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Feature Archive

  1. Virtual Boy: The bizarre rise and quick fall of Nintendo’s enigmatic red console

    How Nintendo took a gamble on a new kind of gaming experience in the '90s.

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  2. M4 iPad Pro review: Well, now you’re just showing off

    This tablet offers much more than you’ll actually need.

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  3. M2 iPad Air review: The everything iPad

    M2 Air won't draw new buyers in, but if you like iPads, these do all you need.

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  4. Forget aerobars: Ars tries out an entire aerobike

    Taking to the road in a modern, high-speed version of a 40-year-old dream.

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  5. Outdoing the dinosaurs: What we can do if we spot a threatening asteroid

    Someday, an NEO will pose a threat to us. Thankfully, we have options.

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  6. Professor sues Meta to allow release of feed-killing tool for Facebook

    Section 230 immunity isn’t just for Big Tech companies, lawsuit says.

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  7. Hands-on with the new iPad Pros and Airs: A surprisingly refreshing refresh

    And the new Apple Pencil Pro does some cool things, too.

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  8. The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all

    "The structural inefficiency was a huge deal."

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  9. What’s happening at Tesla? Here’s what experts think.

    Can things be turned around at Tesla, or is this the beginning of the end?

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  10. CenturyLink left users with no service for two months, then billed them $239

    Yet again, CenturyLink failed to fix a long outage until Ars emailed the company.

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  11. First post: A history of online public messaging

    From BBS to Facebook, here's how messaging platforms have changed over the years.

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  12. There’s never been a better time to get into Fallout 76

    Fallout 76 is good now. Actually, it’s always been good.

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  13. Palm OS and the devices that ran it: An Ars retrospective

    Before smartphones, we had PDAs in our pockets. Palm did them best.

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  14. Is the Arm version of Windows ready for its close-up?

    Checking back in with Windows 11 on Arm on the eve of the Snapdragon X Elite.

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  15. Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs

    Interested in gadgets with premium displays? QDEL should be on your radar.

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  16. Why are groups of university students modifying Cadillac Lyriq EVs?

    The competition provides a steady stream of experienced graduates to the auto industry.

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  17. OpenAI winds down AI image generator that blew minds and forged friendships in 2022

    How a group of friends found themselves at the center of a fierce debate about the future of art.

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  18. How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun

    Here are two options for future humans to keep us in the habitable zone.

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  19. Framework’s software and firmware have been a mess, but it’s working on them

    New features, security updates, and Linux support are all on a long to-do list.

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  20. Why there are 861 roguelike deckbuilders on Steam all of a sudden

    9 answers from 8 devs about why combat card games on screens have blown up.

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  21. How to cheat at Super Mario Maker and get away with it for years

    Creator says he "was just at the right place at the right time" to abuse TAS techniques.

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  22. The 2024 Fiat 500e is a $34K EV that appeals to emotion, not logic

    It fits a niche, but it won't suit everyone's needs.

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  23. Moments of totality: How Ars experienced the eclipse

    The 2024 total eclipse is in the books. Here's how it looked across the US.

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  24. A frozen lake and several Lamborghinis provide lessons on traction control

    Electronic traction control is more important than ever as electric motors proliferate.

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  25. The Maven: A user-friendly, $2K Cargo e-bike perfect for families on the go

    The $2K bike is aimed at smaller riders who want a manageable cargo e-bike. It delivers.

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  26. Space experts foresee an “operational need” for nuclear power on the Moon

    “We do anticipate having to deploy nuclear systems on the lunar surface."

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  27. The fine art of human prompt engineering: How to talk to a person like ChatGPT

    People are more like AI language models than you might think. Here are some prompting tips.

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  28. What I learned when I replaced my cheap Pi 5 PC with a no-name Amazon mini desktop

    Pi 5 is still an odd fit for day-to-day desktop use; cheap mini PCs come closer.

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  29. After Concorde, a long road back to supersonic air travel

    Supersonic flight without loud booms? NASA is working on that.

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  30. Explaining why your keyboard feels so darn good—or way too mushy

    Ars Technica's guide to keyboards: Mechanical, membrane, and buckling springs.

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  31. Super Mario Maker’s “final boss” was a fraud all along

    "Team 0%" declares a bittersweet victory as Trimming the Herbs' creator comes clean.

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  32. Elon Musk’s improbable path to making X an “everything app”

    X must do more than tack on new features if it wants WeChat's success.

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  33. Testing the 2024 BMW M2—maybe the last M car with a manual transmission

    We've tested the three-pedal, stickshift BMW M2 on the road and on track.

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  34. Unpatchable vulnerability in Apple chip leaks secret encryption keys

    Fixing newly discovered side channel will likely take a major toll on performance.

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  35. Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

    Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.

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  36. The Super Mario Maker community faces its final boss

    "Team 0%" is struggling to clear "Trimming the Herbs" before an April 8 server shutdown.

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