Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is Nimrod with a comment about the lack of checks and balances for RFK Jr.: Observation If a member of…
As data from space spikes, an innovative ground station company seeks to cash in
A company that seeks to disrupt the way in which data from space is received and transmitted has found some key investors and customers. On Tuesday morning Northwood Space announced…
Meet the mysterious electrides
For close to a century, geoscientists have pondered a mystery: Where did Earth’s lighter elements go? Compared to amounts in the Sun and in some meteorites, Earth has less hydrogen,…
Why NASA, IMSA, and tech companies are teaming up on tech transfer
IMSA provided accommodation so Ars could attend its symposium and the Rolex 24. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The annual 24-hour race that kicks off the…
Trade wars muzzle allied talks on Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield
Gen. Michael Guetlein, the senior officer in charge of the US military’s planned Golden Dome missile defense shield, has laid out an audacious schedule for deploying a network of space-based…
Apple patches ancient iOS versions to keep iMessage, FaceTime, other services working
When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for…
Volvo invented the three-point seat belt 67 years ago; now it has improved it
Volvo provided flights from Austin, Texas, to Stockholm, Sweden, and accommodation so Ars could learn about its new seatbelt. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. With the launch of…
AI Overviews gets upgraded to Gemini 3 with a dash of AI Mode
It can be hard sometimes to keep up with the deluge of generative AI in Google products. Even if you try to avoid it all, there are some features that…
Australian plumber is a YouTube sensation
Warning: Unclogging a restaurant’s grease trap is not for the faint of heart. Large swathes of the US were blanketed in snow and ice over the weekend, and what better…
“IG is a drug”: Internal messages may doom Meta at social media addiction trial
Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and death. These can be the consequences for vulnerable kids who get addicted to social media, according to more than 1,000 personal injury lawsuits that seek…