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Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 14:13 EDT

The ads will appear under WhatsApp's Updates tab. Read more ›

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Trump Org launches $47/month wireless service, teases odd $499 phone

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 12:37 EDT

A Trump-branded smartphone due out by September is likely to draw criticism. Read more ›

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F1 in Canada: Well, that crash was bound to happen

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 12:09 EDT

Rivals are starting to get under each others' skin as F1 races in Montreal. Read more ›

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Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction

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Sujeet Indap, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 09:39 EDT

Concerns about transfer of genetic data to new company may now be moot. Read more ›

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Here’s Kia’s new small, affordable electric car: The 2026 EV4 sedan

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 09:01 EDT

The sedan goes on sale in the US toward the end of this year. Read more ›

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Nintendo Switch 2: The Ars Technica review

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 06/16/2025 06:30 EDT

Nintendo's overdue upgrade is a strong contender, even amid competition from handheld PCs. Read more ›

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Delightfully irreverent Underdogs isn’t your parents’ nature docuseries

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 06/15/2025 15:11 EDT

Ryan Reynolds narrates NatGeo's new series highlighting nature's much less cool and majestic creatures Read more ›

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Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 06/15/2025 07:07 EDT

Some space companies aren't necessarily against this idea, but SpaceX hasn't spoken. Read more ›

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Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims

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Georgina Gustin, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 1 place · 06/14/2025 07:10 EDT

Report: An expansion of biofuels policy under Trump would lead to more greenhouse gas emissions. Read more ›

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The “online monkey torture video” arrests just keep coming

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/14/2025 07:00 EDT

Authorities continue the slow crackdown. Read more ›

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These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2025 15:37 EDT

Combining vertical "strings" with periodic horizontal wires stops clogging and clumping, boosts efficiency. Read more ›

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Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica 3 place · 06/13/2025 15:19 EDT

Because you wanted this, right? Read more ›

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Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2025 14:11 EDT

Report: Proposed condition on ad merger would ban boycotts based on politics. Read more ›

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There’s another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 3 place · 06/13/2025 13:12 EDT

A crew mission has been delayed until next Wednesday at the earliest. Read more ›

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Inside the firm turning eerie blank streaming ads into useful nonprofit messages

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 06/13/2025 13:10 EDT

Nonprofits often can't afford ad space on streaming platforms. Read more ›

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Another one for the graveyard: Google to kill Instant Apps in December

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 06/13/2025 12:32 EDT

It was a good idea that arrived too late to matter. Read more ›

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Meta beefs up disappointing AI division with $15 billion Scale AI investment

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Financial Times @ Ars Technica 3 place · 06/13/2025 10:02 EDT

Meta's Llama 4 model has underperformed its competitors on benchmarks. Read more ›

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Ars Technica’s gift guide for Father’s Day: Give dad some cool things

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Ars Staff @ Ars Technica · 06/13/2025 07:30 EDT

Wondering what to get the dad who has everything? We have some ideas! Read more ›

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How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 06/13/2025 07:00 EDT

Why requests for "no AI resurrections" will probably go ignored. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: New delay for Europe’s reusable rocket; SpaceX moves in at SLC-37

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 06/13/2025 07:00 EDT

Canada is the only G7 nation without a launch program. Quebec wants to do something about that. Read more ›

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