Among the changes mentioned in yesterday’s Nintendo Switch 2 presentation was a note that the new console doesn’t just support MicroSD Express cards for augmenting the device’s 256GB of internal...
Samsung turns to China to boost its ailing semiconductor division
Samsung has turned to Chinese technology groups to prop up its ailing semiconductor division, as it struggles to secure big US customers despite investing tens of billions of dollars in...
Hands-on with the Switch 2: It’s the Switch, too
It’s bigger, it’s more powerful, and it has some weird Nintendo control gimmicks. That’s my hand on a Switch 2. Hence the term “hands-on” Credit: Kyle Orland That’s my hand...
First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80
Not all game releases will follow Nintendo’s pricing formula. The Switch 2 release of Street Fighter 6 Year 1-2 Fighters Edition retails for $60, and Square Enix’s remastered Bravely Default...
RFK Jr.‘s bloodbath at HHS: Blowback grows as losses become clearer
Last week, Health Secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the Trump administration would hack off nearly a quarter of employees at the Department of Health and Human...
Genres are bustin’ out all over in Strange New Worlds S3 teaser
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns this summer with ten new episodes. Paramount+ has dropped a tantalizing one-minute teaser for the upcoming third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.,...
Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them
Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are tremendously fond of fermented foodstuffs. Technically, it’s the yeast they crave, produced by yummy rotting fruit, but they can consume quite a lot of ethanol...
Google shakes up Gemini leadership, Google Labs head taking the reins
On the heels of releasing its most capable AI model yet, Google is making some changes to the Gemini team. A new report from Semafor reveals that longtime Googler Sissie...
A look at the Switch 2’s initial games, both familiar and what-the-heck
You can read a lot more about original Switch games’ compatibility on the Switch 2, “Editions,” and upgrade packs elsewhere in Ars’ Switch 2 launch coverage. AAA games of recent...
Vast pedophile network shut down in Europol’s largest CSAM operation
Europol has shut down one of the largest dark web pedophile networks in the world, prompting dozens of arrests worldwide and threatening that more are to follow. Launched in 2021,...
More Fun With GPT-4o Image Generation
Greetings from Costa Rica! The image fun continues. Fun is being had by all, now that OpenAI has dropped its rule about not mimicking existing art styles. Sam Altman (2:...
Unshittification: 3 tech companies that recently made my life… better
Enshittification is not the only option. I’ve been complaining about tech a lot recently, and I don’t apologize for it. Complaining feels great. That feeling of beleaguered, I-against-the-world self-righteousness? Highly...
Nintendo offers a detailed look at Switch 2 ahead of June 5 launch
As seen previously, the Joy-Cons will be bigger than on the original Switch, and feature larger shoulder buttons on the inside edges. The system itself has a larger, “more sturdy”...
2025 Audi RS e-tron GT: More range, more power, still drives like an Audi
New motors, new battery The front electric motor has revised electronics and a new pulse inverter, and the rear motor is a new version with a higher density of copper...
Honda will sell off historic racing parts, including bits of Senna’s V10
Honda’s motorsport division must be doing some spring cleaning. Today, the Honda Racing Corporation announced that it’s getting into the memorabilia business, offering up parts and even whole vehicles for...
First tokamak component installed in a commercial fusion plant
A tokamak moves forward as two companies advance plans for stellarators. There are a remarkable number of commercial fusion power startups, considering that it’s a technology that’s built a reputation...
“Chaos” at state health agencies after US illegally axed grants, lawsuit says
Nearly half of US states sued the federal government and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today in a bid to halt the termination of $11...
Apple enables RCS messaging for Google Fi subscribers at last
With RCS, iPhone users can converse with non-Apple users without losing the enhanced features to which they’ve become accustomed in iMessage. That includes longer messages, HD media, typing indicators, and...
What we’re expecting from Nintendo’s Switch 2 announcement Wednesday
Implausible: Long-suffering Earthbound fans have been hoping for a new game in the series (or even an official localization of the Japan-exclusive Mother 3) for literal decades now. Personally, though,...
The timeless genius of a 1980s Atari developer and his swimming salmon masterpiece
Williams’ success with APX led him to create several games for Synapse Software, including the beloved Alley Cat and the incomprehensible fantasy masterpiece Necromancer, before moving to the Amiga, where...
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