Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/wikipedia-loses-uk-safety-act-challenge-worries-it-will-have-to-verify-user-ids/

Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/why-amazon-is-letting-its-rival-launch-its-satellites/

LLMs’ “simulated reasoning” abilities are a “brittle mirage,” researchers find

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/researchers-find-llms-are-bad-at-logical-inference-good-at-fluent-nonsense/

RFK Jr. posted fishing pics as CDC reeled from shooting linked to vaccine disinfo

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/rfk-jr-posted-fishing-pics-as-cdc-reeled-from-shooting-linked-to-vaccine-disinfo/

Trump strikes “wild” deal making US firms pay 15% tax on China chip sales

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/nvidia-amd-agree-to-pay-trumps-15-levy-on-china-chip-sales/

Scientists hid secret codes in light to combat video fakes

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/scientists-hid-secret-codes-in-light-to-combat-video-fakes/

Ford bets big on “Universal EV Production System” and $30k truck

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/ford-bets-big-on-universal-ev-production-system-and-30k-truck/

Experiment will attempt to counter climate change by altering ocean

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/experiment-will-attempt-to-counter-climate-change-by-altering-ocean/

Netflix drops One Piece S2 teaser, renews for S3

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/netflix-drops-one-piece-s2-teaser-renews-for-s3/

How old is the earliest trace of life on Earth?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/how-old-is-the-earliest-trace-of-life-on-earth/

NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/nasa-plans-to-build-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-a-space-lawyer-explains-why/

Encryption made for police and military radios may be easily cracked

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked/

New adhesive surface modeled on a remora works underwater

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/new-adhesive-surface-modeled-on-a-remora-works-underwater/

James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/astronaut-james-lovell-famed-apollo-13-commander-dies-at-97/

For giant carnivorous dinosaurs, big size didn’t mean a big bite

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/for-giant-carnivorous-dinosaurs-big-size-didnt-mean-a-big-bite/

Texas prepares for war as invasion of flesh-eating flies appears imminent

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/texas-prepares-for-war-as-invasion-of-flesh-eating-flies-appears-imminent/

Apple brings OpenAI’s GPT-5 to iOS and macOS

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/apple-brings-openais-gpt-5-to-ios-and-macos/

Green dildos are raining down on WNBA courts. Why? Crypto memecoins, of course.

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/green-dildos-are-raining-down-on-wnba-courts-why-crypto-memecoins-of-course/

Review: The Sandman S2 is a classic tragedy, beautifully told

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/review-the-sandman-s2-is-a-classic-tragedy-beautifully-told/

Net neutrality advocates won’t appeal loss, say they don’t trust Supreme Court

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/net-neutrality-advocates-wont-appeal-loss-say-they-dont-trust-supreme-court/