Enlarge / LG DualUp Monitor (28MQ780). (credit: LG) Every year, the Consumer Electronics Show previews a massive amount of products planned for release during the year. 2022’s show revealed the latest in PC monitors targeting better image quality, faster refresh rates, and features that help facilitate increasingly virtual workplaces. There was a lot to see, […]
Enlarge / Airmen operating SAGE radar consoles. (credit: Computer History Museum) It’s not unusual to hear that a particular military technology has found its way into other applications, which then revolutionized our lives. From the imaging sensors that were refined to fly on spy satellites to advanced aerodynamics used on every modern jetliner, many of […]
Enlarge / Amazon’s Echo Show 15 is about the largest smart display you can find. (credit: Scharon Harding) When getting a display of any type, the particular first thing to consider is size. And unless the display will be moving around, chances are that the bigger it is, typically the better your experience will be. […]
In the world of video games, 2021 may forever be remembered as the year of COVID’s great reckoning. 2020 was already rough, but many of its biggest games were mostly completed in a normal development cycle. Projects slated for the following year weren’t as lucky. Thus, this year’s gaming news was rich with delays, piping-hot […]
Enlarge (credit: Jens Buettner/picture alliance) Wish 2021 had been a better year? Facebook probably does, too. The company has long been maligned by politicians, media observers, and consumer advocates, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it felt like the tide truly began to turn. Though Facebook had faced scandals in the past, from Cambridge Analytica […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Aurich Lawson) Thanks to unbridled greenhouse gas emissions, our planet is stitching together a climate version of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster. We still have ice from the warmer parts of the Pleistocene even as our temperature approaches the warmer Pliocene levels of 3 million years ago. Meanwhile, our CO 2 level […]
Enlarge / Lenovo’s Thinkpad X1 Extreme Gen 4. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) The term “desktop replacement” is a bit out of fashion as a descriptor for laptops these days, if only because fewer people have desktop computers they’re trying to replace. But I struggle to think of a better term for something like Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 […]
Enlarge / A handful of picks from our last-minute gift guide. (credit: Jeff Dunn) The holiday season is ticking away, and procrastinators are sweating. Do you still need to find the right gift for the last few people on your shopping list? No problem: We’ve researched and tested countless products and services over the last […]
Enlarge / Just some of the prizes available in this year’s Ars Technica Charity Drive Sweepstakes It’s once again that special time of year when we give you a chance to do well by doing good. That’s right—it’s time for the 2021 edition of our annual Charity Drive! Every year since 2007, we’ve encouraged readers […]
Enlarge / Analogue Pocket, running The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening in its Game Boy Color mode. (credit: Sam Machkovech) The Analogue Pocket is a dream of a gaming device, and it begins shipping to preorder customers this week. It’s the most powerful, beautiful, and feature-rich system to revolve around the original Game Boy—and it […]