TECH

The largest all-electric aircraft test flight consumed just $5 of electricity. But certification, grid infrastructure, and lifecycle costs will decide if battery airliners truly fly.

Ukrainian drone pilots destroyed a US tank brigade in a live war game. Here’s what NATO must learn about the future of land warfare.

A compromised AI package exfiltrated terabytes of credentials from 2,500 users in a supply-chain attack. Here’s what happened, who’s affected, and what comes next.

Chrome adopts device-bound session credentials to stop cookie-stealing account takeovers. Here’s how the new login protection works and who it helps.

Ross Scott joins Ars Live to make his case against publishers killing online games. Here’s why the European Citizens’ Initiative matters and what a win would change.

A New Mexico judge rules Meta’s platform design is a public nuisance, ordering a $567M fund for youth mental health treatment. New precedent.

Copernicus Browser adds a wildfire visualization layer during Europe’s worst fire season on record, bringing near-real-time satellite tracking to everyone for free.

A new GAO report finds 96% of DOGE’s grant savings claims on its ‘Wall of Receipts’ are unverifiable, raising serious accountability questions.

Why AI-only moderation fails as generative tools flood social platforms with synthetic abuse. A return to human review is the real fix.

Exploiting buggy baseboard management controllers from major server makers backdoors thousands of machines. Here’s why BMC security is a mess.