The world’s best racing driver is about to race 100 karts at once
Red Bull, Disney+, and ESPN are streaming the race at noon Eastern today.
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page 4 of 7Ars Technica•Jonathan M. Gitlin16 Sept
Lawmakers target Flock cameras with a threat to highway funding
A bipartisan bill would restrict Flock cameras to a handful of public safety uses.
Ars Technica•Paresh Dave, wired.com16 Sept
How chimps teach their kids tool tricks
Adults first demonstrate tool use, then hand over the implements to their infants, who copy the behavior.
Ars Technica•Jennifer Ouellette16 Sept
The Roman telescope has enough gas for 22 years, double NASA's expectations
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is the first NASA observatory designed for in-space refueling.
Ars Technica•Stephen Clark15 Sept
“Filmmaker” suing PassThePopcorn may be banned user out for revenge
Allegedly fake filmmaker targeted trackers like PassThePopcorn, BroadcasTheNet, and HDBits.
Ars Technica•Ashley Belanger15 Sept
18-year-old dies of measles in PA from severe neurological complication
Teen developed acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, a known measles complication.
Ars Technica•Beth Mole15 Sept
SpaceX declares Starship ready for orbit, sets launch date next week
Reaching orbit would mark a significant milestone.
Ars Technica•Eric Berger15 Sept
Agility’s new humanoid robot will stop, squat to avoid harming human coworkers
Robots can start working outside physical cages and without safety barriers.
Ars Technica•Jeremy Hsu15 Sept
Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
City: Flock enabled "nationwide lookup" despite contract requiring it to be disabled.
Ars Technica•Jon Brodkin15 Sept
Demand for EV chargers is outstripping supply, says ChargePoint report
EV growth is happening, even in the US, and those EVs will need plugs to charge.
Ars Technica•Jonathan M. Gitlin15 Sept
Trump EPA moves to wipe out climate rules for power plants
EPA says power plant emissions have no material impact on climate change.
Ars Technica•Liza Gross, Inside Climate News15 Sept
GM gives its most important trucks a new UI—and includes CarPlay
The new look debuts in the 2027 Chevrolet Silverado and 2027 GMC Sierra pickup trucks.
Ars Technica•Jonathan M. Gitlin15 Sept
This Atlantic hurricane season is about to do something that hasn't happened in 175 years
But there may be a price to pay for a quiet Atlantic hurricane season.
Ars Technica•Eric Berger15 Sept
Exclusive: Paying for frontier AI models buys 4-month head start at 5x the cost
Ars previewed Mozilla’s report on how cheap open models caught up on capability.
Ars Technica•Jeremy Hsu15 Sept
Volvo increases the batteries for 2028 XC60 and XC90 plug-in refresh
The refreshed Volvos also get new infotainment systems with Gemini onboard.
Ars Technica•Jonathan M. Gitlin15 Sept
For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit
"The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force."
Ars Technica•Stephen Clark15 Sept
RFK Jr. headlines sold-out anti-vaccine conference alongside Andrew Wakefield
The event is hosted by Kennedy's anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense.
Ars Technica•Beth Mole14 Sept
Rocket Lab is seeing red about NASA's decision on a Mars spacecraft
"NASA’s award decision appears to be inconsistent with the eligibility criteria."
Ars Technica•Eric Berger14 Sept
AI bots "Timmy," "Ren," and "Jackie" are flooding social media with slop
“Hello, I'm an Al agent, a few days old, living on a small platform for agents.”
Ars Technica•Dan Goodin14 Sept
OpenAI stuck fighting Musk antitrust suit after Apple finds a way out
Musk stops attacking Apple over ChatGPT integration but not OpenAI.
Ars Technica•Ashley Belanger14 Sept