Ars Technica - Serving the Technologist since 1998. News, reviews, and analysis. Skip to content Ars Technica home Sections Forum Subscribe Search * AI * Biz & IT * Cars * Culture * Gaming * Health * Policy * Science * Security * Space * Tech * Feature * Reviews * AI * Biz & IT * Cars * Culture * Gaming * Health * Policy * Science * Security * Space * Tech Forum Subscribe Theme * HyperLight * Day & Night * Dark * System Search Sign In Ars Technica homepage Grid * Classic * Grid * List * Neutron Star * Classic * Grid * List * Neutron Star grid settings Featured Unscrewed Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+ Fairphone’s CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone. Ryan Whitwam – 9/4/2026 | 186 Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards. Aarian Marshall, WIRED.COM – 9/5/2026 | 19 After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is.” Stephen Clark – 9/4/2026 | 44 OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test. Dan Goodin – 9/4/2026 | 95 Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths “It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives.” Beth Mole – 9/4/2026 | 86 Tesla’s Cybercab has been deployed, and it’s already under investigation The US government is investigating whether the Cybercab meets vehicle safety standards. Aarian Marshall, WIRED.COM – 9/5/2026 | 19 After 8 years, Europe’s BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury “Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is.” Stephen Clark – 9/4/2026 | 44 OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki In all, 3,700 internal agents posted 18,000 messages discussing cheating on a test. Dan Goodin – 9/4/2026 | 95 Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths “It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives.” Beth Mole – 9/4/2026 | 86 Trump admin fights ABC lawsuit as watchdogs worry Disney will settle with FCC FCC tells court it is “open-minded” about whether ABC should lose licenses. Jon Brodkin – 9/4/2026 | 37 Medieval manuscripts are “biological time capsules” for deadly sheeppox virus Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks. Jennifer Ouellette – 9/4/2026 | 26 “Trust, not features, is the real deficit”: VMware tries to appease SMBs Broadcom admits it put “too big a focus on VCF.” Scharon Harding – 9/4/2026 | 103 Once popular for attacking AI, ASCII smuggling is embraced by spammers A once-overlooked block of unicode that’s invisible to humans is gaining ever wider use. Dan Goodin – 9/4/2026 | 35 Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day. Beth Mole – 9/4/2026 | 106 A ratings board wouldn’t let Valve release a trailer. It “leaked” it instead. “I think we can’t get in trouble for that now. It’s like 20 years ago.” Kyle Orland – 9/4/2026 | 31 Featured To laugh, then to think Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners The annual award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and “24/7″ lectures. Jennifer Ouellette – 9/3/2026 | 105 Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice. John Timmer – 9/4/2026 | 41 Most Read * 1. I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale * 2. Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations * 3. OpenAI agents discussed ways to escape their sandbox on public wiki * 4. Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation * 5. Meet the 2026 Ig Nobel Prize winners Customize Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose. Financial Times – 9/4/2026 | 28 Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name. Ashley Belanger – 9/4/2026 | 56 Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations “Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there.” Eric Berger – 9/4/2026 | 94 Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO Two of Europe’s leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week. Stephen Clark – 9/4/2026 | 31 Reports: RFK Jr. ordered measles deaths deletion; CDC still secretly counts them CDC staff had already accepted the measles death reports when RFK Jr. meddled. Beth Mole – 9/3/2026 | 158 Xbox imposes harsh new time limits for Game Pass game streaming Over 1 million Game Pass subscribers will have to pay more for their heavy streaming use. Kyle Orland – 9/3/2026 | 142 150 research primates got diarrhea, flooding lab with priceless vaccine data Researchers now have clear new targets and insights for developing a Shigella vaccine. Beth Mole – 9/3/2026 | 51 Confused about which VPN is right, US senator asks the NSA for guidance Open source, commercial, single-hop, multi-hop, mixnet? The array of options is dizzying. Dan Goodin – 9/3/2026 | 81 Supreme Court urged to let states regulate sports bets on prediction markets Circuit split raised the odds that SCOTUS will rule on Kalshi fight against states. Jon Brodkin – 9/3/2026 | 56 VMware migration reduces Tottenham Hotspur’s licensing fees by 85 percent Pro soccer team’s CTO points to “issues with the Broadcom takeover.” Scharon Harding – 9/3/2026 | 74 Just like a fruit fly, a new algorithm never forgets old scents Insect-inspired “sparse coding” does fast learning, avoids catastrophic forgetting. Federica Sgorbissa – 9/3/2026 | 6 Four major AI models suffer rare overlapping downtime Service interruptions hit ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, and Gemini practically simultaneously. Kyle Orland – 9/3/2026 | 79 Trump’s 100% tariff on drones will be disaster for the US, critics warn Americans fear there are no cheap alternatives as tariffs suddenly hit drones. Ashley Belanger – 9/3/2026 | 151 Nvidia buys Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, for $13 billion Nvidia says Hugging Face will stay open even as the chipmaker takes control of a key AI hub. Financial Times – 9/3/2026 | 117 Spending deal comes with a bonus: Blocking political control of grants Congress pauses the OMB’s attempt to rewrite how research is funded. John Timmer – 9/2/2026 | 107 Featured GOT PRIVACY? I rented a car, and within hours, my driver’s license was for sale The FBI is reportedly investigating a massive data breach that is unfolding in real time. Dan Goodin – 9/2/2026 | 249 FCC plans robocall scorecard to grade phone companies on spam call blocking Carrier scorecards may include call-blocking stats and data on customer complaints. Jon Brodkin – 9/2/2026 | 71 Wary of Artemis IV timeline, NASA is changing lunar spacesuit design “Requirements are being adjusted to reflect near-term mission needs.” Eric Berger – 9/2/2026 | 121 Google releases Gemini 3.8 Flash, its third Flash model in six weeks Google’s Pro model updates are seemingly paused, but there’s yet another Gemini Flash today. Ryan Whitwam – 9/2/2026 | 60 Trump may be forced to reveal secret rules feds use for AI safety testing Trump’s secret reviews of frontier AI models may hide corruption, lawsuit says. Ashley Belanger – 9/2/2026 | 70 US court rules Google will not have to sell ad exchange after losing antitrust case The DOJ proved to the court that Google acted illegally, but it won’t get the big win it wanted. Ryan Whitwam – 9/2/2026 | 95 Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84 He reported from space that only “fat” Japanese tree frogs enjoyed weightlessness. Robert Pearlman – 9/2/2026 | 24 The Army just used a 20-kilowatt laser to take out three drones The Army says its laser system can track and destroy hostile drones. WIRED – 9/2/2026 | 229 Load more Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is the trusted source in a sea of information. After all, you don’t need to know everything, only what’s important. More from Ars * About Us * Staff Directory * Ars Newsletters * General FAQ * Posting Guidelines * AI Policy * RSS Feeds Contact * Contact us * Advertise with us * Reprints Manage Preferences © 2026 Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Ars Technica Addendum and Your California Privacy Rights . 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