Same CPU, slower GPU and NPU: Meet the rest of Intel’s Core Ultra 200 laptop chips
Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series is currently bifurcated between two architectures: Lunar Lake, which powers the Core Ultra 200V series of laptop chips;…
Tech worker movements grow as threats of RTO, AI loom
It feels like tech workers have caught very few breaks over the past several years, between ongoing mass layoffs, stagnating wages amid inflation,…
FTC launches probe of Microsoft over bundling
John Lopatka, a former consultant to the FTC who now teaches antitrust law at Penn State, told ProPublica that the Microsoft actions detailed…
The Backbone One would be an ideal game controller—if the iPhone had more games
In theory, it ought to be as good a time as ever to be a gamer on the iPhone. Classic console emulators have…
Is “AI welfare” the new frontier in ethics?
The researchers propose that companies could adapt the “marker method” that some researchers use to assess consciousness in animals—looking for specific indicators that…
Apple is acquiring image editing firm Pixelmator
Pixelmator, the Lithuania-based firm that makes popular Mac-based photo editing tools, has agreed to be acquired by Apple. The company says that, pending…
Two accused of DDoSing some of the world’s biggest tech companies
Federal authorities have charged two Sudanese nationals with running an operation that performed tens of thousands of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks…
Reports: China hacked Verizon and AT&T, may have accessed US wiretap systems
Chinese government hackers penetrated the networks of several large US-based Internet service providers and may have gained access to systems used for court-authorized…
Ars is seeking a seasoned senior reporter for all things Google
Enlarge / If you get hired for this position, you’ll be provided an assistant. It’s this guy. This guy is your assistant. His…
Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998
Enlarge / Emojipedia sample images of the new Unicode 16.0 emoji. Emojipedia The Unicode Consortium has finalized and released version 16.0 of the…
Drupal 10.0.0 is available
Thanks to 2129 contributors from 616 organizations resolving 4083 issues in the past two and a half years, Drupal 10.0.0 is available today!…