Cheap TVs’ incessant advertising reaches troubling new lows
TVs offer us an escape from the real world. After a long day, sometimes there’s nothing more relaxing than turning on your TV, tuning into your favorite program, and unplugging…
Satisfactory now has controller support, so there’s no excuse for your bad lines
Satisfactory starts out as a game you play, then becomes a way you think. The only way I have been able to keep the ridiculous factory simulation from eating an…
How a 1980s Atari creator with cystic fibrosis crafted a story of salmon survival
In 1982, while most game developers were busy with space invaders and maze ghosts, Bill Williams created something far more profound: a game about swimming upstream against impossible odds. Salmon…
SpaceX and Military Will Start Testing Anywhere in an Hour Flights 2026-2027
SpaceX and the Air Force Research Lab will start testing and developing the capability to fly anywhere in the world in under an hour. The Air Force will build two…
ZeniMax union votes to authorize a strike
Members of ZeniMax Workers United, a union of over 300 quality assurance workers in Texas and Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike. The vote, which passed with over 94…
Hundreds of scientists accuse Donald Trump of censorship
More than 1,900 scientists and engineers have signed a letter saying they “see real danger in this moment” as the Trump administration slashes federal support for scientific research. “Wise investments…
Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles
Four adventurers suited up and embarked on a first-of-a-kind trip to space Monday night, becoming the first humans to fly in polar orbit aboard a SpaceX crew capsule chartered by…
Gemini is an increasingly good chatbot, but it’s still a bad assistant
Google announced its intention to unify its generative AI efforts under the Gemini brand at the tail end of 2023, and it’s been full steam ahead ever since. In 2025,…
Review: Amazon’s Kindle Colorsoft is something less than “a Paperwhite with color”
It has been a bumpy start for Amazon’s $280 Kindle Colorsoft, the company’s first E-Ink book reader with a color screen. The company delayed shipments for a few weeks to…
Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA astronaut, Butch Wilmore, had to take manual control of the vehicle.…