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Ryan Whitwam

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Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica. Previous bylines at ExtremeTech, Android Police, Wirecutter, NY Times, PC World, HotHardware, Android Authority, and more.

645 Followers  |  60 Following  |  130 Posts  |  Joined: 26.07.2023  |  2.0127

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I maybe collected that much Halloween candy in my entire childhood. Inflation is real!

01.11.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œUnexpectedly, a deer briefly entered the family room”: Living with Gemini Home Gemini for Home unleashes gen AI on your Nest camera footage, but it gets a lot wrong.
31.10.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

No prob. I'll remove the inaccurate description. Feel free to reach out via email in the future. Contact info is on the site.

31.10.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I adopted a puppy that weighed 10 lbs. To my surprise, he's 20 pounds just a few months later. At this rate, I believe he will be large enough to take on Godzilla around the middle of 2027.

18.10.2025 04:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Capitol Police called to investigate swastika in GOP congressional office An American flag altered to include an image of a swastika was found in Rep. Dave Taylor’s office.

The most unrealistic thing about Marvel movies isn't the superhero stuff. It's that people would be whispering "Hail Hydra" instead of shouting it while waving Hydra flags. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

15.10.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold review: The ultimate Google phone Google delivers another phone that is slightly better than its predecessorβ€”is that enough?
08.10.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Make an Android version before Google gets around to finalizing dev verification.

03.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Even the inside of this thing πŸ‘€πŸ‘€πŸ‘€

28.09.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I started assembling this for the Ars article the other day, and now it's done. Mode65 with copper plate and base, featuring GMK Copper R2 keycaps. The accents contain 10% real copper because why not I guess.

28.09.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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You should care more about the stabilizers in your mechanical keyboardβ€”here’s why Don’t know what a keyboard stabilizer is? You’re about to find out.

You really should. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

28.09.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia may have to choose between a Chinese TikTok and one owned by Trump’s billionaire backers Expert raises concerns about what US TikTok deal could mean for News Corp’s β€˜worrying dominance’ in Australian media

Teaming up with Republicans to pass the TikTok ban might end up being one of the Democratic Party's biggest blunders. They just handed MAGA an amazing propaganda tool. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

24.09.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remarkable last words:

Audience member: Do you know how many transgender Americans have been mass shooters over the last 10 years?

Kirk: Too many

Do you know how many mass shooters there have been in America over the last 10 years?

Kirk: Counting or not counting gang members?

10.09.2025 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1921    πŸ” 334    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 51

And I'm sure it's a complete coincidence that Trump is going to bat for Google today. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

05.09.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Should Google maybe just not appeal this case? May not make sense to spend the money on an appeal when the remedies are so modest.

02.09.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The founders intended to own people as property, so who gives a shit really?

01.09.2025 03:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What... what is this signage telling me to do?

01.09.2025 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google Pixel 10 series review: Don’t call it an Android Google’s new Pixel phones are better, but only a little.
29.08.2025 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Iiiinteresting...

08.08.2025 03:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Got a picture?

07.08.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 review: Quantum leap Samsung’s new flagship foldable is a huge improvement over last year’s model.

For the first time, this feels like a foldable phone you'd want to carry around, but whether or not you can justify the $1,999 price tag is another matter entirely.

31.07.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

🧡CONDE NAST SQUID GAMES: Today Conde Nast
held a company-wide meeting. Nearly a week in advance, our members submitted a list of questions about the future of the company, RTO policies, and enforcement and staffing; we received no answers.

29.07.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5
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The "Pizza Chef" in Death Stranding 2 is an Asian man who lives in Australia and dresses like Mario. Makes sense.

28.07.2025 03:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I got a keyboard made of forged carbon fiber, which is neat. I got a carbon fiber splinter assembling it, which is not as neat.

24.07.2025 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A mess of its own making: Google nerfs second Pixel phone battery this year People don’t upgrade phones every year anymoreβ€”longevity matters.

If anyone out there has a Pixel 6a hit by the battery downgrade, please let me know how bad it is.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

12.07.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure.

12.07.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just turned on a PC that's been off since February. Windows 11 has been updating and restarting for, no joke, over an hour now. It's sometimes hard to believe this is how a major operating system works in this, the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-five.

04.07.2025 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Incontrovertibly.

24.06.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Andor proves that The Force is the worst part of Star Wars.

23.06.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web Google has shaped the Internet as we know it, and unleashing its index could change everything.
06.06.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3
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Boop65 reassembled with 62g Zealios and Zeal stabilizers. Keycaps are GMK Nautilus. I love the yellow e-coating on this board.

01.06.2025 05:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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