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Feature Archive

  1. It’s no accident: These automotive safety features flopped

    Over the years, inventors have had some weird ideas about how to make cars safer.

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  2. Windows-as-a-nuisance: How I clean up a “clean install” of Windows 11 and Edge

    Tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC.

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  3. Honda’s first US-market EV is here—the 2024 Prologue, driven

    The Honda Prologue uses General Motors' Ultium platform.

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  4. NASA faces a quandary with its audacious lunar cargo program

    Failure is now an option at the US space agency.

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  5. Why The New York Times might win its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI

    The AI community needs to take copyright lawsuits seriously.

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  6. That time the Morgan Motor Company designed a modern coupe, the Aeromax

    Morgan is still best known for making throwback roadsters and for still using wood.

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  7. Doing DNS and DHCP for your LAN the old way—the way that works

    Are you a sysadmin with control issues who needs a weekend project? Look no further!

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  8. Why walking around in public with Vision Pro makes no sense

    Social mores aside, Vision Pro doesn’t seem designed to be used on the go.

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  9. Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

    If you're tired of Alexa and Google listening, a DIY option is possible.

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  10. Before Ingenuity ever landed on Mars, scientists almost managed to kill it

    "The Mars 2020 science team wasn't interested in Ingenuity."

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  11. Fake grass, real injuries? Dissecting the NFL’s artificial turf debate

    Artificial turf has its advantages, but the NFLPA wants it banished from the NFL.

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  12. Can a $3,500 headset replace your TV? We tried Vision Pro to find out

    We kick off our multi-part Vision Pro review by testing it for entertainment.

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  13. What I learned from the Apple Store’s 30-minute Vision Pro demo

    Despite some awe-inspiring moments, the $3,500 headset is a big lift for retail.

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  14. AI can now master your music—and it does shockingly well

    Suddenly, everyone can master their own music.

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  15. A puzzling illness paralyzed US kids every other year—until it didn’t

    Researchers braced for a surge in 2022 that never came—and no one knows why.

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  16. The 2024 Rolex 24 at Daytona put on very close racing for a record crowd

    The around-the-clock race marked the start of the North American racing calendar.

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  17. Exploring Reddit’s third-party app environment 7 months after the APIcalypse

    Apollo dev: "I don’t believe Reddit’s leadership... cares about developers anymore."

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  18. Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?

    Simulations all the way down—the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe.

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  19. It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew

    Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.

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  20. Review: Framework’s Laptop 16 is unique, laudable, fascinating, and flawed

    Great ideas go up against awkward limitations in Framework's 16-inch sequel.

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  21. I abandoned OpenLiteSpeed and went back to good ol’ Nginx

    One weather site’s sudden struggles, and musings on why change isn’t always good.

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  22. Did an AI write that hour-long “George Carlin” special? I’m not convinced.

    "Everyone is ready to believe that AI can do things, even if it can't."

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  23. Wild Apples: The 12 weirdest and rarest Macs ever made

    Since 1984, Apple has made some strange Macintosh computers. How many have you used?

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  24. What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back?

    "If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."

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  25. What happens when you trigger a car’s automated emergency stopping?

    Experiencing the sequence of events in a car programmed for automated emergency stopping.

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  26. How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity

    Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable.

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  27. What to expect from the Apple Vision Pro in February

    Hardware, apps, prescription lenses—we go over the essentials.

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  28. Review: Nvidia’s $600 GeForce RTX 4070 Super is one of its best values

    Remains pricier than past xx70-tier offerings, but the performance bump is nice.

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  29. The 5 most interesting PC monitors from CES 2024

    Lines keep blurring between work and play screens, and OLED overwhelms.

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  30. The largest US dam-removal effort to date has begun

    As US dams age, removal is always an option—and it can be done well.

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  31. The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy

    Evidence shows that shoving data in peoples’ faces doesn’t work to change minds.

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  32. What I learned from using a Raspberry Pi 5 as my main computer for two weeks

    Pi 5's speed makes it a useful and usable general-purpose desktop, with limits.

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  33. Vectrex reborn: How a chance encounter gave new life to a dead console

    40 years later, it's time for the Vectrex to shine.

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  34. Here’s how the EPA calculates how far an EV can go on a full charge

    Ever wonder how an EV's official range estimate is calculated? Wonder no more.

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  35. TV Technica 2023: These were our favorite shows and binges of the year

    Netflix, Apple TV+, and Hulu dominate this year's selections.

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  36. Ars Technica’s best video games of 2023

    2022's relative drought leads to an absolutely packed year of major epics.

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