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Apple revokes Google’s enterprise iOS certificate, shuts down internal apps

Microsoft promises to make Windows setup error messages useful

Google+ shuts down April 2, all data will be deleted

Microsoft blames chip supply issues for drop in Windows revenue

Bloomberg report reveals details about iOS 13, plus iPhones and iPads through 2020

Facebook and Google offered gift cards for root-level access to iOS users’ data

The Roomba lawnmower is finally happening

Samsung’s next smartphones may have new 1TB storage chip inside

Hands-on with the new Gmail for Android (and iOS)

Apple says iPhones were down 15% last quarter, but everything else was up 19%

Google revamps Gmail for Android and iOS

Huawei Matebook 13 review: A cheaper Matebook X Pro with killer performance

FaceTime bug lets callers hear you before you answer (really)

Apple is rumored to be working on a games subscription service

Apple may be gearing up to release new iPads, 7th-gen iPod Touch soon

Guidemaster: Picking the right Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C dock for your desk

Linux Mint 19.1: A sneaky popular distro skips upheaval, offers small upgrades

Microsoft Office is now available in the Mac App Store

The Nokia 3.1 Plus comes to the US for $160, does entry-level phones right

Apple’s next-gen AirPods may respond to hands-free Siri voice commands

Apple hires a Samsung battery exec, suggesting it may make its own batteries

Samsung Galaxy S10 gets photographed in real life, looks just like you imagined

Hulu will make its basic plan cheaper as Netflix gets pricier

Google planning changes to Chrome that could break ad blockers

Amazon begins testing deliveries with sidewalk drones

Samsung will make 4K OLED panels for premium, 15-inch laptops

The Great Google Hangouts Shutdown begins October 2019

Microsoft renews its push into education with sub-$300 2-in-1s, cheaper pens

Apple releases macOS 10.14.3, iOS 12.1.3, watchOS 5.1.3, and tvOS 12.1.2

“The Linux of social media”—How LiveJournal pioneered (then lost) blogging

Dealmaster: A bunch of Sonos speakers are discounted for the Super Bowl

Western Digital’s Black SSD is now focused on gaming, can come with a heatsink

Withings Pulse HR review: A longer-lasting competitor to Fitbit’s Alta HR

Google’s Fossil deal won’t save Wear OS

Microsoft: Windows 10 Mobile support to end, so use Android or iOS instead

Now That’s What I Call Ars Technica, Volume 1: Favorite stories from Ars’ 20 years

Leaked Android Q build shows off dark mode, improved privacy controls

Google buys $40 million worth of smartwatch tech from Fossil Group

The Motorola Razr is coming back as a smartphone

Windows 10 October 2018 Update is at last being pushed automatically

How running websites has changed in the last two decades (for an Ars IT guru)

Next Windows 10 version will let you search without Cortana’s involvement

Google Play starts manually whitelisting SMS and phone apps

YouTube updates policies to explicitly ban dangerous pranks, challenges

Apple releases official battery cases for iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR

Intel reported to have a new 5GHz chip that’s literally priceless

Microsoft’s fonts catch out another fraudster—this time in Canada

Millions of customers will now pay more for Netflix—here’s how much

Remember when Bill Gates challenged Slash to Guitar Hero? 13 years of Ars at CES

The best PCs, gadgets, and future tech of CES 2019

Windows 7 enters its final year of free support

Apple’s HomePod officially goes on sale in China on January 18

Google kills the Chromecast Audio

VLC media player will add AirPlay support, soon reach three billion downloads

2019 iPhones: Three new handsets, one with a triple-rear-camera setup

Windows 10 will chew up another 7GB of disk space to make sure it can update

Nokia 8.1 Plus render shows off hole punch camera

Etch a Sketch lives on in browser-based Chrome Labs project

A sampling of networking gear from CES: TP-Link goes Wi-Fi 6, D-Link goes 5G

AMD announces the $699 Radeon VII: 7nm Vega, coming February

Lenovo takes on Microsoft’s Surface Studio with its own tilting all-in-one

Tim Cook points at new services and health-tech propelling Apple’s future

Guidemaster: How to buy a Chromebook, plus our best picks

Old, meet new: Sony introduces a wireless turntable for vinyl records

Intel sets out its plans for 2019: Ice Lake, Lakefield, and Project Athena

Lenovo’s Smart Clock is the Google Assistant’s answer to the Echo Spot

Dell finally nixes the up-nose webcam in the new Dell XPS 13

Alienware’s new Area-51m brings a new design, RTX GPUs, and 9th-gen Intel chips

Amazon attempts less creepy delivery by placing packages in your garage

Razer announces a gaming monitor, haptic feedback PC gaming peripherals

Next-generation ThinkPad X1: More carbon fiber for one, aluminum for the other

Lenovo’s Legion laptops are gaming machines you won’t be embarrassed to use

Free GitHub accounts now offer private repos

Soon you’ll be able to buy an OLED TV that can roll up and fold into its base

TIL: Firefox has a little-known feature to spare your blushes on the new-tab page

AT&T decides 4G is now “5G,” starts issues icon-changing software updates

New Samsung Smart TVs will soon have iTunes built in, support AirPlay 2

Samsung sticks Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU inside new Odyssey gaming notebook

Garmin’s Vivoactive 3 Music smartwatch gets LTE (but no music streaming—yet)

Google Assistant flexes on Alexa, announces 1 billion-strong install base

Huawei debuts yet another MacBook-looking laptop: The $999 Matebook 13

Even KitchenAid is making a Google Smart Display—and it’s water resistant

Withings challenges Apple Watch with $129 Move ECG smartwatch

HP adds Core i9 CPUs, Nvidia RTX graphics to elite Omen Obelisk desktop

HP’s new Chromebook x360 14 brings business style to Chrome OS

New Windows 10 build silences Cortana, brings passwordless accounts

Report: Huawei punishes employees behind embarrassing iPhone tweet

LG announces its 2019 OLED TV lineup, plus an 8K monstrosity

Chrome’s getting a dark mode on Windows to match the one for macOS

Apple stock plummets 8% on news of grim Q1 2019 outlook

Netflix delivers a blow to Apple’s services story by ending in-app subscriptions

Windows 10 creeps past Windows 7 usage, latest update barely used

Google’s “Project Soli” radar gesture chip isn’t dead, gets FCC approval

Nokia 9 leak shows off all five rear cameras

Roku Channel now lets users sign up for new streaming services with one click

Let’s kick off 2019 by pondering the dismal future prospects for humanity