Apple spending a big chunk of its WWDC keynote on parental controls was surprising for several reasons. But the biggest is that, despite all the airtime, it didn't announce much new beyond a redesigned interface. Almost all the features touted already exist or are upgrades to current options. Why Apple chose to do this isn't… read more

Nearly a year after it was announced, Instagram says it's delivering the ability to rearrange the posts in your profile grid. It had been available to some people in test groups, but as of June 8th, it's rolling out widely via the Android and iPhone mobile apps. Until now, the posts on your Instagram profile… read more

Donut Lab's solid-state battery claims have been thoroughly debunked by Ryan Inis Hughes on his popular Ziroth YouTube channel. According to Hughes, Donut Lab has engaged in deliberate, calculated deception by claiming to have a solid-state battery ready for mass production. In reality, it's nothing more than a standard lithium-ion design. Hughes' investigation got an… read more

It's been an eventful few days for Xbox. Gears of War: E-Day was officially confirmed during the Xbox Games Showcase to be a console exclusive, hours after a PEGI rating for the PS5 version surfaced. Read more Read Full Article read more

We're not done yet. This afternoon, at the very agreeable time of 3pm UK, Nintendo will broadcast a Direct showcase showing us what it's got for Switch and Switch 2 in the weeks and months ahead. And we'll be covering all of the news and announcements live, as they happen, right here in this article.… read more

Fumito Ueda, creator of Ico, Shadow of the Colossus, and the Last Guardian, showed off his new game at this weekend's Summer Game Fest showcase. Gen Atlas sees you step into the shoes of a scavenger in a desert world littered with the carcasses of vast robots. It falls to you to piece one of… read more

Summer Game Fest may be over, but the flood of gaming news isn't. Nintendo just announced that it'll be holding its next Direct showcase event on June 9th at 10AM ET. The stream, which you can find here, will be followed by a Treehouse Live event, and it sounds like it'll be pretty lengthy. "The… read more

Today I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. And I’m actually going to keep today’s intro short — I’m working from my wife’s family farm this week, as you’ll see in the video, but also this is a real burner of an episode. We covered everything from Mustafa’s approach to training new… read more

Good news, everybody! We made it through the Summer Game Fest weekend pretty much unscathed. True, I have depleted neighbourhood stocks of ginseng and also, lost the ability to blink, but we got another Duskers out of it, didn't we? Also some footage of gunfights in a Fumito Ueda game, which distressed me less than… read more

Hackers likely took over 20,225 Instagram accounts using Meta's AI support chatbot, the company confirmed in a notice filed with the state of Maine. In the notice, spotted earlier by Bleeping Computer, Meta blames a "bug" for the exploit that allowed attackers to hijack accounts without two-factor authentication simply by asking the chatbot for a… read more

Doom: The Dark Ages was a fun time, but we'd been wondering about the release window for its DLC (and its very nature) since a Premium Edition was released day one. During the Xbox Games Showcase, Bethesda Softworks and id Software finally unveiled the Revelations DLC. Read more Read Full Article read more

State of Decay 3 was among the few surprising reveals during the Xbox Games Showcase. We've been waiting years to hear, or see, well, anything from the zombie survival management sim since the moment it was initially announced – which was nearly six years ago. Read more Read Full Article read more