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No fooling: NASA targets April 1 for Artemis II launch to the Moon

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 17:54 EDT

"Engineers are assessing what allowed the seal to become dislodged to prevent the issue from recurring." Read more ›

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Downdetector, Speedtest sold to IT service provider Accenture in $1.2B deal

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 17:20 EDT

Accenture plans to buy Ookla, which also includes RootMetrics and Ekahau. Read more ›

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FCC chair calls Paramount/WBD merger "a lot cleaner" than defunct Netflix deal

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 17:05 EDT

FCC to review foreign debt, but Carr indicates it will be a formality. Read more ›

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What we can learn from scientific analysis of Renaissance recipes

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 15:23 EDT

Multispectral imaging, proteomics, historical texts yield new insights into 16th-century medical manuals. Read more ›

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There are plenty of great choices if you want to spend less than $15K on an EV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 14:58 EDT

There's a lot of good Hyundai and Kia EVs in this price bracket, plus the Bolt and i3. Read more ›

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M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 13:41 EDT

Apple is using more chiplets and three types of CPU cores to make the M5 family. Read more ›

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New MacBook Airs come with M5, double the storage, and higher starting prices

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 10:58 EDT

New Airs leave more room underneath for the rumored low-cost MacBook. Read more ›

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Apple intros M5 Pro and Max MacBook Pros and its first new monitors in years

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 10:19 EDT

New laptops come with more storage but also higher starting prices. Read more ›

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This is why our electricity bills are so high right now

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Dan Gearino and Marianne Lavelle, Inside Climate news @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 10:01 EDT

New data shows electricity rates rose 5 percent nationwide in 2025. Read more ›

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As Moon interest heats up, two companies unveil plans for a lunar "harvester"

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 10:00 EDT

"Ultimately, we want to build a fleet of electric harvesters." Read more ›

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Medical journal The Lancet blasts RFK Jr.’s health work as a failure

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 08:24 EDT

Kennedy's destruction "might take generations to repair," The Lancet said. Read more ›

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LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 07:30 EDT

Pseudonymity has never been perfect for preserving privacy. Soon it may be pointless. Read more ›

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With developer verification, Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 03/03/2026 07:00 EDT

Questions remain as Google prepares to lock down Android app distribution in the name of security. Read more ›

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Oops: South Korean cops lost $5M in seized crypto after leaking wallet password

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 17:27 EDT

South Korean police deeply apologized for preventable loss of seized funds. Read more ›

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Charter gets FCC permission to buy Cox and become largest ISP in the US

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 13:19 EDT

FCC rejects protests because Charter and Cox don't compete directly in most places. Read more ›

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Iowa county adopts strict zoning rules for data centers, but residents still worry

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Anika Jane Beamer, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 10:34 EDT

Though the rules are among the strictest in the US, locals say they aren't enough. Read more ›

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$599 M4 iPad Air is a lot like the old one, but with a substantial RAM boost

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 10:06 EDT

Unexpected RAM upgrade is the highlight of an otherwise straightforward refresh. Read more ›

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Research roundup: Six cool science stories we almost missed

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 09:45 EDT

Smart underwear measures farts, brain cells play Doom, and AI discovers rules of an ancient game. Read more ›

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Apple's new iPhone 17e has an A19 chip, MagSafe, and 256GB of storage for $599

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 09:34 EDT

New just-the-basics phone replaces the year-old iPhone 16e at the same price. Read more ›

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It's almost a station wagon: The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker, driven

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Michael Teo Van Runkle @ Ars Technica · 03/02/2026 09:00 EDT

Despite the Toyota platform, there's plenty of Subaru DNA in this one. Read more ›

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