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Mother of one of Elon Musk’s offspring sues xAI over sexualized deepfakes

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Hannah Murphy and Rafe Rosner-Uddin, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 01/16/2026 09:16 EDT

Claims Grok chatbot created "countless" sexual images of her without her consent. Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Ariane 64 to debut soon; India has a Falcon 9 clone too?

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/16/2026 07:00 EDT

"We are fundamentally shifting our approach to securing our munitions supply chain." Read more ›

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“I am very annoyed”: Pharma execs blast RFK Jr.’s attack on vaccines

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 18:01 EDT

Pharma execs had avoided conflict with Trump admin, but now join doctors in rebukes. Read more ›

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Why I’m withholding certainty that “precise” US cyber-op disrupted Venezuelan electricity

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 16:29 EDT

NYT says US hackers were able to turn off power and then quickly turn it back on. Read more ›

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Star Trek: Starfleet Academy tries something different, and I don’t hate it

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 16:09 EDT

An interesting new take on Trek includes some characters you already know. Read more ›

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NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation from space ends with on-target splashdown

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 15:19 EDT

This is the first time NASA has called an early end to a space mission for medical reasons. Read more ›

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Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 14:22 EDT

Spotify claims the higher fees will help "benefit artists." Read more ›

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ChatGPT wrote “Goodnight Moon” suicide lullaby for man who later killed himself

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 14:07 EDT

ChatGPT used a man's favorite children's book to romanticize his suicide. Read more ›

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Six months later, Trump Mobile still hasn’t delivered preordered phones

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 13:54 EDT

Lawmakers seek FTC investigation, but Trump has taken control of the agency. Read more ›

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Are people avoiding iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass? It’s complicated.

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 13:37 EDT

Liquid Glass is controversial, but adoption rates aren't as low as they seem. Read more ›

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Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica 3 place · 01/15/2026 12:46 EDT

Even Google's own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack. Read more ›

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Bully Online mod taken down abruptly one month after launch

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 11:23 EDT

Developers say "this was not something we wanted" as they purge open source project. Read more ›

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Wikipedia signs AI training deals with Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 10:25 EDT

Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral AI to paid deals. Read more ›

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Key Senate staffer is “begging” NASA to get on with commercial space stations

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 10:15 EDT

"It comes up almost every time that I see him. Continuous human presence and no gap." Read more ›

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US government to take 25% cut of AMD, NVIDIA AI sales to China

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Aime Williams, Michael Acton, Camilla Hodgson, and Eleanor Olcot @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 09:22 EDT

These new tariffs are designed to survive legal challenges. Read more ›

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The difficulty of driving an EV in the “most beautiful race in the world”

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Michael Teo Van Runkle @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 07:00 EDT

Jet lag and charging added plenty of complications to this regularity road rally. Read more ›

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A car you can chat with and that gets you? Volvo dishes on AI-wielding EX60.

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 01/15/2026 03:00 EDT

In-car personal assistants are about to get useful, it looks like. Read more ›

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A British redcoat’s lost memoir resurfaces

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 01/14/2026 19:01 EDT

Shadrack Byfield lost his left arm in the War of 1812; his life sheds light on post-war re-integration. Read more ›

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Pentagon’s “Arsenal of Freedom” tour borrows name from Star Trek episode—about killer AI

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica · 01/14/2026 18:43 EDT

AI weapons systems may annihilate their creators. Read more ›

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SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/14/2026 18:08 EDT

On Jan. 6, there were 211 cases. The outbreak, which began in October, is now at 434. Read more ›

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