There’s flying a drone and then there’s flying a drone. While the former invariably involves gentle climbs and careful descents, the latter can include breathtaking speeds, sudden turns, and, if you’re still learning the ropes, lots of crashes. These faster, more sophisticated flights are often performed by FPV (first person view) drones. For those not […]
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Our favorite trickster god teams up with time cops in official Loki trailer
Tom Hiddleston returns as everyone’s favorite Norse god of mischief in the forthcoming limited spinoff series Loki. We just finished enthusing over WandaVision and are still awaiting the final episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Solider, but Marvel has a lot more in store for us. The studio just dropped the official trailer for Loki, its […]
The bestselling games of all time
Although sales aren’t the only metric relevant to how good a game is, it’s a decent measurement of how influential certain titles have been over time. In this list, we’ll take a look at the cream of the crop, listing the top bestselling video games of all time. Some interesting notes before diving in: Almost […]
Intel buys time with ‘retrofit’ Rocket Lake desktop PC chips
Intel Intel has launched its latest desktop PC chips having had to retrofit some of its recent semiconductor designs to work on older transistor tech to deliver the processing power required. The stopgap effort has consequences for both the speeds and heat they produce. The US firm claims the Rocket Lake chips deliver a 19% […]
The best PS2 games of all time
The PlayStation 2 is somewhat of a forgotten console, especially since there have been two (and almost three) upgraded consoles since then. However, if you’ve been gaming for a long time, you still remember what this retro console was like. Two decades later, there are still plenty of PS2 games that you can purchase if […]
These apps use A.I. to automate your life and save you time
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) can do a huge amount to help our lives, and that’s especially evident in the devices we use every day. There are tons of apps that make great use of A.I. to introduce fantastic new features that save huge amounts of time, identify whatever you point your camera at, and much more. […]
How to beat Paper Mario really fast by… playing Ocarina of Time?
Probably the only Paper Mario speedrun you’ve ever seen that includes extensive Ocarina of Time gameplay. The idea of using video games as a way to achieve some form of Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE) on classic hardware has come a long way since seven years ago, when TASbot publicly reprogrammed a Super NES on the […]
All US Apple stores are open for the first time in almost a year
Enlarge / NEW YORK, June 17, 2020 – Staff workers serve customers outside an Apple store on Fifth Avenue. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images For the first time in just a few days shy of a year, all Apple Store retail locations in the United States are open this week, reports 9to5Mac. Apple first […]
I crashed the DJI FPV drone the first time I took it for a spin
I can’t believe it, but after several years of flying drones, I finally crashed one. Worse yet, the thing didn’t even lift off the ground before it crashed, uneventfully, only a few short feet away from when I was trying to get it to take off. For the first time in my short drone-piloting life, […]
Biden can’t fix the chip shortage any time soon. Here’s why.
Semiconductor executive Tom Caulfield knew a crisis was brewing when he started getting frantic calls from big automakers just before Christmas. “Tom, you’re killing me. You need to make more,” Caulfield, the chief executive of chipmaker GlobalFoundries, recalls the auto executives saying. “Ford, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler-Benz, Fiat Chrysler, GM — every one of them became […]
Apple beats Samsung in phone sales for first time since 2016
The iPhone 12 Pro Max (left) and iPhone 12 mini (right). Samuel Axon Never let it be said there isn’t a range of size options at this point. Samuel Axon ` Samuel Axon Apple beat out Samsung to become the world’s leading seller of smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a new […]
The best apps for limiting screen time in Android and iOS
It’s easy to do just about anything with your smartphone. From paying your bills to ordering groceries once-arduous tasks can be completed in minutes. If you’re like many people, however, you may be concerned about the amount of time you’re spending on your phone. Luckily, there are some excellent apps that can help you gain […]
Why now is the best time to buy an Amazon Kindle
Have you been contemplating an Amazon Kindle purchase for a while and haven’t managed to hit that buy button yet? As part of early Presidents Day sales, we’re seeing pop up at Amazon, you can buy the Amazon Kindle e-reader for the lowest price we’ve seen so far this year. For just $ 65, you […]
The GameStop Reckoning Was a Long Time Coming
This week, the biggest story in the financial markets is the absurdist, pretty-sure-I-hallucinated-it drama involving GameStop, a struggling video-game retailer that became the rope in a high-stakes tug of war between Wall Street suits and a crusading internet mob. The simplest explanation for what happened is that a bunch of hyper-online mischief-makers in Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets […]
Apple doubles down on Fitness+ with new “Time to Walk” Apple Watch content
Time to Walk will display photos to match speakers’ stories and talks while you walk. Apple It will of course provide you a workout summary at the walk’s conclusion. Apple Watch Dolly Parton is one of four people in the first four episodes. The others are… Apple …Draymond Green… Apple …Shawn Mendes… Apple …and Uzo […]