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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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Peacemaker S2 trailer finds our anti-hero in a parallel world

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/27/2025 15:44 EDT

"I don't want to be a joke anymore. I want to be a real hero." Read more ›

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20 years after Katrina, NatGeo and New Orleans remember

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/27/2025 13:36 EDT

20 years ago, Ivor Van Heerden warned of impending disaster in New Orleans. Are his warnings still going unheeded? Read more ›

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Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/27/2025 07:00 EDT

If you define "metabolism" loosely enough, these robots may have one. Read more ›

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Microsoft to stop using China-based teams to support Department of Defense

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Renee Dudley, with research from Doris Burke, ProPublica @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/26/2025 07:00 EDT

The tech giant has relied on global workforce to support federal clients. Read more ›

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This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable

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Elizabeth Rayne @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/26/2025 06:00 EDT

Previous aerogels didn't work on a scale that was large enough to matter. Read more ›

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After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/25/2025 20:21 EDT

As BlackSuit's dark web site goes dark, Chaos is already around to pick up the slack. Read more ›

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Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 07/25/2025 18:17 EDT

"Starlink went down across the entire front." Read more ›

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North Korean hackers ran US-based “laptop farm” from Arizona woman’s home

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/25/2025 17:39 EDT

North Korea made millions from the scheme. Read more ›

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Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 07/25/2025 16:26 EDT

Opinions are mixed on the retraction, and the authors continue to defend their work. Read more ›

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Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/25/2025 16:10 EDT

Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps. Read more ›

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