Jon Stokes

Jon Stokes Contributor Jon Stokes is one of the founders of Ars Technica, an author, and a former Wired editor. He currently hacks ruby at Collective Idea, and runs AllOutdoor.com. More posts by this contributor 3D printed guns are now legal… What’s next? How President Trump could abuse big data and the surveillance state

Jon Stokes is one of the founders of Ars Technica, an author, and a former Wired editor. He currently hacks ruby at Collective Idea, and runs AllOutdoor.com.

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3D printed guns are now legal… What’s next?

On Tuesday, July 10, the DOJ announced a landmark settlement with Austin-based Defense Distributed, a controversial startup led by a young, charismatic anarchist whom Wired once named one of the 15 mo

How President Trump could abuse big data and the surveillance state

The next Snowden probably will not leak classified details of the NSA's illegal spying programs. Rather, he'll use those programs to dig up compromising intel -- phone recordings, location histories,

How Intel missed the iPhone revolution

Intel missed out on the mobile CPU market because that market is a high-volume, low-margin business, and Intel is a high-volume, high-margin company that can't afford to offer low-margin versions of i

Why the NRA hates smart guns

With yet another push from President Obama to revive initiatives to develop "smart gun" technology, it looks like it's time to revisit the issue once again.

Why Obama’s Smart Gun Push Will Misfire

Jon Stokes Contributor Jon Stokes is one of the founders of Ars Technica, an author, and a former Wired editor. He currently hacks ruby at Collective Idea, and runs AllOutdoor.com. More posts by this