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## Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to

Ars chats with Cory Doctorow about his new book *Enshittification*.

Jennifer Ouellette – 10/17/2025 | 158

## With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s “compact” to remake higher ed

But Trump is pressuring the other five.

Nate Anderson – 10/17/2025 | 28

## Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too

For bacterial vaginosis, partners are part of the problem—and the solution.

Beth Mole – 10/17/2025 | 19

## Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

Scharon Harding – 10/17/2025 | 23

## *Dead Ends* is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children’s book.

Jennifer Ouellette – 10/17/2025 | 14

## With deadline looming, 4 of 9 universities reject Trump’s “compact” to remake higher ed

But Trump is pressuring the other five.

Nate Anderson – 10/17/2025 | 28

## Vaginal condition treatment update: Men should get treated, too

For bacterial vaginosis, partners are part of the problem—and the solution.

Beth Mole – 10/17/2025 | 19

## Ring cameras are about to get increasingly chummy with law enforcement

Amazon’s Ring partners with company whose tech has reportedly been used by ICE.

Scharon Harding – 10/17/2025 | 23

## *Dead Ends* is a fun, macabre medical history for kids

Ars chats with co-authors Lindsey Fitzharris and Adrian Teal about their delightful new children’s book.

Jennifer Ouellette – 10/17/2025 | 14

## Big Tech sues Texas, says age-verification law is “broad censorship regime”

Texas app law compared to checking IDs at bookstores and shopping malls.

Jon Brodkin – 10/17/2025 | 40

## Teen sues to destroy the nudify app that left her in constant fear

Lawsuit accuses nudify apps of training on teen victims’ images.

Ashley Belanger – 10/17/2025 | 70

## NASA’s next Moonship reaches last stop before launch pad

Preparations for the Artemis II mission continue despite the federal government shutdown.

Stephen Clark – 10/17/2025 | 36

## 12 years of HDD analysis brings insight to the bathtub curve’s reliability

Backup firm brings a unique, informed perspective to HDD failure rates.

Scharon Harding – 10/17/2025 | 70

## Lead poisoning has been a feature of our evolution

A recent study found lead in teeth from 2 million-year-old hominin fossils.

Kiona N. Smith – 10/17/2025 | 21

## Apple pays $750 million for US Formula 1 streaming coverage

Some races will be free as F1 TV moves from standalone streaming to Apple TV.

Jonathan M. Gitlin – 10/17/2025 | 75

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## Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google’s hand.

Samuel Axon – 10/16/2025 | 124

## 3 years, 4 championships, but 0 Le Mans wins: Assessing the Porsche 963

Riding high in IMSA but pulling out of WEC paints a complicated picture for the factory team.

Jonathan M. Gitlin – 10/17/2025 | 5

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- 1. Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship
- 2. Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets
- 3. Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to
- 4. AI-powered features begin creeping deeper into the bedrock of Windows 11
- 5. RFK Jr.’s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again

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## Teachers get an F on AI-generated lesson plans

AI-generated lesson plans fall short on inspiring students and promoting critical thinking.

The Conversation – 10/17/2025 | 75

## Rocket Report: China launches with no advance warning; Europe’s drone ship

Starlink, Kuiper, and the US military all saw additions to their mega-constellations this week.

Stephen Clark – 10/17/2025 | 68

## RFK Jr.’s MAHA wants to make chemtrail conspiracy theories great again

It’s unclear if Kennedy will follow through, but he supports the conspiracy theory.

Beth Mole – 10/16/2025 | 294

## AI-powered features begin creeping deeper into the bedrock of Windows 11

Copilot expands with an emphasis on creating and editing files, voice input.

Andrew Cunningham – 10/16/2025 | 195

## Nation-state hackers deliver malware from “bulletproof” blockchains

Malicious payloads stored on Ethereum and BNB blockchains are immune to takedowns.

Dan Goodin – 10/16/2025 | 86

## Ars Live recap: Is the AI bubble about to pop? Ed Zitron weighs in.

Despite connection hiccups, we covered OpenAI’s finances, nuclear power, and Sam Altman.

Benj Edwards – 10/16/2025 | 117

## OnePlus unveils OxygenOS 16 update with deep Gemini integration

Does your phone even have a Mind Space?

Ryan Whitwam – 10/16/2025 | 22

## Sony tells SCOTUS that people accused of piracy aren’t “innocent grandmothers”

Music companies want ISPs to terminate repeat infringers or pay big damages.

Jon Brodkin – 10/16/2025 | 111

## Apple TV and Peacock bundle starts at $15/month, available on Oct. 20

The bundle starts at $15/month, compared to $21/month if purchased separately.

Scharon Harding – 10/16/2025 | 54

## Open source *GZDoom* community splinters after creator inserts AI-generated code

*UZDoom* fork promises to fix other top-down leadership problems with the decades-old mod.

Kyle Orland – 10/16/2025 | 102

## OpenAI thinks Elon Musk funded its biggest critics—who also hate Musk

“Cutthroat” OpenAI accused of exploiting Musk fight to intimidate and silence critics.

Ashley Belanger – 10/16/2025 | 65

## SpaceX has plans to launch Falcon Heavy from California—if anyone wants it to

There’s no big rush to bring SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy to Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Stephen Clark – 10/16/2025 | 74

## Antarctica is starting to look a lot like Greenland—and that isn’t good

Global warming is awakening sleeping giants of ice at the South Pole.

Inside Climate News – 10/16/2025 | 129

## Army general says he’s using AI to improve “decision-making”

“AI is one thing that, as a commander, it’s been very, very interesting for me.”

Kyle Orland – 10/15/2025 | 148

## Rice weevil on a grain of rice wins 2025 Nikon Small World contest

Nikon Small World photomicrography contest is an annual reminder that science can be beautiful as well as informative.

Jennifer Ouellette – 10/15/2025 | 54

## Once unthinkable, NASA and Lockheed now consider launching Orion on other rockets

“We’re trying to crawl, then walk, then run into our reuse strategy.”

Eric Berger – 10/15/2025 | 132

## Thousands of customers imperiled after nation-state ransacks F5’s network

Risks to BIG-IP users include supply-chain attacks, credential loss, and vulnerability exploits.

Dan Goodin – 10/15/2025 | 97

## CDC tormented: HR workers summoned from furlough to lay off themselves, others

Traumatized CDC has lost 33% of its workforce this year, union says.

Beth Mole – 10/15/2025 | 171

## Anthropic’s Claude Haiku 4.5 matches May’s frontier model at fraction of cost

Tiny, fast model hits coding scores similar to GPT-5 and Sonnet 4.

Benj Edwards – 10/15/2025 | 39

## ISPs angry about California law that lets renters opt out of forced payments

Gov. Newsom signs broadband billing law hated by the cable industry.

Jon Brodkin – 10/15/2025 | 134

## US demand grows for Chinese cars despite privacy and security fears

But they’re still unlikely to go on sale in the US.

Jonathan M. Gitlin – 10/15/2025 | 176

## Google’s AI videos get a big upgrade with Veo 3.1

Veo 3.1 is coming to the Gemini app and the Flow filmmaking tool.

Ryan Whitwam – 10/15/2025 | 39

## ChatGPT erotica coming soon with age verification, CEO says

Sam Altman claims new tools can detect mental distress while relaxing limits for adults.

Benj Edwards – 10/15/2025 | 178

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