The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
SpaceX’s Starship launcher spun out of control minutes after liftoff Thursday, showering fiery debris over the Bahamas and dealing another setback to Elon Musk’s rocket program after a failure under…
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
Although the Trump administration will not publicly release its budget request for at least a few more weeks, senior agency officials are starting to be briefed on the president’s priorities.…
Intuitive Machine’s lunar landing goes sideways again
This image captured during the IM-2 landing livestream shows Athena “about 10 meters” above the lunar surface. The second lunar lander made by Intuitive Machines has touched down on the…
Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?
Welcome to Edition 7.34 of the Rocket Report! What a day in space Thursday was. During the morning hours we saw the triumphant second flight of the Ariane 6 rocket,…
iPhone 16e review: The most expensive cheap iPhone yet
For a long time, the cheapest iPhones were basically just iPhones that were older than the current flagship, but last week’s release of the $600 iPhone 16e marks a big…
Android phones are getting lock screen widgets this year
Google has announced that lock screen widgets are coming to Android 16 phones later this year. Widgets have been available on the lock screen of the Pixel Tablet since last…
Alice and Bob Cat Qubits Could Make the Useful Quantum Computer
The Startup Alice and Bob have been working on the cat qubit. Alice & Bob is a Paris-based quantum computing startup founded in 2020 by Théau Peronnin and Raphaël Lescanne,…
Apple has 90 days to allow app sideloading in Brazil
Apple has been told it has to allow alternative app stores on iOS in Brazil within 90 days, as reported by Brazilian publication Valor International and 9to5Mac. Apple has already…
CMU research shows compression alone may unlock AI puzzle-solving abilities
A pair of Carnegie Mellon University researchers recently discovered hints that the process of compressing information can solve complex reasoning tasks without pre-training on a large number of examples. Their…
“Literally just a copy”—hit iOS game accused of unauthorized HTML5 code theft
Here at Ars, we’ve written frequently about the video game industry’s ongoing problem with blatant game cloning, and the shifting legal and ethical landscape around the issue. But we’ve rarely…