Please turn JavaScript on
header-image

Ars Technica - Gear & Gadgets

Is this your feed? Claim it!

Publisher:  Unclaimed!
Message frequency:  8.05 / week

Message History

There is concern that subscribers might be negatively affected if Netflix acquires Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD's) streaming and movie studios businesses. One of the biggest fears is that the merger would lead...


Read full story

Though it was finally replaced last year by the new Switch 2, the orginal switch isn't done just yet. Many recent Switch games (and a handful of major updates, like the one for Animal Crossing) have been released in both Switch and Switch 2 editions, and Nintendo continues to sell all editions of the original console as entry-level systems for those who can't pay $45...


Read full story

Crunchyroll is one of the most popular streaming platforms for anime viewers. Over the past six years, the service has raised prices for fans, and today, it announced that it's increasing monthly subscription prices by up to 20 percent.


Read full story

The ongoing AI-fueled shortages of memory and storage chips has hit RAM kits and SSDs for PC builders the fastest and hardest, meaning it's likely that, for other products that use these chips, we'll be seeing price hikes for the entire rest of the year, if not for longer.

The latest price hike news comes courtesy of Raspberry Pi CEO Eben Upton, who


Read full story

Intel's Core Ultra lineup of desktop and laptop processors has been frustrating to review. None of them has been across-the-board awful or totally without redeeming qualities. But Intel has struggled mightily this decade to produce new processors that are straightforward, easy-to-recommend improvements over their predecessors.

The company's 12th- and 13th-generation Co...


Read full story