Bats eat the birds they pluck from the sky while on the wing
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/10/tracking-bats-as-they-hunt-birds-in-the-skies-above-europe/
DNA analysis reveals likely pathogens that killed Napoleon’s army
This browser claims “perfect privacies protection,” but it acts like malware
Satellite shows what’s really happening at the East Wing of the White House
Rocket Report: China tests Falcon 9 lookalike; NASA’s Moon rocket fully stacked
With new acquisition, OpenAI signals plans to integrate deeper into the OS
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/10/openai-acquires-the-team-that-made-apples-shortcuts/
Lawsuit: Reddit caught Perplexity “red-handed” stealing data from Google results
Researchers show that training on “junk data” can lead to LLM “brain rot”
Dinosaurs may have flourished right up to when the asteroid hit
An NIH director joins MAHA, gets replaced by JD Vance’s close friend
Microsoft makes Copilot “human-centered” with a ‘90s-style animated assistant
The first people to set foot in Australia were fossil hunters
Valve upends the CS2 item marketplace with new “trade up” update
Great hybrid V6, lousy HMI: Three days with a Ferrari 296 GTB
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/10/great-hybrid-v6-lousy-hmi-three-days-with-a-ferrari-296-gtb/
Trump eyes government control of quantum computing firms with Intel-like deals
Reports suggest Apple is already pulling back on the iPhone Air
An outcast faces a deadly alien world in Predator: Badlands trailer
Porsche does U-turn on electric vehicles, will focus on gas engines
Texas lawmakers double down on Discovery, call for DOJ investigation into Smithsonian
California startup to demonstrate space weapon on its own dime