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• Lego debuts the 'Smart Brick,' a true successor to the BlackBerry and more (zdnet.com)
  Owen Poole covers some of the biggest news from CES, including Lego introducing the 'Smart Brick,' a new phone with an old-school design an…
• I tried TCL's new e-paper tablet at CES, and it's a ReMarkable alternative in the best way (zdnet.com)
  The matte color display makes digital paper feel less like a compromise. Check it out.
• My favorite contact apps for every platform - including one I built with AI (zdnet.com)
  Contact apps are an important tool for busy lives. But which one should you be using? Here's my short list of favorites.
• Big ball of dust (arstechnica.com)
  Over the past few months there has been a storm brewing on Mars. What started as an innocent looking dust storm in June, it has spawned sev…
• This bone conduction lollipop played music in my mouth at CES, and I'm speechless (zdnet.com)
  Lollipop Star uses bone conduction technology to play music through your mouth.
• The big laptop announcements from CES 2026 (zdnet.com)
  There were a lot of laptops unveiled at the big tech show in Las Vegas for 2026, and here are some of the highlights.
• Go Inside Uber's 'Luxurious Robotaxi' Collab With Lucid and Nuro (zdnet.com)
  The autonomous Lucid Gravity is slated to start picking up passengers later this year, starting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Lawmakers want to ban AI companies from selling your health data (theverge.com)
  Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) will debut a new version of the Health and Location Data Protect…
• Tron 1 robot is scary fast and hard to break (zdnet.com)
  Check out our hands-on exclusive demo of the $20,000 Tron 1 from LimX Dynamics.
• Clicks Communicator hands-on: The 'do stuff and not doomscroll' phone (zdnet.com)
  This Android handset is meant to be a secondary phone, optimized for messaging. It has a BlackBerry-like physical keyboard, a headphone jac…
• Physical Home Networking: An Installation Guide (arstechnica.com)
  Ars shows you how to isntall all your networking gear for a wired house.
• No, Microsoft Office was not renamed Microsoft 365 Copilot - here's why you're confused (zdnet.com)
  With Microsoft's bewildering naming conventions, the mistake is easy to make. But Office is still Office, at least when it's not Microsoft…
• From 1,000Hz refresh to 6K resolution: Acer's CES 2026 monitor lineup goes hard (zdnet.com)
  Acer is headlining a slate of four spiffy new monitors, including a 27-inch Predator panel with a true 1,000Hz refresh rate (at 720p). Ther…
• At $499, Apple’s M3-powered iPad Air is a good deal (theverge.com)
  After a bunch of price increases, the M3 iPad Air stands out if you’re looking for the best tablet under $500.
• Case Considerations (arstechnica.com)
  Cases are a subjective fetish for some, yet mere annoyances for others. Our …
• See all the highlights from AMD's keynote at CES 2026 (zdnet.com)
  Here are all the biggest announcements from AMD showcasing the latest chips and hardware that will power the next generation of AI.
• This portable power station kept my essentials running during a snowstorm outage (zdnet.com)
  I tested the EcoFlow Delta 3 Max Plus during a recent power outage, and it didn't flinch, even in cold weather.
• Intellectual property and the good society (arstechnica.com)
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• Watch out Microsoft: Asus' new 2-in-1 takes on the Surface Pro with a bundled keyboard (zdnet.com)
  Microsoft's Surface Pro finds a worthy contender in the Asus ProArt PZ14, just announced at CES 2026.
• Asus has a new 2026 laptop lineup, including a GoPro Edition for mobile creators (zdnet.com)
  There's a bigger ZenBook A16 thin and light laptop, a ProArt GoPro Edition machine, and more.
• The Pentium 4 and the G4e: an Architectural Comparison: Part I (arstechnica.com)
  When the Pentium 4 hit the market in November of 2000, it was the first major …
• Clive Barker's Undying (arstechnica.com)
  Clive Barker, one of fiction's most popular horror minds, puts his talents...
• One of my favorite laptops just got a 16-inch sequel that's lighter than a MacBook Air (zdnet.com)
  A welcome follow-up to last year's 14-inch model, the Zenbook A16 comes with the Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme.
• Mac OS X 10.0 (arstechnica.com)
  Mac OS X is Apple's new operating system. I've said it before and I'll say it again: the "X" is pronounced "ten", like the roman number, no…
• Windows 2000 memory subsystem tweaking (arstechnica.com)
  The ins and outs of the Windows 2000 memory subsystem.
• Windows Product Activation: an early look (arstechnica.com)
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• Macworld Expo San Francisco 2001 (arstechnica.com)
  Apple wants you to forget the year 2000, not-so-affectionately known as the …
• Do you work with multiple browsers? You'll love this free MacOS app - see why (zdnet.com)
  Browser Picker makes switching between multiple default web browsers so easy, you have to try it to believe it.
• The Game.Ars Report (arstechnica.com)
  The first annual Game.Ars ?ber Game of the Year Awards...
• You can track your glucose levels in the Withings app now - here's how (zdnet.com)
  At CES 2026, Withings partnered with Abbott to offer continuous glucose monitoring.
• G4 Cube & Cinema Display (arstechnica.com)
  A Review of both the Apple G4 Cube, and matching Apple Cinema Display...
• These 3 Windows file managers made me ditch File Explorer - and they're free (zdnet.com)
  If you're not happy with the default Windows file manager, you're in luck because there are plenty of options that improve on the original.
• Should we bet on when we get the first Polymarket-related wildfire? (theverge.com)
  Forget for a moment that it’s morally disgusting to let people bet on wildfires; people have already spent $1.2 million doing it. The real…
• The Sims: Livin' Large (arstechnica.com)
  Livin' Large is something we at Ars know a lot about. Mind you, Hannibal's …
• This robot vacuum has legs to hop and climb and clean (zdnet.com)
  The Roborock Saros Rover uses its legs to lift the robot vacuum category to new heights. It can lift itself over obstacles, climb stairs an…
• Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router, Model BEFSR41 (arstechnica.com)
  A breif rundown and a setup walkthrough of the Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL …
• Macworld Expo NY 2000 (arstechnica.com)
  Last year's Macworld Expo in New York introduced us to the iBook, Apple's much …
• RAM Guide Part I: DRAM and SDRAM basics (arstechnica.com)
  It's long been a truism that, no matter what kind of system you have, the best …
• New Luna Band offers voice-based health tracking - no screen or subscription needed (zdnet.com)
  The smart band enables logging of your health information without ever opening the app, and it could take on Whoop.
• Honda Insight: Hybrid gasoline-electric car (arstechnica.com)
  After the first few minutes of test driving my friend's new Honda Insight, I …
• Mac OS X Q&A (arstechnica.com)
  Four articles tracking Mac OS X's progress have come and gone in this series...
• First look: Asus' wild ROG G1000 gaming PC previews a holographic future for desktop design (zdnet.com)
  I challenge any PC-maker at CES 2026 to serve up a more eye-catching desktop design than the Asus ROG G1000, which comes with outrageous da…
• BeOS R5: Personal versus Professional (arstechnica.com)
  After Gobe announced that they were to be the North American distributor of R5 …
• Ars Technica's PDF Library (arstechnica.com)
  Looking for Ars Technica PDFs? Look no further. Note, however, that PDFs are …
• I tried both of HP's top-level Omnibook ultraportables, new at CES 2026. Which one is best for you? (zdnet.com)
  These two new top-end OmniBooks from HP each have their own strengths. I got to try them both in advance of the show.
• Use Google AI Overview for health advice? It's 'really dangerous,' investigation finds (zdnet.com)
  Google's AI in Search served up false and misleading health information, according to an investigation by The Guardian.
• Mac OS X DP4 (arstechnica.com)
  The next chapter in Mac OS X's seemingly interminable march towards release …
• Alexa+ users can chat with Amazon's AI assistant on the web now - here's how and where (zdnet.com)
  Amazon announced a dedicated Alexa+ website, enabling users to interact with the virtual assistant in a manner similar to how they can with…
• The PlayStation2 vs. the PC: a system-level comparison of two 3D platforms (arstechnica.com)
  A look at the aspects of the PS2 that make it fundamentaly different from the …
• Considering the possible impact of an open PS2 (arstechnica.com)
  Sony isn't "opening" the PS2's format in the sense that they're …