Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNA #Science #Genetics #Evolution
Doctors took a look at man's painful shoulder--they found the joint was missing #Health #Science #Medicine
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification #Tech #AndroidDev #Policy
Reddit keeps weird DMCA lawsuit against web scraper alive despite Google's loss #Tech #Law #AI
Likely illegally, Claude gained access to 3 networks. Will Anthropic be held to account? #AI #Cybersecurity #TechNews
Google Earth releases, swiftly retracts AI feature to make fake satellite images #AI #Tech #Misinformation
AI startup admits tattoo-for-interview stunt was "reckless" #AI #Startups #Ethics
High school defends staying silent while boys made AI nudes of 59 classmates #AI #Policy #Tech
See the heat: An infrared imaging system that outputs in color #Science #Infrared #Technology
China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs #EVs #Recycling #Sustainability
Sony acknowledges backlash, will "cautiously" move forward with end of discs #Gaming #Tech #PlayStation
Man invested $45M in a Nicolas Cage movie. It got stolen off Netflix's desk. #Tech #Film #Crime
AI scammers outperform humans when it comes to building trust #AI #Security #Scams
Pathogenic review: Damn, it feels good to be a virus #Gaming #Science #IndieGame
How a Yale AI-cheating dispute became a 13-count federal lawsuit #AI #Law #Education
Rocket Report: Big deals for US launch firms, RFA One debut is delayed #Space #Rockets #Tech
Tim Cook's last earnings call: Strong iPhone sales, but memory costs loom large #Tech #Apple #Business
Kremlin hackers are exploiting Exchange flaw to backdoor unpatched networks #Cybersecurity #Hacking #TechNews
Trump FCC's war on ABC slammed by both conservatives and liberals #TechPolicy #Government #Media
Satellites spot new war damage to Amazon data centers and Saudi oil site #Tech #Geopolitics #Satellite
The disc is not the game: Physical releases increasingly require extra downloads #Gaming #Tech #Digital
Chrome may get faster updates with no restart required #Tech #AI #Browsers
Google reveals Gemini Robotics 2.0, promising improved dexterity and safety #AI #Robotics #Tech
Space Force-backed mission does its best impression of Top Gun in orbit #Space #Science #Military
If a quantum computer outperforms normal ones, can you tell if it's right? #QuantumComputing #Science #Algorithms
With a stateless makeover, new MCP spec targets enterprise scale #Tech #AI #OpenSource
Mythos uncovers crypto weaknesses that went unknown for years #Security #Crypto #AI
Musk went to "war," sought jail time for X ad boycotts--but case ends with a whimper #Tech #SocialMedia #Policy
Who wins and who loses after US bans foreign robots? #Robotics #AI #Policy
Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims #Tech #Policy #Workplace
Customize Ars your way with an Ars Pro subscription #Tech #Subscriptions #SiteNews
Google begins global rollout of age verification API in Google Play #Tech #Privacy #Google
Elon Musk's xAI is trying to sue its way out of a Grok reckoning #Tech #AI #Law
Quantum computing roundup: Still more technologies making waves #QuantumComputing #Science #Tech
Actually, Starliner might fly into space this year #Space #Tech #Science
Anthropic is finding bugs faster than Microsoft can fix them #AI #Security #Tech
New AMD Linux patch boosts low-end gaming performance on Steam Deck #Gaming #Linux #Tech
Gaming and IRL worlds collide in Jumanji: Open World trailer #Gaming #Culture #Trailers
What happens when you put AI to work deciphering lost languages? #AI #Science #Language
Tested: Google SynthID works great, but labeling AI content may be a losing game #AI #Tech #Ethics