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Sixteen Claude AI agents working together created a new C compiler

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica 2 place · 02/06/2026 18:40 EDT

The $20,000 experiment compiled a Linux kernel but needed deep human management. Read more ›

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Penisgate erupts at Olympics; scandal exposes risks of bulking your bulge

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica 2 place · 02/06/2026 18:08 EDT

Claims of penis injections in ski jumpers has fillers spewing into the news. Read more ›

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Randomly quoting Ray Bradbury did not save lawyer from losing case over AI errors

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 17:43 EDT

Behold the most overwrought AI legal filings you will ever gaze upon. Read more ›

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Malicious packages for dYdX cryptocurrency exchange empties user wallets

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 17:16 EDT

Incident is at least the third time the exchange has been targeted by thieves. Read more ›

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Why $700 could be a "death sentence" for the Steam Machine

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 16:53 EDT

Analysts expect Valve might be hit particularly hard by soaring RAM, storage prices. Read more ›

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COVID-19 cleared the skies but also supercharged methane emissions

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 16:05 EDT

Less pollution meant lower amounts of a methane-destroying chemical. Read more ›

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Waymo leverages Genie 3 to create a world model for self-driving cars

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 15:44 EDT

With Genie 3, Waymo wants to explore rare and even impossible driving conditions. Read more ›

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To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 14:31 EDT

A new job posting suggests the debate may be swinging back toward reusing GS2. Read more ›

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Driven: The 2026 Lamborghini Temerario raises the bar for supercars

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Bradley Iger @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 12:37 EDT

This V8 hybrid with more than 900 hp replaces the V10 Huracán. Read more ›

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New critique debunks claim that trees can sense a solar eclipse

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 11:17 EDT

Controversial 2025 study "represents the encroachment of pseudoscience into the heart of biological research." Read more ›

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Stellantis swallows $26 billion costs as it rethinks its EV strategy

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 10:59 EDT

The automaker follows Ford and GM in writing down huge sums after betting wrong. Read more ›

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Lawmakers ask what it would take to "store" the International Space Station

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 10:36 EDT

NASA shall evaluate the "viability of transferring the ISS to a safe orbital harbor" after retirement. Read more ›

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NASA stage show explores "outer" outer space with Henson's Fraggles

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Robert Pearlman @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 09:55 EDT

"Our two worlds that on paper wouldn't seem connected, made a lot of sense to connect." Read more ›

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EU says TikTok needs to drop "addictive design"

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Barbara Moens, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 09:31 EDT

Regulators say design choices that hook users could breach EU's digital rules. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: SpaceX probes upper stage malfunction; Starship testing resumes

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 07:00 EDT

Amazon has booked 10 more launches with SpaceX, citing a "near-term shortage in launch capacity." Read more ›

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Why Darren Aronofsky thought an AI-generated historical docudrama was a good idea

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/06/2026 06:30 EDT

Production source says it takes "weeks" to produce just minutes of usable video. Read more ›

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AI companies want you to stop chatting with bots and start managing them

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 17:47 EDT

Claude Opus 4.6 and OpenAI Frontier pitch a future of supervising AI agents. Read more ›

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The Switch 2 is getting a new Virtual Console (kind of)

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 17:14 EDT

Hamster Corp.'s new "Console Archives" does what Nintendon't. Read more ›

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With GPT-5.3-Codex, OpenAI pitches Codex for more than just writing code

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Samuel Axon @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 16:47 EDT

The emphasis is on "mid-turn steering and frequent progress updates." Read more ›

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"ICE Out of Our Faces Act" would ban ICE and CBP use of facial recognition

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 02/05/2026 15:54 EDT

Senator: ICE and CBP "have built an arsenal of surveillance technologies." Read more ›

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