Are you still hanging on to that giant 8TB spinning HDD for your PC game installs? Well, it’s starting to look like SSDs will become the new minimum spec for modern PC games. While SSDs have shipped as standard in the latest and greatest PC gaming rigs and laptops, game developers haven’t really been pushing […]
Thousands of subreddits went dark to protest Reddit’s new moneymaking idea – to begin charging steep fees for third-party data access to its platform – as profit becomes central to how social media works. Now in its third day (and showing no signs of stopping), a number of groups on the site have vowed to remain closed […]
Lionel Messi has found a new home, and it’s a big win for Apple TV. According to The New York Times, the legendary soccer player has said that he will be signing a deal with Inter Miami in MLS, fresh off of winning the World Cup last year with Argentina, and the club confirmed the news with a […]
One of Meta’s top executives recently showed employees a preview of the company’s upcoming Twitter competitor during a companywide meeting. According to The Verge, the new standalone app will be based on Instagram and integrate with ActivityPub, the decentralized social media protocol. That will theoretically allow users of the new app to take their accounts […]
With the death of E3 nearly complete, Summer Game Fest has become the go-to summer event for gamers to get hyped about. According to The Verge, the event kicked off with a bang with a new side-scrolling Prince of Persia game, and there were a few more surprises after, including a new side-scrolling Sonic game, a new game from horror legend John Carpenter, a […]
A group of top AI researchers, engineers, and CEOs have issued a new warning about the existential threat they believe that AI poses to humanity. The 22-word statement, trimmed short to make it as broadly acceptable as possible, reads as follows: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale […]
YouTube is getting rid of Stories, a feature for temporary posts, beginning in June. Users won’t be able to post Stories starting June 26th, and existing posts will expire after seven days. As The Verge reports, Stories were first introduced in 2017 under the name Reels and were available to users with over 10,000 subscribers. Similar to Instagram […]
Netflix is about to kick your best friend off your account — unless you pay for them to share your account, that is. On Tuesday, Netflix revealed the details of how its crackdown on password sharing will affect viewers in the US and how much it will cost to keep extra people on your account. As The […]
Dell has refreshed what might be its boldest and funkiest laptop, the XPS 13 Plus. The new model looks quite similar to the product released last year; the flat keyboard, LED function row, and invisible haptic touchpad remain. But inside, the new model is powered by Intel’s 13th Gen Core processors — specifically, from what I […]
It’s perhaps the least best-kept secret in the Tech world. Google will announce the launch of the Pixel Fold during the Google I/O 2023 event. As The Verge reports, Google hasn’t revealed any specs for the device, but a brief teaser video shows off a full-size outer display on a phone that opens up similarly to Samsung’s Galaxy Z […]