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Ars spoke with the military’s chief orbital traffic cop—here’s what we learned
"We have some 2,000 or 2,200 objects that I call the 'red order of battle.'"
Stephen Clark – | 76
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The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public
Some of Firefly's programs are going quite well. Others, not so much.
Stephen Clark – | 22
Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far
The plot makes no sense, but that retro-futuristic Tomorrowland vibe and superb cast make it (mostly) work.
Jennifer Ouellette – | 35
Bankrupt Futurehome suddenly makes its smart home hub a subscription service
The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription.
Scharon Harding – | 61
Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war
China’s frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump.
Ashley Belanger – | 48
The first company to complete a fully successful lunar landing is going public
Some of Firefly's programs are going quite well. Others, not so much.
Stephen Clark – | 22
Review: Fantastic Four: First Steps is the best film version so far
The plot makes no sense, but that retro-futuristic Tomorrowland vibe and superb cast make it (mostly) work.
Jennifer Ouellette – | 35
Bankrupt Futurehome suddenly makes its smart home hub a subscription service
The connected devices now only work manually without a subscription.
Scharon Harding – | 61
Trump caving on Nvidia H20 export curbs may disrupt his bigger trade war
China’s frontier AI will be fueled by Nvidia H20 chips, experts warn Trump.
Ashley Belanger – | 48
Blender developers begin work on full-fledged mobile version
Support will come to the iPad Pro first, with other platforms to follow.
Samuel Axon – | 38
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent casually clicks through “I am not a robot” verification test
"This step is necessary to prove I'm not a bot," wrote the bot as it passed an anti-AI screening step.
Benj Edwards – | 51
How the Trump FCC justified requiring a “bias monitor” at CBS
Trump FCC claims there's precedent for CBS ombudsman, but it's a weak one.
Jon Brodkin – | 75
Nude women streamed to office TV derail Oklahoma Board of Education meeting
Police are now involved.
Nate Anderson – | 160
Pro-Ukrainian hackers take credit for attack that snarls Russian flight travel
State-owned Aeroflot cancels dozens of flights, stranding travelers throughout Russia.
Dan Goodin – | 43
Trump admin. is muffling CDC’s flagship health journal, report finds
CDC's MMWR is publishing much less, and sources say studies now require RFK Jr.'s sign-off.
Beth Mole – | 44
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iPadOS 26 preview: The rare software update that makes (most) old hardware feel new
Public beta arrives today; here’s what we’ve found in our weeks of testing.
Andrew Cunningham – | 104
Another Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing update
Google's Battery Performance Program update was supposed to stop this.
Ryan Whitwam – | 86
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Smithsonian Air and Space opens halls for “milestone” and “future” artifacts
John Glenn's Friendship 7 returns as SpaceX and Blue Origin artifacts debut.
Robert Pearlman – | 27
Meta pirated and seeded porn for years to train AI, lawsuit says
Lawsuit: Meta may have seeded porn to minors while hiding piracy for AI training.
Ashley Belanger – | 85
Fermented meat with a side of maggots: A new look at the Neanderthal diet
Researchers reconstruct ancient diets by studying stable nitrogen isotope ratios.
Melanie Beasley, The Conversation – | 75
A secretive space plane is set to launch and test quantum navigation technology
"Testing this tech will be helpful for navigation in contested environments."
Eric Berger – | 54
F1 in Belgium: The best racetrack in the world
Changeable conditions usually make for exciting races, but 2025 was a bit dull.
Jonathan M. Gitlin – | 38
Peacemaker S2 trailer finds our anti-hero in a parallel world
"I don't want to be a joke anymore. I want to be a real hero."
Jennifer Ouellette – | 71
20 years after Katrina, New Orleans remembers
20 years ago, Ivor Van Heerden warned of impending disaster in New Orleans. Are his warnings still going unheeded?
Jennifer Ouellette – | 86
Robots eating other robots: The benefits of machine metabolism
If you define "metabolism" loosely enough, these robots may have one.
Jacek Krywko – | 58
Microsoft to stop using China-based teams to support Department of Defense
The tech giant has relied on global workforce to support federal clients.
ProPublica – | 127
This aerogel and some sun could make saltwater drinkable
Previous aerogels didn't work on a scale that was large enough to matter.
Elizabeth Rayne – | 94
After BlackSuit is taken down, new ransomware group Chaos emerges
As BlackSuit's dark web site goes dark, Chaos is already around to pick up the slack.
Dan Goodin – | 12
Starlink kept me connected to the Internet without fail—until Thursday
"Starlink went down across the entire front."
Stephen Clark – | 149
North Korean hackers ran US-based “laptop farm” from Arizona woman’s home
North Korea made millions from the scheme.
Nate Anderson – | 101
Widely panned arsenic life paper gets retracted—15 years after brouhaha
Opinions are mixed on the retraction, and the authors continue to defend their work.
Beth Mole – | 100
Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update
Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps.
Scharon Harding – | 186
OpenAI’s most capable AI model, GPT-5, may be coming in August
Sources say new model combines o3 reasoning with general GPT capabilities.
Benj Edwards – | 76
Remembering Descent, the once-popular, fully 3D 6DOF shooter
Descent is a big part of gaming history, but not many people talk about it.
Samuel Axon – | 217
Delta’s AI spying to “jack up” prices must be banned, lawmakers say
Lawmakers want to prevent companies from using AI to increase prices or lower wages.
Ashley Belanger – | 130
Mistral’s new “environmental audit” shows how much AI is hurting the planet
Individual prompts don't cost much, but billions together can have aggregate impact.
Kyle Orland – | 97
The electric Stark Varg EX is brutally fast but a little too unrefined
This all-electric enduro monster needs a little more time in the oven.
Tim Stevens – | 62
Supply-chain attacks on open source software are getting out of hand
Attacks affected packages, including one with ~2.8 million weekly downloads.
Dan Goodin – | 56
Inventor claims bleach injections will destroy cancer tumors
A lack of medical training isn't stopping a man from charging $20,000 for the treatment.
WIRED – | 149
Skydance deal allows Trump’s FCC to “censor speech” and “silence dissent” on CBS
FCC now has “never-before-seen controls” over a newsroom, commissioner warns.
Ashley Belanger – | 262
