I switched to eSIM in 2025, and I am full of regret
SIM cards, the small slips of plastic that have held your mobile subscriber information since time immemorial, are on the...
Remembering what Windows 10 did right—and how it made modern Windows more annoying
If you’ve been following our coverage for the last few years, you’ll already know that 2025 is the year that...
Big Tech basically took Trump’s unpredictable trade war lying down
As the first year of Donald Trump’s chaotic trade war winds down, the tech industry is stuck scratching its head,...
In the ’90s, Wing Commander: Privateer made me realize what kind of games I love
C:ArsGames We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, from modern to ancient and all points in between. With...
Ars Technica’s Top 20 video games of 2025
When we put together our top 20 games of last year, we specifically called out Civilization 7, Avowed, Doom: The...
The Splay is a subpar monitor but an exciting portable projector
Since I’m fascinated by new display technologies and by improving image quality, I’ve never been a fan of home projectors....
FCC’s import ban on the best new drones starts today
Americans will be unable to buy the latest and greatest drones because the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has banned foreign-made...
Safety panel says NASA should have taken Starliner incident more seriously
For the better part of two months last year, most of us had no idea how serious the problems were...
World’s largest shadow library made a 300TB copy of Spotify’s most streamed songs
The world’s largest shadow library—which is increasingly funded by AI developers—shocked the Internet this weekend by announcing it had “backed...
NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad
Artemis II, meet Astrovan II. NASA’s first astronauts who will fly by the moon in more than 50 years participated...