Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!
…often really need it.) To that end, I have some functions living in my .bashrc file that time each command and then append that time—and the last error code emitted—to…
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AI invades Princeton, where 30% of students cheat—but peers won't snitch
…And when everyone else in the classroom is a genius, cheating becomes a real option to stay ahead, especially in the sciences. In a 2025 survey of Princeton seniors , 29.9 percent…
Buckle up: Google is set to remake search with agentic AI in 2026
…Search vibes Google’s more-AI-than-ever search experience is also veering into experiences that don’t really feel like a search engine. Search will employ agents to answer your questions…
The Internet can't stop watching Figure AI's humanoid robots handling packages
…Such livestreams can convey seemingly greater transparency than short videos by allowing viewers to see robotic flaws and fumbles in real time. That may encourage viewers’ belief in the robots’ demonstrated capabilities…
Windows and Linux users: The deadline to update Secure Boot keys is near
…In 2020, researchers unearthed the second known instance of real-world malware attacking the UEFI. Each time an infected device rebooted, its UEFI checked whether a malicious file was present in the…
Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity
Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories , device fingerprints , and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even Meta…
Plex's 200% Lifetime Pass price hike tries forcing users to another subscription
As of July 1, at 12:01 am UTC—or June 30 at 8:01 pm ET—people seeking access to Plex’s media server features through a one-time purchase will…
20 years of Intel Macs: Why Apple switched, and why it switched again
…the Rosetta compatibility layer for running Intel code on Apple Silicon Macs will be with us in some form for some indeterminate amount of time after that. But macOS 26 is definitely…
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
…In a CNBC interview, SPAN also claimed it could install 8,000 XFRA units at a cost five times lower than building a typical 100-megawatt data center with the same compute…
The weather and climate science AI revolution isn’t revolutionary
…The internal mechanisms are pretty much a black box most of the time. The upside is real, though. Machine learning algorithms often outperform our best human-crafted algorithms, at least in terms…