Enlarge / Setting up Touch ID on an older-model iPhone. Getty Images | Chesnot Apple is testing an in-screen fingerprint reader that could appear in iPhones in 2020 or 2021, a Bloomberg report today said. The feature would be similar to Touch ID, the fingerprint reader integrated into the iPhone home button starting with the […]
Enlarge / Samsung’s Exynos 980 brings more device integration into the SoC, increasing battery life and allowing for more powerful auxiliary processors. Samsung Newsroom Today, Samsung announced the launch of its newest mobile processor, the Exynos 980. This system-on-chip, which should enter mass production later this year, includes an integrated 5G modem, NPU (neural processing […]
Enlarge Valentina Palladino Nearly one year after releasing the Forma e-reader, Kobo returns today with a new slab dubbed the Kobo Libra H2O. The $ 169 e-reader retains the skeleton of the Forma, but is actually a smaller device. It has a 7-inch, 1680×1264, 300ppi E Ink display, down from the Forma’s 8-inch display, but it […]
Enlarge / The InvizBox 2 router: out-of-the-box VPN, easy Tor, and lots of ad and content blocking tools. Four years ago, in the wake of some controversy over another Kickstarter-based launch, a team in Ireland decided to produce a better Wi-Fi router for travel privacy. Called the InvizBox, the router was focused on making connecting […]
Personal computing, 1980-style. Old Computer Museum Update: It’s Labor Day in the US, which means Ars staff are more likely to be monitoring a grill than breaking news throughout the day. As such, we’re resurfacing a few classic stories from the archives, such as this from our old “First Encounter” series, which revisited those moments […]
Enlarge David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Apple has been a bit of a mixed bag when it comes to iPhones and independent repair shops. Earlier this month, we discovered that people are running into problems with third-party iPhone XR, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max repairs due to a particular chip on the battery. And repair […]
Enlarge / An Apple Watch Nike+ Series 4. Getty Images | Wachiwit Apple will stop storing voice recordings captured by Siri-enabled devices except in cases when users intentionally opt in to the practice. “[B]y default, we will no longer retain audio recordings of Siri interactions,” Apple said in an announcement yesterday. “We will continue to use […]
The new Fitbit Versa 2 smartwatch. Fitbit The Versa 2 takes the design of the original Versa and adds more features to it, like voice commands and NFC. Fitbit The Versa 2 has Amazon Alexa support, so you can ask it questions and it will show text-based responses on its screen. Fitbit All Versa 2 […]
The 2019, 7th generation Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 1. Lenovo Ports! Lenovo This is the back of the laptop… Lenovo This alternative carbon fiber weave on the back is available in the 4K configuration. Lenovo Some additional views. Lenovo This image from Lenovo makes the thinness pitch. One last look. Lenovo Today, Lenovo announced launch […]
Enlarge Getty Images/picture alliance That time of year is, inevitably, here again—that time humans ages seven to 21 dread but their parents love. Every back-to-school season sends would-be students scrambling to figure out what things they need to make another year of education as streamlined as possible, and those solutions can look different for each […]
Enlarge / So many fingers have been typing and clicking in the name of journalism… Valentina Palladino Welcome to Ars Gaming Week 2019! As a staff full of gamers and game-lovers, we’ll be serving up extra reviews, guides, interviews, and other stories all about gaming from August 19 to August 23. Creating the best PC […]
Enlarge / The LG 34GK950F, our favorite ultrawide gaming monitor. Valentina Palladino Welcome to Ars Gaming Week 2019! As a staff full of gamers and game-lovers, we’ll be serving up extra reviews, guides, interviews, and other stories all about gaming from August 19 to August 23. Any monitor can work for gaming, but a good […]
Google The Android 10 logo, which has no additional “Q” snack name. Google From the bottom to the top we have the original Android logo, the 2014 redesign, and today’s redesign. Anything is better than that first logo. Google / Ron Amadeo Google even provided complementary color swatches. Google The robot can apparently do stuff […]
This is the new Mac Pro. Samuel Axon And here’s a rear view. Samuel Axon Let’s zoom in to see some of the ports in this configuration. Samuel Axon There’s more to see at the bottom. Samuel Axon On top, you’ll notice a couple more ports, a power button, and this handle. When you grab […]