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No one loves President Trump more than FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 12/22/2025 09:34 EDT

Carr used to insist on FCC independence. Now he uses FCC to fight Trump's battles. Read more ›

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When clouds flock together

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Clare Watson, Knowable Magazine @ Ars Technica · 12/22/2025 07:15 EDT

Scientists discover that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways. Read more ›

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How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade

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Simona Sagone, The Conversation @ Ars Technica 1 place · 12/20/2025 07:15 EDT

The new regulation arrives on New Year's Day. Read more ›

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Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/19/2025 17:21 EDT

Google says the lawsuit is its last resort. Read more ›

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The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/19/2025 17:05 EDT

Ants with lots of workers tend to put less energy into making them armored. Read more ›

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Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 16:30 EDT

Inin suggests new low-cost options allowed it to "recalculate production" for full cartridge. Read more ›

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LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

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Scharon Harding @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 16:18 EDT

LG says it'll let people delete the Copilot icon. But TV chatbots aren't going away. Read more ›

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Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 15:27 EDT

BIOS checks will only affect a limited subset of Valorant players for now. Read more ›

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Not too big, not too expensive: The Chevrolet Equinox EV

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/19/2025 15:09 EDT

You get quite a lot of EV for the Equinox's sub-$35,000 starting price. Read more ›

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Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

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Blaine Harden, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/19/2025 13:29 EDT

Chris Wright declared an energy “emergency” in the Pacific Northwest. Read more ›

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Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 13:10 EDT

The grocery app will also stop hiding refund options and obscuring delivery costs. Read more ›

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Strava puts popular “Year in Sport” recap behind an $80 paywall

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/19/2025 12:43 EDT

Strava’s most viral feature is suddenly locked away. Read more ›

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We asked four AI coding agents to rebuild Minesweeper—the results were explosive

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Kyle Orland and Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 12:29 EDT

How do four modern LLMs do at recreating a simple Windows gaming classic? Read more ›

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Russia is about to do the most Russia thing ever with its next space station

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/19/2025 11:04 EDT

"Russia, meanwhile, will be left to carry on the legacy of the ISS, with all its problems." Read more ›

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Rocket Report: Russia pledges quick fix for Soyuz launch pad; Ariane 6 aims high

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 10:30 EDT

South Korean rocket startup Innospace is poised to debut a new nano-launcher. Read more ›

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ByteDance confirms TikTok will be controlled by US owners

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 10:22 EDT

Closing TikTok deal avoids 2026 ban, but app may be buggy, “100% MAGA.” Read more ›

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Two space startups prove you don’t need to break the bank to rendezvous in space

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica · 12/19/2025 10:02 EDT

"We had to push the envelope a little bit here." Read more ›

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These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 12/18/2025 22:18 EDT

DiskSat's design offers "a power-to-weight ratio unmatched by traditional aluminum satellites." Read more ›

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Parasites plagued Roman soldiers at Hadrian’s Wall

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 12/18/2025 19:00 EDT

They were infected by roundworm, whipworm, and microscopic protozoans called Giardia duodenalis. Read more ›

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Trump commits to Moon landing by 2028, followed by a lunar outpost two years later

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Eric Berger @ Ars Technica 2 place · 12/18/2025 18:05 EDT

Also, the Trump administration wants to put some nuclear power reactors there, too. Read more ›

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