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Ford raises prices on Mexican-made cars—but not the full tariff cost

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/07/2025 10:24 EDT

Mach-Es, Bronco Sports, and Mavericks already in inventory will see no price increase. Read more ›

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Dangerous clear-air turbulence is worsening due to global warming

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Bob Berwyn, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 05/07/2025 10:20 EDT

Climate change is making high-altitude winds much more volatile. Read more ›

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Jury orders NSO to pay $167 million for hacking WhatsApp users

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 20:26 EDT

The verdict is a major victory for opponents of exploit sellers. Read more ›

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The company with the world’s largest aircraft now has a hypersonic rocket plane

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 16:46 EDT

"Hypersonic systems are now pushing the envelope beyond what can be done by the human body." Read more ›

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Trump and DOJ try to spring former county clerk Tina Peters from prison

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 16:14 EDT

Trump directs DOJ to help secure release of Peters from Colorado prison. Read more ›

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Trump admin picks COVID critic to be top FDA vaccine regulator

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 15:48 EDT

Vinay Prasad is known for Twitter fights, comparing COVID responses to rise of Nazis. Read more ›

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FAA green-lights Starship launches every other week from Starbase

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 14:46 EDT

If SpaceX can clean up Starship's reliability issues, the company is free to fly. Read more ›

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Apps like Kindle are already taking advantage of court-mandated iOS App Store changes

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 13:51 EDT

Epic v. Apple litigation ushers in minor but user-friendly changes. Read more ›

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2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale Turbo review: Italian charm that cuts both ways

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Bradley Iger @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 12:48 EDT

Lighter and cheaper than the PHEV, engaging to drive—some rough edges, though. Read more ›

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Nvidia GeForce xx60 series is PC gaming’s default GPU, and a new one is out May 19

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 12:27 EDT

New mainstream card has hardware upgrades but is still stuck with 8GB of RAM. Read more ›

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How long will Switch 2’s Game Key Cards keep working?

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 12:22 EDT

Nintendo's history suggests we can look forward to decades of support. Read more ›

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Trump administration cuts off all future federal funding to Harvard

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 12:19 EDT

Odd letter ostensibly about funding asks Harvard "why is there so much HATE?" Read more ›

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Find my… bicycle?

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 10:54 EDT

Knog's Scout gives bikes a motion-sensitive alarm and Bluetooth tracking. Read more ›

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Musk’s politics see Tesla sales collapse in Europe

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 1 place · 05/06/2025 10:26 EDT

Last month, Tesla sold just 512 cars in the UK and 885 cars in Germany. Read more ›

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Data centers say Trump’s crackdown on renewables bad for business, AI

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Martha Muir, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 09:26 EDT

Without renewables, it's nearly impossible to meet growing power demand from AI. Read more ›

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Microsoft’s 12-inch Surface Pro is cheaper but unfixes a decade-old design problem

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 09:00 EDT

New Surface Pro undoes a key improvement first used in 2014's Surface Pro 3. Read more ›

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Lighter, cheaper Surface Laptop saves a little money but gives up a lot

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 09:00 EDT

$899 laptop looks fine, but the cost savings might not be worth it. Read more ›

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Tuesday Telescope: After spacewalking, an astronaut strikes lightning

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/06/2025 08:00 EDT

"I am so amazed by the view we have up here of our Earth’s weather systems." Read more ›

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Man pleads guilty to using malicious AI software to hack Disney employee

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/05/2025 20:05 EDT

Fake image-generating app allowed man to download 1.1TB of Disney-owned data. Read more ›

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Heartbreaking video shows deadly risk of skipping measles vaccine

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 05/05/2025 19:50 EDT

SSPE is rare, but tragic—more so because it's completely vaccine-preventable. Read more ›

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