Halo Infinite’s open world underwent ‘significant scaling back’ for launch
Audio player loading… Halo Infinite’s original open world looked very different, as developer 343 Industries made significant cutbacks and changes during development. While Halo Infinite was the first entry in…
‘So dull it’ll send you off to sleep’ – Netflix’s new thriller gets a kicking from critics
Audio player loading… The likes of Stranger Things, The Sea Beast and The Gray Man may have buoyed the fortunes of Netflix in recent weeks, but the streamer’s latest thriller…
Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti GPU could beat even the RTX 3090 Ti – and make your PSU weep
Audio player loading… Nvidia’s full-fat AD104 chip, the GPU for its next-gen Lovelace graphics cards which is expected to be the engine of the RTX 4070, could end up being…
Google says it shut down a key data center to save it from London’s heatwave
Audio player loading… Google has revealed more information on what happened when it was forced to shut down one of its London data centers on the UK’s hottest day of…
Patton Oswalt on Life, Love, and Catfishing
I think a lot of us do that when we’re reading social media or texting. We imagine an inflection that’s not there. It’s interesting to me, as a parent, to…
Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis
When record temperatures wracked the UK in late July, Google Cloud’s data centers in London went offline for a day, due to cooling failures. The impact wasn’t limited to those…
How to Set Medication Reminders on Your Phone
Prescription drugs help us with everything from chronic pain to birth control, but it can be tough to remember to take your pill every day, especially if you have several…
The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon
Synchron is making tangible progress. In August 2020, the company was granted an investigational device exemption from the FDA, allowing it to become the first company to conduct clinical trials…
There’s a Monkeypox Testing Bottleneck
But while a monkeypox test already existed, it required lab workers to do each step by hand, Morice says. Federal guidelines say testing should be done only by swabbing the…
Gig Workers Are Losing Their Hard-Won Rights
Not all of Just Eat’s orange-clad couriers were switched to salaried contracts, and the company did continue to use self-employed gig workers hired via outsourcing companies to fulfill some of…