TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes

Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.

Demand for Intel’s processors is apparently there, but the supply is not

Intel is allocating more of its own production to its money-making server chips.

DHS keeps trying and failing to unmask anonymous ICE critics online

Community watch groups have a playbook to keep ICE away from subscriber information.

White House alters arrest photo of ICE protester, says “the memes will continue”

Lawyer calls it “outrageous that the White House would make up stories.”

Telly’s “free” ad-based TVs make notable revenue—when they’re actually delivered

The LA startup said it would ship “millions” of TVs by 2024.

TikTok deal is done; Trump wants praise while users fear MAGA tweaks

“I am so happy”: Trump closes deal that hands TikTok US to his allies.

Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee

With falling sales and shrinking profits, the recurring revenue will be most welcome.

Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback

Another partially reusable Chinese rocket, the Long March 12B, is nearing its first test flight.

Tiny falcons are helping keep the food supply safe on cherry farms

Their presence appears to lower the risk of food-borne illnesses from pathogens.

2026 Lucid Air Touring review: This feels like a complete car now

It’s efficient, easy to live with, and smooth to drive.

This 67,800-year-old hand stencil is the world’s oldest human-made art

The world’s oldest art has an unintentional story to tell about human exploration.

US officially out of WHO, leaving hundreds of millions of dollars unpaid

US did not pay $278 million in 2024–2025 dues and millions more in promised funds.

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”

The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won’t compile.

Hacker who stole 120,000 bitcoins wants a second chance—and a security job

Crypto theft was “the worst thing I had ever done.”

Report: Apple plans to launch AI-powered wearable pin device as soon as 2027

Apple, OpenAI, Meta, and more are all racing toward AI hardware products.

2026 Lucid Air Touring review: This feels like a complete car now

It’s efficient, easy to live with, and smooth to drive.

Has Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.

Did Apple make the right choice in partnering with Google for Siri’s AI features?

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

This may be the grossest eye pic ever—but the cause is what’s truly horrifying

Hypervirulent germ nearly destroys man, invading brain and blowing out an eye.

The difficulty of driving an EV in the “most beautiful race in the world”

Jet lag and charging added plenty of complications to this regularity road rally.

Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike wants to do for AI what he did for messaging

Introducing Confer, an end-to-end AI assistant that just works.

The most fascinating monitors at CES 2026

Big sizes, big resolution, and big ideas.

Is Orion’s heat shield really safe? New NASA chief conducts final review on eve of flight.

“That level of openness and transparency is exactly what should be expected of NASA.”

Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026

A lot could happen in space this year, but let’s get real about what actually will.

Our annual power ranking of US rocket companies has changes near the top and bottom

There are some fresh faces entering the rankings this year.

Film Technica: Our top picks for the best films of 2025

Streamers made a strong showing this year, as did horror. Big tentpoles, superhero sagas mostly fell flat.

From prophet to product: How AI came back down to earth in 2025

In a year where lofty promises collided with inconvenient research, would-be oracles became software tools.

The 10 best vehicles Ars Technica drove in 2025

Of all the cars we’ve driven and reviewed this year, these are our picks.

Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down

From Apple gifting a gold statue to the US taking a stake in Intel.

Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025

A mix of expected sequels and out-of-nowhere indie gems made 2025 a joy.

Overrun with AI slop, cURL scraps bug bounties to ensure “intact mental health”

The onslaught includes LLMs finding bogus vulnerabilities and code that won’t compile.

eBay bans illicit automated shopping amid rapid rise of AI agents

New policy requires “buy for me” AI tools and chatbots to obtain permission before accessing the platform.

Millions of people imperiled through sign-in links sent by SMS

Even well-known services with millions of users are exposing sensitive data.

Wikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.

The web’s best guide to spotting AI writing has become a manual for hiding it.

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

Rackspace customers grapple with “devastating” email hosting price hike

Reseller says Rackspace plans to charge it 706 percent more.

OpenAI to test ads in ChatGPT as it burns through billions

Ads coming to free tier and new $8/month ChatGPT Go plan in US.

Mandiant releases rainbow table that cracks weak admin password in 12 hours

Windows laggards still using the vulnerable hashing function: Your days are numbered.

TSMC says AI demand is “endless” after record Q4 earnings

Amid fears of bubble, world’s top chipmaker TSMC says customers just keep asking for more.

Wikipedia signs major AI firms to new priority data access deals

Wikimedia Enterprise signs Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Perplexity, and Mistral to API access deals.

A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

Exploit exfiltrating data from chat histories worked even after users closed chat windows.

Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

Indie music store says it wants fans to have confidence music was largely made by humans.

The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”

“General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while…”

Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”

VoidLink includes an unusually broad and advanced array of capabilities.

Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month

US defense secretary announces plans for integration despite recent controversies.

Demand for Intel’s processors is apparently there, but the supply is not

Intel is allocating more of its own production to its money-making server chips.

Telly’s “free” ad-based TVs make notable revenue—when they’re actually delivered

The LA startup said it would ship “millions” of TVs by 2024.

Kioxia’s memory is “sold out” for 2026, prolonging a “high-end and expensive phase”

Kioxia is spinning up more manufacturing capacity, but relief will come slowly.

Google temporarily disabled YouTube’s advanced captions without warning

Google says SRV3 captions were causing playback errors, so it has “temporarily” disabled them.

Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs

TCL will own 51 percent of the high-end TVs.

Signs point to a sooner-rather-than-later M5 MacBook Pro refresh

Delayed shipping times for current models sometimes means an update is imminent.

Asus confirms its smartphone business is on indefinite hiatus

Asus chairman Jonney Shih sees AI applications as the company’s main focus going forward.

Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning

Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates.

RAM shortage chaos expands to GPUs, high-capacity SSDs, and even hard drives

GPU makers may prioritize more profitable models; large SSDs are harder to find.

Spotify’s 3rd price hike in 2.5 years hints at potential new normal

Spotify claims the higher fees will help “benefit artists.”

Are people avoiding iOS 26 because of Liquid Glass? It’s complicated.

Liquid Glass is controversial, but adoption rates aren’t as low as they seem.

Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

Even Google’s own earbuds are vulnerable to the Fast Pair hack.

Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025

Streaming services played a big role in 2025 inflation.

The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”

“General interest in AI PCs has been wavering for a while…”

Apple’s Mac and iPad creative apps get bundled into “Creator Studio” subscription

Video, audio, and image editing apps join up in one subscription on January 28.

TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes

Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.

Finally, a new controller that solves the Switch 2’s “flat Joy-Con” problem

But Nyxi’s Hyperion 3 upgrade comes with a pretty high asking price.

Why adding modern controls to 1996’s Tomb Raider simply doesn’t work

For our C:\ArsGames series, we look at the controls conundrum of early 3D.

The first new Marathon game in decades will launch on March 5

Development hasn’t exactly been smooth since the extraction shooter’s 2023 announcement.

Reports of ad-supported Xbox game streams show Microsoft’s lack of imagination

Xbox maker needs some fresher ideas for expanding access to cloud gaming.

10 things I learned from burning myself out with AI coding agents

Opinion: As software power tools, AI agents may make people busier than ever before.

Meta’s layoffs leave Supernatural fitness users in mourning

Supernatural has had its staff cut and won’t receive any more content updates.

Bully Online mod taken down abruptly one month after launch

Developers say “this was not something we wanted” as they purge open source project.

I can’t stop shooting Oddcore’s endless waves of weird little guys

Zippy action, fun upgrade system make for a great pick-up-and-play shooter.

Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”

Apple’s platforms are also getting Retrocade, a library of classic arcade games.

Is this the beginning of the end for GameStop?

The sudden closure of hundreds of storefronts isn’t exactly a great sign…

Seasonal Switch 2 sales show significant slowing as annual cycle sunsets

After record-setting launch, Western holiday sales are down compared to the first Switch.

SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape

Legion Go 2 support announced at CES, wide support for Arm hardware coming soon.

With GeForce Super GPUs missing in action, Nvidia focuses on software upgrades

Nvidia’s only GeForce announcements this year were about software improvements.

Nvidia’s new G-Sync Pulsar monitors target motion blur at the human retina level

Four new monitors promise “effective motion clarity of a theoretical 1,000 Hz monitor.”