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My first gaming laptop, which I bought more than 15 years ago, was a 10-pound, 17-inch beast so big and heavy I only really moved it around when traveling back and forth between home and college. I eventually upgraded to...

You don't need a high-end PC to play virtual reality games anymore. Shadow, a 5-year-old cloud gaming platform, is launching what it calls a "VR Exploration Program"--a fancy way of saying a closed beta for people who wa...

Analysts and manufacturers love citing smartphone sales and shipment figures but the unspoken implication is that the number of devices out in the wild is rapidly increasing. Not all of those devices are actually in use,...

An avocado a day may help keep the dementia away, at least in older adults suffering from obesity. The findings come from the University of Illinois where researchers looked into the effects of avocados on cognitive func...

Russia is normally considered a bastion for cold. But it just experienced its warmest winter since records started some 130 years ago. And we can all blame climate change.

With the exception of a couple of late stragglers, Android Auto has become commonplace on most cars. Not so with motorcycles. But that's about to change with Harley-Davidson announcing that it plans to update some of its...

All federal government employees could soon be banned from downloading TikTok on work-issued smartphones. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) and Rick Scott (R-Florida) have introduced a bill that would do just that, claim...

Michael Chu, one of most recognizable creatives behind Blizzard's games, is leaving the company. Chu has been lead writer for Overwatch and its upcoming sequel Overwatch 2 since 2014, but he also worked on several Diablo...

Cold brew used to take a long time to make: steep the grounds for 24 hours . . . yawn. Not with the Dash Rapid Cold Brew System Coffee Carafe. This cold brew maker actually prepares 1.5 liters of the stuff in just five m...

HMD Global has always prided itself on the vanilla Android experience it ships on its Nokia-branded phones. It has committed to sticking close to the Android One “flavor” on most of its models, shipping the trimmed d...

News+ publishers already agreed to a bundle, but music labels are holding out.

If you've been thinking of investing in an entry-level gaming laptop, now might be the time. The MSI PS42 Modern is on sale on Newegg for $830. That's a $770 savings off of the machine's original price, and it's closer t...

It has the same terrible Snapdragon Wear 3100 SoC that all other Android watches have.

The NCAA will not crown a basketball champion this year. Just one day after it said it would restrict attendance at upcoming Division 1 men's and women's basketball tournaments, the NCAA has officially cancelled those ev...

Nintendo is determined to build up hype for Animal Crossing: New Horizons ahead of its March 20th debut, and that includes bringing a taste of the game to the modern Animal Crossing game you can already play. It just kic...

Hate forums and social media platforms have likely made it easier for atomized white supremacists and neo-Nazis to find like-minded individuals, laying the base for a resurgence in far-right organizing and violence. But ...

Today is World Day Against Cyber Censorship. Launched by Reporters Without Borders in 2008, it's goal is to raise awareness of how various governments around the world are censoring free speech online, whether it's by bl...

Movie sequel A Quiet Place 2 won’t premiere widely across theaters this month, Paramount Pictures has announced. The company has decided to indefinitely delay the release of the movie due to the evolving coronavirus si...

A new analysis of existing research this week suggests that Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and similar 12-step facilitated peer counseling programs (TSF) really can help people dealing with alcohol use disorder to abstain fro...

It's official. Disneyland in Anaheim, California is shutting down due to the new coronavirus. Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, however, will remain open for the time being.

Guild Wars 2 has been one of the most resilient online RPGs to date -- it has persisted for nearly eight years despite competition from heavyweights like World of Warcraft, not to mention its own challenges. And it appea...

Today is the start of the US Census 2020, something that will eventually involve people traveling house-to-house to follow up with anyone who hadn’t responded to the census before that point. In light of the ongoing co...