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• Dozens of Chinese phone games now require facial scans to play at night (Arstechnica)
  After a 2018 test, "Midnight Patrol" system officially rolls out to 60 Tencent games.
• Lawsuit: ChatGPT told student he was "meant for greatness"—then came psychosis (Arstechnica)
  AI Injury Attorneys" target the chatbot design itself.
• Microsoft shuts down Bethesda’s Hi-Fi Rush, Redfall studios (Arstechnica)
  Xbox maker wants to "prioritiz[e] high-impact titles" according to letter to staff.
• Amazon appears to be down, with over 20,000 reported problems (Arstechnica)
  Problems viewing products and checking out.
• Audacity’s new owner is in another fight with the open source community (Arstechnica)
  Muse Group's intentions appear to be good—but they're paving an unpleasant road.
• Microsoft releases details on HDMI-equipped Halo 3 edition 360 (Arstechnica)
  While we may have been hoping for some bigger new game announcements or a price drop, Microsoft's press conference was mostly about hyping…
• Sony BMG's chief anti-piracy lawyer: "Copying" music you own is "stealing" (Arstechnica)
  Duluth, Minnesota — Testimony today in Capitol Records, et al v. Jammie Thomas quickly and inadvertently turned to the topic of fair use wh…
• Apple, AMD, and Intel shift priorities as chip shortages continue (Arstechnica)
  Apple, AMD, and Intel each acknowledge their preparation for ongoing shortages.
• Researchers disclose vulnerabilities in IP KVMs from four manufacturers (Arstechnica)
  Internet-exposed devices that give BIOS-level access?
• Scientists built a tiny robot to mimic the mantis shrimp’s knock-out punch (Arstechnica)
  Geometric latch design lets animal store and release energy with just one input motion.
• Sooner than expected? Useful quantum error correction promised for 2028. (Arstechnica)
  Elsewhere, beyond-classical quantum hardware, plus classical computing fires back.
• Microsoft’s new AI agent can control software and robots (Arstechnica)
  Magma could enable AI agents to take multistep actions in the real and digital worlds.
• How I streamed my off-road Miata race using Starlink and StarStream (Arstechnica)
  This satellite streaming technology transforms off-road racing for fans and teams.
• New IPCC climate report is the clearest guidebook for selecting a future (Arstechnica)
  We now know some new things, and we still know some old things.
• Boeing to ground Starliner indefinitely until valve issue solved (Arstechnica)
  I know this is very, very hard on our NASA and Boeing teams."
• Switch emulator Suyu hit by GitLab DMCA, project lives on through self-hosting (Arstechnica)
  Developer says there's "no way to confirm" if Nintendo was involved in takedown.
• Vodafone subscriber activates iPhone as company worries about 3G (Arstechnica)
  The European carrier for the i Phone has yet to be named, and so far the process seems to be a bit like Wheel of Fortune: virtually every m…
• Ubuntu founder defuses rumors of impending Microsoft deal (Arstechnica)
  In an announcement made in a personal blog entry, Mark Shuttleworth—Ubuntu patron and benevolent dictator for life—puts an authoritative en…
• Google Photos is so 2020—welcome to the world of self-hosted photo management (Arstechnica)
  Google offers many desirable, easy-to-use, effective features.
• Samurai-themed sci-fi flick It’s a Summer Film! expertly slices expectations (Arstechnica)
  Stream this samurai-loving genre mashup when you can.
• Headphones without headphones: We test Lucyd Lyte Bluetooth sunglasses (Arstechnica)
  Bluetooth sunglasses are a great idea—but these aren't quite good enough.
• Worries rise over Canadian iPhone plan pricing (Arstechnica)
  With the US i Phone launch behind us, attention is turning towards the i Phone in Canada. We've known for quite a while that Rogers Wireles…
• Nokia battery explodes, flies across room, jumps into bed, burns two (Arstechnica)
  In Pietermaritzburg, the capital of the Kwa Zulu-Natal providence in South Africa, a convenience store owner named Ismail Noorgat, his wife…
• Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop (Arstechnica)
  Laptop includes Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a bigger battery, and a touchscreen.
• Xbox apes Netflix with $10 per month, 100-game unlimited “Pass” (Arstechnica)
  Gamestop stock dips as Microsoft offers free legacy downloads for one monthly price.
• Google is bringing every Android game to Windows in big gaming update (Arstechnica)
  Google has big plans for gaming in 2025.
• Report: Meta will train AI agents by tracking employees' mouse, keyboard use (Arstechnica)
  Move highlights the difficulty of finding high-quality interactive training data.
• This is who's developing Golden Dome's orbital interceptors—if they're ever built (Arstechnica)
  If boost-phase intercept from space is not affordable and scalable, we will not produce it."
• The ultimate eclipse chase: A Concorde raced against the Moon's shadow (Arstechnica)
  Fitted with telescopes, the plane did our longest imaging of the Sun's corona.
• Google pushed a one-character typo to production, bricking Chrome OS devices (Arstechnica)
  Google broke a conditional statement that verifies passwords.
• Asustek to launch $249 Classmate PC design in July (Arstechnica)
  Starting in July, Asustek will begin production of four Asus-brand notebooks in the $249-549 price range before beginning to build similar…
• Apple's Best Buy presence more prevalent with mini stores (Arstechnica)
  I have a dirty confession to make, and it might just be one that many of our readers will never forgive.
• “Clickless” exploits from Israeli firm hacked activists’ fully updated iPhones (Arstechnica)
  NSO Group says its spyware targets only criminals and terrorists.
• A new kind of hybrid storage: FlashMate (Arstechnica)
  Just a few days ago we were discussing Seagate's s latest hybrid hard drive which promises a 20 percent faster Vista boot time.
• Seven tracks from Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s announced (Arstechnica)
  We're still enjoying Guitar Hero 2 on the 360, but of course no one is happy with the state of downloadable songs for that console.
• Samsung punishes Galaxy Fold 3 modders by disabling their cameras (Arstechnica)
  Samsung's bootloader unlock message has a warning for modders.
• Judge halts Paramount's $111B purchase of Warner Bros. in win for US states (Arstechnica)
  Judge grants restraining order, saying merger "likely to violate antitrust laws."
• Squint at this: new ultra-mobile PC prototype offers 2.8" screen, WiMax (Arstechnica)
  We've got another ultra-mobile PC for you today, but it's one weird-looking momma. The "MTube" as its called, oddly, has nothing to do with…
• The Cheap iPhone™ has been calling from inside the house all along (Arstechnica)
  Analysis: Apple took lessons from other products, applied them to the iPhone 5C.
• Safari downloads reach 1 million. Is that a big deal? (Arstechnica)
  Text settings Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav When Safa…
• Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds (Arstechnica)
  The MacBook Neo is a step in the right direction, though.
• Study: Warming has accelerated due to the Earth absorbing more sunlight (Arstechnica)
  If it's a trend, then future warming will be at the high end of estimates.
• Nvidia unveils Blackwell B200, the “world’s most powerful chip” designed for AI (Arstechnica)
  208B transistor chip reportedly reduces AI cost and energy consumption over H100 predecessor.
• New Codex features include the ability to use your computer in the background (Arstechnica)
  An in-app browser allows visual feedback while building websites and more.
• Apple bumps iPhone talk time to 8 hours, glass surface (Arstechnica)
  When the i Phone was first announced in January, we were told to expect 5 hours of talk time out of the device and 16 hours of audio.
• Microsoft makes Novell-style deal with Linspire (Arstechnica)
  Linux distributor Linspire is the latest company to enter into a collaboration agreement with Microsoft.
• Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting” (Arstechnica)
  Carmack: "Power tools" like AI are "central to all the progress in computers."
• Anti-vaccine advocate RFK Jr. fires entire CDC panel of vaccine advisors (Arstechnica)
  CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has been wiped out.
• OpenAI announces two “gpt-oss” open AI models, and you can download them today (Arstechnica)
  OpenAI's new open models can run on your hardware instead of in the cloud.
• Making games in a war zone: Metro 2039’s Ukrainian developers speak out (Arstechnica)
  Upcoming sequel wants to capture a "uniquely Ukrainian perspective" on the post-apocalypse.