Ars Technica

  1. US officially out of WHO, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars unpaid

    US did not pay $278 million in 2024–2025 dues and millions more in promised funds.

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  2. Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure "intact mental health"

    The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won't compile.

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  3. Hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins wants a second chance—and a security job

    Crypto theft was "the worst thing I had ever done."

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  4. Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027

    Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.

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  5. Asking Grok to delete fake nudes may force victims to sue in Musk's chosen court

    Millions likely harmed by Grok-edited sex images as X advertisers shrugged.

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  6. Google begins offering free SAT practice tests powered by Gemini

    Google says more kinds of standardized tests will be added in the future.

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  7. Check out the first trailer for Masters of the Universe

    "Talking tigers, spaceships, and magic swords that can make a man as mighty as a god."

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  8. Blue Origin makes impressive strides with reuse—next launch will refly booster

    With this quick turnaround, Blue Origin takes a step toward a faster cadence.

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  9. Google adds your Gmail and Photos to AI Mode to enable "Personal Intelligence"

    Personal Intelligence is optional and rolling out first to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.

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  10. Finally, a new controller that solves the Switch 2's "flat Joy-Con" problem

    But Nyxi's Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price.

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  11. eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

    New policy requires "buy for me" AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.

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  12. All sorts of interesting flags and artifacts will fly to the Moon on Artemis II

    More than 2,300 commemorative items fill the duffel bag-size pouch.

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  13. Meta wants to block data about social media use, mental health in child safety trial

    Company is pulling out all the stops to protect itself in advance of New Mexico trial.

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  14. Judge orders stop to FBI search of devices seized from Washington Post reporter

    Order says gov't must stop search while court reviews Washington Post motions.

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  15. Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

    Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.

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  16. mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say

    The vaccines are tailor-made to target each patient's unique cancer.

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  17. Trump FCC threatens to enforce equal-time rule on late-night talk shows

    FCC disputes long-standing view that the shows are exempt from equal-time rule.

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  18. Why adding modern controls to 1996's Tomb Raider simply doesn't work

    For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.

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  19. Kioxia's memory is "sold out" for 2026, prolonging a "high-end and expensive phase"

    Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly.

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  20. Watch a robot swarm "bloom" like a garden

    The Swarm Garden: An array of modular robot agents that adapt to changing conditions for living architecture.

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