So you’re ditching Windows 7 or 8 at last. That’s a good call, as the former got deep-sixed over two years ago, and the latter faces the same fate next year. Windows 10 and Windows 11 are more secure, offer sleek new features, and provide better support for modern hardware and software. If you’re like…
Valve Steam’s periodic sales are a smorgasbord of gaming discounts, causing PC gamers to dig deep in the lists for juicy cuts on titles new and old. But as with any sufficiently complex system, some developers found a way to game it (pardon the pun). Starting in March, Steam will put in some surprisingly strict…
Why it matters: Ever since tech companies like Facebook (when it renamed itself Meta) started describing the metaverse as a virtual 3D world where people will meet using avatars, people immediately started comparing it to video games. The CEO of Microsoft this week seems to have leaned into the association, suggesting Microsoft’s history in gaming…
Bottom line: Netflix has a full film slate in store for 2022 with no less than 80 movies on tap across a variety of genres. That works out to more than one new movie on average per week, and should hopefully justify the company’s recent price hike. The streaming leader recently published its 2022 movie…
In context: It feels like just about every company is trying to hop on board the cryptocurrency train, and Facebook was no different. Back in 2019, the social media giant unveiled “Libra,” its own cryptocurrency that was intended to provide underserved people with access to a financial network powered by the blockchain. Naturally, as with…
What just happened? The process of aligning the telescope’s 18 primary mirror segments started this week, and within the last day, the team got to see the first photons of starlight that passed through the scope and were detected by the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) instrument – Webb’s primary image sensor. NASA’s James Webb Space…
A hot potato: Since their launch, people have warned that stalkers could use Apple’s AirTag tracking fobs to locate or shadow targets covertly. Even as Apple tries to make them safer, people continue finding ways around those changes. One of the physical safeguards—the speaker that alerts unsuspecting victims of the device’s presence has now been…
In a nutshell: Just days ago, Sony announced it was picking up former Halo studio Bungie for a cool $3.6 billion. It seemed a somewhat high price to pay for a studio currently holding only one active franchise—Destiny 2. However, about one-third of that price is being spent on talent retention. According to a recent…
Choose your answer and the correct choice will be revealed. Recognized as the first work of interactive fiction and the precursor to modern adventure games, “Colossal Cave Adventure” was a text-based title released in 1976, also known as “ADVENT” or “Adventure.” Microsoft updated the game in 1977 and ported as “Microsoft Adventure” in 1979 to…
Why it matters: Oculus announced the addition of a feature in Facebook’s Oculus applications that establishes a minimum distance of contact between avatars. It comes in response to reports of sexual harassment between avatars in the company’s virtual worlds. Today Meta rolled out “Personal Boundaries” in Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues for the Oculus Quest.…
