McDonald’s E. coli outbreak grows by 50% in 3 days as lawsuits mount
Twenty-six more cases have been identified in a multistate E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to...
October 2024
Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers
A trend on Reddit that sees Londoners giving false restaurant recommendations in order to keep...
If you thought Astra was going to go away quietly, you were wrong
On Wednesday morning, a surprising email popped into my inbox with the following subject line:...
Missouri AG claims Google censors Trump, demands info on search algorithm
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said he is investigating Google, claiming that the tech giant...
Study: DNA corroborates “Well-man” tale from Norse saga
A 12th-century Norse saga tells of an invading army from the south razing a castle...
Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity promote scientific racism in AI search results
AI-infused search engines from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity have been surfacing deeply racist and widely...
Fallout: London is a huge Fallout 4 mod that is now playable—and worth playing
It took a crew of more than 100 talented modders and another hundred voice actors...
What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
The Windows 10 update cliff is coming in October 2025. We’ve explained why that’s a...
Rocket Report: Sneak peek at the business end of New Glenn; France to fly FROG
Welcome to Edition 7.17 of the Rocket Report! Next week marks 10 years since one...
Scout Motors’ new pickup and SUV EVs will start at “under $60,000”
Scout provided flights from Washington to Nashville and accommodation so Ars could attend the reveal....
Google’s DeepMind is building an AI to keep us from hating each other
An unprecedented 80 percent of Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll, think the country...
Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King pull onions amid McDonald’s outbreak
Big-name fast food chains, including Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut, and Burger King, are reportedly...
With four more years like 2023, carbon emissions will blow past 1.5° limit
On Thursday, the United Nations’ Environmental Programme (UNEP) released a report on what it terms...
Good Omens will wrap with a single 90-minute episode
The third and final season of Good Omens, Prime Video’s fantasy series adapted from the...
Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule
Cable companies, advertising firms, and newspapers are asking courts to block a federal “click-to-cancel” rule...