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After market tumult, Trump exempts smartphones from massive new tariffs
According to a notice posted late on Friday night by Customs and Border Patrol, smartphones, along with routers, chipmaking ...
That groan you hear is users’ reaction to Recall going back into Windows
Security and privacy advocates are girding themselves for another uphill battle against Recall, the AI tool rolling out in Windows 11 that will screenshot, index, and store everything a user does ...
AI isn’t ready to replace human coders for debugging, researchers say
There are few areas where AI has seen more robust deployment than the field of software development. From "vibe" coding to ...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
According to the "passback" documents given to NASA officials on Thursday, the space agency's science programs would receive ...
Rocket Report: “No man’s land” in rocket wars; Isaacman lukewarm on SLS
Ars Technica has mentioned SpinLaunch, the company that literally wants to yeet satellites into space, in previous Rocket ...
FTC now has three Republicans and no Democrats instead of the typical 3-2 split
The FTC historically had a 3–2 partisan split, with the president's party having a one-seat advantage. But President Trump ...
“What the hell are you doing?” How I learned to interview astronauts, scientists, and billionaires
His account of Starliner’s thruster failures—and his desperate efforts to keep the vehicle flying on course—was riveting. In ...
Google Pixel 9a review: All the phone you need
Google took a page from Apple when it debuted its custom Tensor mobile processors with the Pixel 6. Now, Google uses Tensor ...
Holy water brimming with cholera compels illness cluster in Europe
In all, "The extension of a cholera outbreak in Africa causing a cluster of infections in Europe is unusual," the authors ...
The Trek Madone SLR 9 AXS Gen 8 tears up the roads and conquers climbs
The Gen 8 Madone also replaces Trek's Emonda lineup of climbing-focused bikes. Despite weighing 36 grams more than the Emonda ...
Researcher uncovers dozens of sketchy Chrome extensions with 4 million installs
Google is hosting dozens of extensions in its Chrome Web Store that perform suspicious actions on the more than 4 million ...
Apple silent as Trump promises “impossible” US-made iPhones
Analysts predict that Apple has no clear short-term options to shake up its supply chain to avoid tariffs entirely, and even if Trump grants Apple an exemption, iPhone prices may increase not just in ...