Enlarge / Raspberry Pi cases like the Argon One won’t look out of place underneath your TV or next to your gaming PC. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Years ago, in the heyday of the NES Classic Edition, we put together a guide to building a retro emulation box with a Raspberry Pi board, the RetroPie operating […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images | Trinity College) On October 21, 1638, people were congregating at a church at Widecombe-in-the-Moor, in Devon, England, when a severe thunderstorm broke out. Witnesses described an 8-foot ball of fire hurtling through the church, tossing large stones from the walls to the ground, smashing pews and windows, […]
Enlarge / The MNT Reform, a boxy laptop built around maximally open-source hardware and software. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Specs at a glance: MNT Reform Screen 1920×1080 12. 5-inch (176PPI) IPS screen OS Debian Linux CPU NXP/Freescale i. MX8MQ (1. 5GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53) RAM 4GB GPU Vivante GC7000Lite Storage 32GB SD card, NVMe SSD optional […]
Enlarge / This is Kia’s distinctively styled EV6, a new electric crossover that’s one of the best we’ve tested. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Kia provided two nights in a hotel and a flight from San Francisco to Washington DC so we could drive the new EV6. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. HEALDSBURG, Calif. —Remember […]
Enlarge / The Keychron Q2. (credit: Scharon Harding) Not everyone appreciates the luxury of a mechanical keyboard. Many are happy with the flat keys that come with their laptop; they don’t need to deal with the price premiums, varieties, and complexities of mechanical switches. Among those who do make the leap to mechanical switches, plenty are […]
EVGA’s entry-level Nvidia RTX 3050, priced at $249. [credit: EVGA / Nvidia ] Until something changes, we will assume the worst about the supply-and-demand curves of the current graphics card market. The most pessimistic sign of things to come, sadly, comes from GPU manufacturers themselves, as both Nvidia and AMD have begun pricing new products […]
Enlarge / Intel’s rendering of its two new leading-edge processor factories planned to be built outside Columbus, Ohio. (credit: Intel) Intel announced the location of its megafab today, a 1, 000-acre parcel on the outskirts of the Columbus, Ohio, metro area. The semiconductor manufacturer plans to break ground on two leading-edge fabs by the end […]
Produced and directed by Corey Eisenstein. Click here for transcript. (video link) Greetings, Arsians! We have something special for you today: the premiere of a new science series we’re creating, called Edge of Knowledge. We’ve recruited physicist and author Dr. Paul Sutter (Google Scholar link) to be our host and guide on an eight-episode romp […]
Enlarge / Logitech Signature M650 in the rose colorway. (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: Logitech Signature M650 Sensor Optical (model not disclosed) Connectivity options Bluetooth Low Energy or 2. 4 GHz dongle Programmable buttons 3 Onboard profiles 0 Lighting None Size Standard: 4. 22×2. 43×1. 49 inches (107. 19×61. 80×37. 8 mm) Large: […]
Enlarge / “Boy. ” “Yes? ” “You are ready… for the PC port. ” (This image was directly captured by Ars from the game’s PC build—as were most of the other images in this article, unless otherwise clarified. ) (credit: Sony Santa Monica) While headlines have suggested that Sony’s PlayStation division is more invested in […]