by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / A bundle with Sony's PS4 Slim and Marvel's Spider-Man for $200 looks like one of the better deals this Black Friday. (credit: Mark Walton) Black Friday is less than a week away, and we’re starting to get a good sense of what deals the te...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / It's a beta! A beta that will take your money. (credit: Valve Software) Valve's next video game, a card-battling computer game called Artifact, will be a tricky one to review for a few reasons. For one, it inevitably comes with the bagga...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Alex Stamos, who recently stepped down from his role as Chief Security Officer at Facebook, published an op-ed in The Washington Post today, saying that Facebook could have responded Russian interference on its platform earlier. But he a...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
On Friday night, Boring Company CEO Elon Musk tweeted images of his tunnel-boring machine appearing to emerge from the dirt into a cavernous hole, with bystanders at the hole's edge watching the spinning boring head. Congratulations @BoringCo...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Tumblr’s iOS app is missing from Apple’s App Store. Tumblr says that it is “working to resolve an issue with the iOS app,” but it’s not clear if the app is missing from the store because it was removed by Apple, or by Tumblr itself. Ea...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Elon Musk’s Boring Company reached a new milestone this week: it completed digging out its first tunnel in LA. Musk posted a video of the breakthrough to his Twitter account, showing off the machine reaching the end point, which the comp...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Throw traps, shoot guns, grind rails: that's the Sunset Overdrive way. Update: There's no shortage of new games this 2018 holiday season, but we wanted to bring a surprise gem to your attention: 2014's Sunset Overdrive, a high-octane, parkour-driv...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / Washboard terrain fills the basins in the right of this image. (credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI) As we've gathered more details about the other planets of the Solar System, we've largely managed to explain the geography we've found by drawing a...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Instagram has notified some of its users that their password might have been exposed due to a security bug, according to The Information (via Engadget). A spokesperson for the company says that the issue was “discovered internally and af...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / Reef is a bright, inviting game with a lot of fun, colorful pieces. (credit: Aaron Zimmerman) Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com....
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / Julian Assange speaks to the media from the balcony of the Embassy of Ecuador on May 19, 2017 in London, England. (credit: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press has asked a federal court to unseal doc...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Richard Baguley Let's be honest here: modern processors aren’t exciting. Speed bumps no longer thrill us, and we’ve become blasé about adding more cores. But we a...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
If you’re tired of those janky dockless electric scooters and ready for an upgrade, a new startup based in Oakland, California may have what you’re looking for. Unagi is the Japanese word for freshwater eel, but now it is also a stylish...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
Enlarge / Holding candles and photos, friends and family gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to remember Bijan Ghaisar, on December 8, 2017. He was killed by US Park Police, and his family still does not know exactly why. (credit: Michael S. Williamson...
by Simeon - 4 weeks ago
When Disney’s Star Wars land Galaxy’s Edge opens next year, it’ll come with a familiar soundtrack — Entertainment Weekly reports that John Williams will provide the score, and has a preview of what to expect, along with looks at two of t...