Over the years, the Xbox One has turned into a fantastic console for fans of everything from racing games to first-person shooters, and much of the console’s appeal comes down to its controller. Comfortable, simple, and sleek, the stock Xbox One controller is a great option for nearly any player. If you want more customization, […]
Previous Next Corel Corel Corel Corel’s Pinnacle Studio video editor sits in the gap between consumer editing software and the professional options — and Corel just nudged the software even more towards that pro end. This week, Corel announced Pinnacle Studio 22, an update that brings advanced features like color grading and three and four […]
[embedded content] Any project which starts with beer and ends with colonizing Mars has our attention. At its highest level, that describes new research coming out of the University of Colorado Boulder — where scientists have developed a new super-insulating gel, created from beer waste, which could one day prove useful for building greenhouse-like habitats […]
Enlarge / A rendering of 851 W. Randolph Street in Chicago. Newcastle Limited As Google makes more and more hardware products, it makes more and more sense for the company to have some kind of retail arm to show off its stuff. Google has a few “stores within stores” at places like Best Buy in […]
One of the coolest features of iOS 12, Group FaceTime, is going to be a tad delayed, Apple announced in its iOS 12 developer beta 7 release notes earlier this week, 9to5Mac reports. “Group FaceTime has been removed from the initial release of iOS 12 and will ship in a future software update later this […]
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was suspended from Twitter for a week after urging his viewers to get their “battle rifles” ready in a video posted to his personal account. The comments, posted last Thursday, violated Twitter’s rules banning the incitement of violence. For the next seven days, Jones won’t be able to tweet or retweet, […]
Readers who pay careful attention may have noticed a new byline attached to an article yesterday. And, if any of you follow physics—which seems to be a lot of you—they will be excited to have learned about our newest writer that way. For the rest of you, we’re pleased to announce that Jennifer Ouellette is […]
Thruvision Los Angeles’ rail system plans to step up its security efforts by deploying body scanners on its network of 93 subway and light-rail stations. In doing so, it’ll become the first mass transit system in the United States to undertake such measures. But when they’re introduced later in the year, the machines won’t become […]
A clean slate can work wonders in life, especially when it comes to the numerous gadgets and gizmos we use on a daily basis, like the iPhone. Although performing a factory reset of your smartphone may not sound ideal — it essentially wipes your device of any and all personal settings and data you’ve acquired through the […]
You might be familiar with how to take a screenshot in Windows or MacOS, but if you’re new to Chromebooks, you might be a little unsure how to do it. The process isn’t drastically different, but it’s far from the same. While even the best Chromebooks don’t include a “Print screen” key, learning how to take a […]
Tech Fix Are Targeted Ads Stalking You? Here’s How to Make Them Stop ImageCreditTom Grillo By Brian X. Chen Aug. 15, 2018 Online ads have always been annoying, but now they’re worse than ever. Consider what happens when you shop online for a wristwatch. You peruse a few watch websites and the next thing you […]
[embedded content] Blizzard Entertainment has said in the past that releasing Overwatch on the Nintendo Switch would be a huge challenge, and there’s little change of something like World of Warcraft or Heroes of the Storm hitting the hybrid console. Diablo III is another story, however, and it looks like the game will be coming […]
The term “phantom limb” is often thrown around to describe the subtle sensation of something felt but not seen, but few people realize how disorienting the syndrome can be. For more than half of all amputees, phantom limbs can be an uncanny and even painful experience, feeling as though their missing limb is much smaller […]
While you could pay someone to fix it for you or replace the offending screen entirely, learning how to fix a dead pixel yourself isn’t a complex process. But before you get started, you’ll need to determine whether you’re facing a dead pixel and a stuck pixel. A stuck pixel is generated when one or two of […]
China said on Wednesday that it plans to launch two robots to the moon in December. The new mission, called Chang’e-4, aims to set a lunar rover and lander on the far side of the moon. The robots will study the geology and chemistry of the moon’s most ancient and mysterious rocks. Another goal of […]