Wednesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced a "12 days of OpenAI" period starting December...

US recommends encrypted messaging as Chinese hackers linger in telecom networks

Jon Brodkin 2024-12-04 13:47:00 arstechnica.com An unnamed FBI official was quoted in the same report as saying that phone users...

ESA workers face a maze of non-compete clauses and service contracts

Tereza Pultarova 2024-12-04 09:46:00 arstechnica.com Despite all these changes, the contractors are still bound by the same stringent non-compete clauses....

Join us tomorrow for Ars Live: How Asahi Linux ports open software to Apple’s hardware

Andrew Cunningham 2024-12-03 12:38:00 arstechnica.com One of the key differences between Apple's Macs and the iPhone and iPad is that...

A peek inside the restoration of the iconic Notre Dame cathedral

Jennifer Ouellette 2024-12-03 12:58:00 arstechnica.com Thanks to the efforts of preservationists like Philippe Villeneuve, chief architect of historic monuments, the...

Falcon 9 reaches a flight rate 30 times higher than shuttle at 1/100th the cost

Eric Berger 2024-12-02 11:41:00 arstechnica.com That is a meaningful number, because over the course of the three decades it flew...

Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program

Kevin Purdy 2024-12-02 13:25:00 arstechnica.com When an updated, remastered, or otherwise spiffed-up version of a game is released, nobody—not long-time...

Company claims 1,000 percent price hike drove it from VMware to open source rival

Scharon Harding 2024-12-02 13:58:00 arstechnica.com Companies have been discussing migrating off of VMware since Broadcom’s takeover a year ago led...

Certain names make ChatGPT grind to a halt, and we know why

Benj Edwards 2024-12-02 17:22:00 arstechnica.com The "David Mayer" block in particular (now resolved) presents additional questions, first posed on Reddit...