Top 10 Ars Technica — Latest — March 16, 2026

A deep-dive history of the Honda Prelude argues it was less a sports car than an engineering thesis on wheels, highlighting how a niche coupe became a cult icon through sheer technical overengineering.

xAI employees complain that constant restructuring and leadership shifts are wrecking morale and progress, painting a picture of a company that burns through talent faster than it launches ideas.

NASA officials dodged direct questions about Artemis II risks during a briefing, and the evasion speaks louder than any answer — the program’s timeline and safety culture remain fragile.

A woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae took hold in her deviated septum — a grotesque medical case that went viral for its sheer horror and unlikely recovery.

Slay the Spire 2 feels too much like its predecessor for its own good, early testers say, pointing to a sequel that plays it safe instead of building on the original’s clever deck-building chaos.

Researchers are still puzzling over why AIs struggle with certain games, especially those requiring long-term planning or spatial reasoning, exposing a blind spot in modern machine learning.

Google Fiber will be sold to a private equity firm and merged with a cable company — a quiet end to the dream of cheap, fast, independent internet from one of the biggest tech giants.

A supply-chain attack uses invisible code to infiltrate GitHub repositories, and the stealth method suggests a new wave of hacks that are nearly impossible to detect until it’s too late.

Adobe will pay $75 million to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit over cancelling subscriptions, admitting to practices that made quitting its services a labyrinthine trap.

A deep-dive history of the Honda Prelude argues it was less a sports car than an engineering thesis on wheels, highlighting how a niche coupe became a cult icon through sheer technical overengineering.

xAI employees complain that constant restructuring and leadership shifts are wrecking morale and progress, painting a picture of a company that burns through talent faster than it launches ideas.

NASA officials dodged direct questions about Artemis II risks during a briefing, and the evasion speaks louder than any answer — the program’s timeline and safety culture remain fragile.

A woman sneezes out maggots after fly larvae took hold in her deviated septum — a grotesque medical case that went viral for its sheer horror and unlikely recovery.

Slay the Spire 2 feels too much like its predecessor for its own good, early testers say, pointing to a sequel that plays it safe instead of building on the original’s clever deck-building chaos.

Researchers are still puzzling over why AIs struggle with certain games, especially those requiring long-term planning or spatial reasoning, exposing a blind spot in modern machine learning.

Google Fiber will be sold to a private equity firm and merged with a cable company — a quiet end to the dream of cheap, fast, independent internet from one of the biggest tech giants.

A supply-chain attack uses invisible code to infiltrate GitHub repositories, and the stealth method suggests a new wave of hacks that are nearly impossible to detect until it’s too late.

Adobe will pay $75 million to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit over cancelling subscriptions, admitting to practices that made quitting its services a labyrinthine trap.