Top 10 Ars Technica — Latest — April 7, 2026

Astronauts punched through a distance record, turning the Moon from a photographic backdrop into a tangible frontier for human exploration, proving that Artemis is more than a NASA press release.

After losing in court, RFK Jr. seized direct control over the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, a power move that critics warn will politicize safety recommendations.

A GEN-1 robotics model just hit 99% reliability on complex tasks like folding boxes and fixing vacuums—a threshold that blurs the line between lab demo and factory floor workhorse.

A federal ruling declared sports bets on prediction markets to be 'swaps' exempt from state gambling laws, opening a regulatory loophole that could flood betting platforms with new action.

Trump's next budget proposal again targets science funding for massive cuts, a repeat threat that leaves researchers bracing for a brain drain and stalled innovation.

OpenAI insiders openly told the board that CEO Sam Altman is the company's biggest problem, revealing a leadership rift that could fracture the AI startup's trajectory.

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion capsule are performing flawlessly, but the lunar landers remain a question mark—the Artemis program's bottleneck isn't orbit, it's the dirt.

A teardown of LG's unreleased Rollable phone exposes why rollable screens died: a fragile mechanism and bulky frame killed the dream of a phone that expands like a scroll.

Used EV sales surged as gas prices spiked, triggering a sudden stampede toward secondhand electric cars that pressures dealerships to rethink inventory and pricing models.

Astronauts punched through a distance record, turning the Moon from a photographic backdrop into a tangible frontier for human exploration, proving that Artemis is more than a NASA press release.

After losing in court, RFK Jr. seized direct control over the CDC's vaccine advisory panel, a power move that critics warn will politicize safety recommendations.

A GEN-1 robotics model just hit 99% reliability on complex tasks like folding boxes and fixing vacuums—a threshold that blurs the line between lab demo and factory floor workhorse.

A federal ruling declared sports bets on prediction markets to be 'swaps' exempt from state gambling laws, opening a regulatory loophole that could flood betting platforms with new action.

Trump's next budget proposal again targets science funding for massive cuts, a repeat threat that leaves researchers bracing for a brain drain and stalled innovation.

OpenAI insiders openly told the board that CEO Sam Altman is the company's biggest problem, revealing a leadership rift that could fracture the AI startup's trajectory.

NASA's SLS rocket and Orion capsule are performing flawlessly, but the lunar landers remain a question mark—the Artemis program's bottleneck isn't orbit, it's the dirt.

A teardown of LG's unreleased Rollable phone exposes why rollable screens died: a fragile mechanism and bulky frame killed the dream of a phone that expands like a scroll.

Used EV sales surged as gas prices spiked, triggering a sudden stampede toward secondhand electric cars that pressures dealerships to rethink inventory and pricing models.