Typing my way down the mechanical keyboard rabbit hole with the Drop CTRL
Customizable, mechanical keyboards can be an expensive niche—this is a nice entry point. It's a beauty: The Drop CTRL keyboard [credit: Iljitsch.....»»
Rocket Report: SpaceX explains landing failure, more on New Glenn delays
"The level of detail that we get is remarkable, how good the forecast is." Enlarge / In mid-February, a Falcon 9 launch was successful, but the first stage failed to land. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 3.35 of the Rocket Report! There is.....»»
Rocket Report: SpaceX explains landing failure, More on New Glenn delays
"The level of detail that we get is remarkable, how good the forecast is." Enlarge / In mid-February a Falcon 9 launch was successful, but the first stage failed to land. (credit: SpaceX) Welcome to Edition 3.35 of the Rocket Report! There is.....»»
Chairs Technica: We review two new models from Anda Seat
We liked the Anda Fnatic so much, we're reviewing two new models as well. Last October, we reviewed a pair of gaming / home office chairs—Secretlab's Omega and Anda Seat's more explicitly gaming-themed Fnatic. After several weeks of dai.....»»
Grab a Nintendo Switch Pro Controller for $10 off today
Dealmaster also has deals on portable hard drives, our 2020 GOTY, and more. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Today's Dealmaster is headlined by a nifty $10 discount on Nintendo's Switch Pro Controller, as the gamepad is currently available for $.....»»
Arizona House advances bill targeting Apple, Google mobile app stores
The Arizona bill has already gotten farther than a similar one in ND did. Enlarge / The Arizona State Capitol museum, flanked by the House of Representatives building (R) and a cactus (L). (credit: mixmotive | Getty Images) The Arizona state.....»»
Apple clarifies iOS default music app feature, and it’s not what people thought
The widely reported beta feature was misunderstood. Enlarge / Siri in iOS 14. (credit: Samuel Axon) Over the past few weeks, there have been several reports (including one of our own) on a feature found in recent beta releases of iOS 14.5 that.....»»
Self-driving startups are becoming an endangered species
Commercializing self-driving technology is taking longer than many expected. Enlarge / A Voyage vehicle at the Villages in Florida. (credit: Voyage) Bloomberg reports that Cruise, a self-driving company jointly owned by GM and Honda, is in tal.....»»
Valve scraps revamped Artifact, dumps free, unfinished “2.0” version on Steam
Rebuilt game had been in closed beta for one year before Valve pulled the plug today. Enlarge / Two posters, two free end-of-life games. (credit: Valve) The weird, woeful, and nearly redemptive development of Valve's digital card game Artifact.....»»
US roads got more dangerous in 2020 even though we stayed at home
Preliminary data puts the death toll at 42,060, with 4.8 million people injured. Enlarge / Close-up of a red stop sign after a traffic accident. The sign is heavily scratched and dented. Many vehicle accidents are attributed to drunk driving in.....»»
Meet Maxwell’s gambling demon—smart enough to quit while it’s ahead
Physicists even demonstrated the basic principle in a nanoscale electronic device. Enlarge / In a new version of the classic 19th-century thought experiment, Maxwell’s demon plays the role of a gambler who knows when to quit while it's ahead......»»
Bitflips when PCs try to reach windows.com: What could possibly go wrong?
Researcher obtains 14 bitsquatted domains and gets a flood of traffic. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Bitflips are events that cause individual bits stored in an electronic device to flip, turning a 0 to a 1 or vice versa. Cosmic radiation and.....»»
Windows.com bitsquatting hack can wreak “unknown havoc” on PCs
Researcher obtains 14 bitsquatted domains and gets a flood of traffic. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Bit flips are events that cause individual bits stored in an electronic device to flip, turning a 0 to a 1 or vice versa. Cosmic radiation an.....»»
100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say
Pandemic showed that "upload speeds far greater than 3Mbps are critical." Enlarge / Illustration of fiber-optic cables. (credit: Getty Images | Tetra Images) Four US senators today called on the Biden administration to establish a "21st centur.....»»
SpaceX Starlink factory in Texas will speed up production of Dishy McFlatface
Austin factory to create systems that improve SpaceX's high-volume manufacturing. Enlarge / The SpaceX Starlink satellite dish partway through a teardown. (credit: Ken Keither) SpaceX says it is building a factory in Austin, Texas, to design s.....»»
The Realme GT 5G is the world’s cheapest Snapdragon 888 phone
$430 for a Snapdragon 888, a 120 Hz OLED display, and speedy 65 W charging. The Realme GT 5G. [credit: Realme ].....»»
SpaceX plans Texas factory to help make Starlink dishes and Wi-Fi routers
Austin factory to create systems that improve SpaceX's high-volume manufacturing. Enlarge / The SpaceX Starlink satellite dish partway through a teardown. (credit: Ken Keither) SpaceX says it is building a factory in Austin, Texas to design sy.....»»
Loop Hero review: I’ve somehow gotten hooked on an RPG that plays itself
Think of it as the ultimate game to play on a second monitor. Enlarge (credit: Devolver Digital / Four Quarters) I cannot think of a single YouTube trailer that would do the addictive, compelling new video game Loop Hero an iota of justice. Th.....»»
Researchers build a swimming robot that works in the Mariana Trench
New muscles and electronics setup were needed for the crushing pressures. Enlarge (credit: NPG Press) Remotely operated vehicles have changed how we explore and exploit the ocean. They can operate for far longer than human-occupied vehicles, g.....»»
New Nintendo Switch production to begin in June, will be 4K when docked
Bloomberg report locks down details about new OLED panel supply chain. Enlarge / Ars' Kyle Orland tries out the Nintendo Switch in its portable mode. (credit: Jennifer Hahn / Ars Technica) Nintendo's next Switch hardware revision has long been.....»»