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Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft's lack of imagination
19 January 2026 @ 5:16 pm
Xbox maker needs some fresher ideas for expanding access to cloud gaming.
The race to build a super-large ground telescope is likely down to two competitors
19 January 2026 @ 5:06 pm
Ars checks in with the new president of the Giant Magellan Telescope.
Meet Veronika, the tool-using cow
19 January 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Veronika uses sticks to scratch herself, suggesting scientists have underestimated cow cognition
10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents
19 January 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.
Ocean damage nearly doubles the cost of climate change
18 January 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Ignoring the blue economy has left a multi-trillion-dollar blind spot in climate finance.
Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning
17 January 2026 @ 12:00 pm
Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates.
Managers on alert for “launch fever” as pressure builds for NASA’s Moon mission
17 January 2026 @ 4:45 am
"I’ve got one job, and it’s the safe return of Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy."
Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike
16 January 2026 @ 11:15 pm
Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.
Archaeologists find a supersized medieval shipwreck in Denmark
16 January 2026 @ 10:07 pm
The sunken ship reveals that the medieval European economy was growing fast.
Judge orders Anna’s Archive to delete scraped data; no one thinks it will comply
16 January 2026 @ 9:43 pm
WorldCat operator hopes default judgment will convince web hosts to take action.