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Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes

Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.

17 Jun 2026 3:24 am
US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says

Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal eeks of corruption, Sen. Warren says.

17 Jun 2026 12:18 am
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress

Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.

16 Jun 2026 11:41 pm
Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today

Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.

16 Jun 2026 11:30 pm
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges

Legal victories have dampened the Trump admins efforts to halt wind and solar power.

16 Jun 2026 10:19 pm
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion

Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.

16 Jun 2026 10:07 pm
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard!

Tell us how you read Ars, and what you'd like to see more (or less!) of on the front page.

16 Jun 2026 7:05 pm
Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again

Isar Aerospace is not hurting for money, but it is sorely lacking in the currency of flight experience.

16 Jun 2026 5:10 am
COVID vaccines still protect against heart problems, large study finds

Despite continued benefits, anti-vaccine rhetoric has driven down vaccination.

16 Jun 2026 2:34 am
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews

Critics say bans push kids to riskier alternatives and can be beaten with VPNs.

16 Jun 2026 1:44 am
Chipmaker Nvidia seeks to raise over $25B in first bond deal since 2021

Debt sale set to test investor appetite for further exposure to AI sector amid a deluge of borrowing.

16 Jun 2026 12:37 am
A Chinese rocket breaks apart dangerously close to the Starlink constellation

The rocket's breakup likely generated 100 to 150 new pieces of space junk.

16 Jun 2026 12:25 am
20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again

Remembering the ups and downs of the Intel Mac era as it finally winds down.

15 Jun 2026 10:02 pm
F1 in Spain: An old-fashioned strategy fight can still be thrilling

Armed with a ton of new upgrades, Ferrari came to Spain full of confidence.

15 Jun 2026 8:55 pm
Russia appears set to finally address long-term, serious space station cracks

This has been a persistent, behind-the-scenes dispute between NASA and Roscosmos.

15 Jun 2026 7:24 pm
Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated

University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066

14 Jun 2026 9:32 pm
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System

Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.

13 Jun 2026 4:48 pm
Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive

Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 jailbreak could be a national security threat.

13 Jun 2026 8:30 am