It’s getting harder to skirt RTO policies without employers noticing

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/its-getting-harder-to-skirt-rto-policies-without-employers-noticing/

Adult sites are stashing exploit code inside racy .svg files

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/adult-sites-use-malicious-svg-files-to-rack-up-likes-on-facebook/

Toymaker suddenly drops lawsuit against “Sylvanian Drama” TikToker

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/toymaker-suddenly-drops-lawsuit-against-sylvanian-drama-tiktoker/

Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species”

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/google-gemini-struggles-to-write-code-calls-itself-a-disgrace-to-my-species/

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/

ChatGPT users hate GPT-5’s “overworked secretary” energy, miss their GPT-4o buddy

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/chatgpt-users-outraged-as-gpt-5-replaces-the-models-they-love/

Google and Valve will kill “Steam for Chromebooks” experiment in January 2026

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/google-and-valve-will-kill-steam-for-chromebooks-experiment-in-january-2026/

Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/texas-politicians-warn-smithsonian-it-must-not-lobby-to-retain-its-space-shuttle/

National Academies to fast-track a new climate assessment

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/national-academies-to-fast-track-a-new-climate-assessment/

Ford switches gears, will push smaller EVs over full-size pickup and van

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-switches-gears-will-push-smaller-evs-over-full-size-pickup-and-van/

Rocket Report: Firefly lights the markets up; SpaceX starts selling trips to Mars

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/rocket-report-firefly-lights-the-markets-up-spacex-starts-selling-ships-to-mars/

New executive order puts all grants under political control

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-executive-order-puts-all-grants-under-political-control/

FCC Democrat: Trump admin is declaring “Mission Accomplished” on broadband

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/fcc-democrat-trump-admin-is-declaring-mission-accomplished-on-broadband/

Stone tools may hint at ancestors of Homo floresiensis

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/stone-tools-may-hint-at-ancestors-of-homo-floresiensis/

Google discovered a new scam—and also fell victim to it

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/google-sales-data-breached-in-the-same-scam-it-discovered/

After using ChatGPT, man swaps his salt for sodium bromide—and suffers psychosis

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/after-using-chatgpt-man-swaps-his-salt-for-sodium-bromide-and-suffers-psychosis/

Did a rival tribe kill and eat their neighbors 5,700 years ago?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/archaeologists-unearth-fresh-evidence-of-neolithic-cannibalism/

OpenAI launches GPT-5 free to all ChatGPT users

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/openai-launches-gpt-5-free-to-all-chatgpt-users/

2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S: A different approach to a luxury sedan

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/2025-porsche-panamera-turbo-s-a-different-approach-to-a-luxury-sedan/

Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying to win back customers

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/sonos-says-it-is-forced-to-raise-prices-while-trying-to-win-back-customers/