Review: Stranger Things’ frustrating finale didn’t quite stick the landing
Here are the launches and landings we’re most excited about in 2026
Motorola reveals the Razr Fold, a book-style foldable launching this summer
HP’s EliteBoard G1a is a Ryzen-powered Windows 11 PC in a membrane keyboard
With GeForce Super GPUs missing in action, Nvidia focuses on software upgrades
Letting prisons jam contraband phones is a bad idea, phone companies tell FCC
Dell’s XPS revival is a welcome reprieve from the “AI PC” fad
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/01/dells-xps-revival-is-a-welcome-reprieve-from-the-ai-pc-fad/
News orgs want OpenAI to dig up millions of deleted ChatGPT logs
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/news-orgs-want-openai-to-dig-up-millions-of-deleted-chatgpt-logs/
Appeals court upholds block on one of Trump’s cuts to research funds
Nvidia’s new G-Sync Pulsar monitors target motion blur at the human retina level
Ørsted seeks injunction against US government over project freeze
Latest Avengers: Doomsday teaser highlights X-Men
https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/01/latest-avengers-doomsday-teaser-highlights-x-men/
Spot the difference: Sony’s electric car gets a crossover version
Private equity deal shows just how far America’s legacy rocket industry has fallen
Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, made using its long-awaited 18A process
AMD reheats last year’s Ryzen AI and X3D CPUs for 2026’s laptops and desktops
NASA’s science budget won’t be a train wreck after all
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/nasas-science-budget-wont-be-a-train-wreck-after-all/
Under anti-vaccine RFK Jr., CDC slashes childhood vaccine schedule
The nation’s strictest privacy law just took effect, to data brokers’ chagrin
Anna’s Archive loses .org domain, says suspension likely unrelated to Spotify piracy