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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump’s 100% drone tariff has cops and firefighters panicking

Trump’s 100% drone tariff has cops and firefighters panicking

Americans fear there are no cheap alternatives as tariffs suddenly hit drones.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners

The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and "24/7" lectures.

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Text • Michael Acton, Financial Times

Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion

Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub.

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Text • John Timmer

Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants

Congress pauses the OMB's attempt to rewrite how research is funded.

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Text • Dan Goodin

My driver's license is one of 153 million for sale on a new dark website

My driver's license is one of 153 million for sale on a new dark website

The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking

Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints.

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Text • Eric Berger

Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design

Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design

"Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs."

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks

Google's Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there's yet another Gemini Flash today.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing

Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case

The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won't get the big win it wanted.

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Text • Robert Pearlman

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

He reported from space that only "fat" Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness.

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Text • Fernanda González, wired.com

The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones

The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones

The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones.

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Text • Stephen Clark

Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.

Is Russia's rival to Starlink failing? Here's what we know.

At least three of the first 32 Rassvet satellites likely suffered outright failures, and more may be in trouble.

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Text • Dan Goodin

Well-executed BGP hijattack uses hijacked IPs to infect real networks

Well-executed BGP hijattack uses hijacked IPs to infect real networks

What can we learn from a BGP hijacking that poisoned production software? Plenty.

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

Range Rover EV: Electric propulsion pairs perfectly with this luxury SUV

Range Rover EV: Electric propulsion pairs perfectly with this luxury SUV

333 miles of real-world range with uncompromised comfort and off-road ability.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

August research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

Also: A surprising connection between whale calls and special relativity, tiny sound-powered drones, and more.

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Text • Beth Mole

A newborn and child reportedly died of measles: CDC isn't counting them

A newborn and child reportedly died of measles: CDC isn't counting them

Historically, state health departments determine cases and deaths, not the CDC.

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Text • Ryan Whitwam

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official

New Android Drop adds remembered items in Find Hub, makes anti-nausea dots official

New features are rolling out across the Android ecosystem starting today.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions

FTC alleges Amazon illegally made $20 billion by rigging billions of ad auctions

FTC says firm replaces actual ad-auction results "with higher prices set by Amazon."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

This is what a supercar was like a century ago

This is what a supercar was like a century ago

When the average car could only do 40 mph, this Bentley could break 100.

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Text • Eric Berger

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

It turns out that Orion's much-maligned heat shield performed really well

Independent safety officials also have high praise for changes by NASA leadership.

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Text • Stephen Clark

Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program

Without new landers or rovers, it's helicopters or bust for NASA's Mars program

NASA's cost estimate for SR-1 Freedom is $2.1 billion, but that doesn't include the helicopters.

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Text • Eric Berger

Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri

Private group wants to launch "cheapest possible" mission to Alpha Centauri

"We could really be facing the great filter."

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Text • Jonathan M. Gitlin

The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence

The Bentley Supersports: A stripped-out engineer's indulgence

It's the lightest Bentley in 85 years.

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Text • Beth Mole

Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak

Trump admin shelves Cyclospora research despite record-breaking outbreak

The CDC has tallied nearly 30,000 confirmed and probable cases this summer.

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Text • Eric Bangeman

Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article

Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article

You've read the stories. Now check out our forums.

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Text • Jennifer Ouellette

Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes

Review: Coyote vs. Acme is an unabashed love letter to Looney Tunes

Director Dave Green's live action/animated hybrid captures smart, subversive weirdness of the classic cartoons.

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Text • Jon Brodkin

Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"

Trump tells FCC to punish journalist for calling his election results "mixed"

Trump furious at NBC's Kristen Welker for saying he had mixed results in primary endorsements.

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Text • Ashley Belanger

“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit

“Zlibrary my beloved”: Anthropic staff chats extolling piracy cited in Sony suit

Lawsuit: Anthropic’s torrenting totally screwed songwriters as AI songs top charts.

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Text • Jacek Krywko

Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds

Raindrops are tiny lightning bolts, and they’re corroding cars, study finds

Finding reveals an overlooked way that water can damage surfaces.