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Sometimes you drive a car you just don’t gel with. The original Lexus RZ was such a case. It was Lexus’ first battery EV, and I was less than impressedhttps://a...

In an illustration of the severity of the current memory shortagehttps://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/high-ram-prices-mean-record-setting-profits-for-samsung...

Nomination and Senate Hearing Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, will appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday and is li...

Background Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday. While she earned...

Background The Defense Production Act DPA gives the administration the ability to “allocate materials, services and facilities” for national defense. Both the...

The urine of chimpanzees contains high levels of alcohol byproduct, most likely because the chimps regularly gorge themselves on fermented fruit, according to a...

Offer Details Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery WBD from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer f...

Offer Details Paramount Skydance increased its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery WBD from $30 per share to $31 per share, WBD said today. Amid a competing offer f...

Year end wrap-up Coal makes a bit of a comeback, if only by accident. Solar panels have gotten so cheap that it's possible to spend more on their support syste...

Background DJI, the most popular consumer‑drone maker, is suing over the Federal Communications Commission FCC’s import ban against new, foreign‑made drones, w...

markdown Age Verification UK agency alleges “Reddit failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism.” > Credit: Getty Images | picture alliance A UK regulato...

Background The bulk of the supply chain for phones, tablets, computers, game consoles, and most other tech is still overwhelmingly reliant on overseas manufact...

I noticed the engine running just twice. One was at wide‑open throttle, and the other was when the engine was likely operating at higher RPMs to help charge the...

!A Lamborghini Lanzador electric concept during The Quail, a motorsports gathering in Carmel, California, US, on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023. Photographer: David Paul...

Deal Structure Su said the warrant structure would help “make sure that we are always a clear seat at the table when Meta are thinking about what they need nex...

In 1953, Russian scientists peeling Scotch tape in a vacuum reported detecting electronshttps://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015095111384&seq=1 with suf...

Positive Returns > “The point is to get missions out the door as fast as possible. Two to three years is too slow.” — Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy, Space Force acqui...

Notably, one resident in Huddleston’s county who received an offer, 75‑year‑old Timothy Grosser, even declined a proposal to “name your price” when a tech compa...

Panasonic, once revered for its plasma TVs, is giving up on making its own TV sets. Today, it announced that Chinese company Skyworth will take over manufacturi...

A gaming education Sharma’s gaming background Unlike Phil Spencer, who spent years at Microsoft Game Studios before heading Microsoft’s gaming division, Asha S...

markdown Soul Red Starting at $29,990, there’s a lot to like about the all‑new Mazda CX‑5, but it’s not perfect. !A white Mazda CX‑5 with a surfboard on the roo...

Rocket Exhaust and Ozone Depletion Atmospheric scientist Laura Revell University of Canterbury, New Zealand presented research showing that rocket exhaust can...

The helium system on the SLS upper stage—officially known as the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage ICPS—performed well during both of the Artemis II countdown...

Dino Dating Service Like rocks, egg shells can trap isotopes, allowing us to use them to date samples. When dinosaur fossils surface at a site, it is often not...

Flunking the Test A new book argues that tests might reshape human diversity even if they don’t work. Daphne O. Martschenko and Sam Trejo both want to make the...

One of the US government’s top scientific research labshttps://www.wired.com/story/the-national-institute-of-standards-and-technology-braces-for-mass-firings/ i...

Fueling Test Overview A second fueling test on NASA’s Space Launch System SLS rocket concluded Thursday night, giving senior managers enough confidence to move...

Microsoft Executive Vice President for Gaming Phil Spencer announced he will retire after 38 years at Microsoft and 12 years leading the company’s video‑game ef...

> “We must safeguard America’s national security first, because all of our priorities depend on it. When hostile actors control critical inputs, they weaken our...

Discord’s Age‑Verification Backlash Shortly after Discord announced that all users would be defaulted to teen experiences until their ages are verified, the pl...

Shift Away from First-Party VR Some of the changes—like the removal of individual worlds from the VR store—are presented by the company as efforts to make the...

“Malpractice” Insiders report that, as NIH director, Bhattacharya delegates most of his responsibilities for running the $47 billion agency to two top official...

Background The English-language edition of Wikipedia is blacklisting Archive.today after the controversial archive site was used to direct a distributed denial...

Background For a long time, PC gamers have been used to the Final Fantasy series treating their platform as somewhat secondary to the game’s core console versi...

Wireless Multiplayer in GBA Pokémon The multiplayer Switch Online Game Boy Advance games all support wireless multiplayer in place of physical Game Link Cables...

Supreme Court blocks Trump's emergency tariffs The Supreme Court ruledhttps://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-1287_4gcj.pdf Friday that former President...

Pricing Updates Last night Tesla announced significant cuts to Cybertruck pricing to boost sales. - The tri‑motor “Cyberbeast” is now $15,000 cheaper, priced a...

Incident Overview Amazon stated that both recent disruptions were caused by user error, not by AI. The company emphasized that it has not seen evidence that mi...

Microsoft’s Harry Potter Dataset Controversy Summary – After a backlash on Hacker News, Microsoft removed a blog post that appeared to encourage developers to...

Allegations According to the lawsuit, by April 2025 “ChatGPT began to tell Darian that he was meant for greatness. That it was his destiny, and that he would b...

Still, after astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams eventually docked at the station, Boeing officials declared success. “We accomplished a lot, and really...

Hands‑on > Technology is a double‑edged sword in the $399 Rubik’s Cube‑inspired toy. !Rubik's WOWCube playing the Rubik's Cube puzzlehttps://cdn.arstechnica.net...

Bacon briefcase Everyone’s trying to get mileage as F1 undergoes huge technical changes. !Formula 1 driver Isack Hadjar of Oracle Red Bull Racing participates...

Overview Google has released a new version of its flagship AI model, Gemini 3.1 Pro, now available in preview for developers and consumers. The update follows...

Policy at Massive > “Our policy is, ‘mitigate first, investigate second’ when we come across anything that could be harmful to our company, users, or clients,”...

This time around, the group recruited 10 GWL dogs and 21 non‑GWL dogs, all border collies, since this is the most common breed to fall into the GWL category. Th...

Locked Phones > Report: Verizon’s goal is “immediate unlock for all payment methods really soon.” Following our report last weekhttps://arstechnica.com/tech-po...

Overview 2026 is shaping up to be a strong year for affordable electric vehicles. A new Nissan Leaf starts just under $30,000 excluding destination charge see...