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Ars Technica was founded in 1998 when Founder & Editor-in-Chief Ken Fisher announced his plans for starting a publication devoted to technology that would cater to what he called "alpha geeks": technologists and IT professionals.

Articles: 1713

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01 May 2025, 19:34

New material may help us build Predator-style thermal vision specs

Science

Films of IR-sensitive material only tens of nanometers thick are tough to make.

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01 May 2025, 18:44

Sen. Susan Collins blasts Trump for cuts to scientific research

Science

New study shows budget cuts to research would significantly hurt the economy in the long run.

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01 May 2025, 18:33

The 2025 Aston Martin Vantage: Great, but frustrating

Cars and bikes

It took time to get confident with the Vantage, and it did not like rain.

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01 May 2025, 17:40

Neanderthals invented their own bone weapon technology by 80,000 years ago

Science

Neanderthals used sleek bone projectiles to hunt big game.

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01 May 2025, 17:01

Reviews

Unsurprisingly, an advertising company is finding more places to run ads.

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01 May 2025, 16:49

Gaming news site Polygon gutted by massive layoffs amid sale to Valnet

Games

Polygon cofounder says he's "just completely sickened by this news."

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01 May 2025, 16:33

Meet the winners of the 2025 Dance Your PhD contest

Science

There are four broad categories—physics, chemistry, biology, and social science—liberally defined.

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01 May 2025, 13:17

Games

You'll have to pay $80 to $100 more for an Xbox console going forward.

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01 May 2025, 03:18

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft hits a speed bump on the way to a metal asteroid

Science

“This kind of thing happens and that’s why we build redundancy into our missions."

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01 May 2025, 00:19

Fortnite will return to iOS after court slams Apple’s “obvious cover-up”

Games

"This is an injunction, not a negotiation. ... The Court will not tolerate further delays."

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30 Apr 2025, 23:43

If you’re in the market for a $1,900 color E Ink monitor, one of them exists now

Reviews

Display has a nice design and plenty of ports, but color E Ink has downsides.

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30 Apr 2025, 21:28

DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

Science

People in Picuris Pueblo wanted to know how they got there, contacted researchers.

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30 Apr 2025, 20:21

Raspberry Pi cuts product returns by 50% by changing up its pin soldering

Reviews

Combining both the big and little solder jobs made a big difference.

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30 Apr 2025, 19:16

Research roundup: Tattooed tardigrades and splash-free urinals

Science

Also: The first live footage of a colossal baby squid; digitally unfolding an early medieval manuscript.

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30 Apr 2025, 18:49

Sundar Pichai says DOJ demands are a “de facto” spin-off of Google search

Reviews

Sundar Pichai took the stand in Google's search antitrust trial.

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30 Apr 2025, 18:36

Windows RDP lets you log in using revoked passwords. Microsoft is OK with that.

Technology

Researchers say the behavior amounts to a persistent backdoor.

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30 Apr 2025, 18:24

Science

In his 2021 book vilifying Fauci, RFK Jr. lays out support for an alternate theory.

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30 Apr 2025, 17:52

Millions of Apple Airplay-enabled devices can be hacked via Wi-Fi

Technology

Hackers can run their code on AirPlay devices thanks to a collection of bugs known as AirBorne.

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30 Apr 2025, 16:44

Games

New "Virtual Game Card" system prevents simultaneous online play from a single purchase.

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30 Apr 2025, 13:08

Republicans want to tax EV drivers $200/year in new transport bill

Cars and bikes

Internal combustion engine drivers would pay only $20 a year, and only from 2030.

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30 Apr 2025, 11:30

The end of an AI that shocked the world: OpenAI retires GPT-4

Technology

A look back at GPT-4's legacy as OpenAI pulls the pioneering 2023 AI model from ChatGPT.

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29 Apr 2025, 22:13

Intel says it’s rolling out laptop GPU drivers with 10% to 25% better performance

Reviews

Laptops with Core Ultra 200V chips CPUs Arc 130V or 140V GPUs should benefit.

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29 Apr 2025, 19:10

Firefly’s rocket suffers one of the strangest launch failures we’ve ever seen

Science

The rocket's first stage may have exploded moments after it separated from the upper stage.

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29 Apr 2025, 18:03

Trump admin lashes out as Amazon considers displaying tariff costs on its sites

Reviews

"This was never approved and is not going to happen," says Amazon.

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29 Apr 2025, 16:13

Trump backs down a bit on auto industry tariffs—but only a bit

Cars and bikes

Trump slightly softens his stand on auto industry imports, but 25% tariffs stay.

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29 Apr 2025, 15:42

Physics of the perfect cacio e pepe sauce

Science

The trick: Add corn starch separately to make the sauce rather than using pasta water.

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29 Apr 2025, 15:30

Trump’s National Climate Assessment: No funding and all authors cut loose

Science

The assessment is required by law, but the administration is not noted for caring.

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29 Apr 2025, 14:28

A rocket launch Monday night may finally jump-start Amazon’s answer to Starlink

Science

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket lifted off from Florida with 27 Kuiper satellites.

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29 Apr 2025, 14:11

The BYD Dolphin review: Here’s what we’re missing out on in America

Cars and bikes

BYD now outsells Tesla, so we decided to see what the fuss is about.

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29 Apr 2025, 11:15

AI-generated code could be a disaster for the software supply chain. Here’s why.

Technology

LLM-produced code could make us much more vulnerable to supply-chain attacks.

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28 Apr 2025, 22:27

Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black start”

Science

Major power facilities require power to operate, and there's lots of unmet demand.

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28 Apr 2025, 22:04

ChatGPT goes shopping with new product-browsing feature

Technology

ChatGPT will now recommend products to be bought offsite—but no sponsored ads just yet.