AI bots strain Wikimedia as bandwidth surges 50%
On Tuesday, the Wikimedia Foundation announced that relentless AI scraping is putting strain on Wikipedia's servers.
Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins
On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet, Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from ...
Trump official in Signal flap also used Gmail for gov’t messages, report says
National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, ...
Some original Switch games will run better on Switch 2; some won’t run at all
We've known for a few months now that the Nintendo Switch 2 will support backward compatibility for older Nintendo Switch ...
Researchers build a RISC-V processor using a 2D semiconductor
On Wednesday, a team of researchers from China used a paper published in Nature to describe a 32-bit RISC-V processor built ...
DOGE staffer’s YouTube nickname accidentally revealed his teen hacking activity
A SpaceX and X engineer, Christopher Stanley—currently serving as a senior advisor in the Deputy Attorney General's office at ...
Unshittification: 3 tech companies that recently made my life… better
"Unshittification" is not always the result of "innovation"—sometimes it's just about treating people decently. Responding to ...
Do ya think I’m sexy? Male fruit flies more attractive when drunk.
Then again, apparently adding alcohol to their food increases the production of sex pheromones in male fruit flies, according ...
Everything you need to know about bird flu
A dangerous bird flu, in other words, was suddenly circulating in mammals — mammals with which people have ongoing, extensive ...
2025 Audi RS e-tron GT: More range, more power, still drives like an Audi
Audi provided flights from Washington to Las Vegas and accommodation so Ars could drive the RS e-tron GT. Ars does not accept ...
Honda will sell off historic racing parts, including bits of Senna’s V10
Today, the Honda Racing Corporation announced that it's getting into the memorabilia business, offering up parts and even ...
Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation
Nearly 1,400 suspected consumers of CSAM have been identified among 1.8 million global KidFlix users, and 79 have been arrested so far. According to Europol, 39 child victims were protected as a ...