PC Gamer US Edition
THE SOURCE ENGINE
The beautiful tension of an engine caught between eras.
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ALTAÏR-NATE PAST
How Assassin’s Creed creator PATRICE DÉSILETS became gaming’s cool teacher
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
CHIVALRY 2
Tempered steel and temper tantrums on medieval battlefields
7 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
SEX DOESN'T SELL
STEAM draws a line on steamy content in games
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
FACE THE MUSIC
After DMCA takedowns, Twitch has to make peace with the music biz
4 min |
July 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ALIVE & KICKING
Playing my first match in BLOOD BOWL 3— and surviving to tell the tale.
10+ min |
July 2021
Techlife News
DAIMLER TRUCK TO SHIFT SPENDING TO BATTERY, HYDROGEN RIGS
Daimler’s truck and bus division says it plans to shift most of its vehicle development resources to zero-emission vehicles by 2025 and predicts that battery and hydrogen-powered trucks could be competitive with diesels on cost later this decade.
2 min |
Techlife News #499
Techlife News
BEST BUY RAISES 2021 COMPARABLE STORE SALES EXPECTATIONS
Three months after saying that comparable-store sales may actually fall in 2021, Best Buy on Thursday released a much more optimistic outlook after reporting booming sales in the first quarter.
2 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
GM'S NEWEST VEHICLE: OFF-ROAD, SELF-DRIVING ROVER FOR MOON
General Motors is teaming up with Lockheed Martin to produce the ultimate off-road, self-driving, electric vehicles — for the moon.
1 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
EU BEEFS UP DISINFORMATION CODE TO PREVENT DIGITAL AD PROFIT
European Union officials unveiled plans to beef up the bloc’s code of practice on online disinformation, with the aim of preventing digital ad companies from profiting off of “fake news.”
1 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
FLORIDA LAW SEEKS TO REIN IN LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act exempts websites from being sued for removing content deemed to be “obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable” as long as the companies are acting in “good faith.”
3 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
OPRAH, PRINCE HARRY HOST DISCUSSION WITH GAGA, GLENN CLOSE
Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry are continuing their mental health series with a virtual town hall featuring Lady Gaga, Glenn Close and others.
1 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
WHATSAPP SUES INDIAN GOVERNMENT OVER NEW INTERNET RULES
The messaging app WhatsApp has sued the Indian government seeking to defend its users’ privacy and stop new rules that would require it to make messages “traceable” to external parties.
2 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
EUROPEAN PRIVACY GROUPS CHALLENGE FACIAL SCAN FIRM CLEARVIEW
Privacy campaign groups filed legal complaints Thursday with European regulators against Clearview AI, alleging the facial recognition technology it provides to law enforcement agencies and businesses breaches stringent European Union privacy rules.
1 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
NBC HOPES FOR MORE INDYCAR AS CONTRACT COMES TO AN END
NBC Sports heads into its third Indianapolis 500 not ready to wave the checkered flag on its partnership with Roger Penske’s open-wheel racing series.
2 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
RUSSIAN TO BE DEPORTED AFTER FAILED TESLA RANSOMWARE PLOT
A Russian man was sentenced to what amounted to time already served and will be deported after pleading guilty to trying to pay a Tesla employee $500,000 to install computer malware at the company’s Nevada electric battery plant in a bid to steal company secrets for ransom.
2 min |
Techlife News #500
Techlife News
HOW VACCINE PASSPORTS FOR GLOBAL TRAVEL WILL WORK
Boarding pass, suitcase, passport and ... digital vaccination certificate?
5 min |
Techlife News #500
AppleMagazine
REVOLUTION: THE POST-COVID DIGITAL WORLD IS COMING
COVID-19 era been a story of dramatic digital transformation for all of us, or just some of us? And what’s next?
7 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
WHO'S AN ASTRONAUT AS PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT PICKS UP SPEED?
As more companies start selling tickets to space, a question looms: Who gets to call themselves an astronaut?
4 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GERMAN REGULATOR PROBES GOOGLE'S MARKET POSITION, DATA USE
German regulators have launched an investigation into Google’s position in the market, and how the search engine and advertising giant handles user data.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
GM NOW SAYS IT WILL SUPPORT UNION AT NEW BATTERY FACTORIES
General Motors now says it will support efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize employees at two U.S. electric vehicle battery factories that it’s building in Ohio and Tennessee with a joint-venture partner.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
UK MASS SURVEILLANCE UNLAWFUL UNDER EUROPEAN RULES
Europe’s top human rights court ruled this week that British mass surveillance and intelligence-gathering practices breached human rights laws, in a partial victory for civil rights groups that had challenged the practices exposed by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM WILL NOW LET YOU HIDE ‘LIKE' COUNTS
If you post a photo to social media and you don’t know how many people liked it, did you really post it?
1 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
AMAZON TO BUY MGM, STUDIO BEHIND JAMES BOND AND ‘SHARK TANK'
Online shopping giant Amazon is buying MGM, the movie and TV studio behind James Bond, “Legally Blonde” and “Shark Tank,” with the hopes of filling its video streaming service with more stuffto watch.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
DC FILES ANTITRUST CASE VS AMAZON OVER TREATMENT OF VENDORS
The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use of the allegedly illegal price agreements as well as unspecified damages and penalties.
2 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
FORD CEO SAYS US NEEDS TO REGULATE AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS
The CEO of America’s second-largest auto company is calling for the federal government to set standards for fully or partially automated vehicles to tighten the safety of electronic driving systems.
3 min |
AppleMagazine #500
AppleMagazine
A NEW REASON TO SWIPE RIGHT? DATING APPS ADDING VAX BADGES
The White House is pushing a new reason to swipe right: vaccination badges and “super swipes” for people who’ve gotten their coronavirus shots.
1 min |
AppleMagazine #500
Stereophile
NAD C 298
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
June 2021
Stereophile
ELAC Alchemy DPA-2
POWER AMPLIFIER
10+ min |
June 2021
Sound & Vision
TV TRENDS OF CES 2021
THE ANNUAL CES trade show put on by the Consumer Technology Association was an “all-digital” event for 2021. On the plus side, that allowed us to report on the show from the comfort of our homes dressed in hoodies and sweatpants instead of suits.
6 min |