Believe it or not, Outriders isn’t a live service game. That means there will come a day when you’ve scoured every inch of Enoch, collected every Legendary, and completed every quest. People Can Fly doesn’t plan to abandon the game — although post-launch support might vary based on the game’s reception and player base — […]
Enlarge Barcroft Media | Getty Images Huawei, the crown jewel of China’s tech industry, is reeling from a financial one-two punch delivered by US chip sanctions and a campaign aimed at cutting international markets. But with Huawei rapidly expanding into new markets and the Chinese government investing heavily to gain technological independence from the West, […]
This week, the biggest story in the financial markets is the absurdist, pretty-sure-I-hallucinated-it drama involving GameStop, a struggling video-game retailer that became the rope in a high-stakes tug of war between Wall Street suits and a crusading internet mob. The simplest explanation for what happened is that a bunch of hyper-online mischief-makers in Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets […]
It’s rare to see AirPods deals, and once they appear, they’re quick to sell out because of the high demand for Apple’s wireless earbuds. If you’ve been looking for a chance to buy the AirPods Pro with a discount, you should take advantage of Staples’ offer that lowers the wireless earbuds’ price to $ 209, […]
Whether you’re in the market for a new abode or you’re looking to upgrade some older home essentials like a dishwasher or a fridge, it’s good to have an idea of when you can expect major appliances to hit their expiration dates. Even if your stove or dryer isn’t on the fritz, you may want […]
A product shot of Vizio’s new OLED set. Vizio Here’s the P-Series Quantum X, the top-of-the-line LED set. Vizio Just one step down takes us to the P-Series. You probably can’t tell the difference from the pictures alone at this point. Vizio Here’s the M-Series M8. Vizio And the M-Series M7! So many product lines! […]
The tradition of staying out of politics got tossed out the window in the past week, as so many people who professionally stayed on the sidelines ended their silence and spoke up about the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The same is true for me, even though game journalists would normally do well to […]
Enlarge / iPadOS. When we reviewed the 2018 iPad Pro, we were impressed by the power and potential of the hardware, but iOS 12 wasn’t up to the task of making the iPad a true content creation machine or a daily workhorse. We said it was time for Apple to branch out from iOS 13 […]
The first pitch I saw for Sure-Fi pegged the meter pretty hard. Wikimedia Commons At Ars, we get daily product pitches that range on a scale from “must review” through “no thanks” to “WTF.” So when a representative for a small company’s PR firm reached out with a pitch for a “radio signal that’s thousands […]
Is Moto mastering midrange? Lenovo’s phone division has been doubling and tripling down on midrange phones this year, shucking off attempts to compete with Apple and Samsung at the high end and instead churning out a range of different lower-end and midrange phones. At the IFA trade show in Berlin today, it announced two of […]
There’s plenty of interest in life extension technologies in Silicon Valley right now. (And, let’s face it, probably the rest of the world, too!) While researchers have yet to find a true fountain of eternal youth, however, scientists at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics appear to have gotten […]
A few tech companies have famously sailed to enormous wealth on the promise of industry-changing technology paying off after many years. But many more have failed. SAN FRANCISCO — Millions of drivers are betting their livelihoods on Uber and Lyft. On Friday, Wall Street bet billions of dollars that the companies won’t need those drivers. […]
A puzzle about our Solar System — how long is a day on Saturn? — has been solved with new data analysis. This figure was hard to calculate because the gas giant does not have a solid surface so there are no landmarks which can be tracked as the planet rotates. In addition, a magnetic […]
NetflixNetflix“Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” producer Annabel Jones confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that “Black Mirror” season five was delayed because the interactive movie took so long to make. Netflix confirmed to Business Insider that season five is coming in 2019. Last week, Netflix gave fans what they’ve come to expect in late December: […]
Diehard Good Omens fans, rejoice, for the first trailer for the long-awaited TV adaptation is finally here, and it captures all the gloriously wacky irreverence that we loved about the original 1990 novel by Neil Gaiman and the late Terry Pratchett. It’s the story of an angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and a demon Crowley (David Tennant) […]