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Super Mario Maker 2 becomes Super Zelda Maker with playable Link

Link from the series is among the new characters coming to in a free downloadable update coming Dec. 5. ...

An Ariane rocket launches for the 250th time—the views were jawdropping

Last week, an Ariane 5 rocket launched from Europe's primary spaceport in French Guiana. Normally, such launches garner little attention outside of...

Dealmaster: The Cyber Monday tech deals worth knowing about

Greetings, Arsians! The Dealmaster is back with a jumbo-sized roundup of hand-picked Cyber Monday tech deals. To be candid, many of the discounts...

How neural networks work—and why they’ve become a big business

The last decade has seen remarkable improvements in the ability of computers to understand the world around them. Photo software automatically recognizes people's...

Never mind the naysayers: Emoji are a vital part of online communication

A rich history The emergence of emoticons and emoji has been driven by rapid technological changes as the Internet became a dominant force for...

That time a monkey flew to the edge of space and then smashed into a destroyer

Update: It's the last day of Thanksgiving weekend in the US, meaning most Ars staffers are navigating traffic as opposed to potential...

Never Surrender is a heartfelt tribute to sci-fi action comedy Galaxy Quest

, the glorious 1999 science fiction action comedy starring Tim Allen and Sigourney Weaver (among others), will turn 20 on December 25 of...

Quantum computing’s also-rans and their fatal flaws 

Last month, Google claimed to have achieved quantum supremacy—the overblown name given to the step of proving quantum computers can deliver something that...

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