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Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2026 13:17 EDT

There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors. Read more ›

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Starship will soon fly over towns and cities, but will dodge the biggest ones

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 09/19/2025 20:18 EDT

Starship's next chapter will involve launching over Florida and returning over Mexico. Read more ›

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In a win for science, NASA told to use House budget as shutdown looms

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/19/2025 18:38 EDT

The House budget still cuts science at NASA, but not as deeply as the White House sought. Read more ›

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After a very slow start, Europe’s reusable rocket program shows signs of life

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 18:06 EDT

Although Themis is making progress, the program is several years behind schedule. Read more ›

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Bonkers CDC vaccine meeting ends with vote to keep COVID shot access

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 09/19/2025 17:44 EDT

A push to require prescriptions for every COVID shot failed in a split vote. Read more ›

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Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was… a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 3 place · 09/19/2025 16:33 EDT

Smart TVs strike again. Read more ›

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Microsoft raises Xbox console prices for the second time this year

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 16:20 EDT

Asking prices for some models are up 33 percent in less than a year. Read more ›

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Chimps consume alcohol equivalent of nearly 2 drinks a day

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/19/2025 16:05 EDT

It's the latest evidence in support of Robert Dudley's controversial "drunk monkey" hypothesis. Read more ›

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Two of the Kremlin’s most active hack groups are collaborating, ESET says

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 15:35 EDT

Turla is getting a helping hand from Gamaredon. Both are units of Russia's FSB. Read more ›

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Despite congressional threat, National Academies releases new climate report

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 14:44 EDT

Things have changed since 2009: We're more certain about the problems. Read more ›

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After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens ABC’s The View

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/19/2025 14:25 EDT

Brendan Carr threatens to eliminate shows' exemptions from Equal Time Rule. Read more ›

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Steam will drop support for the last 32-bit Windows systems in January 2026

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 13:20 EDT

Change only affects 32-bit Windows 10; Windows 7 and 8 lost support years ago. Read more ›

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Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 13:10 EDT

LLM "tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity" when writing news briefs. Read more ›

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Your very own humane interface: Try Jef Raskin’s ideas at home

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Cameron Kaiser @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 12:58 EDT

Use the magic of emulation to see a different kind of computer design. Read more ›

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“Yikes”: Internal emails reveal Ticketmaster helped scalpers jack up prices

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 12:48 EDT

FTC sued Ticketmaster and Live Nation for turning "blind eye" to scalpers. Read more ›

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If you own a Volvo EX90, you’re getting a free computer upgrade

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 11:17 EDT

The upgrade is to dual Nvidia DRIVE AGX Orin computers, also for Polestar 3. Read more ›

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RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine panel realizes it has no idea what it’s doing, skips vote

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 09/19/2025 10:54 EDT

With a lack of data and confusing language, the panel tabled the vote indefinitely. Read more ›

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AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities

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Melissa Heikkilä, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 09:30 EDT

Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: European rocket reuse test delayed; NASA tweaks SLS for Artemis II

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 09/19/2025 07:00 EDT

"There’s a lot of interest because of the fear that there’s just not a lot of capacity." Read more ›

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Two UK teens charged in connection to Scattered Spider ransomware attacks

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 09/18/2025 20:00 EDT

Ransomware group is one of the world's most prolific. Read more ›

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In new level of stupid, RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine advisors axe MMRV recommendation

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 09/18/2025 19:38 EDT

The vote to strip the recommendation came after a day of inept discussion. Read more ›

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