A budget e-bike that offers more than you might expect. Almost every bit of bike testing I’ve done starts out the same way. After assembling the bike, I set the seatpost to its maximum recommended height, take it on a short test ride, and try to figure out new…
Facebook agrees to change “pay or consent” model after talks with European Commission. Meta has agreed to make changes to its “pay or consent” business model in the EU, seeking to agree to a deal that avoids further regulatory fines at a time when the bloc’s digital rule book…
2025 was a very good year for my favorite genre. It’s time to admit, before God and the good readers of Ars Technica, that I have a problem. I love roguelikes. Reader, I can’t get enough of them. If there’s even a whisper of a hot new roguelike on…
Dog behavior is a lot more complicated than any one gene variant. Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists recently found no connection between simple genetic variants and behavioral traits in more than 3,200 dogs, even…
The port will revolutionize global trade, but it’s sparking destructive rainforest routes. CHANCAY, Peru—The elevator doors leading to the fifth-floor control center open like stage curtains onto a theater-sized screen. This “Operations Productivity Dashboard” instantaneously displays a battery of data: vehicle locations, shipping times, entry times, loading data, unloading…
This could be just what Fubo and its subscribers need. Somewhere, a pig is catching some sweet air. In a rare move for a streaming service, Fubo announced today that it’s lowering the prices for some of its subscription plans. Fubo is a sports-focused vMVPD (virtual multichannel video programming…
Netflix’s plans to own HBO Max, DC Comics, Harry Potter to face regulatory scrutiny. The bidding war is over, and Netflix has been declared the winner. After flirting with Paramount Skydance and Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has decided to sell its streaming and movie studios business to Netflix.…
Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe. The Black Death ravaged medieval Western Europe, ultimately wiping out roughly one-third of the population. Scientists have identified the bacterium responsible and its likely origins, but certain specifics of how and why…
Ars testing shows SteamOS fares better on iGPUs than powerful graphics cards. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about my personal homebrew Steam Machine, a self-built desktop under my TV featuring an AMD Ryzen 7 8700G processor and a Radeon 780M integrated GPU. I wouldn’t recommend making your…
The GR GT is a V8 hybrid, and there’s an electric Lexus sports car concept, too. There’s some Toyota news today that doesn’t involve the chairman wearing a MAGA hat. The Japanese automaker evidently decided it’s been too long since it flexed its engineering chops on something with two…
