Utah leaders hinder efforts to develop solar energy supply

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/utah-leaders-hinder-efforts-to-develop-solar-energy-supply/

2026 Mercedes CLA first drive: Entry level doesn’t mean basic

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/2026-mercedes-cla-first-drive-entry-level-doesnt-mean-basic/

Merriam-Webster crowns “slop” word of the year as AI content floods Internet

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/merriam-webster-crowns-slop-word-of-the-year-as-ai-content-floods-internet/

Stranger Things S5 trailer teases Vol. 2

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/12/stranger-things-s5-trailer-teases-vol-2/

Microsoft will finally kill obsolete cipher that has wreaked decades of havoc

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/12/microsoft-will-finally-kill-obsolete-cipher-that-has-wreaked-decades-of-havoc/

Ford ends F-150 Lightning production, starts battery storage business

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/ford-ends-f-150-lightning-production-starts-battery-storage-business/

Microsoft takes down mod that recreated Halo 3 in Counter-Strike 2

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/microsoft-takes-down-mod-that-recreated-halo-3-in-counter-strike-2/

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/openai-refuses-to-say-where-chatgpt-logs-go-when-users-die/

Filmmaker Rob Reiner, wife, killed in horrific home attack

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/12/r-i-p-rob-reiner-beloved-filmmaker-dead-at-78/

UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/uk-to-encourage-apple-and-google-to-put-nudity-blocking-systems-on-phones/

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/google-is-shutting-down-dark-web-reports-in-january-because-they-werent-helpful/

Oh look, yet another Starship clone has popped up in China

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/oh-look-yet-another-starship-clone-has-popped-up-in-china/

Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/12/roomba-maker-irobot-swept-into-bankruptcy/

Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/verizon-refused-to-unlock-mans-iphone-so-he-sued-the-carrier-and-won/

Sharks and rays gain landmark protections as nations move to curb international trade

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/sharks-and-rays-gain-landmark-protections-as-nations-move-to-curb-international-trade/

OpenAI built an AI coding agent and uses it to improve the agent itself

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/how-openai-is-using-gpt-5-codex-to-improve-the-ai-tool-itself/

Reminder: Donate to win swag in our annual Charity Drive sweepstakes

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/reminder-donate-to-win-swag-in-our-annual-charity-drive-sweepstakes-17/

Google Translate expands live translation to all earbuds on Android

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/12/google-translate-learns-slang-and-idioms-expands-live-translation-beyond-pixel-buds/

Ukrainians sue US chip firms for powering Russian drones, missiles

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/ukrainians-sue-us-chip-firms-for-powering-russian-drones-missiles/

Scientists built an AI co-pilot for prosthetic bionic hands

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/scientists-built-an-ai-co-pilot-for-prosthetic-bionic-hands/