1. Actively exploited vulnerability gives extraordinary control over server fleets

2. NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off

3. Changing one gene can restore some tissue regeneration to mice

4. RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data

5. Judge rejects Meta’s claim that torrenting is “irrelevant” in AI copyright case

6. Anthropic summons the spirit of Flash games for the AI age

7. VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom

8. Book authors made the wrong arguments in Meta AI training case, judge says

9. 13-inch Microsoft Surface Laptop review: A slightly worse version of a year-old PC

10. 45-hour voyage in replica canoe tests Paleolithic migration theory

11. Google begins rolling out AI search in YouTube

12. Researchers develop a battery cathode material that does it all

13. Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans”

14. During a town hall Wednesday, NASA officials on stage looked like hostages

15. All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel

16. After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that Trump phone is “made in the USA”

17. Google’s spotty Find Hub network could get better thanks to a small setup tweak

18. Is DOGE doomed to fail? Some experts are ready to call it.

19. Looking at Framework’s progress on software support for its repairable laptops

20. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models

21. Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

22. Games run faster on SteamOS than Windows 11, Ars testing finds

23. Ars Live: What’s up with the sudden surge in temperatures?

24. It’s a family affair in final Fantastic Four: First Steps trailer

25. Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising boycotts

26. Three axial flux motors and 850 kW fast charging? Meet the GT XX.

27. Apple’s push to take over the dashboard resisted by car makers

28. Gemini CLI is a free, open source coding agent that brings AI to your terminal

29. The axion may help clean up the messy business of dark matter

30. Discovery of HMS Endeavor wreck confirmed

31. Philips Hue bulbs will be even more expensive in July. And it may not end there.

32. Key fair use ruling clarifies when books can be used for AI training

33. Media Matters sues FTC, says agency is retaliating on behalf of Elon Musk

34. Data-recovery firm tests 28, 500GB HDD from Amazon and gets surprising results

35. The résumé is dying, and AI is holding the smoking gun

36. Microsoft extends free Windows 10 security updates into 2026, with strings attached

37. CDC’s once-revered vaccine panel now a “farce”—calls grow to scrap meeting

38. Google’s new robotics AI can run without the cloud and still tie your shoes

39. UK looking to loosen Google’s control of its search engine

40. After successfully entering Earth’s atmosphere, a European spacecraft is lost

41. Google rolls out Street View time travel to celebrate 20 years of Google Earth

42. Tuesday Telescope: A new champion enters the ring

43. Curated realities: An AI film festival and the future of human expression

44. Researchers get viable mice by editing DNA from two sperm

45. With 1.2.2 update, Civilization VII tries to win back traditionalists

46. Ted Cruz can’t get all Republicans to back his fight against state AI laws

47. Apple releases new beta builds of all its flashy new Liquid Glass-ified OS updates

48. Canadian telecom hacked by suspected China state group

49. Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users

50. Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux

51. Crunch time—we’ll soon find out if Amazon’s launch providers are up to the job

52. Google brings new Gemini features to Chromebooks, debuts first on-device AI

53. Tesla launches robotaxi service in Austin

54. This archaeologist built a replica boat to sail like the Vikings

55. How a grad student got LHC data to play nice with quantum interference

56. Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode

57. New body size database for marine animals is a “library of life”

58. How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy

59. A shark scientist reflects on Jaws at 50

60. Record DDoS pummels site with once-unimaginable 7.3Tbps of junk traffic

61. Microsoft lays out its path to useful quantum computing

62. MIT student prints AI polymer masks to restore paintings in hours

63. Man’s health crashes after getting donated kidney—it was riddled with worms

64. YouTube is hiding an excellent, official high-speed Pac-Man mod in plain sight

65. Rocket Report: Two big Asian reuse milestones, Vandenberg becomes SpaceX west

66. Longer commercial breaks lower the value of ad-based streaming subscriptions

67. To avoid admitting ignorance, Meta AI says man’s number is a company helpline

68. Study: Meta AI model can reproduce almost half of Harry Potter book

69. Israel-tied Predatory Sparrow hackers are waging cyberwar on Iran’s financial system

70. SpaceX’s next Starship just blew up on its test stand in South Texas

71. Senate passes GENIUS Act—criticized as gifting Trump ample opportunity to grift

72. Smart TV OS owners face “constant conflict” between privacy, advertiser demands

73. Address bar shows hp.com. Browser displays scammers’ malicious text anyway.

74. After RFK Jr. overhauls CDC panel, measles and flu vaccines are up for debate

75. New dating for White Sands footprints confirms controversial theory

76. xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis

77. Via the False Claims Act, NIH puts universities on edge

78. Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t

79. Why Microsoft’s next Xbox should just run Windows already

80. Netflix will start showing traditional broadcast channels next summer

81. Google’s frighteningly good Veo 3 AI videos to be integrated with YouTube Shorts

82. Trump suggests he needs China to sign off on TikTok sale, delays deal again

83. Framework Laptop 12 review: I’m excited to see what the 2nd generation looks like

84. We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew

85. 2025 Audi S5 and A5 first drive: Five-door is the new four-door

86. Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry

87. Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel, and now we’re hoarding pre-AI content

88. All 17 fired vaccine advisors unite to blast RFK Jr.’s “destabilizing decisions”

89. Cybersecurity takes a big hit in new Trump executive order

90. X sues to block copycat NY content moderation law after California win

91. Trump’s EPA to “reconsider” ban on cancer-causing asbestos

92. Prepare to bid farewell to The Sandman with S2 trailer

93. Toy-maker Mattel accused of planning “reckless” AI social experiment on kids

94. Google’s Gemini AI family updated with stable 2.5 Pro, super-efficient 2.5 Flash-Lite

95. Sally celebrates complicated legacy of first US woman in space

96. OpenAI weighs “nuclear option” of antitrust complaint against Microsoft

97. The first Corvette hypercar? Chevrolet’s 1,250 hp ZR1X hybrid breaks cover.

98. Switch 2 users report online console bans after running personal game “backups”

99. “Have we no shame?“: Trump’s NIH grant cuts appallingly illegal, judge rules

100. How Tesla Takedown got its start

101. The MacBook Air is the obvious loser as the sun sets on the Intel Mac era

102. Everything we know about the 2026 Nissan Leaf

103. New COVID variant swiftly gains ground in US; concern looms for summer wave

104. Paramount drops trailer for The Naked Gun reboot

105. Worst hiding spot ever: /NSFW/Nope/Don’t open/You were Warned/

106. Vandals cut fiber-optic lines, causing outage for Spectrum Internet subscribers

107. Reddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garage

108. Trump fires commissioner of preeminent nuclear safety institution

109. Ads are “rolling out gradually” to WhatsApp

110. Trump Org launches 47/month wireless service, teases odd 499 phone

111. F1 in Canada: Well, that crash was bound to happen

112. Founder of 23andMe buys back company out of bankruptcy auction

113. Here’s Kia’s new small, affordable electric car: The 2026 EV4 sedan

114. Nintendo Switch 2: The Ars Technica review

115. Delightfully irreverent Underdogs isn’t your parents’ nature docuseries

116. Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

117. Biofuels policy has been a failure for the climate, new report claims

118. The “online monkey torture video” arrests just keep coming

119. These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harp

120. Google can now generate a fake AI podcast of your search results

121. Trump’s FTC may impose merger condition that forbids advertising boycotts

122. There’s another leak on the ISS, but NASA is not saying much about it

123. Inside the firm turning eerie blank streaming ads into useful nonprofit messages

124. Another one for the graveyard: Google to kill Instant Apps in December

125. Meta beefs up disappointing AI division with 15 billion Scale AI investment

126. Ars Technica’s gift guide for Father’s Day: Give dad some cool things

127. How to draft a will to avoid becoming an AI ghost—it’s not easy

128. Rocket Report: New delay for Europe’s reusable rocket; SpaceX moves in at SLC-37

129. After a series of tumors, woman’s odd-looking tongue explains everything

130. Isaacman’s bold plan for NASA: Nuclear ships, seven-crew Dragons, accelerated Artemis

131. Coming to Apple OSes: A seamless, secure way to import and export passkeys

132. Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console

133. AI Overviews hallucinates that Airbus, not Boeing, involved in fatal Air India crash

134. “Two years of work in two months”: States cope with Trump broadband overhaul

135. Google left months-old dark mode bug in Android 16, fix planned for next Pixel Drop

136. Smart tires will report on the health of roads in new pilot program

137. AI chatbots tell users what they want to hear, and that’s problematic

138. Amazon Prime Video subscribers sit through up to 6 minutes of ads per hour

139. Experimental retina implants give mice infrared vision

140. RFK Jr. announces 8 appointees to CDC vaccine panel—they’re not good

141. Apple’s Craig Federighi on the long road to the iPad’s Mac-like multitasking

142. New Apple study challenges whether AI models truly “reason” through problems

143. Fair or fixed? Why Le Mans is all about “balance of performance” now.

144. “Yuck”: Wikipedia pauses AI summaries after editor revolt

145. In landmark suit, Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for AI character theft

146. After RFK Jr. fires vaccine advisors, doctors brace for blitz on childhood shots

147. Musk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off

148. With the launch of o3-pro, let’s talk about what AI “reasoning” actually does

149. HP reveals first Google Beam 3D video conferencing setup, priced at 25,000

150. A warlord brings chaos in Foundation S3 trailer

151. All-wheel drive EVs at 210 mph? Formula E’s next car gets massive upgrade.

152. Trade war truce between US and China is back on

153. The new version of Audi’s best-selling Q5 SUV arrives in the US

154. Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills

155. 5 things in Trump’s budget that won’t make NASA great again

156. She was a Disney star with platinum records, but Bridgit Mendler gave it up to change the world

157. False claims that ivermectin treats cancer, COVID leads states to pass OTC laws

158. Mario Kart World review: Getting there is half the game

159. FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash

160. Found in the wild: 2 Secure Boot exploits. Microsoft is patching only 1 of them.

161. OpenAI signs surprise deal with Google Cloud despite fierce AI rivalry

162. Android 16 is here, but the cool stuff is coming later

163. Review: The John Wick franchise is alive and kicking with Ballerina

164. After AI setbacks, Meta bets billions on undefined “superintelligence”

165. Ars Live recap: Where does NASA go from here?

166. Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries”

167. IBM is now detailing what its first quantum compute system will look like

168. A history of the Internet, part 2: The high-tech gold rush begins

169. Apple details the end of Intel Mac support and a phaseout for Rosetta 2

170. Mercedes’ next electric GLC rides great—we’ve driven the prototype

171. Apple tiptoes with modest AI updates while rivals race ahead

172. Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors

173. Second New Glenn launch slips toward fall as program leadership departs

174. iOS and iPadOS 26 will run on most things that support iOS and iPadOS 18

175. Prepping for Starship, SpaceX is about to demolish one of ULA’s launch pads

176. macOS Tahoe signals that the end is near for Intel Macs, dumping all but four models

177. With visionOS 26, Apple begins to zero-in on what the Vision Pro is actually used for

178. Apple’s macOS 26 Tahoe has new Liquid Glass look, customizable folders, and more

179. Apple consolidates iOS gaming features in new Games app

180. YouTube will “protect free expression” by pulling back on content moderation

181. Apple aims for “more personal and expressive” iOS 26 with new Liquid Glass design

182. DOGE wins at Supreme Court; conservative majority ends limits on data access

183. US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks

184. Full-screen Xbox handheld UI is coming to all Windows PCs “starting next year”

185. NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin

186. Protesters summon, burn Waymo robotaxis in Los Angeles after ICE raids

187. Warner Bros. Discovery makes still more changes, will split streaming, TV business

188. A long-shot plan to mine the Moon comes a little closer to reality

189. Bill Atkinson, architect of the Mac’s graphical soul, dies at 74

190. Apple’s AI-driven Stem Splitter audio separation tech has hugely improved in a year

191. Ex-FCC Chair Ajit Pai is now a wireless lobbyist—and enemy of cable companies

192. Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally

193. New adventures await the crew in Strange New Worlds S3 trailer

194. Cybercriminals turn to “residential proxy” services to hide malicious traffic

195. The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system

196. Estate of woman who died in 2021 heat dome sues Big Oil for wrongful death

197. Anti-vaccine quack hired by RFK Jr. has started work at the health department

198. Anthropic releases custom AI chatbot for classified spy work

199. Nintendo Switch 2 can make your old Switch games feel brand new again

200. Ted Cruz bill: States that regulate AI will be cut out of 42B broadband fund

201. Millions of low-cost Android devices turn home networks into crime platforms

202. Our first impressions after 48 hours with the Switch 2

203. Simulations find ghostly whirls of dark matter trailing galaxy arms

204. A Japanese lander crashed on the Moon after losing track of its location

205. What to expect from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference next week

206. Cambridge mapping project solves a medieval murder

207. Startup puts a logical qubit in a single piece of hardware

208. GOP intensifies war against EVs and efficient cars

209. OpenAI is retaining all ChatGPT logs “indefinitely.” Here’s who’s affected.

210. DOGE used flawed AI tool to “munch” Veterans Affairs contracts

211. 2025 Acura ADX review: A crossover that balances budget with spirit

212. Dear readers: Let us know what you’d like to see more of on Ars

213. Rocket Report: SpaceX’s 500th Falcon launch; why did UK’s Reaction Engines fail?

214. Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web

215. Senate response to White House budget for NASA: Keep SLS, nix science

216. Discord CTO says he’s “constantly bringing up enshittification” during meetings

217. What would happen if Trump retaliated against Musk’s companies?

218. Google releases updated Gemini 2.5 Pro, says it’s the “most intelligent model yet”

219. Nvidia RTX 5060/5060 Ti review: You can have “affordable” or “future-proof.” Pick one.

220. Nintendo warns Switch 2 GameChat users: “Your chat is recorded”

221. Reddit sues Anthropic over AI scraping that retained users’ deleted posts

222. What solar? What wind? Texas data centers build their own gas power plants

223. Xenomorphs are back and bad as ever in Alien: Earth trailer

224. “In 10 years, all bets are off”—Anthropic CEO opposes decadelong freeze on state AI laws

225. FDA rushed out agency-wide AI tool—it’s not going well

226. Endangered classic Mac plastic color returns as 3D-printer filament

227. US science is being wrecked, and its leadership is fighting the last war

228. Jared Isaacman speaks out, and it’s clear that NASA lost a visionary leader

229. FCC Republican resigns, leaving agency with just two commissioners

230. OpenAI says court forcing it to save all ChatGPT logs is a privacy nightmare

231. American Science & Surplus is fighting for its life. Here’s why you should care.

232. It’s here: Unboxing and setting up our Switch 2 review unit

233. Lawsuit: DOGE, HHS used “hopelessly error-ridden” data to fire 10,000 workers

234. Are Dead Sea Scrolls older than we thought?

235. Review: At 349, AMD’s 16GB Radeon RX 9060 XT is the new midrange GPU to beat

236. Tesla shows no sign of improvement in May sales data

237. Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads

238. Top CDC COVID vaccine expert resigns after RFK Jr. unilaterally restricts access

239. Science PhDs face a challenging and uncertain future

240. An in-space propulsion company just raised a staggering amount of money

241. 2 certificate authorities booted from the good graces of Chrome

242. Federal judge blocks Florida law that bans kids from social media

243. Polish engineer creates postage stamp-sized 1980s Atari computer

244. Trump is forcing states to funnel grant money to Starlink, Senate Democrats say

245. Shopper denied 51 refund for 20TB HDD that’s mostly a weighted plastic box

246. Adobe finally releases Photoshop for Android, and it’s free (for now)

247. Some parts of Trump’s proposed budget for NASA are literally draconian

248. 11 things you probably didn’t know the Switch 2 can do

249. “Godfather” of AI calls out latest models for lying to users

250. “Free Roam” mode is Mario Kart World’s killer app

251. Milky Way galaxy might not collide with Andromeda after all

252. Tuesday Telescope: A time-lapse from orbit reveals treasures below

253. Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

254. Colon cancer recurrence and deaths cut 28% by simple exercise, trial finds

255. Broadcom ends business with VMware’s lowest-tier channel partners

256. Microsoft wants a version of USB-C that “just works” consistently across all PCs

257. Google settles shareholder lawsuit, will spend 500M on being less evil

258. Analysis: Trump’s “Gold Standard Science” is already wearing thin

259. Samsung could drop Google Gemini in favor of Perplexity for Galaxy S26

260. Unlicensed law clerk fired after ChatGPT hallucinations found in filing

261. ISP settles with record labels that demanded mass termination of Internet users

262. New federal employees must praise Trump EOs, submit to continuous vetting

263. Could floating solar panels on a reservoir help the Colorado River?

264. F1 in Spain: Now that was a lapse in judgment

265. Squid Game trailer anchors Netflix Tudum event

266. Breaking down why Apple TVs are privacy advocates’ go-to streaming device

267. Research roundup: 7 stories we almost missed

268. Trump pulls Isaacman nomination for space. Source: “NASA is f***ed”

269. Ransomware kingpin “Stern” apparently IDed by German law enforcement

270. Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention

271. Google and DOJ tussle over how AI will remake the web in antitrust closing arguments

272. Amazon Fire Sticks enable “billions of dollars” worth of streaming piracy

273. CDC updates COVID vaccine recommendations, but not how RFK Jr. wanted

274. Spy-catcher saw “stupid” tech errors others made. FBI says he then made his own.

275. Texas AG loses appeal to seize evidence for Elon Musk’s ad boycott fight

276. Want a humanoid, open source robot for just 3,000? Hugging Face is on it.

277. Why incels take the “Blackpill”—and why we should care

278. NASA robot for drilling on icy moons tested on Alaskan glacier

279. After Supreme Court loss, ISPs ask Trump admin to block state affordability laws

280. The Gmail app will now create AI summaries whether you want them or not

281. Google Maps can’t explain why it falsely labeled German autobahns as closed

282. RFK Jr.‘s fluoride ban would ruin 25 million kids’ teeth, cost 9.8 billion

283. 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 first drive: Engineered for insane speed

284. Elon Musk counts the cost of his four-month blitz through US government

285. Blue Origin boss: Government should forget launch and focus on “exotic” missions

286. Rocket Report: Northrop backs Firefly and names its rocket; Xodiac will fly no more

287. Amid rising prices, Disney and Hulu offer subscribers some freebies

288. Gemini in Google Drive may finally be useful now that it can analyze videos

289. Man who stole 1,000 DVDs from employer strikes plea deal over movie leaks

290. Your next gaming dice could be shaped like a dragon or armadillo

291. Researchers study extinct hominins using enamel proteins from their teeth

292. AI video just took a startling leap in realism. Are we doomed?

293. Video apps like Hulu “cannot be used on Nintendo Switch 2,” says support page

294. Trump allies expect he’ll double down on tariffs after sweeping court block

295. Discord lures users to click on ads by offering them new Orbs currency

296. Elon Musk to exit government, upset that Trump bill undermines DOGE’s work

297. RFK Jr. yanks pandemic vaccine funding as Moderna reports positive results

298. Report: Apple will jump straight to “iOS 26” in shift to year-based version numbers

299. Trump bans sales of chip design software to China

300. China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission