What are the symptoms of meningitis and how is it spread?
Two people have died following an “unpredecented” outbreak of meningitis in Kent.
Scotland’s assisted dying bill rejected after emotional debate
Scotland would have become the first part of the UK to legalise the process had MSPs backed the proposals.
After Discord fiasco, age-check tech promises privacy by running locally. Does it work?
Last month, Discord quickly backpedaled after it announced that an age-verification system would roll out globally. Discord’s reversal followed a widespread user backlash, which also intensified
Here’s BMW’s first all-electric 3 series, the 2027 i3
BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the i3. Ars does
Turing Award Goes to Inventors of Quantum Cryptography
In the 1980s, Charles Bennett and Gilles Brassard created a new kind of encryption that would be impregnable.
Silicon Valley Bet on War. The Bets Are Paying Off.
After years of criticism and financial risk, Palantir, Anthropic and small start-ups are generating rewards from their investments in defense tech.
US judge orders Trump administration to reopen Voice of America
Some 85% of VOA staff were laid off by Trump who accused the international broadcaster of bias.
Rivia raises €13M to bring agentic AI to clinical trials
The Zurich-based startup, which previously raised €3M to unify fragmented trial data, has secured a larger round to build AI agents that actively manage the
Meta’s Manus AI agent arrives on your desktop to take on OpenClaw
Manus’s new desktop app can read, edit, and act on files and applications directly on a user’s machine. The launch puts Meta’s AI agent ambitions
Turkiye says NATO bringing in more defences after missile interceptions
NATO to deploy a new Patriot missile defence unit to southern Turkiye’s Incirlik Air Base.
Iranian women footballers arrive in eastern Turkiye, on home border
The team is on last leg of its journey home from Australia after Asian Cup, which began before conflict in Middle East.
How Iran defied Trump threats to emerge as Strait of Hormuz gatekeeper
Trump has called on other navies to help open the strait, but countries are instead striking deals with Iran.
Iran launches fresh attacks on Israel, Gulf neighbours after 2 high-ranking leaders killed
Iran launched a new wave of strikes following the killing of two high-ranking leaders in an airstrike with attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbours and
Israeli airstrikes kill 10 in central Beirut, Lebanese authorities say
More than 900 people have been killed in Lebanon by Israeli attacks since Hezbollah entered the regional war in support of Tehran on March 2