Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages

16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.

Big Tech joins forces with Linux Foundation to standardize AI agents

The Agentic AI Foundation launches to support MCP, AGENTS.md, and goose.

Supreme Court appears likely to approve Trump’s firing of FTC Democrat

Conservative justices seem ready to back Trump control of independent agencies.

NASA astronauts will have their own droid when they go back to the Moon

NASA crew will be the first astronauts to work with a robot on a celestial body other than Earth.

Court: “Because Trump said to” may not be a legally valid defense

The “arbitrary and capricious” standard strikes down another administration action.

Google is reviving wearable gesture controls, but only for the Pixel Watch 4

Google will let you select and dismiss with a gesture, but only on the newest watch.

Brazil weakens Amazon protections days after COP30

Backed by powerful corporations, nations are giving public false choices: Environmental protection or economic growth.

Pompeii construction site confirms recipe for Roman concrete

Latest results from a recently discovered ancient Roman construction site confirm earlier findings.

In a major new report, scientists build rationale for sending astronauts to Mars

“Everyone is inspired by this because it’s becoming real.”

Asked why we need Golden Dome, the man in charge points to a Hollywood film

“If they see how prepared we are, no one starts a nuclear war.”

Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.

ICEBlock lawsuit: Trump admin bragged about demanding App Store removal

ICEBlock creator sues to protect apps that are crowd-sourcing ICE sightings.

Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

Paramount has already proven it can get a controversial merger done.

F1 in Abu Dhabi: And that’s the championship

A three-way fight down to the wire as the ground effect era comes to a close.

A big bike on a budget: Lectric’s XPress 750

A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect.

Please send help. I can’t stop playing these roguelikes.

2025 was a very good year for my favorite genre.

A massive, Chinese-backed port could push the Amazon Rainforest over the edge

The port will revolutionize global trade, but it’s sparking destructive rainforest routes.

The NPU in your phone keeps improving—why isn’t that making AI better?

Shrinking AI for your phone is no simple matter.

“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy

Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.

After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death

Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy.

We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results

It’s a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

Vision Pro M5 review: It’s time for Apple to make some tough choices

A state of the union from someone who actually sort of uses the thing.

“Go generate a bridge and jump off it”: How video pros are navigating AI

I talked with nine creators about economic pressures and fan backlash.

Stoke Space goes for broke to solve the only launch problem that “moves the needle”

“Does the world really need a 151st rocket company?”

OnePlus 15 review: The end of range anxiety

OnePlus delivers its second super-fast phone of 2025.

I’ve already been using a “Steam Machine” for months, and I think it’s great

With a little know-how, you can get yourself a Steam Machine right this minute.

US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”

It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.

What if the aliens come and we just can’t communicate?

Ars chats with particle physicist Daniel Whiteson about his new book Do Aliens Speak Physics?

Review: New Framework Laptop 16 takes a fresh stab at the upgradeable laptop GPU

New components make it more useful and powerful but no less odd.

You won’t believe the excuses lawyers have after getting busted for using AI

I got hacked; I lost my login; it was a rough draft; toggling windows is hard.

Meta offers EU users ad-light option in push to end investigation

Facebook agrees to change “pay or consent” model after talks with European Commission.

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

Defendants were convicted of similar crimes a decade ago. How were they cleared again?

Admins and defenders gird themselves against maximum-severity server vuln

Open source React executes malicious code with malformed HTML—no authentication needed.

Microsoft drops AI sales targets in half after salespeople miss their quotas

Report: Microsoft declared “the era of AI agents” in May, but enterprise customers aren’t buying.

Fraudulent gambling network may actually be something more nefarious

Researchers say there’s more to the network, which has operated for 14 years.

OpenAI CEO declares “code red” as Gemini gains 200 million users in 3 months

Three years after Google sounded alarm bells over ChatGPT, the tables have turned.

Syntax hacking: Researchers discover sentence structure can bypass AI safety rules

New research offers clues about why some prompt injection attacks may succeed.

HP plans to save millions by laying off thousands, ramping up AI use

Product development, internal operations among teams expected to be hit hardest.

Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble

Several companies are selling crypto stockpiles in effort to fund share buybacks, shore up stock prices.

UK government will buy tech to boost AI sector in $130M growth push

Plan will offer guaranteed payments for British startups making AI hardware

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.

Voting system required three keys. One of them has been “irretrievably lost.”

How to know if your Asus router is one of thousands hacked by China-state hackers

So far, the hackers are laying low, likely for later use.

Google tells employees it must double capacity every 6 months to meet AI demand

Google’s AI infrastructure chief tells staff it needs thousandfold capacity increase in 5 years.

HP and Dell disable HEVC support built into their laptops’ CPUs

HEVC licensing gets more expensive in January.

Massive Cloudflare outage was triggered by file that suddenly doubled in size

“I worry this is the big botnet flexing,” CEO said. But outage was self-inflicted.

Google is reviving wearable gesture controls, but only for the Pixel Watch 4

Google will let you select and dismiss with a gesture, but only on the newest watch.

Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100

The Pebble Index 01 isn’t quite a smart ring, but it can do some smart things.

Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover

Paramount has already proven it can get a controversial merger done.

Streaming service makes rare decision to lower its monthly fees

This could be just what Fubo and its subscribers need.

Netflix’s $72B WB acquisition confounds the future of movie theaters, streaming

Netflix’s plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny.

SteamOS tested on dedicated GPUs: No, it’s not always faster than Windows

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

Kohler is getting the scoop on people’s poop.

OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

The device starts at $900 and comes with a free gift for a limited time.

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.

The NPU in your phone keeps improving—why isn’t that making AI better?

Shrinking AI for your phone is no simple matter.

After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers

Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand.

Prime Video pulls eerily emotionless AI-generated anime dubs after complaints

In some cases, better dubs already existed.

Mad Men’s 4K debut botched by HBO Max streaming episode with visible crewmembers

Producer Lionsgate reportedly contributed to the gaffe.

Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem

Valve has work to do on the software side—but some fixes are coming.

Google announces second Android 16 release of 2025 is heading to Pixels

The update is rolling out to Pixels starting today.

Please send help. I can’t stop playing these roguelikes.

2025 was a very good year for my favorite genre.

SteamOS tested on dedicated GPUs: No, it’s not always faster than Windows

Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards.

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

Valve tells Ars its “trying to unblock” limits caused by open source driver issues.

Testing shows why the Steam Machine’s 8GB of graphics RAM could be a problem

Valve has work to do on the software side—but some fixes are coming.

“Players are selfish”: Fallout 2’s Chris Avellone describes his game design philosophy

Avellone recaps his journey from learning on a TRS-80 to today.

After a Witcher-free decade, CDPR still promises three sequels in six years

CD Projekt Red says shift to Unreal Engine allows for more rapid development.

After 40 years of adventure games, Ron Gilbert pivots to outrunning Death

Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy.

Revisiting Jill of the Jungle, the last game Tim Sweeney designed

DOS platformers didn’t have a reputation for being fun, but this one is a blast.

GPU prices are coming to earth just as RAM costs shoot into the stratosphere

Some RAM kits are over three times as expensive as they were three months ago.

Valve’s Steam Machine looks like a console, but don’t expect it to be priced like one

Upcoming gaming box will be priced in line with a similarly specced PC, Valve says.

Return to the year 2000 with classic multiplayer DOS games in your browser

There are fan-made browser versions of Red Alert, Unreal Tournament, and more.

Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License

Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office worked with Jason Scott to do it.

Google’s latest swing at Chromebook gaming is a free year of GeForce Now

GeForce Now Fast Pass is a new service tier exclusively for Chromebooks.

Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62

The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.

The Analogue 3D is the modern N64 fans have been waiting for

Excellent design and display filters, but the lack of OpenFPGA support rankles.