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“Lower decks! Lower decks!” The fifth season of Star Trek: Lower Decks will be the animated series’ last (boo!). Star Trek: Lower Decks is a particular favorite among Ars staffers; it’s arguably the best of the recent crop of Star…

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Microsoft is urging users of VMware’s ESXi hypervisor to take immediate action to ward off ongoing attacks by ransomware groups that give them full administrative control of the servers the product runs on. The vulnerability, tracked…

Enlarge / Wikipedia’s decades of content can be a light to you in dark places, and now you can choose the dark for yourself. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Wikipedia) Dark mode, night mode, light-on-dark design, or whatever…

Enlarge / A Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen docked at the International Space Station in 2022. The section of the spacecraft on the left is the pressurized capsule, while the rear section, at right, is the trunk. (credit: NASA) Sometime…

A recent study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research has unveiled disruptions in the brain connectivity of males with cocaine use disorder. This study found that male individuals with cocaine use disorder exhibit increased and more persistent brain connectivity…

Enlarge / The Super Heavy booster for Flight 5 of Starship undergoes a static fire test earlier this month. (credit: SpaceX) After SpaceX decided to launch orbital missions of its Starship rocket from Texas about five years ago, the company…

Scientists are uncovering various ways that air pollution can interfere with the ability of insects to pollinate plants. (credit: Utah.gov) In the summers of 2018 and 2019, ecologist James Ryalls and his colleagues would go out to a field near…

Enlarge / The California State Capitol Building in Sacramento. (credit: Getty Images) California’s “Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act” (a.k.a. SB-1047) has led to a flurry of headlines and debate concerning the overall “safety” of large…

Enlarge / Apple Intelligence was unveiled at WWDC 2024. (credit: Apple) As was just rumored, the iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 developer betas are rolling out today, and they include the first opportunity to try out Apple…