Buy once (or more) to play anywhere While Google announced last year it was opening the door to all Android games on Windows, things haven’t exactly worked out like that....
Report: RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine agenda curbed as GOP realizes it’s unpopular
Kennedy’s plans were only getting started. The staunch anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist made his most brazen attack on vaccines in January, slashing the CDC’s childhood vaccine schedule from 17...
FCC chair blasts Amazon after it criticizes SpaceX megaconstellation
In addition to parrying with SpaceX over its proposed, vastly larger orbital data center constellation, Amazon is seeking some regulatory relief of its own. Most pressing for Amazon is a...
14,000 routers are infected by malware that’s highly resistant to takedowns
Researchers say they have uncovered a takedown-resistant botnet of 14,000 routers and other network devices—primarily made by Asus—that have been conscripted into a proxy network that anonymously carries traffic used...
Explain it like I’m 5: Why is everyone on speakerphone in public?
The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment. I’m talking about the kind of news judgment that knows whether a pet peeve is merely...
Windows 11’s Steam Deck-ish, streamlined Xbox gaming UI comes to all PCs in April
When Asus and Microsoft launched the ROG Xbox Ally X last summer, it came with a bespoke controller-driven full-screen interface running on top of Windows 11. The handheld was still...
“Use a gun” or “beat the crap out of him”: AI chatbot urged violence, study finds
The testing occurred between November 5, 2025, and December 11, 2025, and results were shared with the companies. Because the tests were three to four months ago, the latest versions...
Binance sues WSJ, panicked by gov’t probes into sanctioned crypto transfers
WSJ reports include Binance comments It also seems worth noting that Binance’s complaint claimed that the Journal made no changes to its report to include statements from the company; however,...
A glimpse into tuner culture: Fast and Furious exhibit at the Petersen
The museum is celebrating 25 years of the original F&F film with a 23-car exhibit. The Dodge Charger and Toyota Supra from The Fast and the Furious are among the...
Intel shores up its desktop CPU lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips
Intel’s Core Ultra 200S desktop chips, codenamed “Arrow Lake,” first launched in late 2024, and they were the most significant updates to Intel’s desktop CPU lineup in years. But that...
GPT-5.4 Is A Substantial Upgrade
Benchmarks have never been less useful for telling us which models are best. They are good for giving a general sense of the landscape. They definitely paint a picture. But...
Reentry of NASA satellite will exceed the agency’s own risk guidelines
No one on the ground has ever been injured by falling space junk, but there are examples of space debris causing property damage. NASA’s two Van Allen Probes launched into...
FDA contradicts Trump admin, declines to approve generic drug for autism
In September, the Trump administration took what it called “bold actions” on autism that included touting the generic drug leucovorin as a promising treatment. In a news release, Marty Makary,...
AI can rewrite open source code—but can it rewrite the license, too?
Is it clean “reverse engineering” or just an LLM-filtered “derivative work”? Meet your new open source coding team! Credit: Getty Images Computer engineers and programmers have long relied on reverse...
Meta acquires Moltbook, the AI agent social network
Meta has acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-esque simulated social network made up of AI agents that went viral a few weeks ago. The company will hire Moltbook creator Matt Schlicht and...
After complaints, Google will make it easier to disable gen AI search in Photos
Google has spent the past few years in a constant state of AI escalation, rolling out new versions of its Gemini models and integrating that technology into every feature possible....
Anthropic sues US over blacklisting; White House calls firm “radical left, woke”
Anthropic says it was blacklisted for opposing autonomous weapons, mass surveillance. Credit: Getty Images | picture alliance Anthropic sued the Trump administration yesterday in an attempt to reverse the government’s...
Trump’s divisive FDA vaccine regulator self-destructs, will exit agency (again)
For the second time, Vinay Prasad is set to leave the Food and Drug Administration. In a post on social media Friday, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary announced that Prasad will...
NASA and SpaceX disagree about manual controls for lunar lander
The report notes that during every one of the Apollo program’s crewed lunar landings, astronauts engaged the backup manual control method. (Of course, this occurred six decades ago, when flight...
Gemini burrows deeper into Google Workspace with revamped document creation and editing
Google didn’t waste time integrating Gemini into its popular Workspace apps, but those AI features are now getting an overhaul. The company says its new Gemini features for Drive, Docs,...
