Framework “temporarily pausing” some laptop sales because of new tariffs
"We would have to sell the lowest-end SKUs at a loss."
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Andrew Cunningham
Senior Technology Reporter
andrew.cunningham@arstechnica.com
Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica with a focus on consumer tech, including in-depth reviews and updates about operating systems like Windows and macOS. He also covers improvements to computer components like processors and graphics cards, and information about how to keep older hardware useful for as long as possible. He has written about tech since 2011, with bylines at Ars, Anandtech, Wirecutter, and The New York Times. Before that, he worked on the front lines of IT for five years, fixing things and helping people figure their technology out. Andrew has a BA in Classics from Kenyon College and co-hosts a weekly book podcast called Overdue. He lives in Philadelphia, PA. You can also find him on both Mastodon and Bluesky.
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A begrudging defense of Nintendo’s “Game-Key cards” for the Switch 2
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Old faces in unexpected places: The Wheel of Time season 3 rolls on
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Nvidia confirms the Switch 2 supports DLSS, G-Sync, and ray tracing
Nvidia says the Switch 2's GPU is 10 times faster than the original Switch.
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Explaining MicroSD Express cards and why you should care about them
Little-used 2019 standard bridges a gap between internal and external storage.
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First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80
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Review: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft is something less than “a Paperwhite with color”
It's a decent e-reader, but it offers too few benefits for too many drawbacks.
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Apple updates all its operating systems, brings Apple Intelligence to Vision Pro
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There’s a new benchmark in town for measuring performance on Windows 95 PCs
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New Windows 11 build makes mandatory Microsoft Account sign-in even more mandatory
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Newer Kindles get a work-around for touchscreen page-turning in new software update
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The Wheel of Time delivers on a pivotal fan-favorite moment
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Windows 11 updates are accidentally getting rid of Copilot, at least for now
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RCS texting updates will bring end-to-end encryption to green bubble chats
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Apple’s $349 iPad 11 is missing a lot, but it’s still all the iPad most people need
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New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan will pick up where Pat Gelsinger left off
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Leaked GeForce RTX 5060 and 5050 specs suggest Nvidia will keep playing it safe
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Apple M4 MacBook Air review: I have no notes
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AMD says top-tier Ryzen 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs arrive March 12 for $599 and $699
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT review: RDNA 4 fixes a lot of AMD’s problems
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Apple announces M3 Ultra—and says not every generation will see an “Ultra” chip
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Apple intros new Mac Studio models with M4 Max and… M3 Ultra?
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MacBook Air gets the M4, a new blue color, up to 32GB of RAM, and a $100 price cut
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 review: No, it’s not “4090 performance at $549”
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Framework gives its 13-inch Laptop another boost with Ryzen AI 300 CPU update
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