Modern technology builds on abstractions. Most application programmers today don’t know what a non-maskable interrupt is, nor should they have to. Even fewer understand register coloring or ...

The key to working at a place like Ars Technica is solid news judgment. I’m talking about the kind of news judgment that knows whether a pet peeve is merely a pet peeve or whether it is, instead, a ...

As Korea’s stock market races to record highs, the country’s retail investors are responding with humor — and artificial intelligence (AI). This week, social media platforms have been flooded with ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by Kurt Schlosser on Jan 8, 2026 at ...

A list of the world’s most misunderstood creatures includes sharks, bats and us—at least when we talk about our careers. LinkedIn estimates one in five Americans has a job that didn’t exist in 2000.

Politics. Football. And now – AI? Add artificial intelligence to the potential sources of Thanksgiving dinner quarrels this year. Maybe Uncle Larry wants to know if the robots are coming for your job.

Researchers have unveiled a new model for the universe’s birth that replaces cosmic inflation with gravitational waves as the driving force behind creation. Their simulations show that gravity and ...

In my testing, the Epson EcoTank ET-2980 was my favorite printer that included a scanner. I've continued to use the EcoTank long-term for the past few months, and I've been consistently impressed with ...

Strange software bugs. Could benefit from extra light. No mobile device compatibility. Requires a computer. As a chronic tinkerer, I’ve always wished there was a simple, efficient, and effective way ...