Significant discounts come with committing to 1- to 3-year rental periods. LG has launched a subscription program in the UK that allows people to make monthly payments in order to rent LG TVs, soundbars, monitors, and speakers. LG Flex customers can sign up for one-, two-, or three-year subscriptions…
The EX60 senses a passenger’s size and weight, determining how much force to use. Volvo provided flights from Austin, Texas, to Stockholm, Sweden, and accommodation so Ars could learn about its new seatbelt. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. With the launch of its all-new, all-electric EX60, Volvo…
Apple renews certificates for old iOS versions to keep the lights on longer. When Apple stops supporting older iPhones and iPads with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS, it usually isn’t the end of the line—Apple keeps releasing new security-only patches for those devices for another year or…
“International partners, I have not been allowed to talk to yet because of the trade wars.” Gen. Michael Guetlein, the senior officer in charge of the US military’s planned Golden Dome missile defense shield, has laid out an audacious schedule for deploying a network of space-based sensors and interceptors…
IMSA Labs will use the vast amount of race car data collected during a race to improve simulations. IMSA provided accommodation so Ars could attend its symposium and the Rolex 24. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—The annual 24 hour race that kicks off the…
These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements. For close to a century, geoscientists have pondered a mystery: Where did Earth’s lighter elements go? Compared to amounts in the Sun and in some meteorites, Earth has less hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur, as…
Unusually detailed post explains how OpenAI handles the Codex agent loop. On Friday, OpenAI engineer Michael Bolin published a detailed technical breakdown of how the company’s Codex CLI coding agent works internally, offering developers insight into AI coding tools that can write code, run tests, and fix bugs with…
Kirk Milhoan’s comments come as federal vaccine policy slides to insignificance. The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel under anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his stance clear on vaccines in a podcast last week—and that stance was so alarming that the American Medical Association was…
Company’s autodiscover caused users’ test credentials to be sent outside Microsoft networks. From the Department of Bizarre Anomalies: Microsoft has suppressed an unexplained anomaly on its network that was routing traffic destined to example.com—a domain reserved for testing purposes—to a maker of electronics cables located in Japan. Under the…
This is the first major upgrade since Apple introduced AirTags five years ago. Apple is introducing a new version of its AirTag tracking device—simply dubbed “the new AirTag”—and claims it offers substantial improvements thanks to a new Bluetooth chip. The original AirTag came out five years ago now, and…
