Andrew Ferrer

Samsung’s Micro RGB TV isn’t real Micro LED—but it’s so good you may not even care

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The $30,000 TV brings a new, colourful conversation to home theaters. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 22, 2025  Samsung provided ground transportation from Brooklyn, New York, to Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, so Ars could demo its Micro RGB TV. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, New Jersey—Micro LED is still years away, but the next […]

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Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year

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Google says it’s no different than checking IDs at the airport. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 22, 2025  Android’s open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its next security initiative could make the

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College student’s “time travel” AI experiment accidentally outputs real 1834 history

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Hobbyist training AI on Victorian texts gets an unexpected history lesson from his own creation. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 22, 2025  A hobbyist developer building AI language models that speak Victorian-era English “just for fun” got an unexpected history lesson this week when his latest creation mentioned real protests from 1834 London—events the developer didn’t know had

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With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people

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Why AI chatbots validate grandiose fantasies about revolutionary discoveries that don’t exist. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 22, 2025  Allan Brooks, a 47-year-old corporate recruiter, spent three weeks and 300 hours convinced he’d discovered mathematical formulas that could crack encryption and build levitation machines. According to a New York Times investigation, his million-word conversation history with an AI chatbot

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Roku gets frugal with the content and price of its new streaming service

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The content selection isn’t amazing, but the price is. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 21, 2025  At a time when subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming services keep getting more expensive and their ads more extensive, Roku’s new streaming service, Howdy, is worth a closer look. Howdy launched today in the US for $3 per month. It is currently only accessible via a web

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Explaining the Internet’s obsession with Silksong, which (finally) comes out Sept. 4

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Hollow Knight fans found strange ways to cope with impatience and anticipation. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 21, 2025  Hollow Knight: Silksong will be released on September 4. It will come out simultaneously on Windows, macOS, Linux, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, the Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Switch 2. On paper, “game gets release date” isn’t particularly groundbreaking news, and

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Google search boss says AI isn’t killing search clicks

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Liz Reid says Google’s data shows AI is generating consistent clicks and better experiences. Andrew Ferrer– Aug 21, 2025  Google has often bristled at the implication that its obsession with AI search is harming web traffic, and now search head Liz Reid has penned a blog post on the topic. According to Reid, clicks aren’t declining, AI is driving

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Microsoft and Asus’ answers to SteamOS and the Steam Deck launch on October 16

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ROG Xbox Ally runs a stripped-down Windows that isn’t publicly available (yet). Andrew Ferrer– Aug 20, 2025  Asus and Microsoft will be launching their ROG Xbox Ally series of handheld gaming PCs starting October 16, according to an Asus announcement that went out today. An Xbox-branded extension of Asus’ existing ROG Ally handheld line, the basic ROG Xbox

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