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Google releases Gemini 3 Flash, promising improved intelligence and efficiency

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 11:00 EDT

Google's Gemini 3 family is now complete with release of Gemini 3 Flash. Read more ›

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Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 10:25 EDT

The extensions, available for Chromium browsers, harvest full AI conversations over months. Read more ›

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Electric vehicles cause tension in the automotive aftermarket

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Peter Nelson @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 10:09 EDT

At SEMA, we heard Trump-like talking points but saw skateboard chassis, too. Read more ›

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Twitter comeback bid draws lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X Corp

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Cyrus Farivar @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 09:41 EDT

“Huge uphill battle” to obtain and use Twitter name. Read more ›

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US oil industry doesn’t see profit in Trump’s “pro-petroleum” moves

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Skip York, The Conversation @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 07:30 EDT

The financial picture around drilling is moving against the Trump administration’s hopes Read more ›

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“A Band-Aid on a giant gash”: Trump’s attacks on science may ruin his AI moonshot

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/17/2025 07:00 EDT

Trump’s AI “Manhattan Project” will fail if DOGE cuts are kept, critics say. Read more ›

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Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 16:57 EDT

Automated Content Recognition brings "mass surveillance" to homes, lawsuits say. Read more ›

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The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 16:25 EDT

"We're going to be making 3D movies of what is going on in the Milky Way galaxy." Read more ›

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Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 15:25 EDT

Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills. Read more ›

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Leaked debug kit suggests Apple is testing a new “iMac Pro,” among many other Macs

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Andrew Cunningham @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 13:52 EDT

Resurrected high-end all-in-one could be a worthy successor to 2017's iMac Pro. Read more ›

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Reporter suggests Half-Life 3 will be a Steam Machine launch title

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 12:28 EDT

"Everybody I've talked to are still adamant," even after previous rumors didn't pan out. Read more ›

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Utah leaders hinder efforts to develop solar energy supply

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Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 12:00 EDT

Solar power accounts for two-thirds of the new projects waiting to connect to the state’s power grid. Read more ›

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2026 Mercedes CLA first drive: Entry level doesn’t mean basic

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 10:38 EDT

Starting at $47,250, Mercedes' new electric sedan is quite compelling. Read more ›

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Ars Live Today: 3 former CDC leaders detail impacts of RFK Jr.’s anti-science agenda

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Beth Mole @ Ars Technica · 12/16/2025 10:09 EDT

Join us today, December 16, at 2 pm ET to hear from leaders who resigned in protest. Read more ›

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Merriam-Webster crowns “slop” word of the year as AI content floods Internet

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 12/15/2025 17:41 EDT

Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content. Read more ›

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Stranger Things S5 trailer teases Vol. 2

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 12/15/2025 17:14 EDT

"Everything we've ever assumed about the Upside Down has been dead wrong." Read more ›

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Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/15/2025 16:15 EDT

The weak RC4 for administrative authentication has been a hacker Holy Grail for decades. Read more ›

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Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica 3 place · 12/15/2025 16:05 EDT

It looks like battery electric vehicles are out of fashion at the Blue Oval. Read more ›

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Microsoft takes down mod that recreated Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2

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Kyle Orland @ Ars Technica · 12/15/2025 15:20 EDT

Project Misriah creator vows to use new experience "to cook up something else." Read more ›

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Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 12/15/2025 15:10 EDT

OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case. Read more ›

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