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Widely used Trivy scanner compromised in ongoing supply-chain attack

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:50 EDT

Admins: Sorry to say, but it's likely a rotate-your-secrets kind of weekend. Read more ›

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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:30 EDT

The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles. Read more ›

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Trump FCC lets Nexstar buy Tegna and blow way past 39% TV ownership cap

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 16:08 EDT

Brendan Carr lets Trump-favorite Nexstar exceed national station ownership limit. Read more ›

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RFK may replace entire panel of CDC vaccine advisors again, ally lets slip

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:36 EDT

Robert Malone made the claim, then retracted it, as HHS denied it. Read more ›

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NASA is blowing stuff up to study the explosive potential of methalox rockets

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:18 EDT

"We put fuel in a rocket, blow it up in a remote location, and measure how big the boom is." Read more ›

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Perseverance’s radar revealed ancient subsurface river delta on Mars

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 13:18 EDT

There may be a river delta hidden under the obvious delta in a Martian crater. Read more ›

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Amazon is reportedly developing an AI-centric smartphone

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 12:38 EDT

Amazon's second smartphone could forego an app store. Read more ›

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Major SteamOS update adds support for Steam Machine, even more third-party hardware

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 11:36 EDT

Both AMD- and Intel-based hardware is getting better support in SteamOS 3.8. Read more ›

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Monte Verde site gets a new date, but the big picture doesn't change

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Kiona N. Smith @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 11:01 EDT

Stop trying to make "Clovis First" happen; it's not going to happen. Read more ›

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Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 10:46 EDT

"Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure." Read more ›

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The US is looking at a year of chaotic weather

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Molly Taft, Wired.com @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 10:38 EDT

Massive Western heat wave, potential El Niño raise concerns about unpredictable, extreme weather. Read more ›

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Feds say no need to recall Tesla's one-pedal driving despite petition

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 10:30 EDT

It's good news, but another federal Tesla defect probe deepened this week. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let's be hasty

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 07:45 EDT

"Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere." Read more ›

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Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work?

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Lee Hutchinson @ Ars Technica · 03/20/2026 07:00 EDT

Ars speaks with a linguist about the ease with which Grace and Rocky communicate. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 18:34 EDT

Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others. Read more ›

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Cloud service providers ask EU regulator to reinstate VMware partner program

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 17:29 EDT

Broadcom says the group is misrepresenting market "realities." Read more ›

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Hundreds of millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild

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Andy Greenberg, Wired.com @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 16:11 EDT

DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. Read more ›

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FBI started buying Americans' location data again, Kash Patel confirms

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 15:57 EDT

Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash. Read more ›

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Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 15:45 EDT

"Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s." Read more ›

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OpenAI is acquiring open source Python tool-maker Astral

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 03/19/2026 14:44 EDT

Codex maker says it will "continue to support these open source projects" after deal closes. Read more ›

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