Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network
The Italian government is considering the purchase of satellite Internet services from SpaceX’s Starlink constellation,...
January 2025
China is having standard flu season despite widespread HMPV fears
There’s a good chance you’ve seen headlines about HMPV recently, with some touting “what you...
How I program with LLMs
This article is a summary of my personal experiences with using generative models while programming...
After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages
AT&T, following last year’s embarrassing botched update that kicked every device off its wireless network...
NASA defers decision on Mars Sample Return to the Trump administration
For nearly four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has journeyed across an unexplored patch of land...
Misconfigured license plate readers are leaking data and video in real time
In just 20 minutes this morning, an automated license-plate-recognition (ALPR) system in Nashville, Tennessee, captured...
New videos show off larger Nintendo Switch 2, snap-on Joy-Cons
Nintendo still isn’t ready to officially reveal any details about the Switch 2 (beyond a...
Honda shows off “nearly production” EVs and new operating system at CES
Honda provided flights from Los Angeles to Las Vegas and accommodation so Ars could attend...
Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation
For several years, an innovative, California-based launch company named Relativity Space has been the darling...
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week...
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
Almost exactly a year ago, we were publicly yearning for the day when more portable...
Big landlord settles with US, will cooperate in price-fixing investigation
The US Justice Department today announced it filed an antitrust lawsuit against “six of the...
New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
Nvidia has good news and bad news for people building or buying gaming PCs. The...
Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
Who is better at maneuvering a large load through a maze, ants or humans? The...
Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
Most scientific literature is published in for-profit journals that rely on subscriptions and paywalls to...