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Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 16:10 EDT

This will be the first national security mission to fly on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Read more ›

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Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 15:52 EDT

The tendency to ask AI bots to explain themselves reveals widespread misconceptions about how they work. Read more ›

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Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 14:49 EDT

Google may soon be ordered to sell Chrome, and Perplexity is ready. Read more ›

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50K YouTubers rage against AI spying that could expose identities

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 13:58 EDT

Adult YouTubers defend childish viewing habits in fight to block AI age checks. Read more ›

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They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 12:25 EDT

Netflix film's appeal fueled by killer K-pop soundtrack with one banger after another. Read more ›

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Rad Power’s Radster: A very non-radical commuter bike

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 11:36 EDT

The Radster is great as a Class 2 e-bike, but not quite as strong as a Class 3. Read more ›

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Musk threatens to sue Apple so Grok can get top App Store ranking

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 11:27 EDT

Musk threatens to sue Apple to get Grok to top spot in App Store rankings. Read more ›

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China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips

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Zijing Wu and Eleanor Olcott, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 08/12/2025 09:30 EDT

Move comes after negotiating an export agreement with the US. Read more ›

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High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 20:13 EDT

Exploits allow for persistent backdooring when targets open booby-trapped archive. Read more ›

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The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 18:25 EDT

OpenAI faces backlash as users complain about broken workflows and losing AI friends. Read more ›

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Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/11/2025 18:02 EDT

Inspection reports of other Boar's Head plants do not bode well. Read more ›

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AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet after 34 years

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 16:17 EDT

Around 175,000 households still use dial-up Internet in the US. Read more ›

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Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 15:53 EDT

The Internet Archive confirmed it's in ongoing discussions with Reddit after block. Read more ›

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GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 15:06 EDT

Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion back in 2018. Read more ›

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Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 13:48 EDT

Judge tossed claim but said UK must not "significantly impede" Wikipedia operations. Read more ›

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Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 13:30 EDT

Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place. Read more ›

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LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 13:16 EDT

Chain-of-thought AI "degrades significantly" when asked to generalize beyond training. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/11/2025 13:06 EDT

Anti-vaccine activist RFK Jr. has vilified COVID-19 vaccines and the CDC. Read more ›

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Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 12:31 EDT

The deal won’t resolve national security concerns. Read more ›

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Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/11/2025 11:45 EDT

“Video used to be treated as a source of truth, but that’s no longer an assumption we can make.” Read more ›

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