“As a bonus, it captured Mars images from a rare perspective.” Not quite halfway through a six-year sojourn through the Solar System, a NASA spacecraft used a close encounter with Mars last week as a dress rehearsal for its arrival at the Solar System’s largest metal asteroid in 2029.…
The 0–60 time is impressive, the miles/kWh number even more so. At a star-studded event that closed downtown Los Angeles’ Sixth Street Viaduct last night, Mercedes and AMG unveiled the next generation of performance electric vehicles. The new four-door GT Coupe arrives in the midst of a pivotal period,…
It could be one way to make your old PC play nicely with a high-end GPU. It’s not an ideal time to be buying a new PC or doing a major upgrade. Price crunches for RAM and storage chips are making all kinds of components more expensive, and the…
Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed. Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch…
President asks $1B from taxpayers to secure his $400M privately funded ballroom. President Donald Trump’s latest pitch for using taxpayer dollars to secure his White House ballroom featured a militarized building—including a rooftop hardened against drone strikes and a “drone port” that could potentially house military drones. The remarks…
Disney still has a lot of tech to unite and bundles to push. Disney currently has no plans to shutter Hulu as a standalone streaming service or app, according to a company representative. In a report from Variety today, the spokesperson said that Disney, which took total ownership of…
In the process, Colossal may have handed a useful tool to developmental biology. On Tuesday, biotech startup Colossal announced its newest development on the road to its announced goal: reversing the extinction of species, in this case, avian species. The development itself is essentially an artificial eggshell, one that…
Access to TV OS’s source code could allow users to limit ads, tracking. For years, owners of Vizio smart TVs have had little control over the software running on their sets—software that can track viewing habits, push ads, and generally shape the experience of using the device. The Software…
Volvo is coming for its competitors with more efficient production and newer tech. Volvo provided flights from Austin, Texas to Barcelona, Spain and accommodation so Ars could visit drive the EX60. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. BARCELONA, Spain—Volvo unveiled its new all-electric EX60 in January with a…
“How in the hell do I get more science into space? That is my goal.” There are more opportunities to access space than ever, thanks to a bevy of commercial rockets, some with reusable boosters, led by SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9. So why is NASA launching fewer telescopes and…
