Tech Releases

Apple cancels AirPower wireless charging mat

British Microsoft, Nintendo hacker given 18 month sentence

Boston Dynamics’ latest robot is a mechanical ostrich that loads pallets

Apple apologizes for failing MacBook keyboards yet again

Xiaomi teases world’s fastest-charging smartphone with “100W” quick charge

Microsoft exec bans company from pulling any dumb April Fools’ pranks

Google brings AMP to email, turning your inbox into an app

How Microsoft found a Huawei driver that opened systems to attack

Apple releases iOS 12.2 with support for News+ service, new AirPods

Apple finally enters TV streaming space with new Apple TV+ service

Apple unveils Apple Arcade subscription service for iOS, Mac, Apple TV games

Apple News+: a newsstand of 300 glossy magazines published for $9.99/month

Liveblog: Apple unveils its TV service and more at the March 25 “It’s show time” event

Mini-review: Fitbit sticks to the bare necessities in the $159 Versa Lite

HMD admits the Nokia 7 Plus was sending personal data to China

Clippy briefly resurrected as Teams add-on, brutally taken down by brand police

Windows Virtual Desktop now in public preview

Windows 10 builds coming thick and fast as 1903 nears completion

Apple’s new AirPods have Hey Siri, 50% more battery life, wireless charging

Google will implement a Microsoft-style browser picker for EU Android devices

Guidemaster: The best Windows ultrabooks you can buy right now

Nvidia expanding DirectX raytracing to GeForce 10, 16 series cards

Google jumps into gaming with Google Stadia streaming service

HP goes pro with its newest VR headset

Google, Microsoft work together for a year to figure out new type of Windows flaw

Apple updates $499 iPad Air, $399 iPad mini ahead of services event next week

Android Q hands-on—Notification panel tweaks, new settings, and privacy controls

Any Steam game can now use Valve’s low-latency, DoS-proofed networking

TV, magazines, and maybe iPads: What to expect from Apple’s March 25 event

The Ars Technica System Guide, Winter 2019: The one about the servers

It looks like Windows 10 Home can now defer updates for 35 days

Android Q Beta is out, with support for foldables, a new share menu, and more

Microsoft brings (some of) DirectX 12 to Windows 7 to boost WoW multithreading

Google Hardware makes cuts to laptop and tablet development, cancels products

All signs point to a Google game console announcement at GDC

Windows 10 is getting smarter about updates that don’t work

Windows 7 end-of-life nag messages will start showing up next month

Beyond Bandersnatch: Netflix plans to “double down” on interactive TV

Fitbit Inspire HR review: A worthy $99 investment in your health

“It’s show time:” Apple confirms March 25 event at the Steve Jobs Theater

Microsoft brings Oracle’s open source DTrace tracing to Windows

Microsoft’s new Skype for Web client: An early taste of the browser monoculture

The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings

Dealmaster: Nintendo discounts a bunch of Mario games for “MAR10 Day”

A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3

SXSWarren: A day later, Elizabeth Warren defends her Big Tech breakup proposal

Disney to close “vault” for good as it moves film library to streaming service

Windows 10 passes 800 million devices

calc.exe is now open source; there’s surprising depth in its ancient code

Zuckerberg: Facebook will shift focus to private networks instead of open ones

Samsung is reportedly working on three different foldable smartphones

Microsoft is first major cloud provider to open African data centers

iFixit opens up the Galaxy S10, revealing tiny in-display fingerprint sensor

Apple changes repair policy to accept iPhones with third-party batteries

Gorilla Glass-maker plans to produce glass suitable for folding iPhones

Steven Spielberg will campaign to bar streaming movies from the Oscars

Android TV bug appears to share your photos with random strangers

Thunderbolt 3 becomes USB4, as Intel’s interconnect goes royalty-free

Mini-review: 24 hours with Dell’s fanciest Chromebook yet

Amazon to launch new grocery store business alongside Whole Foods Market