Quake gets a visual overhaul on Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch for its 25th birthday
QuakeCon, the annual fan convention for the legendary first-person shooter, was canceled last year during the pandemic, but it’s back today with a nailgun-like bang. Machine Games…
Google’s ‘Project Hug’ paid out huge sums to keep game devs in the Play Store, Epic filing claims
Google quietly paid game developers hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to keep their games on the Play Store, a newly unredacted complaint from Epic Games…
The Verge staff talk about their favorite laptop bags
It’s surprisingly how attached you can get to a bag — especially the bag that you use to carry your laptop, your sweater, your lunch, your notebook,…
Sony spent five years building a new PlayStation VR studio, then abruptly shut it down
On February 5, 2020, PlayStation head of Worldwide Studios Hermen Hulst visited Sony Manchester to tell employees the studio was closing. The news came as a shock…
Smartwatch-induced health anxiety led one woman to run 916 ECGs in a year
One year after getting diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat, a 70-year-old woman was back for another diagnosis: new-onset health anxiety…
Former Netflix engineers charged with insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged three former Netflix engineers with being part of a “long-running” insider trading scheme, the agency announced. The engineers and…
Xbox game The Vale transports you to a medieval world through sound
The Vale: Shadow of the Crown, an audio-based adventure game by indie studio Falling Squirrel, is available on Xbox and PC today for $19.99. The game was…
Where’s Geronimo? Decoy alpacas could be deployed in ‘Spartacus’ tactic
Speaking at the farm in Wickwar, near Bristol, one supporter, who asked not to be named, told The Telegraph: “He’s already in with four other animals. All…
Bird’s new electric bike looks like a VanMoof, and you can buy it
Shared electric scooter company Bird is branching out into new two-wheeled vehicles, namely electric bikes. A few months after it introduced its first shared e-bike, the company…
Arts Council of Wales brands itself ‘systemically racist’ as language requirements exclude minorities
The Arts Council of Wales is “systemically racist”, according to a report it commissioned itself, which says Welsh language requirements exclude minorities. The publicly funded body commissioned…
New test brings Reels to Facebook in the US
Facebook in the US is going to look slightly more like TikTok for some users. Today, the company announced that it’s testing Facebook Reels stateside, which will…
One in six crimes not going to court as criminals including sex offenders are let off
Danny Shaw, head of strategy and insight at Crest Advisory, a crime consultancy, said its ongoing research into the issue had uncovered “worrying gaps” in evidence to…
Battery power capacity in the US grew big time in 2020
2020 was a big year for big batteries in the US, which is crucial for getting grids to run on more renewable energy. Power capacity — a…
Travel test chaos: ‘Cowboy’ firms still operating despite government review
Sajid Javid’s review of “cowboy” travel test providers has seen under two per cent removed so far with misleading £20 offers still available. A week after the…
How to watch Tesla’s AI day event
Today is Tesla’s AI Day, a sequel of sorts to the company’s Autonomy Day event held in 2019. The event, which will be held at Tesla’s headquarters…
Jailhouse wok: Prisoners to be trained as chefs to boost job prospects
Hundreds of prisoners are to be trained as chefs by cooking for fellow inmates as the Government expands a jail kitchen scheme to boost their employment prospects….
FTC says Facebook has been a monopoly ‘since at least 2011’ in amended antitrust complaint
The Federal Trade Commission has filed an amended antitrust complaint against Facebook, alleging that the company violated federal antitrust laws with its acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp….
Covid booster vaccines for all over-50s could be shelved
The committee still has to consider some evidence, including findings of studies on “mix and match” vaccines and length of immunity. But one source said: “The interim…
The pandemic revealed the health risks of hospital ransomware attacks
In late October 2020, the University of Vermont Health Network was hit by a ransomware attack. The system couldn’t access electronic health records for nearly a month….
Apple’s new Foundation trailer has some serious ‘Game of Thrones but in space’ energy
Apple has released a new trailer for Foundation, its upcoming epic sci-fi show for Apple TV Plus based on Isaac Asimov’s series of novels, and I’m getting…
Google secretly had a giant gaming vision that includes bringing games to Mac
Apple’s Mac has long been an afterthought for the video game industry, and few think of Google as a games company — despite running Android, one of…
Toyota to reduce production in Japan and North America due to chip shortage
Toyota said Thursday that it would reduce production in Japan and North America due to a shortage of semiconductor chips, a sign that even the best-run supply…
Razer Hammerhead True Wireless (2021) review: ANC with a colorful light show
Razer is suddenly becoming a seasoned earbuds brand: the new $130 Hammerhead earbuds are the company’s third pair of true wireless buds. They follow the original Hammerheads…
Twitter is testing a newsletter subscription button on profile pages
Twitter is testing a feature that makes it even more enticing to use its recently acquired Revue newsletter platform: the ability to subscribe to a newsletter directly…
Justice Department says facial recognition helped end an almost 15-year manhunt
A fugitive who Justice Department officials say had scammed more than 20 people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars was sentenced to four years in prison…