Ars Technica Features

1. Secure Boot is completely broken on 200+ models from 5 big device makers

   Keys were labeled "DO NOT TRUST." Nearly 500 device models use them anyway.

2. SpaceX just stomped the competition for a new contract—that’s not great

   NASA wants a "robust" commercial space community. But it has a long way to go.

3. We’re building nuclear spaceships again—this time for real 

   The military and NASA seem serious about building demonstration hardware.

4. Gazelle Eclipse C380+ e-bike review: A smart, smooth ride at a halting price

   It's a powerful, comfortable, fun, and very smart ride. Is that enough?

5. The Lucid Air Pure review: Lower weight, better steering, amazing efficiency

   Less power and less weight almost always makes for a better electric vehicle.

6. The best summer Prime Day deals we could find for Ars readers

   On day two of Amazon's summer sale extravaganza, here are the deals we liked.

7. Genetic cloaking of healthy cells opens door to universal blood cancer therapy

   Blood stem cells are being engineered to protect them from lethal therapies.

8. Peer review is essential for science. Unfortunately, it’s broken.

   There's no incentive to fix the system, which was never designed to catch fraud anyway.

9. Could AIs become conscious? Right now, we have no way to tell.

   Scientists struggle to define consciousness, AI or otherwise.

10. We test the baffling hubless Verge TS Pro electric motorbike

    The Verge TS is anything but cheap, but it does feature cutting-edge technology.

11. The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us

    50 years of excavation unveiled the story of a catastrophic event and its aftermath.

12. Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next

    Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates.

13. Surface Pro 11 and Laptop 7 review: An Apple Silicon moment for Windows

    Superfluous AI features and compatibility issues don't detract from good PCs.

14. 30 years later, FreeDOS is still keeping the dream of the command prompt alive

    Project's creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it's going.

15. The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year

    Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France.

16. T-Mobile users enraged as “Un-carrier” breaks promise to never raise prices

    FCC gets 1,600 complaints; users blast "deceptive advertising aimed at seniors."

17. Star Wars behind the scenes: Creating the unique aesthetic of The Acolyte

    Ars chats with production designer Kevin Jenkins and cinematographer Chris Teague.

18. Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse

    AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use.

19. Decades later, John Romero looks back at the birth of the first-person shooter

    Id Software co-founder talks to Ars about everything from Catacomb 3-D to "boomer shooters."

20. Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

    Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library.