It's Frontiers Day at Ars Technica! Between the hours of 13:30 and 17:00 (all times US Eastern Daylight, UTC-4:00), we'll be carrying our livestreamed discussion with a half-dozen expert-packed panels...
[photo1]Katherine Alejandra CrossThe masses who settled in to remote or hybrid work during the pandemic are waking up to the fact that Zoom-mediated labor isn't all it was promised to be. Instead...
[photo1]After posting record profits with attorneys working from home, Biglaw firms embarked on an effort to force associates back into the physical office that Inspector Javert feels might be over-th...
Ars Technica is pleased to announce the return of Ars Frontiers, our single-day event that explores tech's most vexing and fascinating issues. This year's event will be held on May 22, and everyone is...
On Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky announced that she'd be stepping down from her position at the end of June. The announcement came the same day that...
[photo1]* Leonard Leo used his Federalist Society contacts to secure $1.6 billion donation, which Politico suggests might "raise questions about its nonpartisan, non-political status." Nope. We had no...
The COVID-19 pandemic was a veritable gold rush for food delivery startups -- as the world shut down, people ordered in. These companies promised rapid delivery of groceries from local stores using bi...
As the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the country in the summer of 2021, another virus--an endemic one spread by mosquitoes--thrashed residents of one Arizona county, causing a record-shattering outbr...
There are about four duck boats lined up directly across the street from this coffee shop. Boston has a knack for reminding you where you are, should you get bonked on the head and suddenly forget wha...
After a nice spike during the first two years of the pandemic, global PC shipments continued to drop for a fourth consecutive quarter. Analyst firm IDC's latest figure has Q1 down 29% from the same ti...
A group of independent international researchers has released its full analysis of newly uncovered metagenomic data collected by the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January and F...
While gun violence has for years been among the leading causes of death for US children, the COVID-19 pandemic sent it skyrocketing to the top cause while widening racial disparities.
On March 28, 2020, as COVID-19 cases began to shut down public life in much of the United States, then-Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory on Twitter: The general public should not wear ma...
[photo1]Anna KramerAfter a dramatic competition that pitted US cities against one another, years of contested planning, and claims of unwavering commitment despite the pandemic, Amazon now says its pl...
Home fitness had a huge moment at the outset of the pandemic -- and understandably so. People were stuck at home, gyms closed and suddenly workout options seemed to dramatically decrease. As with the ...
When talking to investors, you're answering the what (product), why (mission), where (if relevant) and how (strategy and go-to-market). But founders often ignore another important question: Why now?Wh...
[photo1]Despite what the Federal Reserve keeps saying, the looming recession is more hypothetical than real. Tech companies are taking a hit as Facebook's foray into janky VR chatrooms and Tesla's... ...
[photo1]In their second annual legal industry report, our friends at MyCase and LawPay surveyed over 2,300 legal professionals during August and September 2022.They particularly wanted to look into th...
There's no denying that the robotics startup world has taken a hit during the ongoing economic downturn. Recent numbers prove what we've all suspected for some time. But two things are true: 1) The lu...
The World Health Organization on Monday renewed its declaration that the COVID-19 pandemic constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)--the agency's highest leve...