EFS & FreeVxFS File-Systems Get Booted While FailFS Merged For Linux 7.3
EFS & FreeVxFS File-Systems Get Booted While FailFS Merged For Linux 7.3 Among the early pull requests merged today by Linus Torvalds for the Linux 7.3 kernel cycle were removal of some ancient file-s…
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history
Meet the only known trebuchet casualty in history "It highlights the brutality of medieval warfare," said paleopathologist Jo Buckberry. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/08/meet-the-only-known-tre…
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX
Nvidia discloses $21B stake in SpaceX Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2026/08/nvidia-discloses-…
Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine…
Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/223241/supreme-court-rejects-verizon-bid-for-47-million-refund-of-fcc-fine?utm_source=rss1.…
Almost nobody pays attention to web standards anymore
Are web coders losing their respect for standards? A recent review of the world’s largest sites suggests so. ValidateHTML, a project by independent French developer Théo Ducreux, examined the contents…
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/hidden-airtag-reveals-am…
Apple Wallet Driver's License Feature to Launch in Four More US States…
Apple Wallet Driver's License Feature to Launch in Four More US States https://apple.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/2157231/apple-wallet-drivers-license-feature-to-launch-in-four-more-us-states?utm_sourc…
Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution
Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. https://arstechnica.com/s…
Linux 7.3 To Land Initial Code Improving vRAM Management, More Improvements…
Linux 7.3 To Land Initial Code Improving vRAM Management, More Improvements Coming Earlier this year Natalie Vock of Valve's Linux graphics team laid out some patches for improving the Linux gaming ex…
Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts
Former SpaceX engineers are building a robotic factory for making steel parts “We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.” https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/former-sp…
Judge Sets Framework For Nine PBS to Retrieve 70 Years of Archival TV Data…
Judge Sets Framework For Nine PBS to Retrieve 70 Years of Archival TV Data https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1919201/judge-sets-framework-for-nine-pbs-to-retrieve-70-years-of-archival-tv-da…
Siemens and Reinhausen turn up the voltage for hungry AI racks
Siemens and fellow German engineering biz Reinhausen are developing a solid-state transformer (SST) to deliver 800-volt DC power directly to increasingly dense AI datacenter racks. As AI hardware grow…
Payments giant Stripe is about to drop over $7 billion to become a gateway to AI token sales
Payments biz Stripe has reportedly finalized an agreement to acquire OpenRouter for at least $7 billion, signaling a shift in focus for the AI industry. OpenRouter provides a way for customers to inte…
The opposite of a hypercar is... fun? Meet the Gasolini AR1
The opposite of a hypercar is... fun? Meet the Gasolini AR1 The Gasolini AR1 uses 2-cylinder Honda bike engine, and an EV is underway, too. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/08/the-opposite-of-a-hyper…
The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it
The Moon's shadow raced across the heart of Spain, and I was there to see it Here's what it was like watching a total solar eclipse 90 minutes north of Madrid. https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/08/th…
FFmpeg Lands H.265 Vulkan Encode Performance Optimizations
FFmpeg Lands H.265 Vulkan Encode Performance Optimizations The FFmpeg multimedia library can now enjoy faster H.265/HEVC video encoding with the Vulkan-powered encode path. With the optimizations merg…
Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction…
Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/08/17/1912238/meta-faces-14-trillion-reckoning-in-latest-trial-over-social-media-addict…
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine
Supreme Court rejects Verizon bid for $47 million refund of FCC fine Despite loss, carriers still claim selling device-location data isn't illegal. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/08/supreme-…
Offloading Rust To GPUs Proves Capable Of High Performance With Memory Safety
Offloading Rust To GPUs Proves Capable Of High Performance With Memory Safety A new research paper published on LLVM offloading to GPU accelerators using the Rust programming language is talking up th…
Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage
Petlibro accused of “gaslighting” users over smart pet feeder outage Petlibro says feeders perform scheduled feedings offline. Users report otherwise. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/petlibro-…
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