Goodbye iPod, and Thanks for All the Tunes
Today officially marks the end of Apple's era of standalone music players.
Stealthy Google Play apps recorded calls and stole e-mails and texts
Company expels 20 advanced surveillance apps installed on ~100 devices.
Apple discontinues iPod Nano and Shuffle, updates iPod Touch models
Say goodbye to the tiny music makers of 2005.
This BuzzFeed Kitchen Gadget Makes You the Best Chef Ever
It makes cooking so easy, and the end result so delicious.
The AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review: Zen on a Budget
AMD has always promised that Zen is a core suitable form entry level x86 computers all the way up to high-performance server parts. Within
AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and 1200: True quad-core CPUs for just $130 and $110
Ryzen 3 competes with Intel i3—but don't forget it lacks an integrated GPU.
The Beginner's Guide to Podcasts
Curious about podcasts? We tell you how to listen, and which shows to listen to.
Explore the Murky Depths With an OpenROV Trident Underwater Drone
We’ve just gotten used to drones buzzing in the skies over public parks; now they’re set to invade the duck pond.
Need help picking a streaming TV plan? These tools will help you decide.
A guide to the best cord-cutting guides.
After almost 8 years (we talked about it, of course), a new version of the GNUSTEP live CD has been released - version 2.5, for amd64. The
iPhone-maker Foxconn to build flat-screen display factory in Wisconsin
13,000 jobs could come to the state through the new factory.
10 of The Cheapest VPNs and Online Courses You’ll Find Anywhere
Today, we're going to look at five different lifetime VPN subscriptions that cost less than $50, and we're going to dig into five online co
Apple must pay $506M for infringing university’s patent
University of Wisconsin may collect $4.35 apiece for millions of iPads and iPhones.
Cord cutting is easier and better than ever, but it’s not the right choice ..
Cable and satellite TV can be expensive, but don’t feel guilty if you want to keep it.
USB 3.2 will make your cables twice as fast… once you’ve bought new devic..
The cheapest, least important part of your USB infrastructure is future-proofed.
FreeBSD 11.1 has been released, and as you vans tell by the version number, it's a point release. The release announcement, release notes,
How They Make Those Squishy Air Pillows Inside Amazon Boxes
Call them pillows of love.
Meizu Pro 7: When One Screen Isn't Enough, Try Meizu's Two-Screen Phone
The Chinese phone manufacturer's unorthodox solution to screen addiction: add another screen.
Shred the Trails All Day Long With E-Mountain Bikes from Specialized and Ries..
These electric rides aren’t for lazy days on the trail.
Feit Electric Intellibulb review: ColorChoice, Switch to Dim, Dusk to Dawn, a..
These four bulbs give you a degree of control over color temperature, brightness, and other settings without need for a hub or a smartphone
Mingis on Tech: Why companies are turning to 2-in-1s
Your next corporate computer may not be a traditional computer at all: it may well be a tablet or a hybrid laptop/tablet combo. Here's why.
Simple tips to keep your devices secure when you travel
CSO security reporters Fahmida Rashid and Steve Ragan share some easy ways to keep your data and devices secure while traveling, even at th
Moto Z2 Force hands-on—Motorola bets the farm on Moto Mods, loses
The same design with a smaller battery has got to be a winner, right?
Adobe Flash will die by 2020, Adobe and browser makers say
Adobe plans to phase out its venerable Flash Player by 2020, and browser makers will act even faster to get rid of it.
Today, Adobe announced that Flash will no longer be supported after 2020. Microsoft will phase out support for Flash in Microsoft Edge and
Figma Wants Designers to Collaborate Google-Docs Style
The startup unveiled two key features that should give its competitors pause.
Film Your Greatest Hits (and Misses) With These Action Cameras From GoPro, Ga..
These high-quality 4K video cameras will survive nearly any extreme stunt, even if you don’t.
The dramatic details of Steve Jobs’ life are playing out in a new opera
A time-hopping stage production about some of Jobs' seminal life moments.
Ars is hiring—if you’re an experienced product reviewer, we want you!
If you're a tech-minded person with experience in the field, come join our gang.
Humanscale, the Classic Design Tool, Gets a Second Life
The set of nine rotating disks shows how to design objects for people, using more than 60,000 data points.
Elon Musk: Mark Zuckerberg’s understanding of AI is “limited”
Tech billionaires have differing views on where AI will take humankind.
VTech VM981 Safe & Sound Expandable HD Video Baby Monitor review: Not quite r..
Missing features and image-quality shortcomings keep this baby monitor from being all it can be.
Bose Soundlink Revolve+ review: An all-around excellent indoor/outdoor Blueto..
Audiophiles might blanch at the presence of a single full-range transducer, but we have no complaints about its performance.
MaXX Desktop Indy 1.1 released
A new version of the MaXX Desktop hasbeen released. We linked to the project almost two months ago, but the short of it is that it is a co
“Perverse” malware infecting hundreds of Macs remained undetected for yea..
Surveillance malware dubbed Fruitfly was easy to spot but flew under the radar anyway.
RIP Microsoft Paint. Thanks for All the Hideous Doodles
Microsoft Paint is dead, but it won't be forgotten.
Android O Preview 4 is out—next stop, final release
The fourth O preview will hopefully fix some bugs, marks stable support library release.
Microsoft Paint gets deprecated
Microsoft has announced - through a boring table, because Microsoft - that MS Paint has been deprecated. This means that it will soon be r
Microsoft Paint gets depracated
Microsoft has announced - through a boring table, because Microsoft - that MS Paint has been deprecated. This means that it will soon be r
The Intel Kaby Lake-X i7 7740X and i5 7640X Review: The New Single-Threaded C..
Intel’s direction for the high-end desktop space has taken an interesting turn. After several years of iterative updates, slowly inc
The Million Dollar Homepage as a decaying digital artifact
But to what extent has this history been preserved? Does the Million Dollar Homepage represent a robust digital artifact 12 years after its
Surfboard Shaper Danny Hess Makes Truly Gorgeous Wooden Boards
Hang for ten inside the woodshop of San Francisco shaper Danny Hess.
Oppo UDP-205 Ultra-HD Audiophile Blu-ray player review: Audiophile sound and ..
With 32-bit DACs and other upscale components, you won't hear better analog audio from an Ultra HD Blu-ray player. It's also the first play
Maybe The Americans is quietly a technophile love letter to the 1980s
Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg talk handheld football, spy tech, mail robot, and more.
An interactive map of the Odyssey
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey are, in my humble view, two of the greatest works of art of all times. From a very young age, I started reading
The Debian project is pleased to announce the first update of its stable distribution Debian 9 (codename stretch). This point release mainl
Throwing Shade: 7 Polarized Sunglasses for Summer Fun
We tested a dozen pairs of polarized shades at various prices, from $10 to $360.
Gadget Lab Podcast: Talkin' Glass With Steven Levy
Steven Levy joins the Gadget Lab Podcast to tell us how factory workers are streamlining production Google's wearable.