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Trump moves to ban Anthropic from the US government
28 February 2026 @ 8:00 pm
The Defense Department pressured Anthropic to drop restrictions on how its AI can be used by the military.
In puzzling outbreak, officials look to cold beer, gross ice, and ChatGPT
28 February 2026 @ 6:17 pm
An AI chatbot convinced health investigators they had the right answer.
Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space
28 February 2026 @ 1:26 am
Merkle Tree Certificate support is already in Chrome. Soon, it will be everywhere.
The Air Force's new ICBM is nearly ready to fly, but there’s nowhere to put it
28 February 2026 @ 12:32 am
"There were assumptions that were made in the strategy that obviously didn’t come to fruition."
Under a Paramount-WBD merger, two struggling media giants would unite
27 February 2026 @ 10:39 pm
Can two declining companies form a profitable one?
Photons that aren't actually there influence superconductivity
27 February 2026 @ 9:27 pm
Interactions between neighboring materials is mediated by virtual photons.
Whoops: US military laser strike takes down CBP drone near Mexican border
27 February 2026 @ 7:14 pm
Trump admin "incompetence continues to cause chaos in our skies," Duckworth says.
The AI apocalypse is nigh in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
27 February 2026 @ 7:04 pm
Director Gore Verbinksi and screenwriter Matthew Robinson on the making of this darkly satirical sci-fi film.
Hyperion author Dan Simmons dies from stroke at 77
27 February 2026 @ 6:36 pm
I went into Hyperion blind, decades ago, knowing almost nothing about it. I was never the same.
How strong is New York's "illegal gambling" case against Valve's loot boxes?
27 February 2026 @ 5:21 pm
Lawyers tell Ars the state has a tough road ahead, even as Valve is uniquely vulnerable.