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New Starfleet Academy trailer debuts at NYCC

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 10/12/2025 16:50 EDT

Also: our first look at S4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Read more ›

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Why doesn’t Cards Against Humanity print its game in the US? It’s complicated.

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Nate Anderson @ Ars Technica 1 place · 10/11/2025 08:00 EDT

Price, quality, speed, and relationships all matter. Read more ›

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Apple ups the reward for finding major exploits to $2 million

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Lily Hay Newman, wired.com @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/11/2025 07:15 EDT

With bonuses, maximum rewards can be as high as $5 million. Read more ›

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How close are we to solid state batteries for electric vehicles?

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M. Mitchell Waldrop, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/11/2025 06:30 EDT

Superionic materials promise greater range, faster charges and more safety. Read more ›

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Trump admin fires more health employees amid government shutdown

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/10/2025 17:48 EDT

HHS would not say how many are being let go, but union says "thousands." Read more ›

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Putin OKs plan to turn Russian spacecraft into flying billboards

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/10/2025 17:10 EDT

This Soyuz mission is brought to you by the Wagner Group. Read more ›

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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 16:58 EDT

"I'm about to just toss the whole thing..." Read more ›

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Marvel gets meta with Wonder Man teaser

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/10/2025 15:48 EDT

"There is an opportunity to shock audiences, to re-imagine a whole genre of storytelling." Read more ›

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“Extremely angry” Trump threatens “massive” tariff on all Chinese exports

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 10/10/2025 15:12 EDT

Trump claimed China's export controls on rare earths came "out of nowhere." Read more ›

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Bose SoundTouch home theater systems regress into dumb speakers Feb. 18

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica 3 place · 10/10/2025 14:44 EDT

Ending support for SoundTouch may help Bose avoid a Sonos situation. Read more ›

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Microsoft warns of new “Payroll Pirate” scam stealing employees’ direct deposits

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 14:07 EDT

Among other things, the scammers bypass multi-factor authentication. Read more ›

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Termite farmers fine-tune their weed control

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 13:45 EDT

The termites know how much of their agricultural area has been taken over by weeds. Read more ›

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UK regulators plan to force Google changes under new competition law

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 12:58 EDT

The CMA will focus on regulating search and search advertising, but not Gemini (for now). Read more ›

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AMD and Sony’s PS6 chipset aims to rethink the current graphics pipeline

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 12:45 EDT

Project Amethyst focuses on efficient machine learning, new compression techniques. Read more ›

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OpenAI will stop saving most ChatGPT users’ deleted chats

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:58 EDT

Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs. Read more ›

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Boring Company cited for almost 800 environmental violations in Las Vegas

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Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las V @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:10 EDT

Violations include digging without permits and dumping wastewater into storm drains. Read more ›

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It’s back! The 2027 Chevy Bolt gets an all-new LFP battery, but what else?

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 10:00 EDT

255 miles of range, new infotainment, but where did all the torque go? Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Bezos’ firm will package satellites for launch; Starship on deck

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 08:39 EDT

The long, winding road for Franklin Chang-Diaz's plasma rocket engine takes another turn. Read more ›

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“Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

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Kai Williams @ Ars Technica · 10/10/2025 07:00 EDT

AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters. Read more ›

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Childhood vaccines safe for a little longer as CDC cancels advisory meeting

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 10/09/2025 18:17 EDT

The committee aims to take on the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Read more ›

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