Ars Technica Features

1. Google has a useful quantum algorithm that outperforms a supercomputer

   An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer.

2. MacBook Pro review: Apple’s most awkward laptop is the first to show off Apple M5

   Apple M5 trades blows with Pro and Max chips from older generations.

3. Should an AI copy of you help decide if you live or die?

   Doctors share top concerns of AI surrogates aiding life-or-death decisions.

4. Yes, everything online sucks now—but it doesn’t have to

   Ars chats with Cory Doctorow about his new book Enshittification.

5. Inside the web infrastructure revolt over Google’s AI Overviews

   Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince is making sweeping changes to force Google's hand.

6. ROG Xbox Ally X: The Ars Technica review

   The first portable “Xbox” fails to unify a messy world of competing PC gaming platforms.

7. Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement

   New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.

8. “Like putting on glasses for the first time”—how AI improves earthquake detection

   AI is “comically good” at detecting small earthquakes—here’s why that matters.

9. We’re about to find many more interstellar interlopers—here’s how to visit one

   "You don't have to claim that they're aliens to make these exciting."

10. Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold review: The ultimate Google phone

    Google delivers another phone that is slightly better than its predecessor—is that enough?

11. Elon Musk tries to make Apple and mobile carriers regret choosing Starlink rivals

    SpaceX Starlink's mobile power play: 50 MHz of spectrum and 15,000 new satellites.

12. Apple iPhone 17 Pro review: Come for the camera, stay for the battery

    If your iPhone is your main or only camera, the iPhone 17 Pro is for you.

13. How America fell behind China in the lunar space race—and how it can catch back up

    Thanks to some recent reporting, we've found a potential solution to the Artemis blues.

14. In their own words: The Artemis II crew on the frenetic first hours of their flight

    "Then you go do like, the most energetic thing you've ever done in your life."

15. The SUV that saved Porsche goes electric, and the tech is interesting

    It will be most powerful production Porsche ever, but that's not the cool bit.

16. ZR1, GTD, and America’s new Nürburgring war

    Ford and Chevy set near-identical lap times with very different cars; we drove both.

17. You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboard—here’s why

    Don't know what a keyboard stabilizer is? You're about to find out.

18. Apple iPhone 17 review: Sometimes boring is best

    The least exciting iPhone this year is also the best value for the money.

19. Review: Apple’s iPhone Air is a bunch of small changes that add up to something big

    An interesting iPhone despite throttling, worse battery, and single-lens camera.

20. A history of the Internet, part 3: The rise of the user

    The reins of the Internet are handed over to ordinary users—with uneven results.