If you’ve got international travel coming up, an adapter is essential for keeping your phone, earbuds, power banks, and other gadgets charged. Anker’s Nano Travel Adapter is one of our picks from our guide to the best gadgets for summer travel because it can charge up to five devices at once, yet it’s small enough… read more
Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, "Do cool shit." I made what I hoped was a polite noise. What… read more
One of the most surprising things about Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer tease last week was word that it will premiere on subscription-based service Netflix – a move I can't ever remember another game company doing. Read more Read Full Article read more
Ford is rolling out a new AI-powered assistant that can answer questions about your Ford or Lincoln vehicle, such as how much fuel you'll need for your next road trip or whether your truck can tow that new motor boat. The app is rolling out first to the Ford and Lincoln mobile apps, where it… read more
If you're 1) in the mood for a soothing and affordable 2D block-shoving puzzler, and 2) have many memories of building frightful hydraulic slaughterhouses in Minecraft, then perhaps Pight is for you. Created by Turkish devs Mindlabor, it's about using pistons, dynamite, mystic portals, electricity blocks, and other cuboid fauna to move a lightbulb block… read more
Solar energy, at any time of day or night – that's the dream of space mirror projects. Futurists have been imagining satellite mirrors that could reflect the sun's light onto the Earth's surface for over a century. Russian scientists experimented with the concept in the '90s with the Znamya project. The idea is to put… read more
Following the latest twist in Google's legal battles with Epic, US Android users are now able to open Google's Play Store and download a third-party digital store with its own selection of apps. Aptoide, a store specializing in mobile games, is the first to become available. Third-party app stores have always been available on Android,… read more
The Division Resurgence is a name you may have forgotten. In the sea of announced-then-cancelled off-shoots based on Ubisoft's biggest franchises, Resurgence was one of the few to actually make it to release. Read more Read Full Article read more
Sundays are for finally getting around to starting Peaky Blinders on your never-ending odyssey through all of the west's most laddish crime dramas. World War 1's just ended and every bloke's got PTSD from the trenches. Tommy Shelby and his brothers have returned to Birmingham, which probably hasn't helped their spirits. Cue lots of running… read more
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more news about how AI is changing our daily lives, follow Emma Roth. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers' inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Long before ChatGPT became a thing,… read more
In 2018 I bet my reputation and self-worth on a huge crowdfunded game design project. It could have been a failure for many reasons, but the one I became most worried about was losing all of the work that was stored locally on my home-built PC – a scenario that would have left a lot… read more
One of the teams behind Neowiz's Souls-like Lies of P has released a short documentary detailing how they kept "testing and refining" the game before its release, as well as offering a little insight into its hardcore "games by gamers" culture. Read more Read Full Article read more