White House budget seeks to end SLS, Orion, and Lunar Gateway programs "SLS alone costs $4 billion per launch and is 140 percent over budget." image
Eric Schmidt apparently bought Relativity Space to put data centers in orbit "Gives you a sense of how big this crisis is." image
DOGE put a college student in charge of using AI to rewrite regulations The DOGE operative has been tasked with rewrites to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. image
Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers. image
Google is quietly testing ads in AI chatbots Unsurprisingly, an advertising company is finding more places to run ads. image
Gaming news site Polygon gutted by massive layoffs amid sale to Valnet Polygon cofounder says he's "just completely sickened by this news." image
Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that. Researchers say the behavior amounts to a persistent backdoor. image
Monty Python and the Holy Grail turns 50 Ars staffers reflect upon the things they love most about this masterpiece of absurdist comedy. image
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark Cause likely not malicious; Red Electrica blames outage on "grid oscillation." image
iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years New ChoiceJacking attack allows malicious chargers to steal data from phones. image