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Amazon aims for delivery drones to reach 500 US neighborhoods by end of 2026

US residents face trade-offs as delivery drone services such as Prime Air expand.

20 Aug 2026 3:32 am
Framework responds to complaints that BIOS update bricks Ryzen 7040 laptops

Framework says it's replacing some out-of-warranty AMD mainboards.

20 Aug 2026 1:51 am
Flight attendants freaked out that Google is buying tons of Spirit employee data

Bankrupt Spirit accused of selling out workers in massive data sale to Google.

20 Aug 2026 1:34 am
Sabotage: Experts, lawmakers blast RFK Jr. for destroying healthcare research

US healthcare is broken. Under RFK Jr., the research agency working to fix it is, too.

19 Aug 2026 4:02 am
Ukrainian drones overwhelm Russian tanks

Tanks with defensive tech for shooting down drones are still proving vulnerable.

19 Aug 2026 3:48 am
Peacock raises prices by 18 percent after becoming profitable

Peacock's quarterly profitability isn't guaranteed.

18 Aug 2026 10:12 pm
The United States is about to wake up to the threat from China's space program

One big question: Will China assert territorial rights where its rover explores?

18 Aug 2026 10:00 pm
Ford hopes this Hypercar will be its next Le Mans winner

The American automaker returns to the top category of endurance racing next year.

18 Aug 2026 9:22 pm
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma takes pains to deliver a slasher fan

Matte paintingsnot CGIwarp a world designed to hit a nerve for slasher fans.

18 Aug 2026 9:06 pm
X-rays add new twist to narwhal's spiral tusk

New study finds that the tusks have not one but two spirals, twisting in opposite directions.

18 Aug 2026 8:30 pm
Microsoft Copilot reveals secret input that allowed it to be hacked

Secret parameter allowed hackers to steal passwords when a target clicked on a link.

18 Aug 2026 6:30 pm
As temperatures get hotter, pesticides are more dangerous to farmworkers

Research shows heat amplifies the dangers of pesticides.

18 Aug 2026 4:37 pm
US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows

Again, the CDC did not publish a full report and instead simply put the data online.

18 Aug 2026 3:38 am
Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts

We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.

18 Aug 2026 2:48 am
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine

Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal.

18 Aug 2026 1:30 am
Petlibro accused of

Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise.

18 Aug 2026 12:13 am
This sub-$7,000 sportscar might be just what the future needs

The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too.

17 Aug 2026 8:31 pm
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX

Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.

17 Aug 2026 7:52 pm
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history

It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare, said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry.

17 Aug 2026 7:11 pm
Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains.

16 Aug 2026 3:30 pm
So much solar: Digging into the list of every US power plant that went online this year

Utility-scale solar leads by a mile, followed by batteries. Fossil fuels, not so much.

15 Aug 2026 4:39 pm
First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

Airline-backed venture aims to develop a hybrid-electric commercial aircraft.

14 Aug 2026 11:30 pm
PBS station fears losing 50TB of data after being ghosted by cloud storage provider

We don't have access to the data on the hardware/servers, Iron Mountain told Ars.

14 Aug 2026 10:33 pm
OpenAI and Anthropic in price war as Chinese AI rivals gain ground

US groups release cheaper models after new challenges to their trillion-dollar ambitions.

14 Aug 2026 7:57 pm
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra review: The ultra foldable with an ultra price

Samsung didn't have to change much this year because its hardware is just that good.

14 Aug 2026 4:30 pm
US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas

Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock.

13 Aug 2026 1:10 am
Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record

JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery.

12 Aug 2026 10:31 pm
Ars Live: Ross Scott discusses the Stop Killing Games movement

Our discussion takes place live on August 11 at 3 pm ET.

11 Aug 2026 3:53 am
11 Aug 2026 2:56 am
Valve slowly expands SteamOS support on non-Valve hardware

New update includes improvements for the Intel-based MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ among others.

10 Aug 2026 9:31 pm
Dogs can tell if you

fMRI scans show happiness, fear, anger, and sadness have distinct brain activity patterns in doggy brains.

10 Aug 2026 8:30 pm
2026 Subaru Outback review: Great interior, refined drive, divisive looks

The newest Outback sticks to the script; that's no bad thing if you like Outbacks.

10 Aug 2026 8:19 pm
How snails engineer their slime

Collagen and calcium work in tandem to achieve varying mechanical properties of different kinds of mucus.

7 Aug 2026 10:55 pm
Volkswagen plans to win America back with a pickup, report says

There's no evidence the truck will be a cheap EV truck, but what if it were?

7 Aug 2026 10:43 pm
Trump is losing his war on wind power

A court rules that a hold on all wind projects clearly violates the law.

7 Aug 2026 6:28 pm
Large genome models used to design new viruses

The AI system makes genetically distant versions of a bacteria-killing virus.

7 Aug 2026 12:34 am
Ford picks

Deliveries of the new electric pickup are slated for later next year.

6 Aug 2026 6:30 pm
The Pixel 11

The camera flash will evolve into a multi-color LED that illuminates when your phone is face down.

4 Aug 2026 9:41 pm
OpenAI says Apple

We do not have, nor want, any of their trade secrets, the ChatGPT maker says.

4 Aug 2026 7:08 pm