Trump is forcing states to funnel grant money to Starlink, Senate Democrats say

Jon Brodkin 2025-06-03 14:24:00 arstechnica.com Lutnick's announcement of the BEAD overhaul also criticized what he called the program's "woke mandates" ...

11 things you probably didn’t know the Switch 2 can do

Kyle Orland 2025-06-03 10:48:00 arstechnica.com You can use mouse mode to navigate system menus I stumbled on this feature when ...

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

Dan Goodin 2025-06-03 08:00:00 arstechnica.com An overview of Yandex identifier sharing An overview of Yandex identifier sharing A timeline of ...

Google settles shareholder lawsuit, will spend $500M on being less evil

Ryan Whitwam 2025-06-02 16:35:00 arstechnica.com "Over the years, we have devoted substantial resources to building robust compliance processes," a Google ...

Microsoft wants a version of USB-C that “just works” consistently across all PCs

Andrew Cunningham 2025-06-02 17:19:00 arstechnica.com "Windows Diagnostics Data shows that 27 percent of PCs with USB4 have encountered a limited ...

ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users

Jon Brodkin 2025-06-02 13:54:00 arstechnica.com The Trump administration weighed in on Cox's side, arguing that ISPs should not be held ...

F1 in Spain: Now that was a lapse in judgment

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-06-02 10:26:00 arstechnica.com Russell was next, at turn 1, giving Verstappen what looked like a dose of ...

Breaking down why Apple TVs are privacy advocates’ go-to streaming device

Scharon Harding 2025-06-01 07:35:00 arstechnica.com Apple TVs running tvOS 14.5 and later also make third-party app tracking more difficult by ...

Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

Lily Hay Newman, wired.com 2025-05-31 09:32:00 arstechnica.com Stern’s eminence within Russian cybercrime has been widely documented. The cryptocurrency-tracing firm Chainalysis ...

Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy

Scharon Harding 2025-05-30 17:18:00 arstechnica.com Amazon Fire Sticks are enabling “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy, according to a ...

Google and DOJ tussle over how AI will remake the web in antitrust closing arguments

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-30 17:40:00 arstechnica.com At the same time, Google is seeking to set itself apart from AI upstarts. "Generative ...

The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-30 12:36:00 arstechnica.com This block of AI-generated text will soon appear automatically in some threads. Credit: Google This ...

Blue Origin boss: Government should forget launch and focus on “exotic” missions

Stephen Clark 2025-05-30 07:20:00 arstechnica.com Artist's concept of Blue Ring, a propulsive spacecraft platform Blue Origin says it is developing ...

Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks

Ashley Belanger 2025-05-29 15:11:00 arstechnica.com An accused movie pirate who stole more than 1,000 Blu-ray discs and DVDs while working ...

Gemini in Google Drive may finally be useful now that it can analyze videos

Ryan Whitwam 2025-05-29 15:21:00 arstechnica.com Google's rapid adoption of AI has seen the Gemini "sparkle" icon become an omnipresent element ...

Amid rising prices, Disney+ and Hulu offer subscribers some freebies

Scharon Harding 2025-05-29 17:25:00 arstechnica.com With streaming providers frequently raising prices, subscribers often feel like they’re paying more for the ...

Trump admin tells SCOTUS: ISPs shouldn’t be forced to boot alleged pirates

Jon Brodkin 2025-05-28 15:39:00 arstechnica.com Enhanced damages can be $150,000 per work, instead of the usual cap of $30,000. The ...

Thousands of Asus routers are being hit with stealthy, persistent backdoors

Dan Goodin 2025-05-28 18:12:00 arstechnica.com GreyNoise said it detected the campaign in mid-March and held off reporting on it until ...

China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission

Stephen Clark 2025-05-28 21:47:00 arstechnica.com That's one reason why Tianwen-2's roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years. ...

Amazon and Stellantis abandon project to create a digital “SmartCockpit”

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-05-28 16:30:00 arstechnica.com Automaker Stellantis and retail and web services behemoth Amazon have decided to put an ...

Judge lets four more DOGE employees access US Treasury payment systems

Jon Brodkin 2025-05-28 13:44:00 arstechnica.com A federal judge has given Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) employees access to US Treasury ...

We now have a good idea about the makeup of Uranus’ atmosphere

Shigeyuki Hando, Wired Japan 2025-05-28 10:10:00 arstechnica.com Uranus, the seventh planet in the Solar System, located between Saturn and Neptune, ...

SpaceX may have solved one problem only to find more on latest Starship flight

Stephen Clark 2025-05-28 05:17:00 arstechnica.com SpaceX made some progress on another test flight of the world's most powerful rocket Tuesday, ...

F1 in Monaco: No one has ever gone faster than that

Jonathan M. Gitlin 2025-05-27 10:07:00 arstechnica.com The principality of Monaco is perhaps the least suitable place on the Formula 1 ...

Musi says evidence shows Apple conspired with music industry on App Store ban

Ashley Belanger 2025-05-27 14:36:00 arstechnica.com Ars could not immediately reach Apple or Jennifer Golinveaux, Musi's lawyer, for comment on the ...