Call of Duty co-creator and Battlefield lead Vince Zampella dies in car crash

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/vince-zampella-developer-of-call-of-duty-and-battlefield-games-dies-at-55/

Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/safety-panel-says-nasa-should-have-taken-starliner-incident-more-seriously/

World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/worlds-largest-shadow-library-brags-it-scraped-300tb-of-spotify-music-metadata/

US blocks all offshore wind construction, says reason is classified

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/us-government-finds-new-excuse-to-stop-construction-of-offshore-wind/

Odyssey trailer brings the myth to vivid life

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/12/odyssey-trailer-brings-the-myth-to-vivid-life/

Apple hit with $115M fine for “extremely burdensome” App Store privacy policy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/apple-hit-with-115m-for-extremely-burdensome-app-store-privacy-policy/

NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad

https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/12/nasa-rewraps-boeing-starliner-astrovan-ii-for-artemis-ii-ride-to-launch-pad/

Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/power-outage-paralyzes-waymo-robotaxis-when-traffic-lights-go-out/

No one loves President Trump more than FCC Chairman Brendan Carr

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/no-one-loves-president-trump-more-than-fcc-chairman-brendan-carr/

When clouds flock together

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/when-clouds-flock-together/

Discworld, Daleks, and Deep 13: A geeky holiday TV and movie watchlist

https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/12/discworld-daleks-and-deep-13-a-geeky-holiday-tv-and-movie-watchlist/

How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/how-europes-new-carbon-tax-on-imported-goods-will-change-global-trade/

Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi

https://arstechnica.com/google/2025/12/google-lobs-lawsuit-at-search-result-scraping-firm-serpapi/

The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/the-evolution-of-expendability-why-some-ants-traded-armor-for-numbers/

Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/cheaper-lower-capacity-switch-2-cartridges-could-mean-fewer-game-key-cards/

LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/lg-tvs-unremovable-copilot-shortcut-is-the-least-of-smart-tvs-ai-problems/

Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/some-valorant-players-need-to-update-their-pc-bios-to-keep-anti-cheat-software-happy/

Not too big, not too expensive: The Chevrolet Equinox EV

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/12/the-chevrolet-equinox-ev-is-high-on-comfort-and-convenience/

Trump’s energy secretary orders a Washington state coal plant to remain open

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/trumps-energy-secretary-orders-a-washington-state-coal-plant-to-remain-open/

Instacart agrees to refund subscribers $60 million in FTC settlement

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/instacart-agrees-to-refund-subscribers-60-million-in-ftc-settlement/