In the nascent field of AI hacking, indirect prompt injection has become a basic building block for inducing chatbots to exfiltrate sensitive data or perform other malicious actions. Developers of…
A federal judge today, February 11, gave the Trump administration until 11:59 pm tonight to restore public documents and datasets that were abruptly removed or altered from federal health websites…
Verizon has defeated a lawsuit filed by a utility pole worker who claims that lead cables made him sick. A federal judge on Friday granted Verizon's motion to dismiss the…
Google's Chrome browser might soon get a useful security upgrade: detecting passwords used in data breaches and then generating and storing a better replacement. Google says it's an "AI innovation,"…
A dairy worker in Nevada has been infected with a strain of H5N1 bird flu—genotype D1.1—that has newly spilled over to cows, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has…
Acura provided accommodation for Ars for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. DAYTONA BEACH, Florida—The North American road racing season kicked off in fine…
On Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly rejected an unsolicited Elon Musk-led attempt to purchase OpenAI for $97.4 billion. The Wall Street Journal reports that the offer was backed by…
Last October, United Launch Alliance started stacking its third Vulcan rocket on a mobile launch platform in Florida in preparation for a mission for the US Space Force by the…
Apple has released new security fixes for iPhones and iPads in the form of iOS 18.3.1 and iPadOS 18.3.1. According to Apple's release notes, these updates patch an actively exploited…
US vice-president JD Vance has warned Europe not to adopt “overly precautionary” regulations on artificial intelligence as the US and the UK refused to join dozens of other countries in…
Utility terrain vehicles, also known as side-by-sides, are multi-seat off-road vehicles used for work or play, and their use is exploding around the globe. The market was once entirely composed…
On Friday, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a sudden change to how it handles the indirect costs of research—the money that pays for things like support services and…
OpenAI is entering the final stages of designing its long-rumored first custom AI processor with the aim of decreasing its dependence on Nvidia hardware, according to a Reuters report released…
The first-ever National Nature Assessment—which was based off significant public feedback and strove to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity—may still see the light of day…
T-Mobile yesterday announced more details of its new service powered by Starlink and said Verizon and AT&T customers can use the satellite offering, too. The standard price will be $15…
Here we (maybe) go again: Reports from a handful of early adopters of Nvidia's new GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card are reporting that their power cables are melting (so far,…
If you live or drive in Austin, Texas, you might start seeing some new-looking Teslas on your roads later this summer. Tesla says it wants to start offering rides for…
While writing a wide-ranging history of Windows Minesweeper for Boss Fight Books back in 2023, I ended up playing many variations of Microsoft's beloved original game. Those include versions with…
BMW has pledged to continue investing in combustion engine and hybrid technology as it warned of a “rollercoaster ride” in the US transition to electric vehicles following the return of…
CenturyLink hasn't broken its annoying habit of leaving customers without service for weeks or months and repeatedly failing to show up for repair appointments. We've written about CenturyLink's failure to…