Previously, he was a Senior Editor at CNET.
In October 2014 it was announced Conde Nast would launch a British version of Ars Technica, led by Lanxon as editor-in-chief, with a London-based team working under him to produce local editorial content.
Ken Fisher, founder and editor-in-chief of Ars Technica in the United States, will oversee the publication from a brand perspective.
Lanxon ended up accepting a position at Bloomberg instead.