MechWarrior 5: Clans couldn’t have happened without Duke Nukem Forever
Creating a MechWarrior game is complicated for reasons far beyond game development. You also need to factor in IP law, anime, and ... Duke Nukem?.....»»
“So much screaming inside me”—Google Stadia shutdown stuns indie developers
Game makers were still working on their ports when shutdown news went public. Enlarge / Like it never even happened. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Source Byte Studios Chairman of the Board Nikodem Swider had just put.....»»
Heat-proof chaotic carbides could revolutionize aerospace technology
A group of scientists led by Duke University have engineered a new class of materials capable of producing tunable plasmonic properties while withstanding incredibly high temperatures......»»
What happened to the virtual reality gaming revolution?
VR hasn't taken over the world, but that doesn't mean it has failed. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson / Getty Images) Six years ago, consumer virtual reality seemed set to be the next major tech breakthrough. With the demonstrat.....»»
Binance"s BNB cryptocurrency hit by massive $100 million hack
Another day, another crypto hack – but this is a big one. A hacker stole nearly $600 million worth of cryptocurrency BNB, which is issued and maintained by popular crypto exchange Binance. The hack happened lated on Thursday and was investigate.....»»
Why the clocks change for Daylight Saving Time and why we do it at all
The clocks on our smartphones do something bizarre twice a year: One day in the spring, they jump ahead an hour, and our alarms go off an hour sooner. We wake up bleary-eyed and confused until we remember what just happened. Afterward, "Daylight Savi.....»»
Pixel Watch Gets 3 Years of Guaranteed Software Support
Google has previously never had an issue with highlighting how long their devices will receive software support. It’s usually something that is highlighted during the official announcement. For the Pixel Watch, we couldn’t find any detail.....»»
In race toward quantum computing, North Carolina takes center stage
In the 1950s, computers were bulky, inefficient and limited. They ate up entire rooms but couldn't go beyond rudimentary calculations......»»
Apple Watch overheats on customer’s wrist before blowing up and prompting ER visit
An Apple Watch Series 7 user is speaking out after their device overheated, started smoking, and eventually exploded. The case was brought to Apple’s attention and the company confirmed it would investigate what happened. At the same time, however.....»»
Why Musk gave up: He’s almost certain to lose Twitter case, law professor says
Court case over broken merger deal only happened "because Elon Musk is Elon." Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB) Why did Elon Musk agree to buy Twitter again instead of continuing to argue his.....»»
New RNA-based tool can illuminate brain circuits, edit specific cells
Duke University researchers have developed an RNA-based editing tool that targets individual cells, rather than genes. It is capable of precisely targeting any type of cell and selectively adding any protein of interest......»»
Study suggests La Niña winters could keep on coming
Forecasters are predicting a "three-peat La Niña" this year. This will be the third winter in a row that the Pacific Ocean has been in a La Niña cycle, something that's happened only twice before in records going back to 1950......»»
Does the iPhone 14 have a fingerprint sensor? Here’s what happened to Touch ID
This year's iPhone 14 lineup supports Face ID, but some are wondering if the Touch ID fingerprint sensor will ever make a comeback......»»
iPhone 14 Pro camera: It passed the travel photography test with flying colors [Diary]
It’s official: The iPhone 14 Pro camera is now good enough for me to use it as my only travel camera – something I couldn’t have even imagined five years ago. I’d already made the switch from a heavy and cumbersome pro-body DSLR system to a.....»»
Theft of 2000 pieces of Apple gear leads to 4 years in prison
A man in South Carolina has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for a scheme to steal a large amount of new iPad models, the Apple Watch, and other expensive electronics from Walmart.Courtroom photo by Sadmir KanovickiThe scheme happened in.....»»
One simple trick to get more informative Google Search results
I’m sure this has happened to you countless times. You open Google, type a query into the Google Search box, and are then served up an ad-laden page of links. The page is usually also cluttered with sponsored posts and all kinds of other garbag.....»»
An AI message decoder based on bacterial growth patterns
From a box of Cracker Jack to The Da Vinci Code, everybody enjoys deciphering secret messages. But biomedical engineers at Duke University have taken the decoder ring to place it's never been before—the patterns created by bacterial colonies......»»
AMD cuts GPU prices at just the right time to pull ahead of Nvidia
AMD is going to lower the list price of its Radeon RX 6000-Series GPUs, and the announcement couldn't have come at a better time......»»
Apple Watch Series 8: Hands-on with the new Hermès Lucky Horse face
You knew it was coming. We couldn’t just sit by when the hottest watch face of all the land came exclusively to Apple’s Hermès line of watches. That’s why I braved the line, at a UPS customer center no less, to pick up my Apple Watch Series 8.....»»
IGN UK Podcast #662: So Many Streams
PlayStation’s State of Play, a Nintendo Direct, Ubisoft Forward, D23, and TGS.Cardy, Joe, and Matt are here to pick out all of the games, movies and TV show news that caught their eye from all of the streams and events that happened over the past w.....»»
The Video Game Even Queen Elizabeth II Couldn"t Resist
In 2008, an amusing story about Queen Elizabeth playing Wii games surfaced, and it wasn't too long after that when a gold-plated console for her was revealed. In 200.....»»