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These are the stories that had our readers talking—a lot. One is also among the most-read

Five members of Ars’ reviews team share their personal picks.

Curious about the most widely-read stories on Ars this year? Look no further.

Narrowing down a ridiculously strong year for gaming to just 20 essential picks.

There’s little risk and the FDA is on it—but it’s food for (morbid) thought.

TV's continued niche-ification means there's plenty of excellent tech moments to enjoy.

Op-ed: Changes to law shielding websites from liability for user posts should be minor.

Eruptions across several states might all be related to the same sub-surface forces.

Dating site claims it's "keeping with the times," but what of users' privacy desires?

Touch ID could be used before, but iPhone X owners must enter their passwords.

Customers say they would rather have replaced battery than bought a new phone.

Plus deals on the Sonos Play:1, Amazon Echo, Dell laptops, and more.

Bit by bit, the PC world is continuing to drop its legacy support.

We're resurfacing this explainer to shed some light on the recent bitcoin drop.

At Christmas, we’re happy and Googling porn—9 months later, there’s an uptick in births.

NASA's newest deep space capsule shares a lot with the proven designs of Apollo.

It separates the durable passenger pod from an easy-to-recycle propulsion "skateboard."

After Summer plant discontinuation, the future of nuclear was in question.

Every major cryptocurrency suffered double-digit losses in the last 24 hours.

“People have the right to truthfully complain about bad service.”

This was a great year for board games. Here are our favorites.

Charter falsely told man that service was available at new home.

There’s still time to give to a good cause for a chance to win.

"Additional consumers… rejected the SPP, but Comcast signed them up anyway."

“Samwell Tarly’s” tongue-in-cheek paper takes a swing at why winter is coming.

When one NGO blocked intrusion, frustrated hackers tried to knock its website offline.

Will continue to serve on board and work for Google’s owner as a “technical advisor.”

And the built-in protection against this technique doesn’t work on all hardware.

New Play Store rules give developers one year to adopt any new Android changes.

There are new 4K and QHD monitors, too, though we’re still missing some details.

Wednesday update to iOS rules also touches on VPN services, cryptocurrency apps.

The first 60 turns are free, then the game costs $60—but it’s $30 for launch.

Prof asks: “We’re wondering if this is the best use of a billion dollars?”

20 identical I-Pace electric cars will take part in the 10-round eTrophy.

Comcast says it will increase network investment, but it was already doing that.

Testing suggests that iOS 10.2.1 added this functionality to prevent shutdowns.

But for a twist of fate, Loe would have been on console during the Apollo 1 fire.

Take some time to re-download all those tracks you previously uploaded.

Getting voice assistants to speak Slovakian first means getting better AI learning.

"Blockchain technologies are creating a fundamental paradigm shift," company says.

Glowing organic molecules hold position, glow brighter when encased in plastic.

Pink Floyd's 2011 “Immersion Box Set” has the same audio from Apollo 11 mission.

Plus deals on Dell laptops, the Nvidia Shield, microSD cards, and more.

The internal Apple project, codenamed Marzipan, is not yet a done deal.

Cruise said the motorcyclist, who walked away from the collision, was at fault.

Breach bankrupts Seoul-based company after it reformed in wake of a previous heist.

Microsoft shouldn’t remove the Chrome installer; Google should aim higher.

That could explain why the object discovered in October went for a no-tail look.

Years of work and billions in investment, and they can't even show us a video?

Only ISPs with neutral networks would get state contracts under proposed NY law.