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Trump may be mystery patient in odd case of 79yo getting experimental obesity drug

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 06/23/2026 12:16 EDT

Public notice of a single "compassionate use" case is odd in every way. Read more ›

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Everyone pays the price as patent holders on seeds stifle innovation

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Julie Dawson, Kiki Hubbard, and Paulina Jenney, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 06/23/2026 09:59 EDT

The US is one of a handful of countries that allow patents on plant varieties. Read more ›

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Sony releases trailer for Taika Waititi's Klara and the Sun

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 06/23/2026 09:55 EDT

Tonally, the trailer gives strong vibes akin to the director's 2016 feature Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Read more ›

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How to burst the AI bubble: Strike at its roots

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 06/23/2026 08:00 EDT

Sci-fi author/tech journalist Cory Doctorow on his new book, The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI. Read more ›

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With Starfall, SpaceX eyes an edge in global cargo delivery from orbit

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 06/23/2026 01:25 EDT

The purpose of Starfall is to support the "transport and delivery of goods through space." Read more ›

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GM installs robots at flagship EV factory after laying off 1,300 workers

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Jeremy Hsu @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 17:52 EDT

US autoworkers union warns of robot automation as dark factory future looms. Read more ›

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Report: Kennedy Space Center not ready for era of super heavy rockets

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 17:28 EDT

SpaceX has told NASA it plans to launch Starship every eight days from Kennedy. Read more ›

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Man used massage gun on his tired eyeballs. It went as well as you'd expect.

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 17:02 EDT

He had retinal tears and bruises from squishing his eyeballs with the gun. Read more ›

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Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 16:10 EDT

"Winning" bets were made on cloned website and would have lost money, WSJ finds. Read more ›

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Following user outcry, AMD reinstates memory encryption in consumer CPUs

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 15:16 EDT

Critics saw the move as an underhanded way to steer them toward more costly chips. Read more ›

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Valve's Steam Machine ships June 29 for $1,049, but you probably won't be able to buy one yet

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 15:02 EDT

Valve says it's using a randomized purchase queue to make the experience "less frustrating and more fair." Read more ›

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Doorbell cam filmed Tesla Autopilot crash that killed woman in her home

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 13:10 EDT

Tesla touts Autopilot as lifesaving a day after grandmother died in crash. Read more ›

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Lucid lays off 1,500 workers in second big cut of the year

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 11:22 EDT

The cuts and redundancies are part of a plan to "simplify the company," the CEO says. Read more ›

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A US military exercise in space got underway with barely anyone noticing

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 11:18 EDT

The Space Force wants to cut the time to field new satellites from years to weeks, days, or hours. Read more ›

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1,250 hp hybrid Corvette shatters the Pikes Peak production record

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Tim Stevens @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 11:07 EDT

The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver. Read more ›

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This former hacker saw the light—and now wants to collect all of it

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 10:11 EDT

"I don’t know of a bigger question we can answer as humans." Read more ›

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How Anthropic may have talked itself into an AI export ban

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Clara Murray, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 06/22/2026 09:45 EDT

The company warned about dangers of advanced AI far more than rival OpenAI. Read more ›

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Trump admin’s coal investments assist plants with repeated violations

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Ajani Stella, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 06/21/2026 13:49 EDT

At least three coal plants have been repeatedly cited for violating environmental regulations. Read more ›

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Review: Widow's Bay is a boldly original take on comedic horror

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/21/2026 06:00 EDT

An eminently binge-able series that honors classic horror tropes while reinventing them in surprising ways Read more ›

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The UK will scan asylum-seekers’ faces for age checks—despite knowing the tech is flawed

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Matt Burgess, Maddy Varner, May Bulman, Gabriel Geiger, WIRED.co @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/20/2026 07:15 EDT

Tests of age-verification technology show the risks of life-altering errors. Read more ›

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