Dealmaster: Discounts on games, toys, laptops, and more
Savings on laptops, games, and toys to keep you entertained this summer.

A bigger battery and three rows of seats for US-market VW ID Buzz
Everyone's favorite EV minivan goes on sale in North America in 2024.

Boeing stands down from Starliner launch to address recently found problems
"Safety is always our top priority, and that drives this decision."

Motorola makes its 4th-gen foldable, the Moto Razr+, official
And a second low-end model promises to be the cheapest foldable on the market.

Dangerous brain abscesses spiked in US kids as COVID restrictions dropped
Cases are on the decline, but still above baseline rates.

NASA panel: No convincing evidence for extraterrestrial life connected with UAPs
Amid ambiguity and poor data, "We don't know exactly what we're looking for."

NASA panel: No convincing evidence for extraterrestrial life connected with UAPs
Amid ambiguity and poor data, "We don't know exactly what we're looking for."

Pentagon buying Starlink dishes for Ukraine after funding dispute with SpaceX
DoD confirms deal months after Musk said he'd "keep funding Ukraine for free."

Google Assistant kills off support for third-party note apps
The Google Assistant continues to circle the drain, with yet another feature loss.

Meta beats Apple to the mixed-reality punch with $499 Quest 3 coming this fall
Quest 2's starting price is also going back down to $299.

FTC: Amazon/Ring workers illegally spied on users of home security cameras
Amazon agrees to Ring and Alexa settlements but didn't admit violating any laws.

“Clickless” iOS exploits infect Kaspersky iPhones with never-before-seen malware
"Operation Triangulation" stole mic recordings, photos, geolocation, and more.

Asus plans on-site ChatGPT-like AI server rentals for privacy and data control
"AFS Appliance" will avoid the cloud and place an AI language model on premises.

Apple reportedly prepping a pair of high-end Mac desktops ahead of WWDC
A new Mac Studio is more likely than the long-awaited Apple Silicon Mac Pro.

Players replace Tears of the Kingdom’s patched-out item-dupe glitches
Please, Nintendo, just leave them alone this time.

Researchers get primate embryos to start organ development in culture dishes
The start of organ development can help us understand human developmental problems.

Toyota to build electric 3-row SUV in Kentucky, batteries in N. Carolina
After ignoring EVs for too long, Toyota now spending billions to build them here.

The Atlantic hurricane season has begun: What we know and what we don’t
A little bit of preparation now will go a long way when a storm threatens.

Millions of PC motherboards were sold with a firmware backdoor
Hidden code in many Gigabyte motherboards invisibly and insecurely downloads programs.

Ars Frontiers recap: What happens to developers when AI can code?
Computers won't put us all out of a job—not yet, at least.
