How you can make cold-brew coffee in under 3 minutes using ultrasound

A "sonication" time between 1 and 3 minutes is ideal to get the perfect cold brew. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Big Three carriers pay $10M to settle claims of false “unlimited” advertising

States obtain settlement, but it's unclear whether consumers will get refunds. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Exploration-focused training lets robotics AI immediately handle new tasks

Maximum Diffusion Reinforcement Learning focuses training on end states, not process. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

OpenAI revs up plans for web search, but denies report of an imminent launch

The search.chatgpt.com URL is being set up, and Google employees are being poached. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Studio: Takedown notice for 15-year-old fan-made Hunt for Gollum was a mistake

The Hunt for Gollum fan film racked up more than 13 million views on YouTube. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Google patches its fifth zero-day vulnerability of the year in Chrome

Exploit code for critical "use-after-free" bug is circulating in the wild. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Manor Lords’ medieval micromanagement means making many messes

Survival is hard in the untamed wilderness, but does it have to be this hard? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Chemical tweaks to a toad hallucinogen turns it into a potential drug

Targets a different serotonin receptor from other popular hallucinogens. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Automakers hedge their bets with plug-in hybrids as EV sales slow

Originally regarded as stopgap solutions, hybrids are in it for the long haul. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

US Cellular is for sale, reportedly could be “carved up” by major carriers

US Cellular talked with Verizon, but deal with T-Mobile appears more likely. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 9 days ago

Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause

Amazon is adding three types of shoppable ads to Prime Video's ad tier. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

OpenAI’s flawed plan to flag deepfakes ahead of 2024 elections

OpenAI is recruiting researchers to test its new deepfake detector. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Raspberry Pis get a built-in remote access tool: Raspberry Pi Connect

Reach your little Pis from nearly any browser—and free up your RealVNC slots. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Amid two wrongful death lawsuits, Panera to pull the plug on “charged” drinks

A large previously contained nearly as much caffeine as the FDA's daily safe limit. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Hands-on with the new iPad Pros and Airs: A surprisingly refreshing refresh

And the new Apple Pencil Pro does some cool things, too. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

The mastermind of the prolific ransomware group LockBit has finally been unmasked

The US places a $10 million bounty for the arrest of Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Microsoft launches AI chatbot for spies

Air-gapping GPT-4 model on secure network won't prevent it from potentially making things up. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

TikTok and its Chinese owner sue US government over “foreign adversary” law

Law curtails "massive amounts of protected speech," TikTok and ByteDance allege. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Do you need a dentist visit every 6 months? That filling? The data is weak

Getting evidence-based care may be like pulling teeth, researchers suggest. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Boeing says workers skipped required tests on 787 but recorded work as completed

FAA: Boeing apparently didn't confirm bonding "where the wings join the fuselage." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Sneaking science into Borderlands: Inside the game inside a game

A key to its success? Making a game that didn't look like it involved biology. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Doc who claimed COVID shots cause magnetism gets medical license back

She also claimed cities liquified dead bodies and poured them into the water supply. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

NHTSA sends Tesla massive data request as it investigates Autopilot recall

Tesla has until July 1 to comply with the data request about its Autopilot recall. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

The $499 Google Pixel 8a is official, with 120 Hz display, 7 years of updates

The new Pixel 8a looks like a mid-range champion. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Hands-on with the new John Wick pinball

Stern Pinball brings the legendary assassin to the world of mechanical gaming. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Microsoft shuts down Bethesda’s Hi-Fi Rush, Redfall studios

Xbox maker wants to "prioritiz[e] high-impact titles" according to letter to staff. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

New “Apple Pencil Pro” can do a barrel roll

New Magic Keyboard promises a Macbook-like experience, while the Pencil gets new tricks. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Apple kills $329 iPad with home button, Lightning port

No more home button. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Nintendo pre-announces a Switch 2 announcement is coming… eventually

More info promised sometime before the end of March 2025. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Apple announces M4 with more CPU cores and AI focus, just months after M3

Aggressive update schedule is a major departure for Apple Silicon. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

New iPad Pros are the thinnest Apple device ever, feature dual-OLED screens

They also contain what Apple calls the fastest consumer AI computer you can buy. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Apple’s first 13-inch iPad Air debuts at $799 next week

There's also a new 11-inch M2 iPad Air. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Here’s why a rich guy going to space for a second time actually matters

Polaris Dawn will be the first time that SpaceX employees have actually gone to space. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Faulty valve scuttles Starliner’s first crew launch

The soonest opportunity for Atlas V and Starliner to launch is Friday night. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 12 days ago

Hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris from within the game

New method could help high-score chasers trying to avoid game-ending crashes. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Novel attack against virtually all VPN apps neuters their entire purpose

TunnelVision vulnerability has existed since 2002 and may already be known to attackers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Google Fit APIs get shut down in 2025, might break fitness devices

Scales, trackers, and other fitness devices that don't get updated will stop syncing | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

New Microsoft AI model may challenge GPT-4 and Google Gemini

In project headed by former Inflection chief, MAI-1 may have 500B parameters. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

SpaceX got the fanfare, but Boeing’s first crew flight is still historic

Ars spoke with the three Americans alive who have test-flown a new spacecraft in orbit. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Telcos keep using “insecure” Chinese gear because of congressional inaction

Congress only gave 38% of funds needed for "rip and replace," FCC chair says. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

SEC crypto crackdown continues with Robinhood as lawsuit looms

Robinhood accused SEC of creating a "world of confusion around crypto." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Tesla announces fourth round of layoffs in four weeks

The latest cuts affect engineers, HR, and service advisers. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Pokémon Go players are altering public map data to catch rare Pokémon

TPM 2.0 requirement apparently won't be enforced on Windows 10 systems. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Sony backs down, won’t enforce PSN accounts for Helldivers 2 PC players on Steam

What will Sony do next for an audience that likes its games but not its network? | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Doctor Who’s sparkling new season feels like a fresh return to form

Russell T. Davies and stars Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson weigh in on the new adventures. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all

"The structural inefficiency was a huge deal." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 13 days ago

Here are all the F1 cars designed by the legendary Adrian Newey

No other F1 designer has penned more championship winning cars than Adrian Newey. | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 14 days ago

The Boys S4 trailer brings us more bloody mayhem and “Homelander on Ice”

"You will no longer be beloved celebrities. You will be wrathful gods. Show me a little wrath." | Continue reading


@arstechnica.com | 15 days ago