2025 iPad Air hands-on: Why mess with a good thing?
Apple’s annual refresh is a minor one, but not much needed to change anyway.
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.
US measles cases reach 5-year high; 15 states report cases, Texas outbreak grows
Since 2000, when measles was eliminated from US, only three years had higher cases.
Researchers astonished by tool’s apparent success at revealing AI’s hidden motives
Anthropic trains AI to hide motives, but different "personas" betray their secrets.
I threw away Audible’s app, and now I self-host my audiobooks
Stream your DRM-free audiobooks to devices yourselves, without the cloud's chains.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/i-threw-away-audibles-app-and-now-i-self-host-my-audiobooks/
End of Life: Gemini will completely replace Google Assistant later this year
Google promises more details on the move to Gemini in the coming months.
US measles outlook is so bad health experts call for updating vaccine guidance
Babies 6-11 months should get extra MMR dose for some domestic travel, experts say.
Used Tesla prices tumble as embarrassed owners look to sell
Some owners would rather sell their car than be associated with Tesla now.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/used-tesla-prices-tumble-as-embarrassed-owners-look-to-sell/
To avoid the Panama Canal, Relativity Space may move some operations to Texas
"We are exploring options to expand our manufacturing capabilities."
The same day Trump bought a Tesla, automaker moved to disrupt trade war
Tesla hopes to slow down Trump's tit-for-tat tariffs amid financial woes.
Small charges in water spray can trigger the formation of key biochemicals
Charges cause water droplets in an early-Earth atmosphere to build up pre-life chemicals.
RCS texting updates will bring end-to-end encryption to green bubble chats
Lack of encryption was one SMS shortcoming that RCS was created to solve.
Scoop: Origami measuring spoon incites fury after 9 years of Kickstarter delay hell
The curious case of the missing Kickstarter spoons.
Google agrees with OpenAI that copyright has no place in AI development
Google says regulators are too worried about risk.
New Reddit controls let you block your most-hated advertisers for a year
Reddit will likely continue increasing the amount of ads users see.
Outbreak turns 30
Ars chats with epidemiologist Tara Smith about the film's scientific accuracy and impact over 3 decades.
Rocket Report: ULA confirms cause of booster anomaly; Crew-10 launch on tap
The head of Poland's space agency was fired over a bungled response to SpaceX debris falling over Polish territory.
Apple’s $349 iPad 11 is missing a lot, but it’s still all the iPad most people need
Other iPads are nicer and faster, but I end up using all of them the same way.
UMass disbands its entering biomed graduate class over Trump funding chaos
Schools across the country are cutting back as US research takes "severe blow."
Athena landed in a dark crater where the temperature was minus 280° F
"You lose it, and then what do you do? You don't give up. You go back in."