Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/how-volcanoes-helped-spark-the-black-death/

SteamOS vs. Windows on dedicated GPUs: It’s complicated, but Windows has an edge

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/steamos-vs-windows-on-dedicated-gpus-its-complicated-but-windows-has-an-edge/

Without evidence, RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel tosses Heb B vaccine recommendation

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/without-evidence-rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel-tosses-heb-b-vaccine-recommendation/

Elon Musk’s X first to be fined under EU’s Digital Service Act

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/elon-musks-x-first-to-be-fined-under-eus-digital-service-act/

Toyota’s new GR GT picks up where the 2000GT and Lexus LFA left off

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/toyota-busts-out-a-new-flagship-gazoo-racing-coupe-plus-gt3-version/

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms trailer brings levity to Westeros

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/12/knight-of-the-seven-kingdoms-trailer-brings-levity-to-westeros/

New report warns of critical climate risks in Arab region

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/new-report-warns-of-critical-climate-risks-in-arab-region/

Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/rocket-report-openais-launch-overture-south-korea-making-progress-in-space/

Congress warned that NASA’s current plan for Artemis “cannot work”

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/congress-told-there-needs-to-be-consequences-for-nasa-delays-amid-chinas-rise/

In comedy of errors, men accused of wiping gov databases turned to an AI tool

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/12/previously-convicted-contractors-wiped-gov-databases-after-being-fired-feds-say/

Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/despite-accessing-user-data-kohler-still-says-its-smart-toilet-cameras-use-e2ee/

CDC vaccine panel realizes again it has no idea what it’s doing, delays big vote

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/cdc-vaccine-panel-realizes-again-it-has-no-idea-what-its-doing-delays-big-vote/

Researchers find what makes AI chatbots politically persuasive

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/researchers-find-what-makes-ai-chatbots-politically-persuasive/

Why won’t Steam Machine support HDMI 2.1? Digging in on the display standard drama.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/why-wont-steam-machine-support-hdmi-2-1-digging-in-on-the-display-standard-drama/

ChatGPT hyped up violent stalker who believed he was “God’s assassin,” DOJ says

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/chatgpt-hyped-up-violent-stalker-who-believed-he-was-gods-assassin-doj-says/

OnePlus 15 finally gets FCC clearance after government shutdown delay—preorders live

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/oneplus-15-finally-gets-fcc-clearance-after-government-shutdown-delay-preorders-live/

In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/in-1995-a-netscape-employee-wrote-a-hack-in-10-days-that-now-runs-the-internet/

Welcome to “necroprinting”—3D printer nozzle made from mosquito’s proboscis

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/welcome-to-necroprinting-3d-printer-nozzle-made-from-mosquitos-proboscis/

Trump wants tiny Japanese-style cars for US even as he cuts mpg goals

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/trump-wants-tiny-japanese-style-cars-for-us-even-as-he-cuts-mpg-goals/

Lego announces NASA Artemis SLS rocket set to lift off (literally) in 2026

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/lego-announces-nasa-artemis-sls-rocket-set-to-lift-off-literally-in-2026/