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Google loses in court, faces trial for collecting data on users who opted out

Judge: Reasonable juror may find Google profited from misappropriation of data. Credit: Getty Images | Josh Edelson A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit...

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Italy’s plan to buy Starlink data deals a serious blow to European space network

"We are strong if we remain united and defend our infrastructure." Elon Musk raises a...

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After embarrassing blunder, AT&T promises bill credits for future outages

If you lost service but only 9 cell towers went down, you won't get...

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Intel fills out Core Ultra 200 laptop chips with hodgepodge of CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Core Ultra 200U, 200H, and 200HX will all fall short of Copilot+ compatibility. The new...

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Microsoft would really like you to replace your old Windows 10 PCs this year

The carrot of "new features" and the stick of "no more updates for your...

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A root-server at the Internet’s core lost touch with its peers. We still don’t know why.

For 4 days, the c-root server maintained by Cogent lost touch with its 12 peers. For more than four days, a server at the very...

New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast

While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity. A team of physicists has discovered that it’s possible to...

One difference with this wave of Arm PCs? All the big PC makers are actually on board

Windows RT and Windows 10-on-Arm each launched with just a handful of devices. Here at Ars, we’ve been around long enough to chronicle every single...

Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company

One month after launch of its "smartphone replacement," Humane already seems doomed. The wearable startup Humane, makers of the bizarre Humane AI Pin, is already...

Google sends DOJ unexpected check in attempt to avoid monopoly jury trial

Google steals DOJ tactic to dodge owing damages by paying DOJ upfront. Last week, Google sent a cashier's check to the US government that it...

We get more useful energy out of renewables than fossil fuels

It costs less energy to get fossil fuels, but we can't use them as efficiently. It doesn't take a lot of energy to dig up...

iOS and iPadOS 17.5.1 fix a nasty bug that resurfaced old photos

Bug was discovered by Redditors and forum users a few days ago. Apple has released its first bug fix update for iOS and iPadOS. The...

You can now buy a 4-foot-tall humanoid robot for $16K

No one is quite sure what you're supposed to do with the robot, but you can buy one. Does anyone want to buy a humanoid...

Microsoft’s “Copilot+” AI PC requirements are embarrassing for Intel and AMD

Microsoft demands an NPU capable of at least 40 trillion operations per second. Microsoft is using its new Surface launch and this week’s Build developer...

We take a stab at decoding SpaceX’s ever-changing plans for Starship in Florida

"On Artemis III, we anticipate using at least two of the launch sites: one at KSC and one at Starbase." There are a couple of...

China’s first large-scale sodium-ion battery charges to 90% in 12 minutes

China’s first major sodium-ion battery energy storage station is now online, according to state-owned utility China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage. The Fulin Sodium-ion Battery...

The Apple TV is coming for the Raspberry Pi’s retro emulation box crown

Apple’s restrictions will still hold it back, but there’s a lot of possibility. Apple’s initial pitch for the tvOS and the Apple TV as it...

The Mac Pro and Studio won’t get the M4 nod until mid-2025

That means the M4 iPad Pro will be more powerful than both (for some tasks) for about a year. The Mac Studio and Mac Pro...

“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its account

UniSuper, a $135 billion pension account, details its cloud compute nightmare. Buried under the news from Google I/O this week is one of Google Cloud's...

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