In context: One negative aspect of the self-checkout stands in stores is they are thickly riddled with germs. Sometimes an attendant will wipe down the touchscreens but rarely are the machines cleaned after every transaction. However, what if you didn’t have to touch the display. Toshiba is making moves in this direction with touchless “holographic”…
In brief: Synaptics recently unveiled a new wireless docking system that uses WiFi 6E to reach higher levels of bandwidth than ever. Called Gemini, it seems to mainly target today’s emerging hybrid work environment—people who need to quickly dock a laptop to multiple external monitors in a variety of settings. First unveiled at CES 2022,…
In context: Every console producer has its hardware sellers—games that they use to showcase their console. Nintendo has Mario, but more recently, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has become the company’s “look at us” franchise. Microsoft has Halo as its unofficial spokesmodel, while Sony’s has long been Gran Turismo series. In two days,…
George R.R. Martin has commented on House of the Dragon, the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel scheduled to premiere in 2022 as one of the year’s most-anticipated new shows. Posting on his website, Martin revealed that he saw a rough cut of the first episode and he came away very impressed.”I’ve seen a rough cut…
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has responded further to Vin Diesel’s recent request that he re-join the Fast & Furious franchise. Speaking to CNN, The Rock said he was “very surprised” to see Diesel’s post in November, in which Diesel said The Rock “must show up” to play Hobbs once again. The Rock told CNN that…
Here are all the games headed to Nintendo Switch that you need to know about.By Evan Langer on December 30, 2021 at 7:00AM PST The Nintendo Switch keeps building in strength, thanks to a library of great first-party games and strong third-party support. With the flexibility of playing while docked to a TV or as…
USI pens have finally reached the promised land. By the way, USI stands for the Universal Stylus Initiative. The 2.0 specification will now add support for NFC wireless charging. That removes one of the most obnoxious obstacles from a USI wireless pen. USI pens, which are natively supported on virtually all new Chromebooks as well…
Microsoft has chosen to “avoid the spread of disinformation” by de-ranking Russian state-sponsored sites Russia Today and Sputnik from the company’s Bing search results. In a post authored by president and chairman Brad Smith, the company said that it was taking action on both fronts in response to the conflict in Ukraine Consumers will see…
Due to international sanctions against Russia, the ruble has tumbled in value—so far, in fact, it’s now worth less than a Robux. That’s really bad news for the ruble, because the Robux is a video game currency that’s mostly meaningful only to children. Roblox, also known as “that game your kids play that looks like…
PCWorld Discord servers are usually great—you can find many wonderful communities dedicated to all of your current interests. (Case in point: PCWorld has one for our show, The Full Nerd, where awesome tech enthusiasts hang out to chat about the latest and greatest gear). Unfortunately, all servers can suffer from the arrival of bot accounts…
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