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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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Trump says bitcoin reserve will change everything. Crypto fans aren’t so sure.

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/07/2025 10:48 EDT

Trump orders federal agencies to pool seized bitcoins in reserve. Read more ›

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Maserati kills electric version of MC20 supercar for lack of demand

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/07/2025 10:08 EDT

Buyers are increasingly turned off by electrification when it comes to supercars. Read more ›

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White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 03/07/2025 08:54 EDT

"It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science." Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/07/2025 07:00 EDT

"During Starship's ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly." Read more ›

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iPhone 16e review: The most expensive cheap iPhone yet

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 03/07/2025 06:00 EDT

The iPhone 16e rethinks—and prices up—the basic iPhone. Read more ›

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The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 23:35 EDT

Observers in Florida, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands spotted falling debris. Read more ›

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Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 19:56 EDT

"I would like to get more data before we can determine the orientation." Read more ›

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“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 18:46 EDT

Web game illicitly "wrapped in a mobile shell" climbed the paid App Store charts. Read more ›

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CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 18:22 EDT

New research challenges prevailing idea that AI needs massive datasets to solve problems. Read more ›

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When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 16:19 EDT

"For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX." Read more ›

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No one asked for this: Google is testing round keys in Gboard

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 15:32 EDT

A lot of Gboard beta users are suddenly remembering they joined the beta. Read more ›

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Starlink benefits as Trump admin rewrites rules for $42B grant program

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 03/06/2025 14:47 EDT

Trump admin decides fiber Internet won't be prioritized in BEAD grant program. Read more ›

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Saliva that fights norovirus? Experimental oral vaccine is nothing to spit at.

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 14:32 EDT

Phase I study showed vaccine was safe and spurred immune responses in older people. Read more ›

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The most intriguing tech gadget prototypes demoed this week

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 14:06 EDT

Some of these ideas have genuine shots at making it into real products. Read more ›

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1Password offers geo-locating help for bad apps that constantly log you out

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Kevin Purdy @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 13:41 EDT

Get at that hard-to-remember app or garage pin with a new "Nearby" feature. Read more ›

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Prehistoric bone tool cache suggests advanced reasoning in early hominins

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 13:14 EDT

Tools "show evidence that their creators carefully worked the bones, chipping off flakes to create useful shapes." Read more ›

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Trump claims CFPB “destroys” people. Senators say killing it is a gift to Musk.

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 12:59 EDT

Trump’s efforts to shutter the CFPB sparks demand for Elon Musk ethics probe. Read more ›

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VW is testing its robotaxis in snowy, icy Norway

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 11:09 EDT

A taxi service that only operates in good weather isn't a good taxi service. Read more ›

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Who gets ownership of useful genetic data?

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Peter Andrey Smith, Undark @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 10:38 EDT

Digital sequence information alters how researchers look at the world’s genetic resources. Read more ›

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Massive botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/06/2025 08:21 EDT

Eleven11bot infects video recorders, with the largest concentration of them in the US. Read more ›

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