Volkswagen dropped a bombshell announcement late last week: Herbert Diess was out as CEO. As a manager, Diess was controversial, with a style that chafed both executives and labor leaders alike. But as a strategist, he was on firmer ground, deftly steering Volkswagen out of the Dieselgate scandal and setting it on a path toward
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A tiny ship casts off glowing trails as it banks and gets slowly pulled towards a star in the middle of the screen. On the other side of the screen, a torpedo approaches. I shoot tiny glittering beams, and the torpedo vanishes in a spray of light. The little game I’m playing on this modern
Are you looking for a gaming chair that is both stylish and comfortable? Or a height-adjustable motorized desk? Right now at Best Buy, tons of gaming options from Arozzi are on sale. Whether you’re looking for comfort during hours-long gaming sessions or just want a more comfortable upgrade to your workspace, with up to $400
Apple Arcade released Kingdom Rush Vengeance TD on Friday. The new game joins Apple Arcade’s Legends of Kingdom Rush and Kingdom Rush Frontiers. If you’re not subscribed to Apple Arcade, you can still play Kingdom Rush Vengeance TD, but it’ll cost you $5 in the App Store. Construct towers and brace for army of heroes
Digimon Survive was announced four years ago. Myriad delays later, the visual novel tactical hybrid is finally coming. Will it be good? Time will tell. But arriving after the underrated success of RPG spin-off Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, it has the potential to be another intriguing dive down the Digimon rabbithole. The developers are already
But what about the substance? What’s the story we’re telling? Every D&D fan loves a great monster to make attack rolls against, but these experiences and stories have the capacity to really move people and even speak to some delicate emotional parts of someone. Well, producer Jeremy Latcham’s comments at this year’s SDCC really demonstrated
As the new smart home standard Matter gets closer to launch, connected devices built on Thread — a technology that’s integral to Matter — are starting to roll out. In the last year, Eve, Nanoleaf, Schlage, and Wemo have released smart home gadgets such as motion sensors, light bulbs, door locks, smart plugs, and motorized
I’m sorry for what I’m about to do here, but let’s talk about some divorced men. I think Sergey Brin is attempting to smear his ex-wife, and I think he’s using his history with Elon Musk to do it. Musk allegedly had an affair with Brin’s wife, leading to their divorce. (ALLEGEDLY.) Then, at a
With the COVID spending spree on PCs at an end and consumers spooked by inflation and a worsening economy, Intel’s profit and revenue plunged in the second quarter, the chipmaker said Thursday. Intel’s own problems, like quality issues with the chips that fill tech giants’ data centers, also were a major factor. The problems led
Done binging season 3 of The Umbrella Academy on Netflix? It was another round of saving the world, but this time the approach — and stakes — were a little different. The Hargreeves siblings seem to be successful in preventing the collapse of the entire universe. But the results? They’re understandably complicated. Here’s where things stand after the
Sony is testing 1440p resolution support for the PS5, a highly requested addition from PlayStation’s community of gamers. Beta testers will get access to the new software features starting Thursday, Sony said in a blog post. The new video output option will be available to gamers with compatible TVs and monitors and for games with 1440p
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Advertisement Mojang and Microsoft declined to comment. The hate and the hashtag are all because of Wednesday’s v1.19.1 update for Minecraft: Java Edition. Players can now report one another for “inappropriate chat messages or dangerous behavior,” even on private servers. “The type of behavior that will get you banned is hate speech, bullying, harassing, sexual
Rockstar Games / IQWIn the very first firefight against some random police who started attacking me for no reason at all (don’t look at all the dead bodies around me) I quickly discovered this rifle has a very slow firing rate. It also doesn’t seem any more precise or accurate than most of my other
Annapurna Interactive held its second annual showcase on Thursday and unveiled a number of new games, updates and developer projects. The video game publisher is behind hit games like Outer Wilds, The Pathless, The Artful Escape and Stray. Here’s everything announced at the showcase that gamers can look forward to in 2022 and beyond. Games
Still cringing over your angsty, embarrassing high school years? The upcoming Sims 4 expansion pack, High School Years, lets you take another shot at cultivating your ideal coming-of-age experience. The new pack is now available on Steam, Origin, PlayStation and Xbox. Ahead of launch, Sims 4 developers held a preview demo showing off a whole
Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch). The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday that update rules across several categories to be more specific, clamping down on loopholes developers may have used to skirt existing rules. One of
A compromise in Congress is forming among Democrats to tinker with the tax code, generate revenue by other means and apply those revenues to climate-change-related investments and deficit reduction. The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, if it passes, would institute a minimum tax rate for large companies and close the carried interest loophole. TechCrunch explored
Fresh fish isn’t really that fresh — even straight off the boat. The way they’re caught and killed is not only inhumane but detrimental to the resulting meat. There’s a far superior alternative, but it’s time-consuming and manual — but Shinkei Systems has figured out a way to automate it, even on the deck of
It wasn’t a sure thing that the Pixel Buds Pro would turn out to be good. Google has had a mixed, inconsistent track record with wireless earbuds so far. The original Pixel Buds in 2017 had such an unconventional design that something as fundamental as putting them back into the case was overly complicated. The
From Elon Musk Twitter impersonators to dubious Discord chats, cryptocurrency and non-fungible token (NFT) scammers have stolen billions of dollars from investors over the last few years. But now, politicians and law enforcement are turning their attention to Apple and Google — companies that operate huge app stores — and how they review fraudulent crypto
Meta on Tuesday told US news partners on Facebook News that it no longer plans to fund publishers for providing content, the company confirmed to CNET on Thursday. The move, previously reported by Axios, comes in the midst of a slew of changes to Facebook and Instagram as parent company Meta overhauls its social media
When Leapfin founder and CEO Ray Lau was managing financial operations at the game company Zynga a decade ago, he saw just how hard it was for his team to get answers about the financial health of the company quickly. He attributed this to too much siloed data and rigid financial systems. He says that
The Zenfone 9, like last year’s 8, is that rare Android phone that prioritizes compact size rather than maximizing screen or battery size. Be still my heart! But the new story this year is the phone’s camera and stabilization system: rather than just moving a single lens element to compensate for camera shake, the entire
Prime Video’s catalog of fantasy films is sparse, but there are gems in there . Whether you’re looking for a brand new release or a classic from the vault, there’s something everyone. Check out some of the best fantasy movies below! Read more: The Best Horror Movies on Prime Video Paramount Love and Monsters (2020) This
Autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai is forming a strategic joint venture with Sany Heavy Truck, a subsidiary of Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer Sany Heavy Industry, to create an autonomous truck brand. The plan is to combine Pony.ai’s “virtual driver” with Sany’s technical prowess in building heavy-duty trucks to build automotive-grade self-driving trucks with Level 4 autonomy,
Google is finally bringing an old feature to its new Nest cameras. Starting this week, you can stream the video feed from all your Nest cameras and video doorbells to your TV using a Chromecast with Google TV. Google announced the feature in a blog post on the Google Nest Community forum Wednesday morning. “What?”
Like other streamers, HBO Max has an eclectic range of sci-fi series, including originals, older titles and excellent international offerings. What sets the HBO originals apart is a stamp of quality marked “prestige TV”. Station Eleven is the prime example of a prestige show. With long episode times, high production values and a great Metacritic score (81), the
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The US Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday it’s looking to block Facebook parent company Meta’s acquisition of Within Unlimited, which makes a VR fitness app called Supernatural. “The agency alleges that Meta and [Meta CEO Mark] Zuckerberg are planning to expand Meta’s virtual reality empire with this attempt to illegally acquire a dedicated fitness app that
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