Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement
The encryption protecting communications against criminal and nation-state snooping is under threat. As private industry...
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One of SpaceX’s earliest employees is going to space—via Blue Origin
Hans Koenigsmann is one of SpaceX’s earliest, longest tenured, and most revered employees. When Elon...
Software update bricks some Jeep 4xe hybrids over the weekend
Owners of some Jeep Wrangler 4xe hybrids have been left stranded after installing an over-the-air...
New Starfleet Academy trailer debuts at NYCC
The Star Trek universe panel at New York Comic Con (NYCC) this weekend concluded with...
Why doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.
Cards Against Humanity (CAH) this week announced its newest stunt: a “Cards Against Humanity Explains...
How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles?
Every few weeks, it seems, yet another lab proclaims yet another breakthrough in the race...
Trump admin fires more health employees amid government shutdown
An unknown number of federal health employees received termination notifications Friday afternoon as part of...
Rubik’s Cube reimagined as a multi-game, multi-screened gadget for $299
The Rubik’s Cube has been reinvented with more games and many more screens for much...
Musk’s X posts on ketamine, Putin spur release of his security clearances
Elon Musk’s social media posts helped The New York Times win its fight to secure...
Tax credits for electric cars are no more. What’s next for the US EV industry?
The end of US tax credits for buying electric vehicles has changed the market in...
Everything we know about Ferrari’s first electric vehicle
Ferrari provided flights from Washington to Bologna and accommodation so Ars could visit its factory....
One NASA science mission saved from Trump’s cuts, but others still in limbo
NASA has thrown a lifeline to scientists working on a mission to visit an asteroid...
Stoke Space gives us another reason to take it very seriously
Stoke Space announced a significant capital raise on Wednesday, a total of $510 million as...
Man gets drunk, wakes up with a medical mystery that nearly kills him
A 36-year-old man showed up to the emergency department of the Massachusetts General Hospital, severely...
Bank of England warns AI stock bubble rivals 2000 dotcom peak
AI bubble talk is in the air, and among the chorus of voices warning of...