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2025 Polestar 3 drives sporty, looks sharp, can be a little annoying

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 12:41 EDT

We spend a week with Polestar's SUV flagship. Read more ›

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Revamped Task Manager, second-monitor notifications coming soon to Windows 11

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 12:18 EDT

Changes are rolling out to Windows Insider testers in the Dev and Beta channels. Read more ›

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Trump promised a drilling boom, but US energy industry hasn’t been interested

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Deep Vakil, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 07/29/2025 09:26 EDT

Exec: “Liberation Day chaos and tariff antics have harmed the domestic energy industry." Read more ›

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The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 18:52 EDT

Some of Firefly's programs are going quite well. Others, not so much. Read more ›

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Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 18:10 EDT

The plot makes no sense, but that retro-futuristic Tomorrowland vibe and superb cast make it (mostly) work. Read more ›

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Bankrupt Futurehome suddenly makes its smart home hub a subscription service

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 17:30 EDT

The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription. Read more ›

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Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 17:04 EDT

China’s frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump. Read more ›

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Blender developers begin work on full-fledged mobile version

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 16:17 EDT

Support will come to the iPad Pro first, with other platforms to follow. Read more ›

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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 16:07 EDT

"This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step. Read more ›

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How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 15:54 EDT

Trump FCC claims there's precedent for CBS ombudsman, but it's a weak one. Read more ›

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Nude women streamed to office TV derail Oklahoma Board of Education meeting

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 15:37 EDT

Police are now involved. Read more ›

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Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 14:15 EDT

State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia. Read more ›

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Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 13:45 EDT

CDC's MMWR is publishing much less, and sources say studies now require RFK Jr.'s sign-off. Read more ›

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Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 13:05 EDT

Google's Battery Performance Program update was supposed to stop this. Read more ›

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Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 12:54 EDT

John Glenn's Friendship 7 returns as SpaceX and Blue Origin artifacts debut. Read more ›

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Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/28/2025 12:32 EDT

Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training. Read more ›

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Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet

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Melanie Beasley, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 10:48 EDT

Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios. Read more ›

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A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 10:38 EDT

"Testing this tech will be helpful for navigation in contested environments." Read more ›

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F1 in Belgium: The best racetrack in the world

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 08:43 EDT

Changeable conditions usually make for exciting races, but 2025 was a bit dull. Read more ›

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Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/28/2025 07:00 EDT

"We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the 'red order of battle.'" Read more ›

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