5 smart ways to put your old laptop to good use
If you’ve got an old laptop sitting at home and taking up space, you may be tempted to dispose of it. But before you give it the heave-ho, know this: Your old laptop actually has…
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Lenovo put an AI chip in a monitor, for some reason
AI is in everything! It’s in your phone, it’s in your car, it’s in your pico-projecting broach — wait, not that one. But now it’s also in your monitor, or at least Lenovo thinks it…
Get ready to be annoyed: Apple wants to put ads in Maps
Open the App Store app on your iPhone and pretty soon you’ll spot an ad: I’m seeing one for Temu on the front page, and a search for “monster hunter” surfaces another for Honkai: Star…
Asus’s new Vivobook laptops put AI and power efficiency first
Asus has fronted CES 2025 in Las Vegas with a strong lineup of Vivobook laptops, once again making its presence known in the lightweight and portable laptop category for creators, gamers, and casual users. The…
Is China pulling ahead in AI video synthesis? We put Minimax to the test
In the spirit of not cherry-picking any results, everything you see was the first generation we received for the prompt listed above it. “A highly intelligent person reading ‘Ars Technica’ on their computer when the…
iOS 18: How to put app icons, widgets, and folders anywhere you want
It has been 17 years since the iPhone was released and Apple is now—only now!—allowing you to put app icons where you want them. When iOS 18 is released this fall, you’ll be able to…
Modders put Baldur’s Gate NPCs in Stardew Valley
Baldur’s Gate III is a role-playing game with some romance elements. Stardew Valley is a role-playing game with some romance elements, and a lot of root vegetables. Why not stick ’em together in a peanut-butter-and-chocolate…
Apple dispels the age-old solution to a wet iPhone: Don’t put it in rice
Ever since cell phones were a thing, we’ve been dropping them in water. And while today’s iPhones are resistant to splashes, dips, and dunks in water, there are still times when they get too wet…