Video player looks like a 1-inch TV from the ’60s and is wondrous, pointless fun
High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.
Trump admin dismisses Endangered Species List as “Hotel California”
One-time WordPress competitor TypePad ends its slide into obscurity by shutting down
With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse
New dinosaur species is the punk rock version of an ankylosaur
As GM prepares to switch its EVs to NACS, it has some new adapters
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/gm-announces-new-nacs-and-ccs1-adapters-coming-next-week/
Unpacking Passkeys Pwned: Possibly the most specious research in decades
Porsche adds digital keys, in-car gaming to 2026 Macan Electric
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/08/porsche-adds-digital-keys-in-car-gaming-to-2026-macan-electric/
The personhood trap: How AI fakes human personality
CDC director has been ousted just weeks after Senate confirmation
CDC slashed food safety surveillance, now tracks only 2 of 8 top infections
Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry
Judge unhappy with FCC’s “vague and uninformative” response to DOGE lawsuit
Intel details everything that could go wrong with US taking a 10% stake
New AI browser agents create risks if sites hijack them with hidden instructions
Chris Roberts hopes Squadron 42 will be “almost as big” as GTA VI next year
Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance
The first stars may not have been as uniformly massive as we thought
Corsair’s PC-dockable screen helped me monitor my PC components and news feeds