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The Ars cargo e-bike buying guide for the bike-curious (or serious)
Fun and functional transportation? See why these bikes are all the rage.
Chris Cona
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Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates
With billions in grants put on hold, targeted universities will see research crippled.
John Timmer
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Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts
"I expect that the government will follow all the rules and be fair and follow all the laws."
Stephen Clark
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Revolt brews against RFK Jr. as experts pen rally cries in top medical journal
"If our usual approaches are not effective, other strategies must be used."
Beth Mole
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Google announces faster, more efficient Gemini AI model
Gemini 2.5 is starting to move beyond its experimental phase.
Ryan Whitwam
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Trump administration’s attack on university research accelerates
With billions in grants put on hold, targeted universities will see research crippled.
John Timmer
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Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts
"I expect that the government will follow all the rules and be fair and follow all the laws."
Stephen Clark
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Revolt brews against RFK Jr. as experts pen rally cries in top medical journal
"If our usual approaches are not effective, other strategies must be used."
Beth Mole
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Google announces faster, more efficient Gemini AI model
Gemini 2.5 is starting to move beyond its experimental phase.
Ryan Whitwam
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NASA nominee asks why lunar return has taken so long, and why it costs so much
“My loyalty is to this nation, the space agency, and its world-changing mission."
Eric Berger
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Take It Down Act nears passage; critics warn Trump could use it against enemies
Anti-deepfake bill raises concerns about censorship and breaking encryption.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump boosts China tariffs to 125%, pauses tariff hikes on other countries
Trump’s 90-day pause on tariffs isn’t necessarily a “good thing,” CTA says.
Ashley Belanger
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OpenAI helps spammers plaster 80,000 sites with messages that bypassed filters
Company didn't notice its chatbot was being abused for (at least) 4 months.
Dan Goodin
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After months of user complaints, Anthropic debuts new $200/month AI plan
Two-tiered "Claude Max" expands rate limits and offers traffic priority to subscribers.
Benj Edwards
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Windows 11’s Copilot Vision wants to help you learn to use complicated apps
Copilot beta update is rolling out to Windows Insider program testers now.
Andrew Cunningham
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Don’t call it a drone: Zipline’s uncrewed aircraft wants to reinvent retail
Ars visits a zipline delivery service that's deploying in more locations soon.
Tim Stevens
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Apple TV+ releases first trailer for sci-fi comedy Murderbot
"Now that I've hacked my programming, I can do whatever I want... as long as they don't find out."
Jennifer Ouellette
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Why Trump’s tariffs probably won’t cause an immediate Switch 2 price bump
But import taxes could impact longer-term pricing, US console supplies.
Kyle Orland
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Meta secretly helped China advance AI, ex-Facebooker will tell Congress
Meta whistleblower can testify to Congress despite gag order on press interviews.
Ashley Belanger
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Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots
Light and smells can turn flies into remote-controlled near-automatons.
John Timmer
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Google unveils Ironwood, its most powerful AI processor yet
Ironwood will be available in configurations of up to 9,216 liquid-cooled chips.
Ryan Whitwam
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Road deaths fell below 40,000 in 2024, the lowest since 2019
Road deaths decreased by 3.8 percent in 2024, to 39,345.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Trump throws coal a lifeline, but the energy industry has moved on
The US market has been moving away from coal for decades.
Inside Climate News
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Mario Kart World’s $80 price isn’t that high, historically
Adjusting for inflation shows console game prices have been higher in the recent past.
Kyle Orland
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“The girl should be calling men.” Leak exposes Black Basta’s influence tactics.
Disclosure of tactics, techniques, and procedures provides rare glimpse into secretive group.
Dan Goodin
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Fewer beans = great coffee if you get the pour height right
Pour-over coffee is made by flowing a strong, laminar water jet through a bed of ground coffee beans.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Twitch makes deal to escape Elon Musk suit alleging X ad boycott conspiracy
Twitch must meet certain conditions by the end of the year to get dismissal.
Ashley Belanger
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Victory for DOGE as appeals court reinstates access to personal data
Divided court sides with Trump admin in case over alleged privacy law violations.
Jon Brodkin
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Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting”
Carmack: "Power tools" like AI are "central to all the progress in computers."
Benj Edwards
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Creating a distinctive aesthetic for Daredevil: Born Again
Ars chats with cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera on bringing a 1970s film vibe to the Marvel series.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Japanese railway shelter replaced in less than 6 hours by 3D-printed model
Custom-printed shelters could help fix up rural train stops faster.
Kevin Purdy
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97% of drivers want in-car payment system for tolls, parking, charging
Any system should be easy to use and work for parking, fueling, and charging.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Back to basics: Microsoft tests overhauled Start menu in Windows 11 beta builds
Redesigned Start menu would give users more control over what apps they see.
Andrew Cunningham
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Parents give kids more melatonin than ever, with unknown long-term effects
More children are taking the hormone in the form of nightly gummies or drops.
Undark Magazine
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The 2025 Moto G Stylus has a sharper display and “enhanced” stylus for $400
The Moto G Stylus 2025 is coming April 17 for the same price as last year's model.
Ryan Whitwam
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Tuesday Telescope: Does this Milky Way image remind you of Powers of 10?
Finding a mystery in Sagittarius C.
Eric Berger
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A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX
The Space Force wants to launch this particular GPS satellite soon, but ULA isn't ready.
Stephen Clark
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Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs
"We would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss."
Andrew Cunningham
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Nintendo explains why Switch 2 hardware and software cost so much
$450 system isn't being sold at a loss, wasn't priced with tariffs in mind.
Kyle Orland
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FreeDOS 1.4 brings new fixes and features to modern and vintage DOS-based PCs
Independent developers are keeping the command prompt alive on PCs new and old.
Andrew Cunningham
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