Top 10 Ars Technica — Latest — April 6, 2026

Artemis II's mission is so issue-free that the most newsworthy problem involves frozen urine, underscoring how smoothly the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo is proceeding despite mundane life-support hiccups.

Colorado's landmark right-to-repair law, intended to give consumers and independent shops access to repair tools, is facing a coordinated tech industry assault that could gut its most effective provisions.

Trump is proposing a steep cut to NASA's budget at the exact moment astronauts head for the Moon, a contradiction that threatens to undermine the Artemis program before its most critical phase.

Archaeologists studying ancient dice from the Ice Age suggest early Native Americans may have understood basic probability, challenging assumptions about the mathematical sophistication of prehistoric cultures.

As Artemis II zooms toward the Moon, everything is going surprisingly well—systems are stable, crew is healthy, and the mission is on schedule with no major anomalies reported.

Elon Musk is reportedly insisting that banks working on a SpaceX IPO must purchase Grok subscriptions, blending financial negotiation with bizarre product bundling that raises questions about governance.

New research finds that heavy AI users experience 'cognitive surrender,' abdicating logical reasoning to algorithms, a trend that threatens decision-making skills and critical thought at scale.

Trump is ignoring the biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing—including grid capacity, chip shortages, and labor gaps—preferring to blame regulatory red tape that isn't actually the bottleneck.

OpenClaw, a new security exploit, gives users yet another reason to worry about data protection, leveraging a previously unknown vulnerability in cloud storage systems to access private files.

Artemis II's mission is so issue-free that the most newsworthy problem involves frozen urine, underscoring how smoothly the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo is proceeding despite mundane life-support hiccups.

Colorado's landmark right-to-repair law, intended to give consumers and independent shops access to repair tools, is facing a coordinated tech industry assault that could gut its most effective provisions.

Trump is proposing a steep cut to NASA's budget at the exact moment astronauts head for the Moon, a contradiction that threatens to undermine the Artemis program before its most critical phase.

Archaeologists studying ancient dice from the Ice Age suggest early Native Americans may have understood basic probability, challenging assumptions about the mathematical sophistication of prehistoric cultures.

As Artemis II zooms toward the Moon, everything is going surprisingly well—systems are stable, crew is healthy, and the mission is on schedule with no major anomalies reported.

Elon Musk is reportedly insisting that banks working on a SpaceX IPO must purchase Grok subscriptions, blending financial negotiation with bizarre product bundling that raises questions about governance.

New research finds that heavy AI users experience 'cognitive surrender,' abdicating logical reasoning to algorithms, a trend that threatens decision-making skills and critical thought at scale.

Trump is ignoring the biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing—including grid capacity, chip shortages, and labor gaps—preferring to blame regulatory red tape that isn't actually the bottleneck.

OpenClaw, a new security exploit, gives users yet another reason to worry about data protection, leveraging a previously unknown vulnerability in cloud storage systems to access private files.