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Appeals court upholds block on one of Trump’s cuts to research funds

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John Timmer @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 13:05 EDT

The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate. Read more ›

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Nvidia’s new G-Sync Pulsar monitors target motion blur at the human retina level

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 12:32 EDT

Four new monitors promise "effective motion clarity of a theoretical 1,000 Hz monitor." Read more ›

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Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze

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Kana Inagaki in London @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 10:55 EDT

Trump administration had suspended Danish group’s work on major wind farm off coast of Rhode Island. Read more ›

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Latest Avengers: Doomsday teaser highlights X-Men

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 10:49 EDT

"The question isn’t ‘are you prepared to die?’ The question is ‘who will you be when you close your eyes?’” Read more ›

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Spot the difference: Sony’s electric car gets a crossover version

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 08:49 EDT

AI will help drive you and entertain you, according to Sony Honda Mobility. Read more ›

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Private equity deal shows just how far America’s legacy rocket industry has fallen

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 01/06/2026 07:15 EDT

After peaking in the Cold War, the relic of Rocketdyne has changed ownership four times in 20 years. Read more ›

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Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, made using its long-awaited 18A process

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 22:45 EDT

New chips launch "this month," targeting high-end ultraportable PCs. Read more ›

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AMD reheats last year’s Ryzen AI and X3D CPUs for 2026’s laptops and desktops

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 22:30 EDT

But it may become slightly cheaper to buy AMD's fastest integrated Radeon GPUs. Read more ›

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NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 17:14 EDT

"There's very little to not like in this." Read more ›

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Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 16:57 EDT

The changes are modeled after a small country with universal health care. Read more ›

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The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 16:42 EDT

Californians can now submit demands requiring 500 brokers to delete their data. Read more ›

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Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 15:38 EDT

"We don't believe this has to do with our Spotify backup," Anna's Archive says. Read more ›

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Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 15:28 EDT

Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing. Read more ›

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Amazon Alexa+ released to the general public via an early access website

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 15:01 EDT

Amazon brings back browser-based Alexa but will eventually add a paywall. Read more ›

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SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 14:32 EDT

Optimus SSDs will continue with the same model numbers that the WD SSDs used. Read more ›

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BioWare’s Anthem will soon be completely unplayable

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 14:15 EDT

Replay the troubled jetpack shooter before the servers shut down for good on Jan. 12. Read more ›

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Google TV’s big Gemini update adds image and video generation, voice control for settings

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 12:51 EDT

Google TV will let you generate and watch AI content on the big screen. Read more ›

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X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 12:42 EDT

Critics call for App Store ban after Grok sexualized images of minors. Read more ›

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Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 12:10 EDT

New findings prompt a rethinking of group labor and ritual in ancient hunter-gatherer communities. Read more ›

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Providers dropping common anesthesia drug that’s also a climate super pollutant

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Phil McKenna, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica · 01/05/2026 11:48 EDT

The European Union now prohibits desflurane's use during most procedures. Read more ›

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