Dragonsweeper is my favorite game of 2025 (so far)
While writing a wide-ranging history of Windows Minesweeper for Boss Fight Books in 2023, I...
Tesla turns to Texas to test its autonomous “Cybercab”
If you live or drive in Austin, Texas, you might start seeing some new-looking Teslas...
Citing EV “rollercoaster” in US, BMW invests in internal combustion
BMW has pledged to continue investing in combustion engine and hybrid technology as it warned...
CenturyLink nightmares: Users keep asking Ars for help with multi-month outages
CenturyLink hasn’t broken its annoying habit of leaving customers without service for weeks or months...
Punch-Out’s Mike Tyson has been defeated in under two minutes for the first time
Since Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out was first released on the NES in 1987, millions of players...
Feds putting the kibosh on national EV charging program
The US Department of Transportation has ordered states to kill their implementation plans related to...
National Institutes of Health radically cuts support to universities
Grants paid by the federal government have two components. One covers the direct costs of...
The Sims re-release shows what’s wrong with big publishers and single-player games
It’s the year 2000 all over again, because I’ve just spent the past week playing...
Measles outbreak erupts in one of Texas’ least vaccinated counties
Health officials in Texas are battling a growing measles outbreak in an area that has...
Boeing has informed its employees that NASA may cancel SLS contracts
The primary contractor for the Space Launch System rocket, Boeing, is preparing for the possibility...
Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction
On Wednesday, a New York-based app developer named Isaac Gemal debuted a new site called...
Football Manager 25 canceled in a refreshing show of concern for quality
There are only two licensed professional sports games included in Wikipedia’s “List of video games...
UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, reports say
The United Kingdom issued a secret order requiring Apple to create a backdoor for government...
Lawsuit tries to block DOGE’s access to student loan data
The Department of Education (DOE) was sued Friday by a California student association demanding an...
The EV transition hits some snags at Porsche and Audi
Life isn’t so easy for automotive manufacturers right now. Take Porsche, which just published preliminary...