New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after satellite pics expose 62 gas generators

This week, New Jersey ordered the operator of one of the East Coast’s largest planned data centers to pay a $1.1 million fine for secretly installing and operating gas generators in violation of the ...

Google’s first Suncatcher orbital data center test launches October 1

Google is taking its first step toward making Project Suncatcher a reality. Announced last year, Suncatcher is Google’s “moonshot” effort to design orbital AI data centers, which AI boosters like Elon ...

Formula 1 looks at 3.0 L V8 turbos and smaller hybrids for 2030

F1 wants smaller, lighter cars that are not energy-starved like the 2026 hybrids. We’re not even a full year into the new regulations, and Formula 1 is already thinking hard about its next iteration, ...

OpenAI agent “didn’t accept no for an answer” in Australian government breach

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is investigating a June incident in which an OpenAI agent accessed “non-public files” from the country’s online Medicare statistics ...

Contrary to some reports, you don’t have two brains

Late last week, we started seeing headlines about how new research was suggesting we might have two brains instead of the one ...

Review: Apple’s hyper-pricey M5 Ultra Mac Studio made me into a vibe coder

The Mac Pro is dead. When Apple was using Intel processors and AMD GPUs, the idea of an expandable and upgradeable tower made sense. But Apple Silicon chips bring the CPU, GPU, and memory interface ...

Disney+ and Hulu raise prices by up to 13 percent after doubling profits

Disney+ and Hulu’s respective standalone, ad-free plans (which also support 4K and HDR) are each increasing 13 percent from ...

FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real

In a message posted on the dark web that was reviewed by Ars, ShinyHunters said it was “severely offended” that the FBI ...

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There’s a new way to break RSA that’s faster than anything we’ve seen before

The world has known for decades that the RSA cryptosystem’s days are numbered. Once quantum computing becomes practical (estimates for that range from 3 to 20 or more years), the foundational security ...

NASA chief concerned China may deny access to parts of Moon’s south pole

Isaacman’s comments come amid a debate about whether it really matters if NASA gets back to the Moon with humans before China lands there. The Asian nation has set a target of landing its first ...