The 20 most-read stories on Ars Technica in 2022
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When 2022 dawned, there were a few things we knew we would be writing about: The global pandemic, whatever cool things Apple and Google did, rocket launches, and cool artificial intelligence stuff. But every year offers surprises, and 2022 was no exception.
Yes, we figured there would be plenty of articles about Elon Musk on Ars Technica this year. After all, he runs SpaceX and Tesla, two companies we frequently cover. But if someone told me Musk would become "Chief Twit" and end up all over the front page of Ars due to his impulse purchase of Twitter and the... interesting decisions he's made since taking control of the company, I would've asked them to pass the dutchie on the left-hand side.
2022 has been a long, strange trip. And it's almost over.