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Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/25/2025 11:20 EDT

FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a newsroom, commissioner warns. Read more ›

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Feds tell automakers to forget about paying fuel economy fines

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/17/2025 09:27 EDT

Trump's tax bill means no penalties from model year 2022 onwards. Read more ›

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EU presses pause on probe of X as US trade talks heat up

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Barbara Moens and Henry Foy, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 07/17/2025 09:19 EDT

EU will miss self-imposed deadline to wrap up investigation. Read more ›

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Everything we learned from a week with Apple CarPlay Ultra

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Michael Teo Van Runkle @ Ars Technica · 07/17/2025 07:00 EDT

CarPlay Ultra takes over the main instrument display as well as the infotainment. Read more ›

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More VMware cloud partners axed as Broadcom launches new invite-only program

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 18:20 EDT

Smaller businesses most likely to be affected as white-label cloud program is also ending. Read more ›

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2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA feels like a real car, not a science experiment

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Chad Kirchner @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 18:01 EDT

Mercedes' new 800 V electric powertrain is ready for the public, and we've driven it. Read more ›

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Google finds custom backdoor being installed on SonicWall network devices

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 16:29 EDT

Overstep backdoor nukes key log entries, making detection hard. Read more ›

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Steam cracks down on some sex games to appease payment processors

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 15:29 EDT

New rule against "certain kinds" of adult content accompanies removal of "incest" games. Read more ›

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Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 15:20 EDT

Evidence suggests health department gave preferential treatment to xAI, NAACP says. Read more ›

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Linda Hamilton rocks Stranger Things’ S5 extended teaser

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 15:06 EDT

"After what we've been through, it ties us together. Forever." Read more ›

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Introducing the Ars Technica Posting Guidelines version 3.0

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Ken Fisher @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 14:43 EDT

We’ve made an update to clarify and simplify everything. Read more ›

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Trump sues Corporation for Public Broadcasting directors who refused to be fired

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 14:18 EDT

CPB defied Trump, kept board members even after losing a court ruling. Read more ›

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Amazon’s ride on the rocket merry-go-round continues with SpaceX launch

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 13:41 EDT

Amazon has launched 78 of its planned 3,232 Kuiper broadband satellites. Read more ›

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YouTuber faces jail time for showing off Android-based gaming handhelds

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 13:17 EDT

Italian law allows for up to three years in jail for "promotion of pirated copyrighted materials." Read more ›

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Mac graphics settings for Cyberpunk 2077 aim for console-like simplicity

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 12:27 EDT

The finite number of Mac configurations could be good for players and game devs. Read more ›

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Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 10:51 EDT

Fast filling times are seductive, but they don't compensate for H2's many drawbacks. Read more ›

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Rough road to “energy dominance” after GOP kneecaps wind and solar

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Aidan Hughes, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 09:45 EDT

Experts argue that Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act will increase costs for consumers. Read more ›

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Donkey Kong Bananza is a worthy successor to Super Mario Odyssey’s legacy

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 08:00 EDT

Cathartic, punch-fueld land destruction is a cathartic showcase for Switch 2 hardware. Read more ›

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There could be “dark main sequence” stars at the galactic center

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 07:30 EDT

Dark matter particle and antiparticle collisions could make some stars immortal. Read more ›

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Hackers exploit a blind spot by hiding malware inside DNS records

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/16/2025 07:15 EDT

Technique transforms the Internet DNS into an unconventional file storage system. Read more ›

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The ISS is nearing retirement, so why is NASA still gung-ho about Starliner?

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/16/2025 07:00 EDT

NASA is doing all it can to ensure Boeing doesn't abandon the Starliner program. Read more ›

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