7th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon from the front. Lenovo 7th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon from the rear, showing the weave pattern in the lid. Lenovo 7th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon from the left, showing the power button, one USB 3.1 generation 1 port, and a Kensington lock hole. Lenovo 7th-generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon from the right, showing the […]
Enlarge / That "Top Sites" section should never contain anything too embarrassing. For many of us, our browsers’ new-tab pages are something of a liability. Whichever browser you use, they all follow a fairly similar style: a bunch of boxes linking to the sites that we use and visit regularly. This is great when your […]
Enlarge Withings Withings has had a tumultuous couple of years. The company was bought by Nokia only to be re-acquired by its original owner Éric Carreel last May. While it sells smart scales, thermometers, and other health electronics, the French company has an uphill battle ahead of it in the wearable space thanks to an oversaturated […]
HP’s updated Omen Obelisk desktop is great for those who want an upgradeable PC that’s already built for you. HP New in the 2019 model are Core i9 processor options, Nvidia RTX 2080Ti graphics, and 64GB of Hyper X RAM. HP HP added a soundbar to its Omen X Emperium gaming display, a 65-inch behemoth. […]
The latest Insider build of Windows 10, 18309, expands the use of a thing that Microsoft has recently introduced: passwordless Microsoft accounts. It’s now possible to create a Microsoft account that uses a one-time code delivered over SMS as its primary authenticator, rather than a conventional password. In the new Windows 10 build, these passwordless […]
The Huawei Mate S. When you tweet, your tweet will often be marked with details about the specific client software and computing device used to create the tweet. And this can be a source of major embarrassment for people who do social media work for smartphone manufacturers. In the final minutes of 2018, the official […]
As usual, LG included lifestyle marketing images with its press release. Here, a whole galaxy apparently awaits those who install OLED TVs in extremely stark, modernist apartments. LG You can watch LG TVs with your significant other, it seems. Neat! LG You can talk to it, because if last year’s CES showed us anything, it’s […]
Enlarge / Chrome’s dark mode. Chrome 73 is going to include support for macOS 10.14’s dark mode, with an alternative color scheme for its user interface that cuts the brightness. It’s now clear that a Windows version of the same is in development, though it seems to trail the macOS version. A bug report was […]
Enlarge / The Netflix homepage—iPhone and iPad users will have to go here to sign up for the streaming video service. Netflix Netflix will no longer offer in-app subscription purchases for users of iOS devices like iPhones and iPads, VentureBeat reports. The change cuts off a substantial amount of revenue for Apple at a time […]
Here’s the full press image from Evan Blass. Evan Blass Seven holes, five cameras, an LED flash, and a sensor cluster. MySmartPrice I’ll say it: those are some awfully big bezels for a flagship device. MySmartPrice An in-screen fingerprint sensor! Will it be Qualcomm’s new ultrasonic sensor, or an optical one? MySmartPrice A home screen […]
Enlarge / The air-fried "churros" were delicious, but they tasted nothing at all like churros. Megan Geuss Earlier this month, Ars reviewed the June Oven, an Internet-connected, seven-in-one device that pushes the boundaries of the traditional toaster oven. Overall, I felt pretty positive about the June, especially the internal camera that allows you to watch your […]
Enlarge / Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees speaks at Stephen Hawking’s memorial service at Westminster Abbey on June 15, 2018 in London, England. Ben Stansall/WPA Pool /Getty Images There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of […]
Enlarge / Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian Getty Images There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one story that fell through the cracks each day, from December 25 through January 5. Today: an intriguing […]
Enlarge / The default look of ElementaryOS Juno. Scott Gilbertson Everyone is a Linux user, but almost no one knows it. The operating system is a strange beast. You’d be hard pressed to come up with another tool so widely used, so widely deployed, and so absolutely necessary to the functioning of the modern world […]
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