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 Ars Technica facts

• 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