• Coming in 2027: Apple’s $1,000 home robot for FaceTime and switching on lights
• Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
• China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years
• F1 in Mexico City: Yet another Ferrari fiasco, but that’s not all
• The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
• This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be
• Seabirds racing home over the ocean can get jet-lagged
• The FDA wants to pull its approval of a drug. It’s not so easy.
• Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
• Flesh-eating screwworms spread to third state and are attacking pets
• Oh captain, our captain: Ars staff remembers Patrick Stewart
• Supersonic airliner in doubt as company shifts to powering AI data centers
• Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours
• Dartmouth's provost warned us about AI cheating—but his own AI use cost him his job
• Over 25% of people lie to get antibiotics—and their lies aren't even good
• Basically no one is using AI agents for their DoorDash orders
• Rare meteorite from Mars gives us a view into its ancient crust
• Fujifilm to boost tape production 5x as AI fuels archiving demand
• Thousands of “ghost students” use AI to steal millions in student loans, DOJ says
• Analysts find looming launch crisis is "more severe" than anticipated
| • Memo: Linux distribution vendor SUSE is laying off ~10% of its staff, saying "automation and AI are fundamentally shifting how software companies operate" (Liam Proven/The Register)
• OpenAI launches the Grid Protectors Program, a US effort for its future data center campuses to reduce electricity demand when the grid is under strain (OpenAI)
• Tutor, which is training a frontier robot foundation model and builds AI warehouse robots, raised a $75M Series B led by a16z, taking total funding to $117M (John Werner/Forbes)
• DeepSeek releases a "creator mode" that allows users of DeepSeek Harness to create custom plugins, like a 3D model renderer and a video editing workbench (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)
• Anthropic confirms new Claude Code limits "to steer it away from recreating someone else's specific game", saying IP infringement violates its usage policy (Bruno Ferreira/Tom's Hardware)
• Israeli startup 42AI, which is developing a "behavioral world model" that tries to predict human behavior, emerges from stealth with a $62.5M seed (Ram Iyer/TechCrunch)
• Amended S-1: Anthropic says it has purchase commitments and lease agreements of $895.4B, "substantially all of which is related to compute and infrastructure" (Ashley Capoot/CNBC)
• Putin orders owners of non-state data centers to reserve 10% of capacity for Russia's IT infrastructure after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian facilities (Reuters)
• A profile of OpenAI VP Charles Porch, an ex-Instagram executive who is rehabilitating AI's image across Hollywood and the media, including via celebrity dinners (Charlotte Klein/New York Magazine)
• Sources detail Anthropic's compute deal spree: 3.5GW+ of expected capacity in 2026, diversifying beyond Nvidia's AI chips to Amazon, Google, and AMD, and more (New York Times)
• Filings: Oracle is selling $10B in common stock and $10B in bonds, as it rushes to get financing for its data center buildout and chip purchases; ORCL falls 5%+ (Kelly Cloonan/Wall Street Journal)
• Sources: Apple is developing a tabletop robot with a 9" screen and a swiveling arm, set for release in 2027 or 2028 for ~$1,000, as John Ternus pushes robotics (Aaron Tilley/The Information)
• S-1 update: Anthropic reports Q3 revenue up 12x YoY to nearly $17B, a $23.3B net loss, up from $12.1B in Q3 2025, and operating expenses up 292% YoY to $17.5B (Bailey Lipschultz/Bloomberg)
• Memo: Alphabet is issuing €6B in euro-denominated debt across seven tranches, attracting €17B+ in demand; Alphabet sold €9B of bonds in six tranches in May 2026 (Reuters)
• Email: OpenAI plans to merge ChatGPT's Chat and Work tabs on desktop for select users before rolling it out widely; Codex "will remain a separate experience" (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
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• Snap settles social media addiction lawsuit to avoid trial
• Why some websites are blocking AI agents from accessing the web
• Think twice before putting your gaming console inside a cabinet
• SpaceX is reportedly looking at buying Boost Mobile or using its cell network
• This Samsung Galaxy problem sadly still exists in 2026, but you can easily fix it
• Gemini could be poking through your emails - here's how to stop it
• One annoying problem with the iPhone Messages app has an easy fix
• What to do if your smart home devices keep disconnecting from Wi-Fi
• Nagoshi Studio, from the creator of the Yakuza series, officially shuts down
• Google's Ocarina of Time Easter egg is a link to a past when Search wasn't horrible
• The Fitbit Edge lacks a useful contactless feature
• Why it's important to use a microSD Express card with your Nintendo Switch 2
• Why software updates may have an unexpected effect on your phone
• Here's how much RAM cost in 2020 vs. 2026
• What's the difference between AirPods' Noise Cancellation and Adaptive Audio modes?
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• Apple is reportedly launching three new iPads early next year
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