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• With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider (Arstechnica)
  The military's stable of certified rockets will include Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, Vulcan, and New Glenn.
• Meta settles states’ child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as “peanuts” (Arstechnica)
  Meta to impose daily limit on child social media use in deal with nearly every state.
• China kills Meta’s acquisition of Manus as US-China AI rivalry deepens (Arstechnica)
  The unwinding of Meta’s deal shows how tech founders struggle to cut China ties.
• US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks (Arstechnica)
  Agency seeks contractors to modernize decades-old systems within four years.
• A brief hands-on with TiVo's Rhapsody music service offering (Arstechnica)
  Ars was in New York City last night for the Rhapsody launch on TiVo.
• Vulcan woes will "absolutely" be a factor in Pentagon's next rocket competition (Arstechnica)
  If the spacecraft is ready to go, that's going to give it a priority."
• Meta, YouTube must pay $3M to woman who got hooked on apps as a child (Arstechnica)
  Meta emerges as the biggest loser as second child safety trial verdict hits.
• AMD releases even more Ryzen 5000 CPUs, keeps its last-gen AM4 platform alive (Arstechnica)
  New-old chips stick with the aging Zen 3, but could be good CPU upgrade options.
• From 15 hours to one minute: How AI/ML is speeding up GM's development (Arstechnica)
  From CFD and FEA to digital twins, carmaking now involves a lot of virtualization.
• SpaceX prevails over ULA, wins military launch contracts worth $733 million (Arstechnica)
  SpaceX and ULA were eligible to compete for nine launches, and SpaceX won them all.
• Here’s how the makers of the “Suyu” Switch emulator plan to avoid getting sued (Arstechnica)
  Dev says project is "in a legal gray area we are trying to work our way out of..."
• Intel announces, demonstrates USB 3.0 (Arstechnica)
  At Intel's opening keynote for IDF today, Pat Gelsinger announced the USB 3.
• African crested rats deter predators by borrowing poison bark (Arstechnica)
  Mammals have all sorts of interesting and novel defense tactics: sharp quills, stinky spray, and clever camouflage, among others.
• Google court filings suggest ChromeOS has an expiration date (Arstechnica)
  ChromeOS may be canned once the current support guarantee has run its course.
• iOS default despair: Where Ars staff turns for better app experiences (Arstechnica)
  Many times the basic isn't what you need. Luckily, there are plenty of alternatives.
• Urban Arrow’s front-loader is a stylish, functional cargo/kid hauler (Arstechnica)
  With either cargo or kids, the Family is impeccably designed and a smooth ride.
• Twitter comeback bid draws lawsuit from Elon Musk’s X Corp (Arstechnica)
  “Huge uphill battle” to obtain and use Twitter name.
• Bummed about new Google Photos storage limits? Amazon Photos says “hi” (Arstechnica)
  This surprisingly good photo service has flown mostly under the radar since 2014.
• Netflix acquires the rights to all 22 Redwall books, plans film and series (Arstechnica)
  The film will be written by Over the Garden Wall's Patrick McHale.
• ABC's decision to stream shows in HD may have bandwidth consequences (Arstechnica)
  ABC has announced that it plans to begin streaming TV shows in high definition from its web site, ABC.com, for free.
• Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now personally responsible for security flaws.
• Maker of dubious $56K Alzheimer’s drug offers cognitive test no one can pass (Arstechnica)
  After facing intense criticism, Biogen goes on defense, blames "misinformation."
• Supreme Court rejects Sony's attempt to kick music pirates off the Internet (Arstechnica)
  Sony's 1984 Betamax win helps Cox beat Sony in important online piracy case.
• For some, iPhone 1.1.1 firmware is bad for business (Arstechnica)
  Any i Phone hacking now seems like a fairly risky venture for most average customers, particularly after seeing the effects of the 1.1.1 fi…
• Apple announces $179 AirPods 4 with active noise cancellation (Arstechnica)
  AirPods Pro and Max get new features, too.
• The search for SQL Server "Katmai" testers begins (Arstechnica)
  Text settings Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Over at Z…
• Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought (Arstechnica)
  Hey, this is a very precarious situation we're in."
• Samsung to announce a 10mm thick LCD HDTV (Arstechnica)
  At the Flat Panel Display (FPD) International show this week, Samsung is announcing a host of new LCD displays.
• Comprehensive list of (reproducible) Apple iPhone bugs (Arstechnica)
  The i Phone has proven to be a pretty stable package since its launch, although like any new piece of technology, some bugs and security is…
• GM’s EV push will cost it $1.6 billion in Q3 with end of the tax credit (Arstechnica)
  With EV demand predicted to plummet, GM has rejiggered its production plans.
• Despite hardware limits, Parallels supports running Windows on MacBook Neo (Arstechnica)
  8GB unified memory is the minimum practical configuration."
• Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan (Arstechnica)
  Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.
• A need for speed: 802.11n router roundup (Arstechnica)
  The IEEE 802.11 n standard is not official yet, but a host of Draft N routers are already available.
• Nvidia announces DGX desktop “personal AI supercomputers” (Arstechnica)
  Asus, Dell, HP, and others to produce powerful desktop machines that run AI models locally.
• Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025 (Arstechnica)
  Streaming services played a big role in 2025 inflation.
• Meet the Novint Falcon: the craziest force-feedback controller we've ever played with (Arstechnica)
  Tired of actually going to the bowling alley, or going outside to play basketball? A company called Novint has a solution for you: the Falc…
• 10 years after "Think different." (Arstechnica)
  Think Brand By fall of 1997, Steve Jobs had completed his bloodbath at Apple Computer, having terminated former CEO Gil Amelio, strangled t…
• Can you kick it? T-Mobile reveals two new Sidekicks (Arstechnica)
  T-Mobile today announced two new Sidekicks: the LX and the Slide.
• Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta (Arstechnica)
  Digital Services Act may force Meta to make big changes on its platforms.
• Sony’s classic games blunder: Why PAL isn’t your friend (Arstechnica)
  First-party PlayStation Plus classics launch at slower 50 Hz standard.
• The death of the Midway (Arstechnica)
  You may have noticed that this week we've neglected to put up the weekly Midway post. This was no accident; after much thought we've decide…
• Google Photos is the latest “Unlimited” plan to impose hard limits (Arstechnica)
  Today, Google Photos VP Shimrit Ben-Yair announced the end of Google Photos’ unlimited photo storage policy.
• A glance at Parrot's Photo Viewer digital picture frames (Arstechnica)
  Ars checks out a few digital photo frames.
• Apple posts Q307 Financial Results with no little iPhone to be seen (Arstechnica)
  AT&T's earnings report pointed to a lackluster introduction for the i Phone, with some 146,000 i Phones activated during the last weekend o…
• With developer verification, Google's Apple envy threatens to dismantle Android's open legacy (Arstechnica)
  Questions remain as Google prepares to lock down Android app distribution in the name of security.
• ByteDance backpedals after Seedance 2.0 turned Hollywood icons into AI “clip art” (Arstechnica)
  Hollywood backlash puts spotlight on ByteDance's sketchy launch of Seedance 2.0.
• Specs leaked on Samsung's folding ultra-mobile PC (Arstechnica)
  Information on one of Samsung's latest ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) offerings was recently leaked around the net.
• Linux market share passes 4% for first time; macOS dominance declines (Arstechnica)
  Report: Linux was on 6.34 percent of computers last month if you count ChromeOS.
• Sling goes SOLO: the new Slingbox SOLO (Arstechnica)
  Sling Media today launched the new Slingbox SOLO, an all new version of the venerable Slingbox.
• Office Open XML hits a snag on the way to standardization (Arstechnica)
  Microsoft's plan to have its Office Open XML (OOXML) format fast-tracked for approval as an ISO standard hit a snag recently, when the V1,…