Reddit API changes are imminent. Here’s what’s happening to your favorite apps
Ars spoke to devs about their apps' future & what they learned from this ordeal.

Google tells Canada it won’t pay “link tax,” will pull news links from search
Canada requiring payments from tech to news orgs; similar bills pending in US.

Malaria found in Florida mosquitoes amid cluster of local cases
Officials have ramped up ground and aerial spraying.

TSMC says some of its data was swept up in a hack on a hardware supplier
The pernicious LockBit ransomware syndicate claims responsibility and demands $70 million.

The huge power and potential danger of AI-generated code
Programming can be faster with algorithms, but AI can make bugs more common.

AMD Ryzen 5600X3D, a Micro Center-exclusive, is one last hurrah for socket AM4
Micro Center will be the only seller of this $229, while-supplies-last chip.

Red Hat’s new source code policy and the intense pushback, explained
A (reasonably) condensed version of two weeks' worth of heated GPL argument.

Into the rivers and through the woods: Specialized’s e-mountain bike
Specialized's electric mountain bike was more than good enough to hook our reviewer.

Motorola’s “Satellite Link” hotspot lets you send messages via outer space
Following the announcement in February, the $150 device is available today.

30 years later, Myst demake for Atari 2600 reminds us how far we’ve come
Unofficial Myst port for 8-bit Atari 2600 gives the '90s adventure a '70s makeover.

Here’s what happens when a swim team competes with an intestinal pathogen
Outbreak among Mass. swim teams spread to a Rhode Island team after a meet.

Paul Atreides swears to “do what must be done” in new Dune: Part 2 trailer
"He who can destroy a thing has the real control of it."

Tesla-style NACS charging plugs are coming to Electrify America, Blink
Lots may be read into this news, as Electrify America is owned by Volkswagen.

YouTube scammer who stole millions in song royalties sentenced to 5 years
YouTube scammer aggressively defended fake rights to 50,000 songs over 5 years.

“Ghost particles” have given us a striking new view of our Milky Way galaxy
We now have strong evidence that the Milky Way is a source of high-energy neutrinos.

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor will mine hours of auto-shooting joy from your life
This Vampire -like converted a skeptic, even in its closed early-access form.

Windows 11’s Copilot brings AI chat to desktops in first public preview
Also includes Settings app changes, wider support for compressed file formats.

Dealmaster: Black Friday in July, pre-Prime Day sales, and a farewell to Star Trek: Prodigy
Save on laptops, tools, Apple products, and Star Trek merchandise.

FTC prepares “the big one,” a major lawsuit targeting Amazon’s core business
Amazon to be accused of punishing sellers who don't use its fulfillment services.

Op-ed: Why the great #TwitterMigration didn’t quite pan out
The flight from Musk's Twitter to the "free" fediverse never really took off.
