Enlarge Aurich Lawson In the last Ars System Guide roughly one year ago, we took a slight detour from our long-running series. Rather than recommending the latest components focused on a particular niche like gaming or home entertainment PCs, we broadened our scope and focused on ideology rather than instruction and outlined what to look for […]
Enlarge / Not every Windows 10 user appreciates being a guinea pig for Windows updates. Andy Miccone / Flickr The next Windows 10 feature update, version 1903, looks like it’s going to give Windows 10 Home users a little more flexibility about when they install updates. All versions of Windows 10 allow for updates to […]
Enlarge / The Android Q logo. Google On Wednesday, Google released a preview of the next version of Android, codenamed “Android Q.” The final release should happen sometime toward the end of the year, but for now we get a work-in-progress build that will get several new versions throughout the year. The highlights for this […]
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Enlarge / Licensing and support lifecycles are not really the easiest topics to illustrate. Peter Bright As the end of Windows 7’s free extended support period nears, Microsoft is going to do more to tell Windows 7 users that their operating system will soon cease receiving security updates. Starting next month, the operating system will […]
Enlarge / The event invite strongly hints at the upcoming video service. Apple Apple has sent invites out to members of the press and other guests for a March 25 “special event.” The tagline and animation on the invitation strongly suggest that the company’s long-rumored streaming TV service will take center stage. The invitation is […]
Enlarge / This is a person or a photo of a person? The Galaxy S10 can’t tell. Samuel Axon Here’s another friendly reminder that if your Android phone doesn’t have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn’t very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the […]
Enlarge / Netgear’s RAX-120 router. Netgear Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what’s on the horizon last fall, but readers seemed to have a clear request in response—the time had come […]
Enlarge / The many faces of Mario. Collage by Aurich Lawson Today is March 10, and for fans of video games and calendar-based puns, that means it’s time to celebrate gaming’s favorite plumber, golfer, race car driver, doctor, boxing referee, and typing instructor: Mario. Nintendo has declared this date “Mario Day” for the past few […]
Enlarge / Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at SXSW 2019. Nathan Mattise AUSTIN, Texas—”So yesterday you made a pretty big announcement about tech. Then like the gangster you are, you flew down to a tech conference… “ Time Editor-at-Large Anand Giridharadas led with that at his South by Southwest conversation with Massachusetts Senator and 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth […]
Everywhere Windows 10 can be. And on the server, too, though there it gets a different branding. Microsoft Microsoft says that Windows 10 has reached more than 800 million devices. This is 100 million more than it had six months ago. When Windows 10 was launched—and when Windows on phones was expected to add tens […]
Enlarge Getty Images | NurPhoto Disney is rapidly preparing to launch its own streaming service, dubbed Disney+, later this year. While the debut date is still unknown, we now know that the service will include the entire Disney movie library shortly after the service launches. According to a report in Polygon, Disney CEO Bob Iger […]
Ready to get in shape this spring? Fitbit’s more affordable new trackers are built with beginners in mind. PCMag reviews products independently, but we may earn affiliate commissions from buying links on this page. Terms of use. It’s almost spring, which means a new collection of wearables from Fitbit. The company’s latest lineup includes the […]
Enlarge jakeandlindsay Microsoft’s embrace and adoption of open source software has continued with the surprising decision to publish the code for Windows Calculator and release it on GitHub under the permissive MIT license. The repository shows Calculator’s surprisingly long history. Although it is in some regards one of the most modern Windows applications—it’s an early […]
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