Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom
Once again, we're back with our annual power ranking of US launch companies. 2024 was the third year Ars compiled a list of ...
US sues six of the biggest landlords over “algorithmic pricing schemes”
The US previously sued RealPage, a software maker accused of helping landlords collectively set prices by giving them access ...
Science paper piracy site Sci-Hub shares lots of retracted papers
Hub, a site where people can upload PDFs of published papers so they can be shared with anyone who can access the site.
New GeForce 50-series GPUs: There’s the $1,999 5090, and there’s everything else
The good news is that three of its four new RTX 50-series GPUs are the same price as or slightly cheaper than the RTX 40-series GPUs they're replacing. The RTX 5080 is $999, the same price as the RTX ...
Dirty deeds in Denver: Ex-prosecutor faked texts, destroyed devices to frame colleague
When suspicion began to mount that the young prosecutor, Yujin Choi, might have faked her sexual misconduct allegations ...
As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
But, fatalities are not uncommon with H5N1 infections overall. According to data collected by the WHO, there have been 954 documented cases between 2003 and 2024. Of those, 464 were fatal, leading to ...
Nvidia unveils $3,000 desktop AI computer for home researchers
At CES on Monday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang described the new system as "a cloud computing platform that sits on your desk." The company also designed Project DIGITS as a bridge between desktop ...
Bye-bye Windows gaming? SteamOS officially expands past the Steam Deck.
The official launch of the "Powered by SteamOS" program has been a long time coming; Valve's Lawrence Yang said as far back as 2022 that the company is "excited to see people make their own SteamOS ...
Lenovo laptop’s rollable screen uses motors to grow from 14 to 16.7 inches
Lenovo announced a laptop today that experiments with a new way to offer laptop users more screen space than the typical clamshell design. The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 Rollable has a screen that ...
Nearly two years after its radical pivot, Fidelity slashes Relativity’s valuation
However, in a report ending November 29 of last year, which was only recently published, Fidelity's valuation of Relativity plummeted. Its stake in Relativity, valued at $31.8 million last March, was ...
Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
They decided to compare the performances of ants and humans because both species are social and are also able to cooperate while transporting loads larger than themselves. In essence, "people stand ...
Meta axes third-party fact-checkers in time for second Trump term
Meta says the soon-to-be-discontinued fact-checking program includes over 90 third-party organizations that evaluate posts in ...