How a Legal Backlash Against Big Tech Is Forcing Big Changes
A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices
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1Password lets AI agents sign in for users without seeing their passwords
1Password has launched 1Password for Agents, a platform that lets personal AI agents sign in to accounts on a person’s behalf without ever seeing the password.
Xona raises $250M at a $2.45B valuation to build a rival to GPS
Xona, a California startup building a satellite navigation network in low Earth orbit, has raised $250 million at a $2.45 billion valuation. Steve Jurvetson’s Future
Forget “Malaise 2.0,” GM says it’s still all-in on EVs and autonomy
GM provided flights from Detroit to New York and accommodation so Ars could attend the GM Future event. Ars does not accept paid editorial content.
333 Tor exit nodes hijacked to intercept SSH traffic and retrieve plaintext email
Unknown hackers hijacked more than 300 Tor exit nodes and reconfigured them to favor unencrypted email traffic and redirect SSH connections through servers they controlled
Musk’s backing for a SpaceX-Tesla merger rattled insiders, Reuters reports
Some of the people working on a possible SpaceX-Tesla merger worry that Elon Musk’s public comments could draw shareholder scrutiny and delay the process by
Tesla’s profit falls 43% as it starts building Optimus robots
Tesla made $787 million in net income in the third quarter, down from $1.37 billion a year earlier, according to its third-quarter update, published on
How the A.I. Boom Is Driving Up Sales of Gray Paint
Tech companies are painting data centers with gray coatings on top of gray concrete and steel to resist fire, rust and static electricity. That has
Before you automate systems, decide which data wins
Ask an IT team a simple question, “How many laptops do we have?” and the answer often depends on who you ask and which console
The iPhone Duo reviews are in: expensive, late, and winning
The embargo for iPhone Duo reviews has broken, which means dozens of reviews have appeared all at once. It’s like sitting in an empty office
Palantir says it cannot switch off NATO’s Maven AI system
Palantir says neither it nor the US government can remotely shut down Maven, its AI-powered battlefield system used by NATO’s top military command. The assurance
FCC chair warns media not to run the “fake polls” Trump keeps complaining about
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr today warned broadcasters about airing “fake polls,” amplifying one of the many complaints that Tweety McTreason has regularly made
Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3
Tesla published its third-quarter 2026 financial results this afternoon. Earlier in October, it reported its sales and deliveries for the three-month period, selling fewer cars
PHP knew about one of the flaws in 2024 but could not agree a fix
The PHP Foundation has given an unusually frank account of the emergency behind this week’s patches. It said it had found one of the two