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Review: Disclosure Day is big on action, light on ideas

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 06/13/2026 13:17 EDT

There's nothing new or surprising, but it's still an entertaining film from one of our greatest directors. Read more ›

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Honda will sell off historic racing parts, including bits of Senna’s V10

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 22:00 EDT

Honda will also find new homes for some heritage IndyCars and MotoGP bikes. Read more ›

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Commercial fusion power companies moving toward test systems

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 17:05 EDT

A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators. Read more ›

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“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 16:37 EDT

RFK Jr. killed grants "with no warning or legally valid explanation," states say. Read more ›

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Google Fi users on iPhone finally get RCS messaging

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 16:22 EDT

Apple only supported RCS on the big three carriers in the first iOS18 releases. Read more ›

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What we’re expecting from Nintendo’s Switch 2 announcement Wednesday

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 16:12 EDT

We take some wild stabs ahead of the big "Nintendo Direct" presentation. Read more ›

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How a 1980s Atari creator with cystic fibrosis crafted a story of salmon survival

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 15:33 EDT

Doctors said he'd die by 13, but Bill Williams turned long odds into iconic art about endurance. Read more ›

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Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad lines

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 14:52 EDT

Can you mine resources and build factories with merely sticks and buttons? Read more ›

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Cheap TVs’ incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 14:19 EDT

Op-ed: TV screensavers shouldn't show immigration ads from the Trump administration. Read more ›

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FTC: 23andMe buyer must honor firm’s privacy promises for genetic data

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 13:40 EDT

Agency issues warning about privacy of genetic information and DNA samples. Read more ›

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Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 04/01/2025 13:26 EDT

"Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in." Read more ›

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Review: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft is something less than “a Paperwhite with color”

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 13:20 EDT

It's a decent e-reader, but it offers too few benefits for too many drawbacks. Read more ›

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Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 12:49 EDT

Google's generative AI is not ready to serve as your virtual assistant. Read more ›

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Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 12:23 EDT

"I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit." Read more ›

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DeepMind is holding back release of AI research to give Google an edge

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Melissa Heikkilä and Stephen Morris, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 09:28 EDT

A tougher vetting process and more bureaucracy make it harder to publish. Read more ›

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Tuesday Telescope: On Mars, the rovers take pictures of robotic arms and rocks

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 08:00 EDT

Wait, the Daily Telescope is back? Sort of. Read more ›

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MCP: The new “USB-C for AI” that’s bringing fierce rivals together

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 04/01/2025 07:30 EDT

Model context protocol standardizes how AI uses data sources, supported by OpenAI and Anthropic. Read more ›

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With new Gen-4 model, Runway claims to have finally achieved consistency in AI videos

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 17:07 EDT

The new model is rolling out to paid users starting today. Read more ›

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Apple updates all its operating systems, brings Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 16:26 EDT

Updates bring new emoji, Mail organization for Macs, easier Mac setup, and more. Read more ›

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DOGE accesses federal payroll system and punishes employees who objected

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/31/2025 16:00 EDT

Report: IT officials who fought DOGE access put on leave and under investigation. Read more ›

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Research roundup: 2,400-year-old clay puppets; this is your brain on Klingon

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/31/2025 15:49 EDT

Also: testing the efficacy of WWI "dazzle" camouflage; how the male blue-lined octopus survives deadly mating ritual. Read more ›

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