feeds.arstechnica.com 2022-01-02 08:46 HBO Max rings in a raunchy new year with Peacemaker red band trailer Peacemaker explores the continuing story of the character that John Cena... feeds.arstechnica.com 2022-01-02 05:31 Noblewoman’s tomb reveals new secrets of ancient Rome’s highly durable concrete Enlarge / The Tomb of Caecilia Metella is a mausoleum located just outside... feeds.arstechnica.com 2022-01-01 18:55 To learn Klingon or Esperanto: What invented languages can teach us Enlarge / Actor J.G. Hertzler, dressed as his character Martok from the Star... feeds.arstechnica.com 2022-01-01 04:48 Physicists captured, quantified the sound of champagne’s effervescence Enlarge / The physics behind champagne's bubbly delights is surprisingly...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 22:00 Attempt to compare different types of intelligence falls a bit short (credit: MIT Press) “What makes machines, animals, and people smart?” asks the subtitle of Paul Thagard’s new book, Bots and Beasts. Not “Are computers smarter than humans? or “will computers ever be...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 20:16 How leaded fuel was sold for 100 years, despite knowing its health risks Enlarge / A 1960s Southern California gas station being restored. (credit: FarukUlay | Getty Images) On the frosty morning of Dec. 9, 1921, in Dayton, Ohio, researchers at a General Motors lab poured a new fuel...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 19:07 TV Technica 2021: Our favorite shows and binges helped us combat pandemic fatigue Enlarge / Ars staffers picked their favorite must-watch TV shows of 2021. (credit: Aurich Lawson) Warning: Although we’ve done our best to avoid spoiling anything too major, please note this list includes a few...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 08:07 Researchers built a gecko-bot to study how geckos glide and crash land Enlarge / A gecko perches on a leaf. A September study found that geckos are very good gliders, and their tails help stabilize them when they crash-land into tree trunks. (credit: MPI for Intelligent Systems)...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 06:08 New data on using J&J vaccine to boost itself Enlarge (credit: RAJESH JANTILAL / GETTY IMAGES) Based on various measures, the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine has appeared to be less effective than those based on mRNA technology. It has also been...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 05:09 Children’s hospitals are filling nationwide amid tidal wave of omicron Enlarge / A Boston Medical Center pediatrician performs a checkup on an 8-month-old while her father provides her comfort in a pediatrics tent set up outside of Boston Medical Center in Boston on April 29, 2020....
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-31 00:46 End of the line finally coming for BlackBerry devices Enlarge / The Blackberry Torch, the company's first touchscreen phone, is held for display during its debut in New York in 2010. (credit: Bloomberg | Getty Images) BlackBerry, the company that once dominated smart...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 22:30 Tesla is recalling over 475,000 Model 3 and Model S vehicles Enlarge (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Tesla is recalling over 475,000 of its vehicles because of a pair of safety issues. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 356,309 Tesla Model 3s covering...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 22:15 Extreme weather could be as expensive as investing in cutting carbon ASAP Enlarge (credit: Jason Persoff / Getty Images) Recently, a network of climate modeling groups showed that it will cost more to overshoot the Paris Agreement temperature goals than it will to stay on a...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 21:44 Say cheese for the Xiaomi 12 Pro smartphone’s monstrous camera Enlarge / Xiaomi 12 Pro. (credit: Xiaomi) Xiaomi's looking to put a big smile on shutterbugs' faces with a new, monstrous smartphone camera. On Wednesday, the Chinese company announced the Xiaomi 12 Pro, the first...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 19:30 Ars Technica’s favorite films in 2021—whether projected or streamed Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) When it comes to films in 2021, Ars Technica readers have been more likely to express their feelings about the logistics of seeing new offerings this year than about the films in...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 06:56 Could we build a synthetic digestive system for Vision to make him more human? Enlarge / The birth of Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Scientists have proposed a possible artificial digestive system for the synthezoid, although new technologies must be developed to make it a reality. (credit:...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 06:40 Omicron smashes US case records as experts are still trying to understand it Enlarge / A healthcare worker conducts a test at a drive-thru COVID-19 testing site at the Dan Paul Plaza on December 29, 2021 in Miami, Florida. In response to the increasing demand for COVID-19 tests, Miami-Dade...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 04:49 Elon Musk rejects claims his satellites are squeezing out rivals in space Enlarge / A SpaceX rocket ready for launch. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) Elon Musk has hit back at criticism that his company’s Starlink satellites are hogging too much room in space, and has instead argued there...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 03:40 How “stars” are helping the French keep the night sky dark Enlarge (credit: Pete Starman / Getty Images) There's been a steady stream of worries that artificial lights are steadily eroding our ability to see the stars. And a recent essay published in Science describes how...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 02:01 Webb continues to unfold; has enough fuel for over a decade Enlarge / The multi-layer sun shield is in the process of unfolding this week. Right now the portion extending forward from the telescope body is extended; the sides will come later this week. (credit: NASA) When...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-30 01:43 Upcoming LG TVs will address one of OLED’s biggest flaws Enlarge (credit: LG) Ever wish display tech had longer acronyms? LG Display's here to help. Today, it introduced LG OLED EX, a proprietary OLED technology that's supposed to be brighter than standard OLED. As you...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-29 23:50 Rivian tells buyers of trucks, SUVs with 400-mile range to wait until 2023 Enlarge / A Rivian R1T showing off its off-road capability. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) With supply chain disruptions messing with the auto industry, it's an especially challenging time for startups like Rivian....
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-29 23:40 A year on: the highs and lows of a new engineering education system Enlarge / A remote controlled volume controller. It can also raise and lower the volume to preset levels using the buttons. (credit: Chris Lee) One of the last times I wrote anything for Ars Technica, I excitedly...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-29 22:48 Worker protests, mass illness lead Apple to put iPhone plant on probation Enlarge (credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Apple has put a Foxconn manufacturing plant that makes iPhone 12s and is running trial production of the iPhone 13 on probation, Reuters reported today. The move...
feeds.arstechnica.com 2021-12-29 22:25 Amazon Echo Show 15 review: Alexa on the big screen Enlarge / Amazon's Echo Show 15 is about the largest smart display you can find. (credit: Scharon Harding) When getting a display of any type, the first thing to consider is size. And unless the display will be...
