eBay pays $46M to journalists it targeted in bizarre harassment campaign
eBay and three former executives agreed to pay nearly $56 million in a settlement over a macabre campaign of cyberstalking and harassment that targeted two journalists in 2019. As we’ve…
We now have a better understanding how OpenAI hacked into Hugging Face
Last week’s unprecedented security event in which two OpenAI security hacking models trespassed into the network of fellow AI company Hugging Face was enabled by exploiting one or more zero-day…
College lab class ends with 32 people on antibiotics for deadly germ exposure
A bizarre series of events in a college microbiology lab class left 33 people—including students, professors, and lab workers—believing they were exposed to a deadly germ. Of those, 32 began…
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Nearly a month since its launch, a first-of-its-kind commercial satellite built to save NASA’s Swift gamma-ray telescope from a fiery reentry is having problems of its own, the agency announced…
Audi has a new flagship designed with the US in mind: The 2027 Q9
Audi provided flights from Washington, DC, to Munich, Germany, and accommodation so Ars could see the Q9 and Q7. And we also drove the new RS5. Ars does not accept…
AI leaders sign a statement asking the government to do something about automated AI
Employees of OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as Google, Meta, Thinking Machines, Microsoft, Mistral, and other leading AI labs, have written a statement to the US government supporting a potential…
eBay’s bizarre cyberstalking saga ends with a $56 million settlement
eBay and three former executives will pay $55.7 million as part of a settlement with a Massachusetts couple targeted with a bizarre harassment and cyberstalking campaign in 2019, as reported…
Ariana Grande is suing the hackers who’ve been leaking her songs and videos for years
Ariana Grande filed a lawsuit on Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court against the currently unidentified hackers who allegedly stole and leaked private content. It aims to “uncover…
The US is banning foreign robots
The Chinese robot maker, Unitree, will likely be impacted by the ban. | Bloomberg via Getty Images The US government is targeting China with a new import ban on “advanced…
F-35 fighter jet crashes in San Diego and sparks fire on Miramar air base
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Ex-'Squad' member fights for comeback as socialist wing ramps up war on Dem establishment
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Foreign robot ban targets China over security fears
NY school district pauses AI robot teaching assistant rollout amid controversies about manufacturer

































































































