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Android phones could soon warn you of “Stingrays” snooping on your communications

Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 16:00 EDT

But it requires specific hardware support that is missing on current phones. Read more ›

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Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 14:25 EDT

Adults have no First Amendment right to avoid age verification, 6–3 ruling says. Read more ›

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Man eats dubious street food—ends up blowing apart his GI tract

Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 13:23 EDT

The medical condition is rare and life-threatening. Read more ›

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Microsoft changes Windows in attempt to prevent next CrowdStrike-style catastrophe

Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 12:55 EDT

AV vendors have worried that this could advantage Microsoft's security software. Read more ›

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Stung by customer losses, Comcast says all its new plans have unlimited data

Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 11:36 EDT

No data caps: "Four simple national Internet tiers that include unlimited data." Read more ›

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Apple gives EU users App Store options in attempt to avoid massive fines

Barbara Moens, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 09:47 EDT

EU iPhone owners will be able to get apps from places other than the App Store. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX’s dustup on the border; Northrop has a nozzle problem

Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 09:00 EDT

NASA has finally test-fired the first of its new $100 million SLS rocket engines. Read more ›

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An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines

Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 06/27/2025 07:00 EDT

"Nature is handing us an incredibly rare experiment." Read more ›

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Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 18:52 EDT

AMI MegaRAC used in servers from AMD, ARM, Fujitsu, Gigabyte, Supermicro, and Qualcomm. Read more ›

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NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off

Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 18:36 EDT

NASA didn't want to say much about one of the tests, and the other one lost its nozzle. Read more ›

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Changing one gene can restore some tissue regeneration to mice

Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 18:09 EDT

Signaling from retinoic acid appears to be key to getting mice to regrow ear damage. Read more ›

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RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 17:47 EDT

Flu shots with thimerosal abandoned, despite decades of data showing they're safe. Read more ›

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Judge rejects Meta’s claim that torrenting is “irrelevant” in AI copyright case

Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 16:46 EDT

Meta may defeat authors’ torrenting claim due to lack of evidence. Read more ›

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Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 16:33 EDT

AI chatbot codes browser-based apps from plain English with classic web vibes. Read more ›

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VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 16:17 EDT

"Our management thought it was a bluff..." Read more ›

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Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says

Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 13:45 EDT

Judges clash over "schoolchildren" analogy in key AI training rulings. Read more ›

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13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop review: A slightly worse version of a year-old PC

Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 13:27 EDT

It only makes any sense at all because of the old Surface Laptop's price hike. Read more ›

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45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 06/26/2025 13:02 EDT

"How did Paleolithic people arrive at such remote islands as Okinawa? What tools and strategies did they use?" Read more ›