Here’s why the tech industry gets excited about sports car racing
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH—Last week, ahead of the annual Rolex 24 at Daytona and…
“Just give me the f***ing links!”—Cursing disables Google’s AI overviews
If you search Google for a way to turn off the company’s AI-powered search results, you may well get an AI Overview telling you that AI Overviews can’t be directly…
Driving the Ford Mustang Dark Horse R makes every other pony feel tame
Ford provided flights from Albany to Charlotte and accommodation so Ars could attend its Ford Performance 2025 event. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. CHARLOTTE, NC—It’s amazing how much…
Dell risks employee retention by forcing all teams back into offices full-time
Dell is calling much of its workforce back into the office five days a week starting on March 3. The technology giant is framing the mandate as a business strategy,…
Buoy meets satellite soulmate in Love Me
There have been a lot of films and television series exploring sentient AI, consciousness, and identity, but there’s rarely been quite such a unique take on those themes as that…
Treasury official retires after clash with DOGE over access to payment system
A longtime Treasury Department official is leaving his job after a dispute with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which has reportedly been seeking access to federal payment systems.…
OpenAI hits back at DeepSeek with o3-mini reasoning model
Over the last week, OpenAI’s place atop the AI model hierarchy has been heavily challenged by Chinese model DeepSeek. Today, OpenAI struck back with the public release of o3-mini, its…
Google Pixel 4a’s ruinous “Battery Performance” update is a bewildering mess
What exactly is wrong with the batteries in some of Google’s Pixel 4a phones still out there? Google has not really said. Now that many Pixel 4a owners are experiencing…
FCC demands CBS provide unedited transcript of Kamala Harris interview
The Federal Communications Commission demanded that CBS provide the unedited transcript of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that is the subject of a complaint to the FCC and…
FDA approves first non-opioid pain medicine in more than 20 years
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new non-opioid pain medication this week, marking the first time in over two decades that the agency has approved a…