Ultra low-cost smartphone attachment measures blood pressure at home
Clever use of physics uses pressure on the skin and optics to track blood flow.
Deadly fungal meningitis cases nearly double as CDC rushes to find exposed
The source and fungus are both elusive; officials are aggressively treating exposed.
Twitter may nix abortion advocacy restrictions after lawmaker’s callout
Twitter ad policy restricting abortion advocacy may soon change, employee says.
Windows 11 ditches several power-user File Explorer options in newest preview
New build also (sort of) removes OS-level Microsoft Teams integration.
Google is “winding down” Google Domains by selling it to Squarespace
Transition is automatic, but Squarespace honoring renewal fees for only 1 year.
Millions of Americans’ personal DMV data exposed in massive MOVEit hack
Over 6.5 million residents of two states affected, impact may potentially widen.
Retro MacOS desktop blanket trades pixels for thread, and it looks Mac-nificent
New knit screenshot throw celebrates the Mac's early years. We talk to its creator.
Dealmaster: Summer savings on laptops, smartphones, and smartwatches
With savings on laptops and smartphones, now is a great time to upgrade your gear.
Rocket Report: Final Ariane 5 launch delayed, Virgin Galactic set to fly again
FAA is "taking a finer pencil to the way operations are run and managed."
This 15th century manuscript mentions a Monty Python-esque killer rabbit
Richard Heege was clearly a medieval scribe with a sense of humor.
Our fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formula
If all goes smoothly, the FDA is expecting new shots around September.
Intel to start shipping a quantum processor
The 12-qubit device will go out to a few academic research labs.
The Reddit protests are winding down—so what’s next?
Ars spoke with community mods about where Reddit goes from here.
Judge ruled Twitter must be evicted from Colorado office over unpaid rent
Twitter evicted in Boulder, Colo., still faces unpaid-rent suit at HQ in Calif.
Texas will require parental consent for kids to use social media
The Texas social media law takes effect September 1.
One-person company that makes League of Legends stat tool gets $55M buyout
A website, a plug-in, an API, and an endlessly stat-hungry audience.
“Abhorrent betrayal”: 7 charged in heinous stolen body-part trafficking ring
“Some crimes defy understanding.”
Music publishers sue Twitter, slam Musk for calling DMCA a “plague on humanity”
Publishers sue after licensing talks between Twitter and record labels stalled.
EU votes to ban AI in biometric surveillance, require disclosure from AI systems
Nonbinding EU draft AI law gets tougher, but it's still open to negotiation.
Megaupload coders get light sentences, will testify against Kim Dotcom
Dotcom doesn’t blame Megaupload coders for striking deal with US government.
