Ars Technica·1 day ago·Big Tech
Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Meta said the Kenyan workers didn't "meet our standards."
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Ars Technica·1 day ago·Software Engineering
Beijing bans drone sales even as rest of world buys Chinese drones
Beijing's citywide ban restricts the sale, transport, and storage of drones.
Ars Technica·1 day ago·Big Tech
Microsoft open-sources "the earliest DOS source code discovered to date"
Old 86-DOS source code dates back to the time before Microsoft bought it.
Ars Technica·2 days ago·Software Engineering
Howdy's dated $3/month ad-free streaming service said to have 1M subscribers
Most are keeping their subscriptions after signing up, too, research firm says.
Ars Technica·3 days ago·Software Engineering
Motorola reveals 2026 Razr lineup with modest upgrades and higher prices
Motorola's foldable lineup is bigger and more spendy than ever.
Ars Technica·3 days ago·Software Engineering
Nvidia fixes the 8GB RAM problem with one of its GPUs—if you can pay for it
Framework charges nearly double for the 12GB version of the mobile RTX 5070.
Ars Technica·3 days ago·Software Engineering
Attempt to repeal Colorado's right-to-repair law fails
Manufacturers backed effort to repeal the law but ultimately failed.
Ars Technica·3 days ago·Software Engineering
Drone pilot makes US rescind no-fly zones around unmarked, moving ICE vehicles
Civil liberty concerns spur FAA to revise drone no-fly zones near ICE vehicles.
Ars Technica·4 days ago·Software Engineering
"Super ZSNES" is a stab at a modern SNES emulator from the original developers
Upgrades to SNES graphics and sound go way beyond the typical screen filtering.
Ars Technica·8 days ago·AI
Report: Samsung execs worried company could lose money on smartphones for the first time
The AI-driven memory shortage is hitting Samsung's bottom line.
Ars Technica·8 days ago·Big Tech
Six things I'll remember when I think about Tim Cook's version of Apple
Under Cook, Apple became hugely successful, if not always surprising.
Ars Technica·9 days ago·AI
Why are the Mac mini and Mac Studio gradually becoming impossible to buy?
Pending refresh? RAM shortage? AI agents? There are many possible explanations.
Ars Technica·10 days ago·Software Engineering
Framework's CEO on the RAM crisis and creating a "MacBook Pro for Linux users"
"We actually have slightly more Linux users than Windows users."
Ars Technica·10 days ago·Software Engineering
Framework Laptop 13 Pro is a major overhaul for the modular, upgradeable laptop
Laptop includes Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, a bigger battery, and a touchscreen.
Ars Technica·10 days ago·AI
Framework Laptop 16 upgrades make it look less like an unfinished prototype
A lower-end Ryzen AI 340 CPU option will also bring the price down, for now.
Ars Technica·11 days ago·Software Engineering
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition review: Tons of cache for tons of dollars
There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many.
Ars Technica·15 days ago·Big Tech
Amazon won’t release Fire Sticks that support sideloading anymore
The two newest Fire Sticks block apps from outside of Amazon's store.
Ars Technica·15 days ago·AI
Meta's AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
Prices for "critical components" are surging because of massive data center investments.
Ars Technica·15 days ago·Software Engineering
Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time
For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down.
Ars Technica·16 days ago·Software Engineering
New undersea cable cutter risks Internet’s backbone
China cable-cutter demo coincides with more sabotage of subsea Internet cables.
Ars Technica·16 days ago·Software Engineering
"TotalRecall Reloaded" tool finds a side entrance to Windows 11's Recall database
"The vault is solid. The delivery truck is not."
Ars Technica·16 days ago·Big Tech
Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS
Google mostly creates products for the web, but it has some new desktop apps today.
Ars Technica·17 days ago·Software Engineering
Sony killing features for antenna, set-top box users of Bravia smart TVs in May
Some 2023 and 2024 models are also affected.
Ars Technica·17 days ago·Software Engineering
Two-year-old Surface PCs get $300 price hikes as sub-$1,000 models go away
"Paying more for the same stuff" is the story of consumer technology in 2026.
Ars Technica·18 days ago·Big Tech
Google will begin punishing sites for back button hijacking in June
Google says it could penalize back button hijacking by demoting websites in search ranking.
Ars Technica·18 days ago·Big Tech
Google shoehorned Rust into Pixel 10 modem to make legacy code safer
Cellular modems are complex black boxes of legacy code, but Google is making them safer with Rust.
Ars Technica·18 days ago·Software Engineering
NZXT agrees to let customers keep their rental PCs in class-action settlement
NZXT will forgive up to $5,000 in debt for customers of the Flex program.
Ars Technica·21 days ago·Big Tech
Microsoft's "commitment to Windows quality" starts with overhaul of beta program
Windows Insider builds remain confusing, but they should be more predictable.
Ars Technica·22 days ago·Software Engineering
YouTube increases Premium price again, says 90-second unskippable ads are a bug
An individual plan now cost $15.99 per month, and the free tier comes with buggy ads.
Ars Technica·23 days ago·Software Engineering
How our digital devices are putting our right to privacy at risk
Law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson chats with Ars about his new book, Your Data Will Be Used Against You .
Ars Technica·23 days ago·AI
Motorola suddenly raises budget phone prices up to 50%—you can probably thank AI
Motorola's budget phones are much less budget-friendly today.
Ars Technica·24 days ago·Big Tech
For the first time ever, Amazon is cutting old Kindles off from the Kindle Store
Post-2013 Kindles will continue to work, even if they no longer receive updates.
Ars Technica·24 days ago·Big Tech
Valve brings native Steam Link app to Apple's Vision Pro
New app can replace third-party options that were jankier to use.
Ars Technica·24 days ago·Big Tech
Apple and Lenovo have the least repairable laptops, analysis finds
The MacBook Neo is a step in the right direction, though.
Ars Technica·24 days ago·AI
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
Use of AI coding tools has become a convenient boogeyman for any tech issues.
Ars Technica·25 days ago·Software Engineering
Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support
Linux devs think even one second spent on 486 support is a second too many.
Ars Technica·25 days ago·AI
Intel is going all-in on advanced chip packaging
Intel is hoping to cash in on the AI boom.
Ars Technica·26 days ago·Software Engineering
Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
Ars Technica·29 days ago·Software Engineering
Netflix must refund customers for years of price hikes, Italian court rules
Consumer group says it will sue if Netflix doesn't reduce current prices.