This midrange Android phone also runs Windows and Linux
Nex Computer runs both Android and this Windows Phone-esque mobile UI that they made in-house. Nex Computer, a company that makes hardware designed to turn your...
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Sony’s first clip-on open earbuds have a quiet mode so others can’t listen in
The LinkBuds Clip Open’s charging case can be customized with optional colored covers. | Image: Sony Sony is the latest company to announce a pair of...
Read moreMAGA’s ‘Manifest Destiny’ Coalition Has Arrived
Warring factions of right-wing influencers and MAGA pundits can finally agree on something: American imperialism.
Read moreMicron Megafab Project Faces a New Hurdle as Activists Seek a Benefits Deal
Activists are demanding a way to hold the memory-chip maker accountable to its promises to protect the environment and embrace communities of color in central New...
Read moreSecurity updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (brotli and container-tools:rhel8), Debian (python-keystonemiddleware and python3.9), Fedora (cef, freerdp, golang-github-tetratelabs-wazero, and libpcap), Oracle (brotli, gpsd, kernel, and transfig),...
Read moreVerizon’s prepaid services add a 365-day wait to unlock phones
It’s been just one week since Verizon got permission to lift its 60-day phone unlocking period, and the carrier is already making changes to its policy....
Read moreHow Animals Build a Sense of Direction
On a remote island in the Indian Ocean, six closely watched bats took to the star-draped skies. As they flew across the seven-acre speck of land,...
Read morePresentation: How to Unlock Insights and Enable Discovery Within Petabytes of Autonomous Driving Data
Kyra Mozley discusses the evolution of autonomous vehicle perception, moving beyond expensive manual labeling to an embedding-first architecture. She explains how to leverage foundation models like...
Read moreHas Gemini surpassed ChatGPT? We put the AI models to the test.
The last time we did comparative tests of AI models from OpenAI and Google at Ars was in late 2023, when Google’s offering was still called...
Read moreTech in Plain Sight: Finding a Flat Tire
There was a time when wise older people warned you to check your tire pressure regularly. We never did, and would eventually wind up with a...
Read moreRethinking AI’s future in an augmented workplace
There are many paths AI evolution could take. On one end of the spectrum, AI is dismissed as a marginal fad, another bubble fueled by notoriety...
Read moreHypergrowth isn’t always easy
We don’t get enough chances to talk about system architecture. So let’s talk about outages, performance, coordination servers, and continuous improvement.
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