Do we even need Anthropic or OpenAI's top models, or can we get away with a smaller local model? Sure, it might be slower, ...

For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been asking you to share the things you’ve been making recently. Apps, games, albums, ...

A high-severity Linux vulnerability, “Copy Fail” (CVE-2026-31431), enables root privilege escalation across cloud ...

Python IDLE is more than just a beginner’s tool — with the right shortcuts, settings, and optimization flags, it can become a fast, efficient coding environment. From mastering keyboard commands to ...

Copy Fail was identified by Theori’s researchers with assistance from their Xint Code AI tool. According to a blog post, ...

OX Security confirmed arbitrary command execution on six live platforms and estimates 200,000 MCP servers are exposed. Here's ...

The launch of Grok 4.3 represents a calculated bet by xAI that the market wants specialized brilliance and extreme cost ...

Copy Fail could represent a significant security risk in the making. The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at ...

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...

Conditional logic is the decision-making backbone of programming, from C++ and Bash scripts to Excel formulas. Whether you’re checking file paths in shell scripts or tagging data in spreadsheets, ...

Kyle Orland has been the Senior Gaming Editor at Ars Technica since 2012, covering topics ranging from retro games to new ...