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Ubuntu infrastructure has been down for more than a day

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 15:12 EDT

The outage has hampered communication concerning a critical vulnerability that gives root. Read more ›

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Senators ban themselves from prediction markets after candidates bet on own races

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 13:51 EDT

Senator decries "blatant, brazen corruption," wants to target Trump admin next. Read more ›

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Minnesota passes ban on fake AI nudes; app makers risk $500K fines

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 13:36 EDT

More evidence of Grok CSAM seen as Minnesota passes nudifying app ban. Read more ›

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Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers

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Jeremy Hsu @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 13:09 EDT

AWS stops billing Middle East cloud customers as repairs to war damage drag on. Read more ›

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Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 12:24 EDT

Different hunting patterns seem to dictate different distributions of metal. Read more ›

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GPT-5.5 matches heavily hyped Mythos Preview in new cybersecurity tests

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 11:32 EDT

New results suggest Mythos' cyber threat isn't "a breakthrough specific to one model." Read more ›

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Is your Purosangue SUV not sharp enough? Ferrari has you covered.

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 11:23 EDT

We'll soon get to see the brand's first EV; first, a more honed V12 four-seater. Read more ›

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Virgin Galactic reveals new ship, but it's running out of time and cash

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 10:42 EDT

It's not clear whether Virgin Galactic has the cash reserves to fund a prolonged test phase. Read more ›

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Apple may take "several months" to catch up to Mac mini and Studio demand

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 10:10 EDT

Chip shortages and demand from AI enthusiasts are both playing a part. Read more ›

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Women sue the men who used their Instagram feed to create AI porn influencers

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Ej Dickson, wired.com @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 09:26 EDT

AI ModelForge is a platform that teaches men how generate their own AI influencers. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Falcon Heavy is back; Russia's Soyuz-5 finally debuts

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 08:39 EDT

Two launches this week delivered 61 more satellites to orbit for the Amazon Leo broadband network. Read more ›

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There's a lot of hype about Chinese EVs—is any of it true?

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 05/01/2026 07:00 EDT

In addition to being full of screens, China now wants its cars to be packed with AI. Read more ›

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Trump nominates Fox News doctor to be the next surgeon general

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 18:09 EDT

Trump lashes out at Cassidy while announcing his new nomination. Read more ›

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US falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 17:53 EDT

"In 25 years, the average score... has never been so low." Read more ›

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Russia cloaks launch schedule after spaceport falls in Ukraine's sights

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 17:35 EDT

"We had serious inbound attempts to the cosmodrome that day." Read more ›

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Elon Musk's 7 biggest stumbles on the stand at OpenAI trial

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 17:11 EDT

Elon Musk spent three days testifying as the first witness in his trial against OpenAI. Read more ›

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The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 16:20 EDT

CopyFail threatens multi-tenant servers, CI/CD work flows, Kubernetes containers, and more. Read more ›

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Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 15:55 EDT

Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards." Read more ›

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Researchers try to cut the genetic code from 20 to 19 amino acids

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 15:34 EDT

Using AI tools, the team reworked part of the ribosome to need one less amino acid. Read more ›

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Blue Origin certainly has ambitious launch targets for New Glenn

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/30/2026 15:12 EDT

If Blue Origin wants to launch New Glenn 100 times a year, we're here for it. Read more ›

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