Top 10 Ars Technica — Latest — May 8, 2026

Mozilla reports that the Mythos bug-detection tool found 271 vulnerabilities in its codebase with 'almost no false positives,' a claim so strong it challenges industry standards.

Google unveils the screenless Fitbit Air and a new Google Health app to replace the aging Fitbit platform, betting that less hardware means more engagement.

A provocative essay declares social media dead and argues that its chaotic replacements—decentralized, ephemeral, or algorithmic—are still too messy to trust.

Elon Musk tried to hire OpenAI's co-founders to start an AI unit inside Tesla, but the talks failed and revealed his deep frustration with the company he helped create.

The Manthey Kit for the Porsche Taycan shaves seconds off the Nürburgring lap time, turning an already fast electric car into a track weapon for deep-pocketed enthusiasts.

Former NASA chief Jim Bridenstine takes over a national security space firm, signaling that the line between civilian and military space is blurring fast.

SpaceX is phasing out the Falcon 9, the most successful rocket in history, to focus on Starship—a bet so big it could either define the next decade or bankrupt the company.

Anthropic raises usage limits for Claude Code and credits a new deal with SpaceX, hinting that AI coding tools are becoming critical infrastructure for rocket software.

TSMC turns to wind power as AI chip demand explodes, but Taiwan faces a growing energy crunch that threatens the island's ability to feed the global AI boom.