![]() ![]() The website published news, reviews, guides, and other content of interest to computer enthusiasts. "Ars technica" is a Latin phrase that translates to "Art of Technology". ![]() having fun, being productive, and being as informative and as accurate as possible". Its purpose was to publish computer hardware and software-related news articles and guides in their words, "the best multi- OS, PC hardware, and tech coverage possible while . ![]() Ken Fisher, who serves as the website's current editor-in-chief, and Jon Stokes created Ars Technica in 1998. The operations of Ars Technica are funded primarily by advertising, and it has offered a paid subscription service since 2001. The staff mostly works from home and has offices in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, and San Francisco. Condé Nast purchased the site, along with two others, for $25 million and added it to the company's Wired Digital group, which also includes Wired and, formerly, Reddit. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games.Īrs Technica was privately-owned until May 2008, when it was sold to Condé Nast Digital, the online division of Condé Nast Publications. Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. ![]()
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