2026-08-14

ChatGPT's new Computer History tracks your Mac activity to create a timeline - but should you let it?

Rolling out to ChatGPT's Mac app, Computer History creates a timeline from your activities across the apps and websites you use on your Mac. Is that a privacy risk? [...]

2026-08-14

Your car's dash cam might be illegal in some states — Here's how to check

Dash cam laws vary from one state to the next. Check the laws of states you'll be driving through. [...]

2026-08-14

Ars Live recap: How can we stop publishers from killing their own games?

The Stop Killing Games movement faces an uphill battle. [...]

2026-08-14

Judge gives Google one week to fix "anticompetitive" app store download in Google Play

Third-party app stores are about to become more visible in Google Play. [...]

2026-08-14

R-rated director's cut of X-Files film restores Chris Carter's original horror vision

Chris Carter chats with Ars about the film he originally wanted to make—and why it's more relevant than ever. [...]

2026-08-14

Taylor Farms' connections to Trump admin spurs probe into Cyclospora response

Senator Warren questions whether Taylor Farms' influence swayed Trump admin. [...]

2026-08-14

Study contradicts Anthropic and OpenAI claims that autonomous AI research is within reach

AI agents using Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT-5.6 Sol were given six days, $3,000 in API credits, and GPU access to independently write AI research papers. The original authors of unpublished NeurIPS papers rated the results as "Reject." According to the study, conducted with Princeton and the UK AI Security Institute, frontier models can handle the full research engineering process but fall s [...]

2026-08-14

Hundreds of fake Chrome VPN extensions impersonating NordVPN, Proton, and more caught hijacking your traffic

Socket's Threat Research Team uncovered 737 fake Chrome VPN extensions impersonating major brands and rerouting browser traffic through their own proxies. [...]

2026-08-14

'This one just needs a script': Researchers find ultimate Windows kill switch which can disable antivirus with almost no user interaction

Microsoft fixed it as part of the April Patch Tuesday cumulative update, but there are other fixes and mitigations available, too. [...]