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Trump admin tries to block Clean Air Act lawsuit over xAI's gas turbines
16 June 2026 @ 10:22 pm
NAACP lawsuit says xAI uses gas turbines without permits for Grok data center.
Year of free HPE software a “step in the correct direction” in VMware rivalry
16 June 2026 @ 10:11 pm
Partner tells Ars that HPE should be giving out more free VM Essentials licenses.
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
16 June 2026 @ 9:54 pm
Transferring genes across species doesn't just happen in microbes.
Among the large new rockets Amazon was counting on, only Europe has delivered
16 June 2026 @ 9:14 pm
"As for Arianespace, they have definitely stepped up."
Anthropic "pauses" token-based billing for its Claude Agent SDK
16 June 2026 @ 9:00 pm
Move originally planned for Monday would have heavily increased power users' costs.
US approval of Paramount/Warner Bros. deal surprised DOJ lawyers, report says
16 June 2026 @ 6:48 pm
Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. Warren says.
Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress
16 June 2026 @ 6:11 pm
Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.
Android 17 starts hitting Pixel phones and watches today
16 June 2026 @ 6:00 pm
Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
16 June 2026 @ 4:49 pm
Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.
SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion
16 June 2026 @ 4:37 pm
Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.