Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings
In hearings Wednesday and Thursday, senators questioned President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and...
January 2025
Bogus research is undermining good science, slowing lifesaving research
Over the past decade, furtive commercial entities around the world have industrialized the production, sale,...
Rocket Report: SpaceX tosses away a Falcon 9; a Somalian spaceport?
Welcome to Edition 7.29 of the Rocket Report! It may be difficult to believe, but...
Seven cool science stories we almost missed this month
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never time to cover all the interesting scientific...
Ford made a NASCAR Mach-E, but it’s not sure what to do with it yet
Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford...
How one YouTuber is trying to poison the AI bots stealing her content
If you’ve been paying careful attention to YouTube recently, you may have noticed the rising...
In Apple’s first-quarter earnings, the Mac leads the way in sales growth
Apple fell slightly short of investor expectations when it reported its first-quarter earnings today. While...
Copyright Office suggests AI copyright debate was settled in 1965
The US Copyright Office issued AI guidance this week that declared no laws need to...
Report: DeepSeek’s chat histories and internal data were publicly exposed
A cloud security firm found a publicly accessible, fully controllable database belonging to DeepSeek, the...
VGHF opens free online access to 1,500 classic game mags, 30K historic files
The Video Game History Foundation has officially opened up digital access to a large portion...
I agree with OpenAI: You shouldn’t use other peoples’ work without permission
ChatGPT developer OpenAI and other players in the generative AI business were caught unawares this...
OpenAI teases “new era” of AI in US, deepens ties with government
On Thursday, OpenAI announced that it is deepening its ties with the US government through...
Microsoft embraces OpenAI competitor DeepSeek on its AI hosting service
Fresh on the heels of a controversy in which ChatGPT maker OpenAI accused the Chinese...
Bennu asteroid samples yield watery history, key molecules for life
A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers, and spruce forest near the...
Microsoft updates Intel-based Surface PCs, but regular people still can’t buy them
Microsoft switched the Surface Pro tablet and both sizes of Surface Laptop from Intel and...
