Enlarge / Paper Beast . (credit: Pixel Reed, PID Games) The latest rendition of Steam’s annual Summer Sale has been underway for about a week now, and, as usual, it’s discounted virtually everything on the PC games store. But while the Halo s, Grand Theft Auto s, and other mega-hits of the world may get […]
With more than 190,000 orders already on its books, Ford is looking at quite the success with its new 2022 Bronco. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Ford provided flights to Austin and two nights in a hotel so we could drive the new Bronco at the Off-Rodeo. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. AUSTIN, Texas—Ford […]
Microsoft claims that “the new Windows is available on the widest array of devices,” but the Internet had a minor panic attack when requirements were outlined yesterday. [credit: Microsoft ] Since Microsoft’s announcement of Windows 11 yesterday, one concern has reverberated around the Web more loudly than any other—what’s this about a Trusted Platform Module […]
Say hello to Google’s new pricing tiers for Google Photos. We take more photos now than ever before. Growth in this already astronomical segment is explosive, with over 1.4 trillion photos taken last year, according to InfoTrends. That’s up from 1 trillion in 2017. Video is much the same, with YouTube saying in recent years that […]
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Amazon Prime Day has arrived, and another avalanche of deals has come along with it. As ever, the vast majority of the gadget and gear discounts Amazon is advertising aren’t that special: many of the products are mediocre, and many of the prices aren’t much lower than usual. But there are […]
Enlarge / Say hello to the Arcade1Up Attack From Mars physical pinball cabinet. The chassis is physical; its games are all virtual. Read below to understand what the heck that means. (credit: Sam Machkovech) If you’re of a certain generation, chances are you have imagined (or, at this point in your adulthood, built) your own […]
Enlarge / In another year, these weird games wouldn’t necessarily rise to the top of our “best of E3” list. But when the biggest gaming companies focus almost exclusively on non-playable trailers, our picks have to go to the games we can personally test. (credit: Chris Klimowski / Gamious / rose-engine) As the dust begins […]
Enlarge / Even with today’s real estate boom, a supermassive black hole in the neighborhood has to drive the asking price down a bit, right? (credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) / Redfin / Nathan Mattise) Black holes flood the Universe. The nearest one is a mere 1,500 lightyears away. A giant one, Sagittarius A*, sits in […]
Enlarge / A very Ars-y gift for Dad. Let’s be real here: the best gift you and the family could probably get Dad this Father’s Day is to leave him alone. But if you’re determined grab him a token of your appreciation, even after he’s said “I don’t need anything” for the 10th time, we’ve […]
Enlarge / It may not look like much, but you can actually learn a lot from a fossilized leaf that preserves insect damage. (credit: Donovan et. al.) He knew what it was as soon as he saw it: the signature sign of a bird landing. He’d seen hundreds of such tracks along the Georgia coast. […]