News from Ars Technica

Google unveils Gemini 3 AI model and AI-first IDE called Antigravity

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 11/18/2025 11:08 EDT

Google's flagship AI model is getting its second major upgrade this year. Read more ›

0

Ryan Gosling must save dying stars in Project Hail Mary trailer

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 11/18/2025 10:25 EDT

"The consensus here is that it would be preferable if you did not die." Read more ›

75

Tesla safety driver falls asleep during passenger’s robotaxi ride

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 11/18/2025 10:10 EDT

A Reddit user posted video of his safety driver sleeping at the wheel in San Fransisco. Read more ›

19

Widespread Cloudflare outage blamed on mysterious traffic spike

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 11/18/2025 10:03 EDT

Cloudflare is down, causing many websites and big platforms to go dark. Read more ›

462

Trump admin axed 383 active clinical trials, dumping over 74K participants

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 18:15 EDT

It's a "violation of foundational ethical principles of human participant research." Read more ›

489

With a new company, Jeff Bezos will become a CEO again

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 17:50 EDT

He stepped down at Amazon in 2021 and doesn't hold a CEO title at Blue Origin. Read more ›

27

5 plead guilty to laptop farm and ID theft scheme to land North Koreans US IT jobs

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 17:20 EDT

Fleets of laptops run from US residences gave appearance workers were in the US. Read more ›

0

UCLA faculty gets big win in suit against Trump’s university attacks

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 17:08 EDT

Government can't use funding threats to override the First Amendment. Read more ›

51

Judge smacks down Texas AG’s request to immediately block Tylenol ads

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 14:50 EDT

The Texas lawsuit hinges on the unproven claim that Tylenol causes autism. Read more ›

150

After last week’s stunning landing, here’s what comes next for Blue Origin

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 14:19 EDT

"There's never been such a high demand for launch as there is right now." Read more ›

0

Report claims that Apple has yet again put the Mac Pro “on the back burner”

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 12:59 EDT

Mac Pro was last updated in mid-2023, one of the last Macs to switch from Intel. Read more ›

2

Benoit Blanc takes on a “perfectly impossible crime” in Wake Up Dead Man trailer

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 12:48 EDT

"I'm incapable of not solving a crime. You'll see. It's fun!" Read more ›

9

Fans’ reverse-engineered servers for Sony’s defunct Concord might be in trouble

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 12:34 EDT

"Concord Delta" project locks down Discord after YouTube video takedowns. Read more ›

89

Oracle hit hard in Wall Street’s tech sell-off over its huge AI bet

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Tabby Kinder and George Steer in New York and Rafe Rosner-Uddin @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 11:41 EDT

Company falls more than rivals over its borrowing and reliance on OpenAI contracts. Read more ›

58

Cities: Skylines upheaval: Developer and publisher announce “mutual” breakup

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 11:24 EDT

Paradox subsidiary Iceflake Studios will take over work on the storied city simulation. Read more ›

26

When recreating a famous SUV stunt in China goes wrong

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 09:32 EDT

The EV failed to match the 2018 stunt, damaging the stairway in the process. Read more ›

21

Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 11/17/2025 08:42 EDT

Study identified several trace chemical signatures of opium in ancient Egyptian alabaster vase. Read more ›

262

I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 11/17/2025 07:00 EDT

With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute. Read more ›

45

The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/16/2025 07:00 EDT

Chimps can take in new evidence, evaluate its strength, and change their minds. Read more ›

18

Wyoming dinosaur mummies give us a new view of duck-billed species

Add to bookmarks Don't show Ars Technica

Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 1 place · 11/15/2025 07:00 EDT

Exquisitely preserved fossils come from a single site in Wyoming. Read more ›

30