New Technology

It’s not just home prices.Rents rise sharply across the U.S. Last year, Laura Kraft landed a job in Orlando, Florida.She’d just gotten her PhD in entomology, meaning she studies bugs, and she’d be working on a big nature exhibit at a theme park.All that sounded great until she started looking […]

The current generation of consoles, ushered in when the PS5 and Xbox Series X debuted in 2020, has been a messy one in many ways.The consoles themselves have been hard to find , and — with the ballooning costs of game development — few publishers have been willing to go […]

In the weeks since Pokémon Legends: Arceus released, players have been discovering all sorts of neat secrets about this open-world game set long before the series’ mainline entries.Now, one hacker has found a sectioned-off area containing a bedroom with modern furnishings and amenities like a laptop, a large television, and […]

If you’re the proud owner of a new Xbox Series X or Series S console, then it’s time to dig into those settings to make the most of it.We’ve got some handy tips to help you get started and some lesser-known features worth checking out. Looking for ways to pad […]

I was ready for Horizon Forbidden West to be a big disappointment on base PS4s.The game is a technical marvel in so many ways on PS5, and developer Guerilla Games hadn’t been showing off a ton of last-gen footage.Surely it would suffer on Sony’s old hardware.Not so. While a clear […]

Cyberpunk 2077 Xbox Series Version Revealed Ahead Of Stream On Tuesday It looks like CD Projekt might be gearing up to announce Cyberpunk 2077 for Xbox Series X|S (and PS5) tomorrow. Ahead of CD Projekt’s video event on Tuesday where Cyberpunk 2077 news is expected, the Xbox Store has been […]

West Coast, make some noise! California knows how to party, so this weekend, when Super Bowl LVI came to Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium, where the Los Angeles Rams beat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 , L.A.’s finest finally made history with — incredibly — the big game’s first-ever hip-hop-headlined halftime show. During […]

For a game about exploring the unknown, Horizon Forbidden West sure plays it safe.Horizon Forbidden West follows directly in the path etched by its predecessor, 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn .It’s an open-world role-playing game set a thousand years from now, in a version of America covered in rust, rubble, and […]

Intel is investing in blockchain technology with a new chip designed to mine cryptocurrency (via Reuters ).The company is focusing on sustainability, and plans on “developing the most energy-efficient computing technologies at scale.” Intel’s first crypto-focused chip, which it calls a “blockchain accelerator” is set to ship later this year.Two […]

Updated Feb 14, 2022, 01:24pm EST Topline Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit Monday against Facebook parent company Meta Platforms, seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in penalties over Facebook’s previous use of facial recognition technology for allegedly violating state law on privacy protections. Key Facts The […]