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I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.
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I wanted a clock that never needed setting. Things escalated.
Sure, maybe your clock has a backup battery, but mine has a deployment pipeline! Rapid prototyping! Rapid prototyping! I wanted a clock that, annoyingly, didn’t seem to exist. Since childhood, my bedside clocks have been a series of red, seven-segment LED clock-radio specials from Walmart or Target. They are invariably cheap, simple, and long-lived—but they require manual intervention at the start and end of Daylight Saving Time and whenever the power flickers.
Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it!
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Ars is looking for a senior technology reporter, and you might be it!
If you’re a skilled writer with outsize technology chops who gets excited by the idea of taking the Ars audience with you as you go hands-on with hardware—all kinds of hardware!—then this position has your name all over it. Plus, you get to have me as your boss, and how could that be anything other than awesome?! The job The formal job description and application is right here and has all the specifics and HR stuff, including salary range.
Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
C:\ArsGames takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie. If I had to pick a chunk of the 1990s that feels the most 90s-ish to me, it’d be the two-year stretch between 1996 and 1997. 1996 saw me graduating from high school and starting college; 1997 saw me meeting my future wife and falling in love.
Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
Anaheim 18 hours ago Fan Expo comic convention in Anaheim for first time Los Angeles Times - Jessica Peralta • 18h Paisley is 14, has heart issues and a bad leg. Scarlett is 11 and was born with a deformed spine. But that doesn’t slow them down.
Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
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On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986's SpaceCamp
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On its 40th anniversary, we reassess 1986’s SpaceCamp var abtest_2156452 = new ABTest(2156452, 'click');
Is it a hidden gem, a cult classic, or hopelessly dumb? We vote “all of the above.” Preparing to go where no teenager has gone before. Preparing to go where no teenager has gone before. Forty years ago, the future seemed just around the corner—and the vehicle that was going to take us there was NASA’s Space Shuttle.
Reassessing 1986's SpaceCamp
1 day ago What's in a name? A lot, actually. One of the best fun facts to throw out at parties is that Nicolas Cage is actually a member of the esteemed Coppola family, which includes directors Sofia Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola, and actor Jason Schwartzman. However, Cage changed his stage moniker from …
In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo
Security researcher Brian Krebs brings us the news that America’s Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has had a large store of plaintext passwords, SSH private keys, tokens, and “other sensitive CISA assets” exposed in a public GitHub repo since at least November 2025. The now-offline public repo—named, somewhat aspirationally, “Private-CISA”—was brought to Krebs’ attention by GitGuardian’s Guillaume Valadon, who was alerted to the repo’s presence by GitGuardian’s public code scans.
In stunning display of stupid, secret CISA credentials found in public GitHub repo
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Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!
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Ars Asks: Share your shell and show us your tricked-out terminals!
A celebration of the tweaks and customizations that make life easier at the CLI. I spend more time today than ever before interacting with terminal windows, which is something I don’t think Past Me would have believed in the early ’90s.
Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work?
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Project Hail Mary is in theaters—but do the linguistics work? var abtest_2146074 = new ABTest(2146074, 'click');
Ars speaks with a linguist about the ease with which Grace and Rocky communicate. The film adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary hits general release today, March 20, and it’s great—go see it! Though a little light on the science, the movie goes hard on the relationship between schoolteacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) and an extraterrestrial named Rocky, and it’s a ride well worth taking.
Verdict: Yes, you should go see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible
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Verdict: Yes, you should go see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible var abtest_2144826 = new ABTest(2144826, 'click');
A brief spoiler-free review of the film, which opens in the US on March 20. Tau Ceti's "Petrova Line," a phenomenon that seems to be tied into the epidemic of stellar dimming affecting all nearby stars. Tau Ceti's "Petrova Line," a phenomenon that seems to be tied into the epidemic of stellar dimming affecting all nearby stars. First, in the plainest language, before we get to anything else, Project Hail Mary is a fantastic film.
Go see Project Hail Mary as soon as possible
“I was naked in a shower, they held me upside-down by my legs and they poured bourbon into my mouth”: How this thrash singer became the new frontman of 21st-century metal stars Children Of Bodom It seems that no big metal band ever breaks up forever, and Children Of Bodom lent credence to that theory last month. Seven years after their split …
So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer-and I feel good about it
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So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer-and I feel good about it
Some semi-unhinged musings on where LLMs fit into my life—and how I’ll keep using them. Welcome to the future. Man, machine, the future. Welcome to the future. Man, machine, the future. I can’t code. I know, I know—these days, that sounds like an excuse. Anyone can code, right?! Grab some tutorials, maybe an O’Reilly book, download an example project, and jump in. It’s just a matter of learning how to break your project into small steps that you can make the computer do, then memorizing a bit of syntax.
So yeah, I vibe-coded a log colorizer—and I feel good about it | Flipboard
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Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
C:\ArsGames looks a vanguard of the multimedia FMV future that never quite came to pass. It’s Christmas of 1994, and I am 16 years old. Sitting on the table in our family room next to a pile of cow-spotted boxes is the most incredible thing in the world: a brand-new Gateway 66MHz Pentium tower, with a 540MB hard disk drive, 8MB of RAM, and, most importantly, a CD-ROM drive.
Wing Commander III: "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"
Kim Kardashian Wears a Tiny Triangle Bra Below Her Sheer Black Lace Catsuit for Reported Date With Lewis Hamilton Kardashian and Hamilton are reportedly enjoying a low-key romantic getaway in the city of lights. Kim Kardashian and her bras are really having a moment. And I suppose that shouldn't be surprising. After all, she is the founder of intimates and shapewear brand Skims—who better to champion the …
Sorting out Space City Weather e-mails in 2026
In brief: Did you sign up for the Space City Weather e-mail forecasts, but stopped receiving them? Try signing up again, and also check your spam filters! If you think you should be receiving email and you’re not, we’ve got some troubleshooting steps to follow and an address where you can report problems if the troubleshooting doesn’t help.
Here are the best Cyber Monday deals we can find
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Here are the best Cyber Monday deals we can find
Today we celebrate the resurrection and return of Optimus Prime…by buying things! After our celebration of Prime Day earlier in the year, last Friday we all somberly marked the passage of Black Friday, the day where we commemorate the passing of the great Optimus Prime during his apocalyptic battle with that foulest and most deceptive of Decepticons, Megatron (may his name and his energon both be forever cursed).
Here are the best Black Friday deals we can find
Buy some laptops, or a streaming stick, to honor the passing of our greatest hero. Earlier in 2025 we celebrated Prime Day—the yearly veneration of the greatest Transformer of all, Optimus Prime (in fact, Optimus Prime is so revered that we often celebrate Prime Day twice!).
Here are the best Black Friday deals we can find
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Synology walks back drive restrictions on upcoming NAS models
Policy change affects at least 2025 model Plus, Value, and J-series DiskStations. If you were considering the purchase of a Synology NAS but were leery of the unreasonably high cost of populating it with special Synology-branded hard disk drives, you can breathe a little easier today.
Welcome to Space City Weather’s new commenting system
Hey all—my name’s Lee, and I run the server side of Space City Weather (and The Eyewall, too!). Today we’re changing how comments work on both sites. We’re moving from WordPress’ built-in commenting system to a new discussion platform called Discourse. The goal is to make it easier for us to moderate conversations, highlight thoughtful contributions, and cut down on off-topic noise.
Dumping Google’s enshittified search for Kagi
I like how the search engine is the product instead of me. Mandatory AI summaries have come to Google, and they gleefully showcase hallucinations while confidently insisting on their truth. I feel about them the same way I felt about mandatory G+ logins when all I wanted to do was access my damn YouTube account: I hate them. Intensely.
Enough is enough-I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi
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Introducing the Ars Technica / GOG store page-let’s buy some retro games!
Some games are old, some are new-ish, but they're all experiences we'd love to share. Greetings, Arsians! We love games here at the Ars Orbiting HQ, and I'm not just talking the latest AAA blockbusters—we love all kinds of games, from modern to ancient and all points in between.
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
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Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark Original
Cause likely not malicious; Red Electrica blames outage on "grid oscillation." National grid operators in Spain and Portugal confirm that a massive electrical blackout has hit the Iberian Peninsula today, starting just a couple of minutes after 12:30 pm Central European Summer Time (10:30 am UTC, or about 6:30 am US Eastern Daylight Time).
Massive power outage in Spain, Portugal leaves millions in dark
2 hours ago A major power outage is reported in Spain and Portugal, disabling their capitals BARCELONA, Spain — A major power outage hit Spain and Portugal on Monday, including their capitals, knocking out subway networks, phone lines, traffic lights and ATM machines. It is rare to have such a widespread outage there.
Recap: Wheel of Time’s third season balefires its way to a hell of a finish
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Wheel of Time recap: The show nails one of the books’ biggest and bestest battles
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Old faces in unexpected places: The Wheel of Time season 3 rolls on
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Tel‘Aran’Rhiod at last-the Wheel of Time reveals the world of dreams
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The Wheel of Time takes us to the world of dreams-and beyond-in episode five Original
Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time books, and they previously brought that knowledge to bear as they recapped each first season episode and second season episode of Amazon's WoT TV series. Now we're back in the saddle for season 3—along with insights, jokes, and the occasional wild theory.
The Wheel of Time delivers on a pivotal fan-favorite moment
Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time books, and they previously brought that knowledge to bear as they recapped each first season episode and second season episode of Amazon’s WoT TV series. Now we’re back in the saddle for season 3—along with insights, jokes, and the occasional wild theory.
The Wheel of Time delivers on a pivotal fan-favorite moment
Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time books, and they previously brought that knowledge to bear as they recapped each first season episode and second season episode of Amazon's WoT TV series. Now we're back in the saddle for season 3—along with insights, jokes, and the occasional wild theory.
The Wheel of Time delivers on a pivotal fan-favorite moment
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I threw away Audible’s app, and now I self-host my audiobooks
We’re an audiobook family at House Hutchinson, and at any given moment my wife or I are probably listening to one while puttering around. We’ve collected a bit over 300 of the things—mostly titles from web sources (including Amazon’s Audible) and from older physical “books on tape” (most of which are actually on CDs).
The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps
Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time books, and they previously brought that knowledge to bear as they recapped each first season episode and second season episode of Amazon’s WoT TV series. Now we’re back in the saddle for season three—along with insights, jokes, and the occasional wild theory.
The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps
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The Wheel of Time is back for season three, and so are our weekly recaps
Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their lives with Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson's Wheel of Time books, and they previously brought that knowledge to bear as they recapped each first season episode and second season episode of Amazon's WoT TV series. Now we're back in the saddle for season three—along with insights, jokes, and the occasional wild theory.
I threw away Audible’s app, and now I self-host my audiobooks
Stream your DRM-free audiobooks to devices yourselves, without the cloud's chains. We’re an audiobook family at House Hutchinson, and at any given moment my wife or I are probably listening to one while puttering around. We've collected a bit over 300 of the things—mostly titles from web sources (including Amazon's Audible) and from older physical "books on tape" (most of which are actually on CDs).
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