The last time we did comparative tests of AI models from OpenAI and Google at Ars was in late 2023, when Google’s offering ...

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QCon London 2026 returns March 16–19 with 15 tracks for senior leads. Key sessions cover system integration via MCP, AI ...

The world tried to kill Andy off but he had to stay alive to to talk about what happened with databases in 2025.

I studied computer science at University College Dublin, where the four-year course covered a broad range of topics. We ...

In a new model for user interfaces, agents paint the screen with interactive UI components on demand. Let’s take a look.

Whether quantum computers can actually solve practical problems is one of the biggest unanswered questions of this growing industry – and one that might be answered by researchers in industrial and ...

(via Sabine Hossenfelder) When electricity first emerged as a technology, Edison and Tesla clashed in the “war of currents,” arguing over whether alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) should ...

Fallout season two is kicking off with a bang… Literally, if you’re one of a few unlucky people who cross paths with Mr. House or Hank MacLean. But what is that’s making people’s heads go bang? We ...

We explain how aluminium went from a luxury metal to a world changing material. In the 1800s it was more expensive than gold. New refining methods dropped the price from $1.200 per kilo to just $1.