Ars Technica

5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter harmful speech

Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.

28 Jul 2026 12:48 am

Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many

Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.

28 Jul 2026 12:18 am

Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a dead end for rapid reuse

NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.

28 Jul 2026 12:04 am

Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template

Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.

27 Jul 2026 4:20 pm

SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099

Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.

26 Jul 2026 2:22 am

RFK Jr.'s hand-picked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses

There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.

25 Jul 2026 12:40 am