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Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2 review: Using Linux instead of messing with it
Enlarge / The Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2. (credit: Kevin Purdy) There are lots of laptops—maybe all of them—on which you can run a Linux desktop. There are a few vendors that offer laptops with...
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LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers
Enlarge / LG's 2024 G4 OLED TV. (credit: LG) Last month, Ars Technica went on a deep dive into the rapid growth of ads in TV software. Less than three weeks later, LG announced that it was adding...
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Review: Intel Lunar Lake CPUs combine good battery life and x86 compatibility
An Asus Zenbook UX5406S with a Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra 7 258V inside. [credit: Andrew Cunningham ] Two things can be true for Intel's new Core Ultra 200-series processors, codenamed Lunar Lake:...
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Meta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets
Enlarge / The future's so bright, Mark Zuckerberg's gotta wear shades. (credit: Meta) Thus far, Meta's heavily money-losing Reality Labs division has been primarily focused on bulky virtual reality...
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iPhone 16 and 16 Pro review: A worthy upgrade after three years
Enlarge / From left to right: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro, and iPhone 16 Pro Max. (credit: Samuel Axon) With the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, it has never been clearer that the cycle of...
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Intel aims to end monthslong CPU crashing saga with one last microcode update
Enlarge (credit: Intel) Intel has spent most of 2024 investigating and trying to fix a problems that was causing crashes and instability for owners of its high-end 13th- and 14th-generation Core...
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In rare move from printing industry, HP actually has a decent idea
Enlarge (credit: Getty) The printer industry is in a rut. With the digitization of, well, nearly everything, people just don’t print like they used to. More modern ways of storing and sharing...
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Microsoft details security/privacy overhaul for Windows Recall ahead of relaunch
Enlarge / An updated onboarding screen for Recall, with clearly visible buttons for opting in or out; Microsoft says Recall will be opt-in by default and can even be removed from PCs entirely....
View ArticleiFixit’s iPhone 16 teardown finds a greatly improved battery removal process
iFixit's iPhone 16 and 16 Plus teardown. iFixit has published teardown views for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro, along with their larger cousins, the Plus and Pro Max. The videos are really marketing...
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Report: Apple changes film strategy, will rarely do wide theatrical releases
Enlarge / A still from Wolfs, an Apple-produced film starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt. (credit: Apple) For the past few years, Apple has been making big-budget movies meant to compete with the...
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Apple backs out of backing OpenAI, report claims
Enlarge / The Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California. (credit: Anadolu Agency | Getty) A few weeks back, it was reported that Apple was exploring investing in OpenAI, the company that makes...
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Verizon customers face mass-scale outage across the US
Enlarge / A Downdetector map showing where Verizon outages are reported. (credit: Downdetector) Wireless customers of Verizon and AT&T have found that they cannot make calls, send or receive text...
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Windows 11 24H2, the biggest update in two years, starts rolling out today
Enlarge (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft will begin rolling this year's annual Windows 11 update out to consumers starting today, the company announced at a Windows- and Copilot-centric event today. The...
View ArticleHelene takes ultrapure quartz mines offline, threatens tech supply chains
Millions of people across the US South have gone without power or have been forced to evacuate following days of extreme downpours brought on by Hurricane Helene. North Carolina has borne the brunt of...
View Article“Obviously a failure”: Sonos execs not getting bonuses due to app fiasco
Sonos' controversial app update in May was "obviously a failure," Sonos CEO Patrick Spence told Reuters today. When the update launched in May, customers revolted over missing features, like the...
View ArticleMicrosoft releases Office 2024, the latest buy-once-own-forever version of...
Microsoft's push to get Windows and Office users to buy Microsoft 365 subscriptions can be irritating, but to the company's credit, it's one of the few that has continued to sell buy-once, use-forever...
View ArticleAmazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025
Subscribers to Prime Video's ad tier will start seeing more commercials next year, further testing how much advertising streamers will tolerate. Speaking to the Financial Times today, Kelly Day, VP of...
View ArticleLG TVs start showing ads on screensavers
Last month, Ars Technica went on a deep dive into the rapid growth of ads in TV software. Less than three weeks later, LG announced that it was adding advertisements to its TVs’ screensavers. The move...
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Review: Intel Lunar Lake CPUs combine good battery life and x86 compatibility
An Asus Zenbook UX5406S with a Lunar Lake-based Core Ultra 7 258V inside. Credit: Andrew Cunningham These high-end Zenbooks usually offer pretty good keyboards and trackpads, and the ones here are...
View ArticleMeta’s new lightweight AR prototype shows a future beyond bulky VR headsets
Thus far, Meta's heavily money-losing Reality Labs division has been primarily focused on bulky virtual reality headsets (and some odd, display-free Ray-Ban branded sunglasses). So when Meta CEO Mark...
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