MechWarrior 5: Clans is supposed to be newbie-friendly, and I put it to the test
It is a matter of settled law on the Judge John Hodgman podcast that people like what they like, and you can't force someone to like something. It is called the Tom Waits Principle. I thought about...
View ArticleBasecamp-maker 37Signals says its “cloud exit” will save it $10M over 5 years
37Signals is not a company that makes its policy or management decisions quietly. The productivity software company was an avowedly Mac-centric shop until Apple's move to kill home screen web apps (or...
View ArticleFew truly shocked that NFL player used illegal stream to watch his own team
Trying to watch your favorite NFL team's games throughout a season is a fiendish logistics puzzle, one that doesn't even have a "just pay for it" shortcut. You can buy a Sunday Ticket package from...
View ArticleRemoval of Russian coders spurs debate about Linux kernel’s politics
"Remove some entries due to various compliance requirements. They can come back in the future if sufficient documentation is provided." That two-line comment, submitted by major Linux kernel maintainer...
View ArticleFallout: London is a huge Fallout 4 mod that is now playable—and worth playing
It took a crew of more than 100 talented modders and another hundred voice actors nearly five years to make Fallout: London. Just as they planned to release it, Bethesda came out with a "next-gen...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi OS’s yearslong switch from X Window to Wayland is now official
There have been times when it seemed like X Window System would be with us forever, even though it's more than 40 years old, and the last true version was issued in 2012. But with great effort, some...
View ArticleSome of Apple’s last holdout accessories have switched from Lightning to USB-C
One of the last major holdouts against USB-C has majorly loosened its grasp. All the accessories that come with Apple's newest iMac—the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad—ship with USB-C...
View ArticleProton is the latest entrant in the quirky “VPN for your TV” market
Streaming in the US has become a broken and fiendishly complex tangle of ephemeral choices—and that's before you factor in sports. You can see why it might seem somehow easier to stream shows from...
View ArticlePixel phones are getting an actual weather app in 2024, with a bit of AI
Google's stated mission is to "organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful." For a very long time, then, it has been odd that one of its biggest platforms, Android,...
View ArticleApple is snapping up one of the best non-Adobe image editors, Pixelmator
Pixelmator, the Lithuania-based firm that makes popular Mac-based photo editing tools, has agreed to be acquired by Apple. The company says that, pending regulatory approval, there will be "no material...
View ArticleDystopika is a beautiful cyberpunk city builder without the ugly details
Some of my favorite games deny me the thing I think I want most. Elden Ring refuses to provide manageable save files (and I paid for it). Balatro withholds the final math on each hand played (and its...
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Guy makes “dodgy e-bike” from 130 used vapes to make point about e-waste
Disposable vapes are indefensible. Many, or maybe most, of them contain rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but manufacturers prefer to sell new ones. More than 260 million vape batteries are estimated...
View ArticleMetal Slug Tactics gives turn-based strategy a hyper-stylized shot of adrenaline
Metal Slug Tactics pushes hard on the boundaries of the vaunted run-and-gun arcade series. You can run when it's your character's turn, but it's a certain number of tiles. You can gun, but not rapidly,...
View ArticleCorning faces antitrust actions for its Gorilla Glass dominance
The European Commission (EC) has opened an antitrust investigation into US-based glass-maker Corning, claiming that its Gorilla Glass has dominated the mobile phone screen market due to restrictive...
View ArticleSega is delisting 60 classic games from Steam, so now’s the time to grab them
Sega has put dozens of its Master System, Genesis, Saturn, and other console titles onto modern game stores over the years. But, like that Dreamcast controller stashed in your childhood garage, they're...
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