The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

Albania's government has given preliminary approval to plans for the luxury resort along a stretch of coastline, prompting daily protests and legal challenges by environmental groups.

The moves to the federal departments of Health and Human Services and Justice, respectively, would further dismantle an agency that President Donald Trump has vowed to close.

Jesse Wegman's book tells the story of James Wilson, a largely forgotten founding father who lived a colorful life and died as a Supreme Court justice on the run from the law and creditors.

A large study finds you may share about a quarter of your oral and gut microbes with the people you live with. Should you worry? We asked the experts.

The action inside the stadiums isn't the only thing capturing the attention of international visitors. Turns out, they're discovering the delights of Buc-ee's, Waffle House, Wawa and free soda refills.

The U.S. may be the world's biggest producer of crude oil, but that's not the case for motor oil. The cost of lubricants is soaring, and even a tentative deal to end the war won't solve the problem.

New albums by Lizzo and the rising artist Imani Imani are both "event" records — but one arrives with arguably too much backstory, the other with almost none.

A new Pew survey finds many working parents feel they cannot give 100% at either work or home. Benefits like paid sick leave and more affordable childcare could help.

Israel has been sidelined in the agreement between the U.S. and Iran. It could spoil peace negotiations. And, it's been a thrilling start to the World Cup.

A British retired couple who were onboard the yacht tell BBC Newsnight they tried to show the warship they had changed course before the shots were fired.

It comes as ex-defence secretary John Healey says the UK's enemies "do not follow timetables set by the Treasury".

For many Iranians, the question is not whether the deal means victory, but whether it lowers prices and reduces fear of another war.

Experts say that there are significant obstacles preventing traffic from returning to the levels seen before the conflict began – security, mines and tolls.

A ban is coming - but it's still not clear what it will mean for sites including Roblox, YouTube and WhatsApp.

She wants to warn others after her husband pressured her into sex she did not want, she says.

He will follow in the footsteps of his father, the Prince of Wales, who also attended the private school.

ZDF TV responded to a "cease and desist" letter after the tech trillionaire condemned the broadcaster's "outrageous lies".

The supermodel is appealing the ban against her, telling an appeal tribunal that fake emails were used to misdirect funds.

The environment secretary says the deal does not do enough for consumers or the environment.

I'm sorry, Dave. I can't install that repo that will totally hose your system.

Omni-Path lights up Lawrence Livermore system at 400 Gbps

The hardware isn't new, but a UC Davis research team's machine learning-powered method of translating brain activity in an ALS patient into sentences with 92% accuracy is

All have patches, so make sure you upgrade to a fixed version

Ships sans email, web, or socials, but with plenty of beige plastic

AI agents are a general-purpose workload no different from any other

As Google continues crippling Chrome ad-blockers, it's a good time to try Firefox

Misleading statements about Copilot and AI? Surely not!

Custom malware routed communications through legitimate Microsoft services, making malicious activity look like routine corporate collaboration

More than 140,000 lines of code bite the dust as ancient CPUs, bus mice, and other legacy leftovers face the chop

Trump admin green-lighting $111B deal "reeks of corruption," Sen. Warren says.

Pentagon also claims 1.5 million personnel are using generative AI tools.

Pixels will get their OTA in the coming weeks, but don't expect monumental changes.

Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power.

Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.

Audited accounting shows growing revenues being dwarfed by R&D, other expenses.

The service will leverage its Moovit platform to launch in an a US city in 2027.

Tell us how you read Ars, and what you'd like to see more (or less!) of on the front page.

SearchLeak exploit shows why the industry's approach to LLM security fails over and over.

Commodore's Callback 8020 is a phone “where the customer is not the product."