As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs
"The government's really got to look at itself."
Eric Berger
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Features
The key moment came 38 minutes after Starship roared off the launch pad
SpaceX wasn't able to catch the Super Heavy booster, but Starship is on the cusp of orbital flight.
Stephen Clark
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Emergent gravity may be a dead idea, but it’s not a bad one
Gravity may not emerge, but some interesting ideas did.
Paul Sutter
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102
Urban Arrow’s front-loader is a stylish, functional cargo/kid hauler
With either cargo or kids, the Family is impeccably designed and a smooth ride.
John Timmer
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I, too, installed an open source garage door opener, and I’m loving it
OpenGarage restored my home automations and gave me a whole bunch of new ideas.
Kevin Purdy
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156
Dragon Age: The Veilguard and the choices you make while saving the world
“Events are weaving together quickly. The fate of the world shall be decided.”
Marisol Cuervo
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Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment 50 years later
Ars chats with director Juliette Eisner and original study participants in new documentary series.
Jennifer Ouellette
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How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom
"You’ve taken this idea way too far," a mentor told Prof. Fei-Fei Li.
Timothy B. Lee
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Space policy is about to get pretty wild, y’all
Saddle up, space cowboys. It may get bumpy for a while.
Eric Berger
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Review: M4 and M4 Pro Mac minis are probably Apple’s best Mac minis ever
First Mac mini redesign in almost 15 years highlights how good the insides are.
Andrew Cunningham
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The PS5 Pro’s biggest problem is that the PS5 is already very good
For $700, I was hoping for a much larger leap in visual impact.
Kyle Orland
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Laptop, smartphone, and game console prices could soar after the election
Most Americans may not realize popular tech hasn't been hit by China tariffs—yet.
Ashley Belanger
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iPod fans evade Apple’s DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games
Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.
Kyle Orland
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300 percent price hikes push disgruntled VMware customers toward Broadcom rivals
Ars speaks with users and partners unhappy with Broadcom's changes.
Scharon Harding
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Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography
The advance was incremental at best. So why did so many think it was a breakthrough?
Dan Goodin
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SpaceX has caught a massive rocket. So what’s next?
Spoiler alert: The company still has a massive amount of work to do to reach the Moon.
Eric Berger
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What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
When your old PC goes over the Windows 10 update cliff, can Windows 11 save it?
Andrew Cunningham
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167
“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock
We obtained 900 complaints the FCC received about T-Mobile's infamous price hike.
Jon Brodkin
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166
Reading Lord of the Rings aloud: Yes, I sang all the songs
It's not easy, but you really can sing in Elvish if you try!
Nate Anderson
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The 2025 VW ID Buzz electric bus delivers on the hype
Here's what it's like to drive—and why the wait was so long.
Jonathan M. Gitlin
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Finally upgrading from isc-dhcp-server to isc-kea for my homelab
Migrating didn’t hurt as much as I thought it would—and dynamic DNS still works!
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How to install Windows 11 on supported and unsupported PCs, 24H2 edition
Supported or not, new or old, this is everything you need to know.
Andrew Cunningham
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Invisible text that AI chatbots understand and humans can’t? Yep, it’s a thing.
A quirk in the Unicode standard harbors an ideal steganographic code channel.
Dan Goodin
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SpaceX catches returning rocket in mid-air, turning a fanciful idea into reality
"Starships are meant to fly. It sure as hell flew today. So let’s get ready for the next one.”
Stephen Clark
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Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update
A look at some of the changes and odds and ends in this year's Windows release.
Andrew Cunningham
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Sunderfolk is a couch co-op tactical RPG you play with a phone. No, really.
Blizzard vet says both tabletop pros and casual types have a place on the couch.
Kevin Purdy
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We’re finally going to the Solar System’s most intriguing but unexplored frontier
If you've been waiting for a real mission of discovery into the unknown, this is it.
Eric Berger
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176
There’s never been a better time to play Diablo IV
Review: Vessel of Hatred expansion adds to an already vastly improved game.
Aaron Zimmerman
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116
Artist appeals copyright denial for prize-winning AI-generated work
AI art may create a whole new world of copyright trolling, expert warns.
Ashley Belanger
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311
NASA is working on a plan to replace its space station, but time is running out
"Initially, Congress almost treated the program as a joke."
Eric Berger
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232
Welcome to our latest design update, Ars 9.0!
More good stuff. Personalization, responsive design, and more.
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The politically incorrect guide to saving NASA’s floundering Artemis Program
To get somewhere, Artemis must avoid going nowhere.
Eric Berger
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Dungeon-mastering emotions: D&D meets group therapy
Research is ongoing, but therapists are happy with early results.
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iPhone 16 and 16 Pro review: A worthy upgrade after three years
It's one of Apple's most iterative releases yet, but that's not a bad thing.
Samuel Axon
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Review: Intel Lunar Lake CPUs combine good battery life and x86 compatibility
But it's too bad that Intel had to turn to TSMC to make its chips competitive.
Andrew Cunningham
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In the room where it happened: When NASA nearly gave Boeing all the crew funding
"In all my years of working with Boeing I never saw them sign up for additional work for free."
Eric Berger
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