Microsoft’s new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding. Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally. But Copilot+ PC branding is nowhere to be found…
The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. Hype merchants have a habit of overdoing it, but there’s no denying that China is making the US look more than a little antiquated when it comes to electric vehicles. Some of that is…
NASA’s PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost. The first in a new class of space telescopes is on track to reach the launch pad in the early 2030s, NASA announced this week. The PRIMA mission will be the first…
F-Droid’s Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up. Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps. F-Droid bills itself as a community-driven source for free and open source Android apps, but its official app store has…
Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has erased Russian gains with the help of robots. Ukraine’s military robots are dropping from heavy drones in airborne assaults behind Russian lines as other robots clear mines ahead of advancing Ukrainian infantry. The wheeled ground robots are supporting Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi counterattack that has crushed…
F1 wants smaller, lighter cars that are not energy-starved like the 2026 hybrids. We’re not even a full year into the new regulations, and Formula 1 is already thinking hard about its next iteration, set to be introduced as early as the start of 2030. This was supposed to…
Until now, cryptographers thought factoring was the only way to break RSA. Not anymore. The world has known for decades that the RSA cryptosystem’s days are numbered. Once quantum computing becomes practical (estimates for that range from 3 to 20 or more years), the foundational security it provides will…
Usable local AI is a lot of fun, but how much would you pay for it? This spring, Apple made it official: The Mac Pro is dead. When Apple was using Intel processors and AMD GPUs, the idea of an expandable and upgradeable tower made sense. But Apple Silicon…
The Disney+ ad-free plan is now more expensive than Netflix’s. Disney+ got its fourth price hike in four years today. Hulu prices also went up. Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone, ad-free plans (which also support 4K and HDR) are each increasing 13 percent from $19 per month to $21.50/month.…
It sounds like a V8, rides like a Flying Spur, but handles like a Continental GT. Bentley provided flights from Washington, DC, to Monterey, California, and accommodation so Ars could ride in a preproduction Torcal EV as well as drive the Supersports and ride in a 1920s Bentley as…
