OPINION Every six months or so a Chinese model sparks a panic, calling into question America’s AI dominance. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 is the latest example. Recall when DeepSeek R1 shook markets early la…
Nintendo customers have no legal right to tariff refunds, company tells judge Nintendo says Switch buyers got what they paid for, urges court to dismiss lawsuit. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
Who needs expensive frontier models to find software vulns? Cisco has just released two open-weight models that specialize in finding known bugs in existing codebases. The models, Antares-350M and Ant…
Here's Range Rover's first not-SUV: The Range Rover GT The Range Rover GT will debut as an EV with a hybrid version to follow. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/heres-range-rovers-first-not-suv-the…
On the run for 20 years, most-wanted fugitive caught hiding as a biotech exec Ronald Fischer, aka Richard Graydon, was arrested in New York last week. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/on-the-run…
Cryptsetup 2.8.7 Released To Deal With Fallout Of Linux's Rushed AF_ALG Deprecation Linux's cryptsetup for configuring and managing encrypted storage devices is ready with a new version as the develop…
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The US military is adding autonomous gun-based counter-drone systems intended to reduce its reliance on expensive interceptor missiles. They also have the potential to kill humans. Defense robotics fi…
AI models will do just about anything to complete the task you ask, including cheating to get there, according to new cybersecurity evaluations from the UK government's AI Security Institute (AISI). T…
Sony releases one last trailer for Spider-Man: Brand New Day "Maybe that's my responsibility, to live alone with the truth." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/07/sony-releases-one-last-trailer-for-…
Confusion swirls on source of diarrhea outbreak, but it’s still Taylor Farms Taylor Farms stirred confusion on FDA test and provided a vague recall list. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/07/confusi…
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it hit an AWS datacenter in Bahrain months after taking it offline for the first time, in a move it claimed as retaliation for a US attack on a n…
Tom Hiddleston tracks possible Pompeii survivors in new docuseries NatGeo's Pompeii: Out of Time fuses historical fact and imagination to bring city's last 24 hours to life. https://arstechnica.com/sc…
Three New Ubuntu Snap Vulnerabilities Made Public - One Dates Back To Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Canonical today disclosed three new Snap security vulnerabilities affecting snapd. Two are rated high impact vuln…
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Qualcomm Posts Linux Patches For X2 Elite Extreme Powered ASUS Zenbook A16 Following recent Linux kernel patches enabling the Snapdragon X2 Elite powered Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x Gen11 and HP EliteBook X G…
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Steam Deck sales are losing steam since May's price hike Analysis of bestseller charts shows an 80 percent dip from 2025's sales rate. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/07/steam-deck-sales-are-losin…
Judge approves Anthropic’s $1.5 billion copyright settlement with authors Anthropic blocks authors from opting out of $1.5B settlement at last minute. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/judge…
German authorities say they have neutralized the main infrastructure supporting the Kratos phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) kit following an operation supported by the US and Indonesia. Officers from Fra…
Oracle says that it could face more than $100 million a year in financing costs to guarantee the power commitments behind a nearly 1 GW datacenter campus it is developing in Wisconsin with Vantage and…
Google reveals faster and cheaper Gemini 3.6 Flash, says 3.5 Pro is still in testing There are new 3.6 and 3.5 models today, but Google is already training Gemini 4. https://arstechnica.com/google/202…
FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals FCC chair has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of tickets by CBS or its parent company. https://arstechnica.com/tech-pol…
