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SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 1 place · today 11:40 EDT

There's no big rush to bring SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base. Read more ›

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Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good

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Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 2 place · today 10:19 EDT

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole. Read more ›

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Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/15/2025 16:22 EDT

"We're trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy." Read more ›

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Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 17:31 EDT

"AI is one thing that, as a commander, it’s been very, very interesting for me." Read more ›

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Open source GZDoom community splinters after creator inserts AI-generated code

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · today 12:48 EDT

UZDoom fork promises to fix other top-down leadership problems with the decades-old mod. Read more ›

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OpenAI thinks Elon Musk funded its biggest critics—who also hate Musk

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · today 12:32 EDT

“Cutthroat” OpenAI accused of exploiting Musk fight to intimidate and silence critics. Read more ›

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Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · today 07:00 EDT

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google's hand. Read more ›

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Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 16:30 EDT

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative. Read more ›

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Breach of F5 requires “emergency action” from BIG-IP users, feds warn

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 16:05 EDT

Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits. Read more ›

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CDC tormented: HR workers summoned from furlough to lay off themselves, others

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/15/2025 15:23 EDT

Traumatized CDC has lost 33% of its workforce this year, union says. Read more ›

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Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 14:53 EDT

Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4. Read more ›

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ISPs angry about California law that lets renters opt out of forced payments

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 14:26 EDT

Gov. Newsom signs broadband billing law hated by the cable industry. Read more ›

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US demand grows for Chinese cars despite privacy and security fears

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 13:00 EDT

But they're still unlikely to go on sale in the US. Read more ›

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Google’s AI videos get a big upgrade with Veo 3.1

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 12:00 EDT

Veo 3.1 is coming to the Gemini app and the Flow filmmaking tool. Read more ›

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ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 11:14 EDT

Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults. Read more ›

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Apple unveils M5 update for the 11- and 13-inch iPad Pros

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 10:35 EDT

Leaks of the new tablet from a couple weeks ago appear to have been genuine. Read more ›

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New Apple M5 is the centerpiece of an updated 14-inch MacBook Pro

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 10:03 EDT

A 27.5% increase in memory bandwidth provides a big boost to GPU performance. Read more ›

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Believing misinformation is a “win” for some people, even when proven false

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Andy Stein and Abraham Rutchick, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 09:37 EDT

"Winning" means prioritizing independence from outside influence over being right. Read more ›

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With considerably less fanfare, Apple releases a second-generation Vision Pro

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 09:27 EDT

Reports suggest that Apple has de-prioritized Vision Pro development internally. Read more ›

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ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/15/2025 09:00 EDT

The first portable “Xbox” fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms. Read more ›

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NATO boss mocks Russian navy, which is on the hunt for Red October “the nearest mechanic”

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 17:17 EDT

A Russian sub surfaces off of Western Europe. Is it damaged? Read more ›

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Feds seize $15 billion from alleged forced labor scam built on “human suffering”

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 17:01 EDT

Scams like this one net billions from well-educated victims. Read more ›

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Trump admin pressured Facebook into removing ICE-tracking group

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 16:44 EDT

Pam Bondi claims Facebook group was used to “dox and target” ICE agents Read more ›

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DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 15:58 EDT

Like other companies with streaming businesses, DirecTV is leaning into ads more. Read more ›

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Google will let Gemini schedule meetings for you in Gmail

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 14:24 EDT

Help Me Schedule creates a meeting widget based on the context of your message. Read more ›

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OpenAI unveils “wellness” council; suicide prevention expert not included

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 13:00 EDT

OpenAI reveals which experts are steering ChatGPT mental health upgrades. Read more ›

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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 12:58 EDT

The 1 petaflop DGX Spark system runs AI models with 200 billion parameters locally for $4K. Read more ›

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GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/14/2025 11:16 EDT

With EV demand predicted to plummet, GM has rejiggered its production plans. Read more ›

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