The Reign of the Part-Time Twitch Streamer
The camera focuses on two bare feet as a Twitch streamer, who goes by JrocTheGod, wrecks boss after boss in Cuphead with just his toes. After a few failed attempts…
How to Use Your Smartphone to Cope With Vision Loss (2022)
To make similar changes to Google Assistant go to Settings > Google > Settings for Google Apps > Search, Assistant and Voice, and choose Google Assistant. You may want to…
Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever
During its brutal war in Ukraine, Russian troops have burnt cities to the ground, raped and tortured civilians, and committed scores of potential war crimes. On November 23, lawmakers across Europe overwhelmingly labeled Russia…
An Online Safety Bill Is Coming to the UK—But It’s Not Enough
For the past ten years, the biggest companies in the tech industry have effectively been allowed to mark their own homework. They’ve protected their power through extensive lobbying while hiding…
New Materials Will Bring the Next Generation of Quantum Computers
Technologies enabled by quantum science will help researchers better understand the natural world and harness quantum phenomena to benefit society. They will transform health care, transportation, and communications, and enhance…
You Don’t Need to Fear a World of Eight Billion Humans
On November 15, the 8 billionth person on the planet was born. Well, more or less. That was the date selected by United Nations demographers as the moment the world crossed…
This Was the Year That Electric Vehicles Took Off
It might finally be happening. For years now, technologists have promised that the age of the electric vehicle cometh. After false starts in the early 20th century (when electrics, for…
Nokia G400 5G Review: Fine, But With Lackluster Software Updates
Nearly two years ago, I reviewed the $200 Nokia 5.3, which was promised two years of Android OS upgrades and three years of security updates. How has HMD Global, the…
Pokémon games are getting less weird
It was a data miner who discovered that the Pokérus isn’t present in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. On its own, it’s a small detail. But it’s part of a trend…
The year’s worst video game writing
When I think of bad video game dialogue, I’m reminded of this tweet: the thinly veiled exposition, the personality quirks as a stand-in for actual characterization, the stilted and strangely…