Ars Technica (; Latin-derived for the "art of technology") is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998. It publishes news, reviews, and guides on issues such as computer hardware and software, science, technology policy, and video games. Many of the site's writers are postgraduates and some work for research institutions. Articles on the website are written in a less-formal tone than those in traditional journals. 

"Ars Technica" was privately owned until May 2008, when it was sold to Condé Nast Digital, the online division of Condé Nast Publications. 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. The staff mostly works from home and has offices in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, and San Francisco. 

The operations of "Ars Technica" are funded primarily by online advertising, and it has offered a paid subscription service since 2001. The website generated controversy in 2010, when it experimentally prevented readers who used advertisement-blocking software from viewing the site. 

Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes created the "Ars Technica" website and limited liability company in 1998. 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 ... having fun, being productive, and being as informative and as accurate as possible". "Ars technica" is a Latin phrase that translates to "technological art". The website published news, reviews, guides, and other content of interest to computer enthusiasts. Writers for "Ars Technica" were geographically distributed across the United States at the time; Fisher lived in his parents' house in Boston, Massachusetts, Stokes in Chicago, Illinois, and the other writers in their respective cities.
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Ars Technica
Ars Technica (; Latin-derived for the "art of technology") is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.
a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society
Ars Technica (; Latin-derived for the "art of technology") is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998
in 1998
created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998
Jon Stokes
created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes 
Ken Fisher
created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes
until May 2008
"Ars Technica" was privately owned until May 2008
Condé Nast Digital
it was sold to Condé Nast Digital
$25 million
Condé Nast purchased the site, along with two others, for $25 million 
two others
Condé Nast purchased the site, along with two others
"Wired" Digital group
added it to the company's "Wired" Digital group
Reddit
formerly, Reddit
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Writers for "Ars Technica" were geographically distributed across the United States at the time;
London
The staff mostly works from home and has offices in Boston, Chicago, London, New York City, and San Francisco. 

"Ars Technica" website and limited liability company
Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes created the "Ars Technica" website and limited liability company in 1998