In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe has gone from “barely maintained” to “it writes for you”
AI features in Windows are gradually becoming more widespread and inescapable.
Andrew Cunningham
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Tech // Product News & Reviews
Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike battery
Tiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes.
Kevin Purdy
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Mozilla is killing its Pocket and Fakespot services to focus on Firefox
Browser maker shifts resources to "new Firefox features that people need most."
Kevin Purdy
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“How you design the beep is important.” Behind the movement for calmer gadgets.
Warm lights, tactile buttons, intuitive usage.
Scharon Harding
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Glass redux: Google aims to avoid past mistakes as it brings Gemini to your face
Google didn't get it right with Glass, but Android XR is ready for the AI era, even if you aren't.
Ryan Whitwam
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What I learned from my first few months with a Bambu Lab A1 3D printer, part 1
One neophyte's first steps into the wide world of 3D printing.
Andrew Cunningham
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131
I helped a lost dog’s AirTag ping its owner: An ode to replaceable batteries
The most repair-friendly device Apple makes needs to stick with coin batteries.
Kevin Purdy
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Google pretends to be in on the joke, but its focus on AI Mode search is serious
The future of search comes at you fast.
Ryan Whitwam
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Most Read
SilverStone is back with a beige PC case that looks just like your crappy old 486
FLP02 has a throwback facade but can fit a thoroughly modern PC inside.
Andrew Cunningham
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AMD’s $299 Radeon RX 9060 XT brings 8GB or 16GB of RAM to fight the RTX 5060
New midrange RDNA 4 GPUs launch starting on June 5, just weeks after RTX 5060.
Andrew Cunningham
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Self-hosting is having a moment. Ethan Sholly knows why.
We interview Ethan Sholly of the selfh.st podcast/newsletter/directory.
Kevin Purdy
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Gemini 2.5 is leaving preview just in time for Google’s new $250 AI subscription
Gemini 2.5 is rolling out everywhere, and you can pay Google $250 per month for more of it.
Ryan Whitwam
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Adobe to automatically move subscribers to pricier, AI-focused tier in June
Monthly fees for multi-app subscribers to rise by up to 16.7 percent.
Scharon Harding
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Microsoft closes 9-year-old feature request, open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux
WSL has also recently added official support for both Fedora and Arch distros.
Andrew Cunningham
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Google to give app devs access to Gemini Nano for on-device AI
New APIs for Google's ML Kit will let developers plug into the on-device AI model.
Ryan Whitwam
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Microsoft’s Surface lineup reportedly losing another of its most interesting designs
Surface Laptop Studio 2 is reportedly no longer being manufactured.
Andrew Cunningham
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45
Google restores Nextcloud user’s file access on Android
Nextcloud's public story of Play Store problems seems to have helped.
Kevin Purdy
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110
Motorola Razr and Razr Ultra (2025) review: Cool as hell, but too much AI
The new Razrs are sleek, capable, and overflowing with AI features.
Ryan Whitwam
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Google DeepMind creates super-advanced AI that can invent new algorithms
AlphaEvolve has already made Google's data centers more efficient and improved Tensor chips.
Ryan Whitwam
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59
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026
Netflix is trying to grow ad revenue quickly.
Scharon Harding
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181
VPN owner shows buyer’s remorse; claims was unaware of lifetime subscriptions
CEO of parent company says "maybe" it should have abandoned VPN business.
Scharon Harding
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Max pivots back to HBO Max as WBD rethinks ability to compete with Netflix
WBD is relenting on trying to get everyone to sign up for its streaming service.
Scharon Harding
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101
US warns companies around the world to stay away from Huawei chips
US aims to toughen export controls on tech used by China to make AI processors.
Financial Times
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Microsoft shares its process (and discarded ideas) for redone Windows 11 Start menu
Updated Start menu design is currently being tested in Windows Insider previews.
Andrew Cunningham
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187
Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design
Google's take on Android is getting brighter and bolder later this year.
Ryan Whitwam
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Office apps on Windows 10 are no longer tied to its October 2025 end-of-support date
Windows 10 will stop getting free security updates on October 14, 2025.
Andrew Cunningham
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105
Samsung reveals the super-slim Galaxy S25 Edge with a laughably small battery
The S25 Edge is impressively thin, but at what cost?
Ryan Whitwam
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163
VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them
"We acknowledge that notifying users after the deactivation was a poor experience..."
Scharon Harding
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330
The tinkerers who opened up a fancy coffee maker to AI brewing
An Ars author slightly surrenders to chatbot-made profiles and automated brews.
Kevin Purdy
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212
Wearables firm’s endless free hardware upgrades were too good to be true
Customers accuse Whoop of baiting and switching as it adjusts its business model.
Scharon Harding
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81
Google’s search antitrust trial is wrapping up—here’s what we learned
Google and the DOJ have had their say; now it's in the judge's hands.
Ryan Whitwam
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Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made
Linus Torvalds sees "zero real reason for anybody to waste one second" on them.
Kevin Purdy
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Kids are short-circuiting their school-issued Chromebooks for TikTok clout
One participant is reportedly facing criminal charges in juvenile court.
Scharon Harding
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Microsoft effectively raises high-end Surface prices by discontinuing base models
Discontinuation of 256GB models gives older Surface PCs an effective price hike.
Andrew Cunningham
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Google hits back after Apple exec says AI is hurting search
Google doesn't think Eddie Cue is right about search.
Ryan Whitwam
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Matter update may finally take the tedium out of setting up your smart home
Matter is taking care of a few common smart home headaches.
Ryan Whitwam
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