We’re getting treated to the 2020 Prime Day deals a bit late this year. Amazon’s big blowout, which normally takes place in mid-summer, is now falling in the first half of October, bringing with it tons of great bargains and huge price cuts on just about everything under the sun. Laptop PCs (and gaming laptops […]
By Zoe KleinmanTechnology reporter Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic The government has fixed a problem with its new NHS coronavirus app in England and Wales which meant many positive test results were not being logged. Users were unable to record a positive test result, if they had booked a test elsewhere and not via the app. […]
Enlarge / There’s still a lot of stuff in this box. Cephalofair Games Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com. There’s a reason Gloomhaven (read our 2017 review) is so popular. There’s also a reason why half of my friends who own a […]
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Epic Games has announced the acquisition of SuperAwesome, a pioneer in the “kid tech” market that provides children with what it says are safe digital experiences and age-appropriate advertising. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The move comes days after Epic […]
The Trump administration has issued new restrictions on U.S. technology exports to China’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer, warning that the exports could benefit the Chinese military. The Commerce Department on Friday notified U.S. companies that they will now need a license to export certain technology to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., or SMIC, according to a copy […]
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Millions of people who played The Last of Us Part II saw strong Asian-American male character in Jesse, with voice-acting from Stephen Chang. Jesse is a badass scout and zombie slayer who accompanies the main character, Ellie, on her quest for revenge, […]
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Google today launched AI Platform Prediction in general availability, a service that lets developers prep, build, run, and share machine learning models in the cloud. It’s based on a Google Kubernetes Engine backend and features an architecture designed for high reliability, flexibility, and low overhead […]
It’s easy to look through binoculars and wish you could capture the stunning view you see. Luckily, camera binoculars were invented to extend those moments. Camera binoculars are essentially what they sound like. They are binoculars that can capture videos and pictures with the press of a button. You will love being able to take […]
With the name Smarter, you might expect a network-connected kitchen appliance maker to be, well, smarter than companies selling conventional appliances. But in the case of the Smarter’s Internet-of-things coffee maker, you’d be wrong. As a thought experiment, Martin Hron, a researcher at security company Avast, reverse engineered one of the $ 250 devices to […]
How bad has privacy become on the World Wide Web? Really bad, a new audit shows. At least 87 percent of the world’s most-popular Web domains engage in some form of digital tracking without you ever signing in, according to investigative journalism nonprofit the Markup. Many, it found, even covertly record the way you move […]
The now-standard streaming-game-service shot of titles running on many different kinds of screens. Amazon Here’s all those screens running Metro Exodus. Amazon Just some of the streaming games that will be available from Luna+ and the Ubisoft Channel. Amazon From the service’s first trailer, another look at some promoted games. Amazon Amazon’s newly announced Luna […]
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is still coming, but not in 2020. GamesBeat reviews editor Mike Minotti and editor Jeff Grubb talk about that story on this weeks GamesBeat Decides podcast. The crew then talks about Xbox buying Bethesda, Amazon’s Luna platform, and […]
With a neutral density filter (ND), you can take your camera out even when the sun is at its highest point. An ND filter limits the amount of light entering your lens, giving your device a chance to process more details without getting overwhelmed with light. We’ve researched the leading ND brands on the market […]
Enlarge / No operating system is an island, but macOS Catalina is named after one. Apple Earlier this week, Apple released updates for iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS—but nothing for macOS. Usually, Cupertino updates all its operating systems at once, but we’re in an odd place right now with new annual releases of the former three […]
Sales of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3090 have already begun (and sold out, of course). The company’s most powerful GPU, which bests the performance of the flagship RTX 3080, is proving to be a popular option for more than just enthusiast PC gamers. Creatives, data scientists, and those working in artificial intelligence are bound to find […]