“Nightmare” Zipcar outage is a warning against complete app dependency
Zipcar blames "increased site traffic," but total app reliance is also at fault.
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Tech // Product News & Reviews
Intel’s second-generation Arc B580 GPU beats Nvidia’s RTX 4060 for $249
Intel's dedicated GPUs are back for another round, and they're aiming for 1440p.
Andrew Cunningham
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Four desk-organizing gifts you don’t technically need but might very much want
Save space, organize, and automate your desk space with these four doodads.
Kevin Purdy
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Join us tomorrow for Ars Live: How Asahi Linux ports open software to Apple’s hardware
Join us 3:30 pm ET Wednesday to unpack the effort to run Linux on Apple Silicon.
Andrew Cunningham
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Intel’s CEO hasn’t turned the company around, and now he’s no longer CEO
Gelsinger rejoined Intel as CEO in early 2021 after a previous 30-year stint.
Andrew Cunningham
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Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement.
In the age of AI images, some photographers are embracing the quirky flaws of vintage digital cameras.
WIRED
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The upside-down capacitor in mid-‘90s Macs, proven and documented by hobbyists
A "copy/paste error" on a Mac logic board has led to some restoration problems.
Kevin Purdy
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Smart gadgets’ failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns
"When we don’t own what we buy, everything becomes disposable..."
Scharon Harding
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Most Read
QNAP firmware update leaves NAS owners locked out of their boxes
Downgrading or customer support are your options if you caught the bad one.
Kevin Purdy
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Are any of Apple’s official MagSafe accessories worth buying?
When MagSafe was introduced, it promised an accessories revolution. Meh.
Samuel Axon
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The good, the bad, and the ugly behind the push for more smart displays
Opinion: Apple could really change the game here.
Scharon Harding
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Microsoft’s controversial Recall scraper is finally entering public preview
First Recall iteration never released, was picked apart by security researchers.
Andrew Cunningham
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Google seems to have called it quits on making its own Android tablets—again
Reports have the Pixel Tablet 2—or maybe 3?—being canceled over sales concerns.
Kevin Purdy
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157
An ad giant wants to run your next TV’s operating system
Sonos is rumored to be building a streaming box running The Trade Desk's OS.
Scharon Harding
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290
Android will soon instantly log you in to your apps on new devices
New phone day for Android users should get a whole bunch easier.
Kevin Purdy
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Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for “Best CBD Gummies“
If you've noticed strange sites on "Best" product searches, so has Google.
Kevin Purdy
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Microsoft pushes full-screen ads for Copilot+ PCs on Windows 10 users
Microsoft has frequently used this kind of reminder to encourage upgrades.
Andrew Cunningham
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Fitness app Strava is tightening third-party access to user data
Training apps, AI use, and trend analysis seem to be off-limits in Strava's API.
Kevin Purdy
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Apple TV+ spent $20B on original content. If only people actually watched.
Reportedly high budget has brought Apple TV+ a lot of prestige, but not a lot of viewers.
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“Windows 365 Link” is Microsoft’s $349 thin client for Windows in the cloud
Small, plastic thin client is Microsoft’s first “Cloud PC,” launches in April.
Andrew Cunningham
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Apple’s headphone adapter for older iPhones sells out, possibly never to return
The end of Lightning is nigh. It's a bummer for folks with older phones, though.
Samuel Axon
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132
Apple Intelligence notification summaries are honestly pretty bad
Summaries are often wrong, usually odd, sometimes funny, rarely helpful.
Andrew Cunningham
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107
April Fools’ joke results in Japanese firm making a beige ’80s throwback PC case
You can fit lots of modern hardware inside—and prop your monitor on top.
Kevin Purdy
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164
Review: Amazon’s 2024 Kindle Paperwhite makes the best e-reader a little better
If you use any Kindle other than the 2021 Paperwhite, this is a huge upgrade.
Andrew Cunningham
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231
I, too, installed an open source garage door opener, and I’m loving it
OpenGarage restored my home automations and gave me a whole bunch of new ideas.
Kevin Purdy
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159
Microsoft finally releases generic install ISOs for the Arm version of Windows
Generic install media brings Arm PCs closer to feeling like any old x86 PC.
Andrew Cunningham
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105
EU fines Meta €800 million for breaking law with Marketplace
EU: Tying the free Facebook Marketplace to the social network undermines rivals.
Financial Times
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132
Faulty Colorsofts have left some Kindle owners without an e-reader
A trade-in program doesn't work too well when the new product has tech issues.
WIRED
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After working with a dual-screen portable monitor for a month, I’m a believer
More pixels and versatility, but without the sacrifices of dual-screen PCs.
Scharon Harding
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Amazon ends free ad-supported streaming service after Prime Video with ads debuts
Selling subscriptions to Prime Video with ads is more lucrative for Amazon.
Scharon Harding
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Review: The fastest of the M4 MacBook Pros might be the least interesting one
Not a surprising generational update, but a lot of progress for just one year.
Andrew Cunningham
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132
Matter 1.4 has some solid ideas for the future home—now let’s see the support
Can you get one speaker on Alexa, Google, and Apple's home apps all at once?
Kevin Purdy
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The voice of America Online’s “You’ve got mail” has died at age 74
His cassette recording, made for $200 in 1989, was a sound that defined an online generation.
Benj Edwards
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Apple botched the Apple Intelligence launch, but its long-term strategy is sound
I've spent a week with Apple Intelligence—here are the takeaways.
Samuel Axon
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148
TSMC will stop making 7 nm chips for Chinese customers
US restrictions on semiconductor tech are spurring the move.
Financial Times
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164
Notepad.exe, now an actively maintained app, has gotten its inevitable AI update
Other Windows Insider updates include new CPU instructions for Prism x86 emulator.
Andrew Cunningham
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