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Ars Technica (/ˌɑːrz ˈtɛknᵻkə/; Latin-derived for the "art of technology") is a technology news and information website created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games. Many of the site's writers are postgraduates and some work for research institutions. Articles on the website are written in a less-formal tone than those in traditional journals. Source
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| Scope | National |
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| Language | English |
| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesAn ultra-rare amoeba was destroying a toddler’s brain. Doctors missed it. var abtest_2167308 = new ABTest(2167308, 'click');
Boy’s unusual symptoms could help identify the next case sooner. Beth Mole – Aug 12, 2026 6:31 pm | Balamuthia mandrillaris is a free-living amoeba (a single-celled living organism) naturally present in the environment. Balamuthia can cause a rare and serious brain infection called amoebic granulomatous encephalitis.
New font turns ordinary webpages into nonsense for AI scrapers var abtest_2167263 = new ABTest(2167263, 'click');
“ShieldFont” aims to poison AI training data without making pages unreadable for people. Kyle Orland – Aug 12, 2026 6:02 pm | The cowboy was riding a potato? Huh... guess I'd better update my weights for potato tokens... The cowboy was riding a potato? Huh... guess I'd better update my weights for potato tokens... AI companies’ penchant for scraping through large swathes of the public web in search of valuable training data has already led to lawsuits and technical fixes aimed at stopping the practice.
Terabytes of credentials leaked in massive supply-chain attack var abtest_2167268 = new ABTest(2167268, 'click');
TEAMPCP’S RAMPAGE CONTINUES The data was scraped and exfiltrated from 2,500 users of a compromised AI package. Dan Goodin – Aug 12, 2026 5:43 pm | Terabytes worth of credentials, many belonging to the world’s biggest and most sensitive organizations, have been exposed in a supply-chain attack on LiteLLM, an open source tool that streamlines AI-driven software development. Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Samsung, and Salesforce are only a handful of the entities whose access secrets were exposed.
Have physicists finally discovered glueballs? New evidence points to yes. var abtest_2167163 = new ABTest(2167163, 'click');
“an experimental triumph” “It’s the strongest evidence yet that particles dominated by a glueball component can exist in nature.” Physicists with the Beijing Spectrometer III in China have found new evidence for exotic particles known as glueballs. Physicists with the Beijing Spectrometer III in China have found new evidence for exotic particles known as glueballs.
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now var abtest_2167240 = new ABTest(2167240, 'click');
Streaming platform says user-generated content “may be used for future Gen AI model improvements.” Twitch Twitch Twitch now lets users opt out of Amazon’s use of content from their channels to train Amazon’s “generative AI content models.” The change, announced today, comes more than two years after a company executive confirmed that Amazon was using Twitch content for AI training.
Trump sued over “brazen” scheme to sell Truth Social API access for $100K a month var abtest_2167224 = new ABTest(2167224, 'click');
With Truth API, Trump is “selling priority access to news he himself generates.” Jon Brodkin – Aug 12, 2026 4:20 pm | President Donald Trump at the White House on October 14, 2025. President Donald Trump at the White House on October 14, 2025. President Trump was sued by nonprofit news groups today over Truth Social’s “Truth API” that sells real-time access to posts from Trump and other top users of the social network.
US boosts drone surveillance as flesh-eating screwworms spread in Texas var abtest_2167212 = new ABTest(2167212, 'click');
Hundreds of Homeland Security drones retasked to survey wildlife and livestock. Jeremy Hsu – Aug 12, 2026 3:40 pm | US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watches a Customs and Border Protection officer talk about a drone used to survey livestock and wild animals for signs of screwworm infestation. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watches a Customs and Border Protection officer talk about a drone used to survey livestock and wild animals for signs of screwworm infestation.
Two hydrogen-burning engines powered this car to a new land speed record
Wing Commander Andy Green strikes again JCB has invested heavily in hydrogen to power its diggers and other machinery. This is the JCB Hydromax, and it just set a new land speed record. This is the JCB Hydromax, and it just set a new land speed record. It’s been far too long since I’ve been able to report a new land speed record. For a while, it looked like Bloodhound might have been able to make good on its 1,000 mph (1,609 km/h) attempt, but then the money ran out.
US tries to override New York gambling laws, orders Kalshi to keep operating
Trump admin claims New York suing Kalshi created “market emergency.” Jon Brodkin – Aug 12, 2026 12:33 pm | A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 19, 2026. A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 19, 2026. The Trump administration is trying to stop New York from enforcing its gambling laws against Kalshi, and yesterday said it ordered the prediction market to continue operating in the state.
Booksellers suspect AI firms are buying and then destroying rare books
“Every collection is important” AI firms quietly bulk buying rare books face resistance from booksellers. If you can truly appreciate an old book—and maybe even marvel at how its fragile, yellowing pages contain some of the earliest ways that people tried to make sense of the world around them—then headlines about tech companies destroying books to train AI likely torture a tender part of your soul.