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Samuel Axon

Samuel Axon

Senior Reviews Editor at Ars Technica

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  • English
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  • Computers & Technology
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Recent Articles

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Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro adds variable camera aperture and a more powerful chip

There's also a new thermal management system, reducing overheating.
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Report: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 ...

Nvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows.
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With new open models, Meta pitches another reboot of its struggling...

Meta has been trailing competitors. Zuckerberg thinks he's found a way forward.
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New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and ...

19 new maps continue the story from MachineGames' other campaign additions.
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Anthropic will design its own hardware to power Claude

Anthropic and OpenAI are racing to scale up while reducing dependence on Nvidia.
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As Reddit stock falls, CEO questions value of Google’s AI Overviews

Reddit may still be considering ending its licensing deal with Google.
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Tim Cook passes the baton in Apple’s Q3 2026 earnings call

The iPhone and Mac sold well, but memory costs threaten further price increases.
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With a stateless makeover, new MCP spec targets enterprise scale

Plus, a new policy for the AI protocol ensures features aren't removed suddenly.
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iOS and macOS 26.6 arrive today, paving the way for iOS and macOS 27

These are likely the last updates of note before Apple's bigger fall updates.
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Anthropic’s Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap

Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
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Beyond grep: The case for a context-rich AI coding harness

Augment Code's Vinay Perneti talks models, harnesses, and context.
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Engineer identifies and explains every ’90s computer seen in Jurass...

Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.
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Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models

Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled.
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Facing US export controls, China’s DeepSeek plans to make its own c...

It's early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.
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OpenAI and Broadcom announce chip designed for LLM inference at scale

The silicon race is heating up amid the struggle to keep up with demand.
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Hotly anticipated Grand Theft Auto VI will cost more than other AAA...

GTA6 might be an outlier, though—at least for now.
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SpaceX to acquire AI coding platform Cursor for $60 billion

Separately, neither could compete. Now they hope they can.
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Here’s what Jeff Bezos’ new startup Prometheus will do

It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.
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A respectable port of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition invades...

The port seems solid, and all DLC is supported—but there's no crossplay, sadly.
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I spent years forcing myself to finish The Witcher 3 —don’t repeat ...

Consensus and genre labels aren't reliable predictors of what you'll enjoy.
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Civilization VII finally lets you build a civ that stands the test ...

Civ 7’s devs talk walking back the game's most controversial decision.