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arstechnica 15h ago 24°

Millions of iPhones can be hacked with a new tool found in the wild

DarkSword, a powerful iPhone-hacking technique, has been discovered in use by Russian hackers.
arstechnica 16h ago 23°

Dogfighting in space won't look like the movies, but this company wants in on it

"Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s."
arstechnica 44h ago 20°

A station wagon is entering one of the hardest 24-hour races in the world

Station wagons used to be family cars, but now they're for going fast, too.
arstechnica 48h ago 16°

Users hate it, but age-check tech is coming. Here's how it works.

On-device face scans and cross-platform age keys decrease privacy risks, but trust issues abound.
arstechnica 44h ago 15°

Peter faces a new life cycle in Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer

“Sometimes Spider-Man has to do the hard thing, even if it breaks Peter Parker’s heart.”
arstechnica 41h ago 12°

A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid

Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.
arstechnica 20h ago 11°

Counter-Strike 2’s new reload system could upend the entire game

Full-magazine reloads throw out muscle memory in favor of "higher stakes" decisions.
arstechnica 18h ago 11°

Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps

The "advanced flow" will be available before verification enforcement begins later this year.
arstechnica 25h ago 10°

TCL’s German QLED ban puts pressure on TV brands to be more honest about QDs

"This is a serious warning shot."
arstechnica 18h ago 10°

Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all

VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.
arstechnica 38h ago 10°

Musk’s tactic of blaming users for Grok sex images may be foiled by EU law

Planned EU ban on nudify apps would likely force Musk to make Grok less "spicy."
arstechnica 20h ago

Study pinpoints when bow and arrow came to North America

Radiocarbon results suggest a single origin and rapid diffusion through cultural transition networks.
arstechnica 38h ago

Coal plant forced to stay open due to emergency order isn't even running

Department of Energy's attempts to prop up coal can look pretty pointless.
arstechnica 38h ago

Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"

Remember when it was fun to play around with LLMs?
arstechnica 42h ago

Federal cyber experts called Microsoft's cloud a "pile of shit," approved it anyway

One Microsoft product was approved despite years of concerns about its security.
arstechnica 13h ago

RFK Jr. has destroyed over a quarter of health dept's expert panels

Under Kennedy, the health dept. has wiped out 75 advisory boards, corrupted others.
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