The 2021 12.9-inch iPad Pro. [credit: Samuel Axon ] Apple’s new iPad Pro is better than its immediate predecessor. It’s a little more versatile, and it’s a lot faster. Like most good sequels, it offers more of the same, but the characteristics you love have been amped up enough to grab your attention all over […]
Demeo feels much like a classic, physical session of a tabletop RPG like Dungeons & Dragons—and it stars these four classes of heroes. You pick them up and move them around a board in VR, and the sensation is fantastic. Have you ever liked something so much that it made you sad? It’s that weird […]
Enlarge / Sadly the Shoreline Amphitheatre will be empty this year. Google I/O is online-only. (credit: picture alliance / Getty Images) Google I/O 2021 is actually happening this year. But due to a certain worldwide pandemic, it will be all online instead of outside in the sun of Mountain View. Google skipped the 2020 edition […]
This is a familiar text crawl. [credit: BioWare / EA ] Roughly 60 hours ago, EA and BioWare dumped all 103GB of the upcoming Mass Effect Legendary Edition into my inbox. Then, they told me the embargo would lift today. I proceeded to chug a concentrated energy drink cocktail of Bawls, Red Bull, and lukewarm coffee […]
Enlarge / Garmin’s Vivomove Luxe has premium materials like 24K gold and a hidden touch screen, achieving a high-tech, high fashion aesthetic. It’s indistinguishable from a traditional watch with the screen off. (credit: Corey Gaskin / Ars Technica) Believe it or not, there are smartwatches worth owning other than the Apple Watch. If getting important […]
Enlarge / Please don’t actually drive while wearing a giant Android mask. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Polestar) Can Google do to car infotainment what it did to smartphones? Every car manufacturer nowadays needs to include an infotainment system with its car, and that means developing an operating system, making a UI that isn’t terrible, building […]
Shot by Adam Lance Garcia and edited by Justin Sloan. Click here for transcript. (video link) It’s been a while since we last got to do an episode of “Unsolved Mysteries,” our series wherein we ask creators to take us on a journey into the deeper and more mysterious aspects of their created universes (our […]
Plume’s new Wi-Fi 6 Superpods are visually indistinguishable from the older 802.11ac version, pictured here. [credit: Plume ] Today, Wi-Fi mesh vendor Plume released its newest gear—a Wi-Fi 6 enabled version of its flagship Superpod design. We were the first to get our hands on the new Superpods, which retail at $159 apiece. Plume recommended […]
In the world of Resident Evil Village, you’ll meet all sorts of colorful characters interested in having you for dinner. (All images in this article were captured directly on a PlayStation 5 console.) [credit: Capcom ] 2017’s Resident Evil 7 was one of the greatest gaming comeback stories of all time. After the series lost […]
Enlarge / The Garmin Lily comes in six classic and sporty colorways. (credit: Corey Gaskin / Ars Technica) While we’d never begrudge you from treating your mom to flowers, chocolate, or scented candles for Mother’s Day, we at Ars always have tech on the brain, so we’d be remiss not to extol the benefits a […]