It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite
The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s gigantic Starship rocket came to a disappointing end a...
To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but the problem is they don’t really...
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this...
FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
The Federal Communications Commission demanded that CBS provide the unedited transcript of a 60 Minutes...
Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess
What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google’s Pixel 4a phones still...
OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
Over the last week, OpenAI’s place atop the AI model hierarchy has been heavily challenged...
Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me
There have been a lot of films and television series exploring sentient AI, consciousness, and...
Musk’s DOGE clashes with Treasury over access to payment system, report says
A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk’s...
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
If you search Google for a way to turn off the company’s AI-powered search results,...
Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame
Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford...
Here’s why the tech industry gets excited about sports car racing
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept...
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...
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...