Bat colony checks in to hotel; 200 guests check out, unaware of rabies scare

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/bat-colony-checks-in-to-hotel-200-guests-check-out-unaware-of-rabies-scare/

Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/study-social-media-probably-cant-be-fixed/

OpenAI brings back GPT-4o after user revolt

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/openai-brings-back-gpt-4o-after-user-revolt/

Mercedes-Benz Vision V Concept: Is this the solution or a sideshow?

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/mercedes-benz-vision-v-concept-is-this-the-solution-or-a-sideshow/

OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/08/openai-cofounder-sam-altman-to-take-on-neuralink-with-new-startup/

Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/worm-invades-mans-eyeball-leading-doctors-to-suck-out-his-eye-jelly/

Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/space-force-officials-take-secrecy-to-new-heights-ahead-of-key-rocket-launch/

Why it’s a mistake to ask chatbots about their mistakes

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/08/why-its-a-mistake-to-ask-chatbots-about-their-mistakes/

Perplexity offers more than twice its total valuation to buy Chrome from Google

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/perplexity-offers-more-than-twice-its-total-valuation-to-buy-chrome-from-google/

50K YouTubers rage against AI spying that could expose identities

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/50k-youtubers-rage-against-ai-spying-that-could-expose-identities/

They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/08/theyre-golden-fictional-band-fromk-pop-demon-hunters-tops-the-charts/

Rad Power’s Radster: A very non-radical commuter bike

https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/08/rad-powers-radster-a-very-non-radical-commuter-bike/

Musk threatens to sue Apple so Grok can get top App Store ranking

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/apple-gets-yanked-into-elon-musks-chatbot-war-with-openai/

China tells Alibaba, ByteDance to justify purchases of Nvidia AI chips

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/china-tells-alibaba-bytedance-to-justify-purchases-of-nvidia-ai-chips/

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/08/high-severity-winrar-0-day-exploited-for-weeks-by-2-groups/

The GPT-5 rollout has been a big mess

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/the-gpt-5-rollout-has-been-a-big-mess/

Boar’s Head to reopen plant as mold and funky meat problems pop up elsewhere

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/boars-head-to-reopen-plant-as-mold-and-funky-meat-problems-pop-up-elsewhere/

AOL announces September shutdown for dial-up Internet after 34 years

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/aol-will-finally-end-1991-dial-up-internet-service-thats-older-than-smartphones/

Reddit blocks Internet Archive to end sneaky AI scraping

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/reddit-blocks-internet-archive-to-end-sneaky-ai-scraping/

GitHub will be folded into Microsoft proper as CEO steps down

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/github-will-be-folded-into-microsoft-proper-as-ceo-steps-down/