It addresses two scourges of modern TV viewing—but maybe not in the way we want. Dolby has announced the features of Dolby Vision 2, its successor to the popular Dolby Vision HDR format. Whereas the original Dolby Vision was meant to give creators the ability to finely tune exactly…
Google’s penalty for being a search monopoly does not include selling Chrome. Google has avoided the worst-case scenario in the pivotal search antitrust case brought by the US Department of Justice. DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta has ruled that Google doesn’t have to give up the Chrome browser…
A structure like those found on water striders’ legs keeps a robot out of the water. Robots can serve pizza, crawl over alien planets, swim like octopuses and jellyfish, cosplay as humans, and even perform surgery. But can they walk on water? Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that…
Did an AI write this? Because it reads like an AI wrote this. Yesterday afternoon, while much of the country enjoyed Labor Day, Tesla CEO Elon Musk published a new master plan for the company to his social media platform. It’s the fourth such document for Tesla, replacing the…
You don’t have to track down pricey retro hardware to play the Pioneer LaserActive anymore. Here in the year 2025, it’s not every day that a classic gaming console from the 20th century becomes playable via emulation for the first time. But that’s just what happened last week with…
Google refutes claims that all 2.5 billion Gmail users are at risk. The sky is falling, and Gmail has supposedly been hacked to bits by malicious parties unknown. Or has it? Reports circulated last week claiming that Gmail was the subject of a major data breach, citing a series…
Many Framework Desktop mods are cosmetic, but this is a functional improvement. Despite its lack of upgradeable system memory, Framework has tried to make its Framework Desktop a welcoming platform for upgraders and modders, releasing 3D-printable versions of a few case parts and generally sticking to standard-sized parts and…
As Tesla sales fall in China, Musk says robots will save the company. If Tesla was hoping that decent sales in China might boost the company’s fast-diminishing profits, it was a forlorn hope. For the second month in a row, the automaker has experienced a year-over-year decrease in sales…
Promised protections follow reports of vulnerable users misled in extended chats. On Tuesday, OpenAI announced plans to roll out parental controls for ChatGPT and route sensitive mental health conversations to its simulated reasoning models, following what the company has called “heartbreaking cases” of users experiencing crises while using the…
The Blank Slate will be made from just 600 parts, with no paint or infotainment. Slate Auto provided flights from San Francisco to Fort Wayne, Indiana, and accommodation so Ars could visit the Slate factory. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. WARSAW, Indiana—The Blank Slate pickup scratches a…
