Tuxedo won’t sell a Linux laptop with Qualcomm Snapdragon X after all

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series processor made a big splash when they first hit the scene last year, because they were the first Arm-based chips for Windows PCs that promised competitive performance with the Intel and AMD processors that have domi…

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series processor made a big splash when they first hit the scene last year, because they were the first Arm-based chips for Windows PCs that promised competitive performance with the Intel and AMD processors that have dominated the market for decades. But what about PCs that don’t run Windows? Last June German PC […]

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Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds

Tech firms dare to dream chip tariffs may go away amid rumors of delays.

For months, the Trump administration has warned that semiconductor tariffs are coming soon, leaving the tech industry on pins and needles after a chaotic year of unpredictable tariff regimes collectively cost firms billions.

The semiconductor tariffs are key to Donald Trump’s economic agenda, which is intended to force more manufacturing into the US by making it more expensive to import materials and products. He campaigned on axing the CHIPS Act—which provided subsidies to companies investing in manufacturing chips in the US—complaining that it was a “horrible, horrible thing” to “give hundreds of billions of dollars” away when the US could achieve the same objective by instead taxing companies and “use whatever is left over” of CHIPS funding to “reduce debt.” However, as 2025 winds down, the US president faces pressure on all sides to delay semiconductor tariffs, insiders told Reuters, and it appears that he is considering caving.

According to “two people with direct knowledge of the matter and a third person briefed on the conversations,” US officials have privately told industry and government stakeholders that semiconductor tariffs will likely be delayed.

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Black Friday 2025 mobile tech deals

Black Friday is officially the day after Thanksgiving, and this year that means that many retailers will be offering deep discounts on November 28, 2025. But a lot of those retailers aren’t waiting until then to kick off their sales. So you can a…

Black Friday is officially the day after Thanksgiving, and this year that means that many retailers will be offering deep discounts on November 28, 2025. But a lot of those retailers aren’t waiting until then to kick off their sales. So you can already score deals on laptops, tablets, smartphones, eReaders, headphones and earbuds, and many […]

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Ubisoft: “Ich bin rundherum perfekt”, findet die KI

Golem hat es ausprobiert: Ein Shooter-Prototyp verbindet KI, Roboter und einen frechen Oberaufseher zu einem erstaunlich glaubwürdigen Erlebnis. Ein Hands-on von Peter Steinlechner (KI, Ubisoft)

Golem hat es ausprobiert: Ein Shooter-Prototyp verbindet KI, Roboter und einen frechen Oberaufseher zu einem erstaunlich glaubwürdigen Erlebnis. Ein Hands-on von Peter Steinlechner (KI, Ubisoft)

Chris Hemsworth and dad fight Alzheimer’s with a trip down memory lane

Ars chats with director Tom Barbor-Might about new National Geographic documentary A Road Trip to Remember.

Millions of people around the world are living with the harsh reality of Alzheimer’s disease, which also significantly impacts family members. Nobody is immune, as A-list actor Chris Hemsworth discovered when his own father was recently diagnosed. The revelation inspired Hemsworth to embark on a trip down memory lane with his father, which took them to Australia’s Northern Territory. The experience was captured on film for A Road Trip To Remember, a new documentary film from National Geographic.

Director Tom Barbor-Might had worked with Hemsworth on the latter’s documentary series, Limitless, also for National Geographic. Each episode of Limitless follows Hemsworth on a unique challenge to push himself to the limits, augmented with interviews with scientific experts on such practices as fasting, extreme temperatures, brain-boosting, and regulating one’s stress response. Barbor-Might directed the season 1 finale, “Acceptance,” which was very different in tone, dealing with the inevitability of death and the need to confront one’s own mortality.

“It was really interesting to see Chris in that more intimate personal space, and he was great at it,” Barbor-Might told Ars. “He was charming, emotional, and vulnerable, and it was really moving. It felt like there was more work to be done there.” When Craig Hemsworth received his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore that personal element further.

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Chris Hemsworth and dad fight Alzheimer’s with a trip down memory lane

Ars chats with director Tom Barbor-Might about new National Geographic documentary A Road Trip to Remember.

Millions of people around the world are living with the harsh reality of Alzheimer’s disease, which also significantly impacts family members. Nobody is immune, as A-list actor Chris Hemsworth discovered when his own father was recently diagnosed. The revelation inspired Hemsworth to embark on a trip down memory lane with his father, which took them to Australia’s Northern Territory. The experience was captured on film for A Road Trip To Remember, a new documentary film from National Geographic.

Director Tom Barbor-Might had worked with Hemsworth on the latter’s documentary series, Limitless, also for National Geographic. Each episode of Limitless follows Hemsworth on a unique challenge to push himself to the limits, augmented with interviews with scientific experts on such practices as fasting, extreme temperatures, brain-boosting, and regulating one’s stress response. Barbor-Might directed the season 1 finale, “Acceptance,” which was very different in tone, dealing with the inevitability of death and the need to confront one’s own mortality.

“It was really interesting to see Chris in that more intimate personal space, and he was great at it,” Barbor-Might told Ars. “He was charming, emotional, and vulnerable, and it was really moving. It felt like there was more work to be done there.” When Craig Hemsworth received his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, it seemed like the perfect opportunity to explore that personal element further.

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MINISFORUM MS-02 Ultra desktop with 25 GbE LAN, PCIe 5.0 x16 and Arrow Lake-HX now available

The MINISFORUM MS-02 Ultra is a 4.8 liter desktop computer that’s bigger than most mini PCs the company sells. But it’s smaller than a typical desktop tower PC, while still packing a lot of connectivity and expansion options. First announce…

The MINISFORUM MS-02 Ultra is a 4.8 liter desktop computer that’s bigger than most mini PCs the company sells. But it’s smaller than a typical desktop tower PC, while still packing a lot of connectivity and expansion options. First announced in October, the computer packs three PCIe slots (including a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot for a graphics […]

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