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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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Ford switches gears, will push smaller EVs over full-size pickup and van

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 09:41 EDT

The e-Transit and F-150 Lightning's replacements will be delayed awhile. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 08/08/2025 07:00 EDT

"Get on board! We are going to Mars!" Read more ›

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New executive order puts all grants under political control

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 19:56 EDT

All new funding on hold until Trump administration can cancel any previously funded grants. Read more ›

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FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 16:53 EDT

FCC studies broadband "with one eye closed and the other half-open," Democrat says. Read more ›

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Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 16:32 EDT

The stone flakes don't look like much, but they're a clue in an ancient cold case. Read more ›

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Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 16:05 EDT

Disclosure comes two months after Google warned the world of ongoing spree. Read more ›

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After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 15:20 EDT

Literal "hallucinations" were the result. Read more ›

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Did a rival tribe kill and eat their neighbors 5,700 years ago?

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 14:15 EDT

"The evidence points to a violent episode—possibly the result of conflict between neighboring farming communities.” Read more ›

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OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT users

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 13:48 EDT

New model claims fewer confabulations, better coding, and "safe completions" approach. Read more ›

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2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S: A different approach to a luxury sedan

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 13:30 EDT

Sometimes, a car makes more sense when you experience it in context. Read more ›

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Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying to win back customers

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 3 place · 08/07/2025 12:52 EDT

Sonos expects to spend $5 million on tariffs this quarter. Read more ›

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Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue.

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/07/2025 11:12 EDT

Trump's chip tariffs won't hit Apple despite no plans for a US-made iPhone. Read more ›

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Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 11:00 EDT

Size matters most for Framework's first stab at a desktop workstation/gaming PC. Read more ›

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2025 Subaru WRX tS review: A scalpel-sharp chassis lets this car dance

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Jim Resnick @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 10:33 EDT

Lots of suspension tweaks but no extra power for this WRX variant. Read more ›

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President Trump says Intel’s new CEO “must resign immediately”

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Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 09:53 EDT

President accuses semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan of being "highly conflicted." Read more ›

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RFK Jr. defends $500M cut for mRNA vaccines with pseudoscience gobbledygook

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 08/07/2025 07:15 EDT

He clearly has no idea what antigenic shift means. Read more ›

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Here’s how deepfake vishing attacks work, and why they can be hard to detect

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 08/07/2025 07:00 EDT

Why AI-based voice cloning is the next frontier social-engineering attacks. Read more ›

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Tornado Cash sold crypto “privacy”; the US saw “money laundering.” A jury isn’t sure what to think.

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 08/06/2025 17:29 EDT

Tornado didn't want to know its customers, which included North Korean hackers. Read more ›

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US executive branch agencies will use ChatGPT Enterprise for just $1 per agency

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 08/06/2025 16:11 EDT

Questions linger about ideological bias in models as well as data security. Read more ›

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Hulu’s days look numbered, but there’s reason for Disney to keep it around 

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 08/06/2025 16:01 EDT

Hulu will finish integrating into the Disney+ app in 2026, Disney says. Read more ›

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