PC Gamer US Edition
PLAYING A JUNGLER IN LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
Why the MOBA’s least popular role is also the most fun
3 min |
August 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
MOUNT & BLADE II: BANNERLORD
Great mods are available already.
7 min |
August 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
F1 2020
Take your own Formula 1 team to victory
3 min |
August 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
CRUSADER KINGS III
Paradox’s historical sandbox sticks to what it does best
6 min |
August 2020
PC Gamer US Edition
CHAINSAW CHESS
Fantastic combat makes GEARS TACTICS a strategy game worthy of the PC.
3 min |
August 2020
Techlife News
WAIT TO REOPEN? SOME NYC SHOPS RUN OUT OF PATIENCE
In a city famous for its lack of patience, some businesses have jumped ahead on what’s supposed to be a slow and methodical emergence from coronavirus lockdown.
3 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
INSURANCE TELEMARKETERS FINED $225M FOR A BILLION ROBOCALLS
The U.S. communications regulator proposed a $225 million fine, its largest ever, against two health insurance telemarketers for spamming people with 1 billion robocalls using fake phone numbers.
2 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
GOOGLE QUIETLY ROLLS OUT TEST VERSION OF ANDROID UPGRADE
Google has released a test version of its annual upgrade to its Android software without the usual fanfare heralding the latest operating system powering most smartphones.
2 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
DAVIDSON STEPS UP IN ‘THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND'
The protagonists in Judd Apatow movies don’t generally have their stuff together. They are emotionally stunted, occasionally underachieving, unmotivated to change and often even border on unlikable. But whether it’s Seth Rogen’s stoner-entrepreneur, Steve Carell’s 40-year-old virgin or Adam Sandler’s depressed movie star, there has always been at least some separation between the actor and the character.
3 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
AS BUSINESS TRICKLES BACK, HOTELS COMPETE ON CLEANLINESS
Marriott, Hilton and other big hotel companies are used to competing on price or perks. Now they are competing on cleanliness.
4 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
Zoom Caught in China Censorship Crossfire As Meetings Foiled
Video app company Zoom said it regretted that some meetings involving U.S.-based Chinese dissidents were disrupted, as meanwhile a prominent Hong Kong activist said his account was blocked despite the city’s guarantees of free speech.
2 min |
June 13, 2020
Techlife News
Amazon Bans Police Use Of Its Face Recognition For a Year
Amazon banned police use of its face-recognition technology for a year, making it the latest tech giant to step back from law-enforcement use of systems that have faced criticism for incorrectly identifying people with darker skin.
4 min |
June 13, 2020
AppleMagazine
HBO MAX REMOVES ‘GONE WITH THE WIND,' WILL ADD CONTEXT
HBO Max has temporarily removed “Gone With the Wind” from its streaming library in order to add historical context to the 1939 film long criticized for romanticizing slavery and the Civil War-era South.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
SPACEX OPENS ERA OF AMATEUR ASTRONAUTS, COSMIC MOVIE SETS
SpaceX’s debut astronaut launch is the biggest, most visible opening shot yet in NASA’s grand plan for commercializing Earth’s backyard.
5 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
GAME ON: APPLE'S PLANS FOR LIVE SPORTS DOMINANCE
As Apple ramps up work on innovative, immersive sports viewing technology and throws a punch at Amazon by pilfering one of its executives to head up a new sports division, it’s clear that the company is game set and match.
6 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
STARBUCKS TAKES $3 BILLION HIT TO REVENUE DURING PANDEMIC
Starbucks expects to lose more than $3 billion in revenue in its fiscal third quarter due to the new coronavirus, but said the disruption to its business should subside through the rest of the year.
2 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FORD, VW TO COLLABORATE ON VANS, PICKUP, ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Ford and Volkswagen will each offer a small city van, a larger cargo van, a small pickup truck and an electric vehicle as part of their global alliance announced last year.
1 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
THE 10 BEST MOVIES RELEASED SINCE THEATERS WERE SHUTTERED
Believe it or not, a lot of new films have been released since movie theaters were shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic — and a lot of good films.
4 min |
June 12, 2020
AppleMagazine
FARM-TO-TABLE DINING TAKES ON NEW MEANING AMID PANDEMIC
Eric Pray is used to shipping seafood all over the country. But since the coronavirus took hold, he has shifted his focus closer to home — selling lobsters from a homemade tank in his garage.
3 min |
June 12, 2020
Stereophile
SHELTERING IN PLACE IN NEW ORLEANS
ALTHOUGH THE BARS ARE CLOSED AND THE FESTIVALS POSTPONED, NEW ORLEANS RESIDENTS AND LOVERS OF ITS MUSIC CAN STILL ENJOY THE CITY’S RICH LEGACY OF RECORDED MUSIC.
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
MBL Noble Line N11
LINE PREAMPLIFIER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Home Cookin'
REVINYLIZATION
4 min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Classé Delta Mono
Monoblock Power Amplifier
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Tannoy Revolution XT 6
LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Von Schweikert Ultra 55
LOUDSPEAKER
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
The Art of being
MY BACK PAGES
4 min |
July 2020
Stereophile
SchiitHEDD
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
10+ min |
July 2020
Stereophile
Haniwa's HCVC01: A breakthrough product?
ANALOG CORNER
10+ min |
July 2020
Techlife News
‘NEVER HAVE I EVER' BRINGS RARE VOICE, AND A NEWCOMER, TO TV
When Mindy Kaling was growing up in the Boston area, few classmates looked like her, and her television choices ranged from angsty white teenagers to funny white teenagers.
3 min |
June 6, 2020
Techlife News
NSA: RUSSIAN AGENTS HAVE BEEN HACKING MAJOR EMAIL PROGRAM
The U.S. National Security Agency says the same Russian military hacking group that interfered in the 2016 presidential election and unleashed a devastating malware attack the following year has been exploiting a major email server program since last August or earlier.
2 min |