New Technology

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter .It’s Monday, Jan.17 — Martin Luther King Jr.Day.I’m Elvia Limón, filling in for Justin Ray. When railroads opened up in the West in the 19th century, they transported everything from people to supplies — transforming them into tempting targets for bandits. […]

In what has to be one of the most stunningly bad predictions I’ve seen about the concept of blockchain-based video games, Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian recently had this to say about how pervasive the concept will become in the future on the Where It Happens podcast : “90% of people […]

Starfield.Last year wasn’t terrible for games, thanks to highlights like Psychonauts 2, Forbidden City and Deathloop , but it wasn’t the year it was meant to be.Games in the middle of development when the pandemic hit were disrupted, leading many to be delayed into 2022.But what was bad news in […]

Almost nothing is worse than realizing you don’t have enough space on your PC to store your latest files.External drives can be a great solution to that problem, as well as a good backup source to keep your most precious data protected.As outlined in our guide on how to choose […]

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its new premium mobile processor, the Exynos 2200.The Exynos 2200 is a freshly designed mobile processor with a powerful AMD RDNA 2 architecture based Samsung Xclipse graphics processing unit (GPU).With the most cutting-edge Arm®-based CPU cores available in the […]

Anne Frank, the teenage Holocaust victim whose posthumously published diary gave the world a glimpse of what it was like to hide from Nazi persecution, may have been betrayed by a prominent Jewish businessman, according to a cold case-style investigation outlined in a new book, “The Betrayal of Anne Frank […]

The coronavirus vaccine divide is costing lives and supercharging inequalities worldwide, a new report warns. A group of 252 men have more wealth than all one billion women and girls in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean combined, a new report from Oxfam says [File: Angela Ponce/Reuters] By Al […]

Walmart appears to be venturing into the metaverse with plans to create its own cryptocurrency and collection of nonfungible tokens, or NFTs.The big-box retailer filed several new trademarks late last month that indicate its intent to make and sell virtual goods, including electronics, home decorations, toys, sporting goods and personal […]

Pollution from plastics is a global emergency in need of a robust UN treaty, according to a report. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) says there’s a cascade of evidence of harm from plastics. It argues that the plastic pollution threat is almost equivalent to climate change. The air we breathe […]

I tried the Jet, a luxury bus startup that travels between New York City and Washington DC.Tickets start at $99, which is more expensive than a comparable Amtrak ticket or a ride on a budget bus service.The snacks, drinks, kind attendant, and comfortable motion-canceling seating made my carsickness worth it.I […]