It was the July 4 weekend. Grok on Twitter got some sort of upgrade. Elon Musk: We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok...
Linda Yaccarino quits X without saying why, one day after Grok praised Hitler
And “the best is yet to come as X enters a new chapter” with xAI, Yaccarino said. Grok cites “growing tensions” between Musk and CEO It’s unclear how Yaccarino’s departure...
Sizing up the 5 companies selected for Europe’s launcher challenge
The European Space Agency has selected five launch startups to become eligible for up to 169 million euros ($198 million) in funding to develop alternatives to Arianespace, the continent’s incumbent...
Wildfires are challenging air quality monitoring infrastructure
Can the US’s system to monitor air pollutants keep up with a changing climate? The Downtown Manhattan skyline stands shrouded in a reddish haze as a result of Canadian wildfires...
Critical CitrixBleed 2 vulnerability has been under active exploit for weeks
A critical vulnerability allowing hackers to bypass multifactor authentication in network management devices made by Citrix has been actively exploited for more than a month, researchers said. The finding is...
Ars staffers share some of their favorite unexpected 3D prints
Once you solve one problem with a 3D printer, you’ll go looking for others. Coffee bean dosing cups and espresso tamper handle Credit: Aurich Lawson Coffee bean dosing cups and...
Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”
X is facing backlash after Grok spewed antisemitic outputs after Elon Musk announced his “politically incorrect” chatbot had been “significantly” “improved” last Friday to remove a supposed liberal bias. Following...
Court nullifies “click-to-cancel” rule that required easy methods of cancellation
FTC arguments rejected Summarizing the FTC’s arguments, judges said the agency contended that US law “did not require the Commission to conduct the preliminary regulatory analysis later in the rulemaking...
RFK Jr. barred registered Democrats from being vaccine advisors, lawsuit says
The lawsuit was filed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American College of Physicians (ACP), the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), the Massachusetts Public Health Alliance, the...
Mike Lindell lost defamation case, and his lawyers were fined for AI hallucinations
Lawyers representing MyPillow and its CEO Mike Lindell were fined $6,000 after using artificial intelligence in a brief that was riddled with misquotes and citations to fictional cases. Attorney Christopher...
Gmail’s new subscription management is here to declutter your inbox
With decades of online life behind us, many people are using years-old email addresses. Those inboxes are probably packed with subscriptions you’ve picked up over the years, and you probably...
Balsa Update: Springtime in DC
Today’s post is an update from my contractor at Balsa Research, Jennifer Chen. I offer guidance and make strategic choices, but she’s the one who makes the place run. Among...
What is AGI? Nobody agrees, and it’s tearing Microsoft and OpenAI apart.
Several definitions make measuring “human-level” AI an exercise in moving goalposts. When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly...
Nissan feels the effect of US-China trade war
Nissan’s future product portfolio is feeling the effects of some of Trump’s other policies. Working with congressional Republicans, the president has chosen to end federal tax incentives meant to encourage...
Rivian’s new Quad-Motor R1T and R1S beat the competition in any conditions
Faster than a supercar to 60, still able to rock crawl with the best of them. Lots of EVs can accelerate quickly, few also have off-road abilities that would put...
It’s Prime Day, and these are the best deals we could hunt down
Greetings, Arsians! It’s Prime Day, where we celebrate liberation from our Cybertronian oppressors, the Decepticons, and the mighty Autobot leader who fought for our freedom, Optimus Pr—hmm, one moment. I...
Tuesday Telescope: Webb and Hubble team up to reveal spectacular star clusters
Welcome to the Tuesday Telescope. There is a little too much darkness in this world and not enough light—a little too much pseudoscience and not enough science. We’ll let other...
China jumps ahead in the race to achieve a new kind of reuse in space
The SJ-21 and SJ-25 satellites “merged” on July 2 and have remained together since then. This image from a telescope operated by s2a systems, a Swiss space domain awareness company,...
As California faces court battles, states scramble to save their climate goals
With or without authority to regulate heightened emissions, states plan to meet climate goals. Traffic jam forms on Interstate 5 north of Los Angeles. Credit: Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily...
Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps
Starting today, Google is implementing a change that will enable its Gemini AI engine to interact with third-party apps, such as WhatsApp, even when users previously configured their devices to...