Nearly 1 million Windows devices targeted in advanced “malvertising” spree

Dan Goodin 2025-03-07 15:23:00 arstechnica.com A broad overview of the four stages. Credit: Microsoft The campaign targeted “nearly” 1 million...

“They curdle like milk”: WB DVDs from 2006–2008 are rotting away in their cases

Scharon Harding 2025-03-07 13:39:00 arstechnica.com Although digital media has surpassed physical media in popularity, there are still plenty of reasons...

The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure

Stephen Clark 2025-03-06 23:35:00 arstechnica.com The flight plan going into Thursday's mission called for sending Starship on a journey halfway...

Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?

Eric Berger 2025-03-07 07:00:00 arstechnica.com US launch facilities are not prepared for a surge. Rocket firm executives warned this week...

Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program

Jon Brodkin 2025-03-06 14:47:00 arstechnica.com Don’t be “technology-blind,” broadband group says The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society criticized what...

CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities

Benj Edwards 2025-03-06 18:22:00 arstechnica.com This new research matters because it challenges the prevailing wisdom in AI development, which typically...

Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways

Eric Berger 2025-03-06 19:56:00 arstechnica.com Inside a small control room, during the middle of the day on Thursday local time...

No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard

Ryan Whitwam 2025-03-06 15:32:00 arstechnica.com Most Android phones ship with Google's Gboard as the default input option. It's a reliable,...

Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins

Jennifer Ouellette 2025-03-06 13:14:00 arstechnica.com A prehistoric bone tool “factory” Bone tools shaped by knapping, however, were much rarer until...

Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

Dan Goodin 2025-03-06 08:21:00 arstechnica.com A newly discovered network botnet comprising an estimated 30,000 webcams and video recorders—with the largest concentration...

NASA just lost yet another one of its low-cost planetary missions

Eric Berger 2025-03-05 09:57:00 arstechnica.com Since the Lunar Trailblazer spacecraft launched in late February as a rideshare spacecraft along with...

Volkswagen gets the message: Cheap, stylish EVs coming from 2026

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-03-05 13:00:00 arstechnica.com A surprise find in my inbox this morning: news from Volkswagen about a pair...

Google tells Trump’s DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security

Ryan Whitwam 2025-03-05 13:58:00 arstechnica.com The government's 2024 request also sought to have Google's investment in AI firms curtailed even...

Will the future of software development run on vibes?

Benj Edwards 2025-03-05 18:41:00 arstechnica.com For many people, coding is about telling a computer what to do and having the...

You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results

Ryan Whitwam 2025-03-05 16:04:00 arstechnica.com Google has become so integral to online navigation that its name became a verb, meaning...

Elon Musk loses initial attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

Jon Brodkin 2025-03-05 13:10:00 arstechnica.com Rogers found that because "the threshold question of whether a charitable trust was created remains...

Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip

Andrew Cunningham 2025-03-05 09:00:00 arstechnica.com And while an “M4 Ultra” has appeared in some rumors about the next-gen Mac Studio...

Apple announces M3-powered iPad Air with improved Magic Keyboard layout

Kevin Purdy 2025-03-04 10:38:00 arstechnica.com It's not the update that most Apple watchers were hoping for, but today, Apple announced...

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

Threat posed by new VMware hyperjacking vulnerabilities is hard to overstate

Dan Goodin 2025-03-04 16:33:00 arstechnica.com Three critical vulnerabilities in multiple virtual-machine products from VMware can give hackers unusually broad access...

“Wooly mice” a test run for mammoth gene editing

John Timmer 2025-03-04 18:03:00 arstechnica.com On Tuesday, the team behind the plan to bring mammoth-like animals back to the tundra...

Eerily realistic AI voice demo sparks amazement and discomfort online

Benj Edwards 2025-03-04 18:35:00 arstechnica.com An example argument with Sesame's CSM created by Gavin Purcell. An example argument with Sesame's...

Google’s AI-powered Pixel Sense app could gobble up all your Pixel 10 data

Ryan Whitwam 2025-03-04 15:31:00 arstechnica.com Google's AI ambitions know no bounds. A new report claims Google's next phones will herald...

Google’s March Pixel Drop is here with a ton of Android upgrades

Ryan Whitwam 2025-03-04 12:00:00 arstechnica.com Google's AI-powered scam detection works in both text and phone calls on Pixels. Credit: Google...

Firefly’s picture-perfect Moon landing shows the way for lunar exploration

Stephen Clark 2025-03-03 08:36:00 arstechnica.com Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon...

AI firms follow DeepSeek’s lead, create cheaper models with “distillation”

Cristina Criddle and Melissa Heikkilä, Financial Times 2025-03-03 09:36:00 arstechnica.com Thanks to distillation, developers and businesses can access these models’...