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For a while now, Discord has offered a feature called Rich Presence . It's an API developers can use to connect their games to Discord and make it easier to jump into them from the chat app. We've mostly seen studios add...

Imagine for a moment, if you will, all of the ailments plaguing our society: A devastating global pandemic; widespread and accelerating ecological collapse; the looming threat of a Swedish House Mafia reunion tour.

Twitter has published the results from a study that analyzed its algorithms to explore potential political bias. The company notes that users who have an algorithmically sorted home timeline will see a combination of twe...

Google Stadia just appeared with a window into the future of the game streaming universe courtesy of AT&T, of all companies. It was with AT&T’s “Experience Batman: Arkham Knight” promotion that we first saw how Goo...

Sony has announced when its next State of Play stream will take place. You can watch it on October 27th at 5PM ET on Twitch or YouTube . It'll be a short broadcast, clocking in at 20 minutes or so, but as we saw with Son...

Researchers from MIT, Argentina, and South Africa have published a paper looking into the heard activity of dinosaurs. The study found that dinosaurs did move in herds and that they moved in herds much earlier than previ...

Lyft has finally published its first safety report (PDF), which sheds light on the rate of sexual assault and abuse cases on the service in the US over the course of three years. From 2017 until 2019, Lyft received a tot...

Amazon's deal of the day is all about Samsung today, with products on sale ranging from laptops to Galaxy S smartphones to storage. That includes a 30 percent discount on Samsung's thin and pretty 13.3-inch Galaxy Book P...

The world's largest Triceratops skeleton ever discovered was sold at auction for roughly $7.7 million on Thursday, according to a new report from Reuters. The auction estimate before bidding started was that it would onl...

Russia's capital city of Moscow will enter a 10-day lockdown starting next week as new cases of covid-19 and deaths from the disease reach new daily highs. The lockdown, which won't start until Thursday, Oct. 28, comes a...

Back at the start of the year, Google gave Meet hosts the ability to mute everyone in a call all at once. Now, the company has a solution for situations that require more nuance and control. It's introducing an audio and...

This weekend will bring Fortnite‘s first-ever player-vs-environment (PvE) tournament, giving everyone a chance to battle for a few Halloween-themed rewards. The Fortnitemares Cup will task Fortnite players with teaming...

The redesigned MacBook Pro might be more powerful than you think, provided you have the right configuration. Apple has confirmed to Engadget and MacRumors that the 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip can invoke a pre...

Missouri's Republican Gov. Mike Parson has escalated his conflict with a local newspaper after the outlet revealed a gaping cybersecurity hole in one of the state's websites.

Carriers will stop at nothing to entice you away from your current plan. T-Mobile is known for pushing freebies and price cuts to keep its customers on board, and now it's offering $1000 pay off your smartphone at your c...

On Wednesday, ex-president and current loser Donald Trump announced he is launching the Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), a venture supposedly valued at $1.7 billion that will encompass everything from a hellhole so...

Oil and gas companies keep saying they're committed to the goals of the Paris Agreement. They keep making net zero promises. They touting high-tech solutions they're working on. It may feel like most of it is bullshit, b...

Seeking to make an app that was designed to be a fun distraction less fun and less distracting, the powers that be over at Douyin--the Chinese version of TikTok that's pretty much the same the U.S. version, but with boos...

Overwatch hero Jesse McCree has a new name, and, no, it's not Deadeye Dave. As promised , Blizzard has renamed the gunslinger in the aftermath of his real-life namesake leaving the studio back in August. As of October 26...

What a weird, weird race to the bottom of the branded-IP media universe barrel we find ourselves in.

Satechi today announced a new USB-C adapter, and it’s quite the doozy. Though its official name – the Satechi USB-C Hybrid Multiport Adapter – might be a little boring, the actual adapter is anything but. As you’...

A specific combination of essential amino acids may help protect against the development of dementia, according to a new study from Japanese researchers with the National Institute for Quantum Sciences and Technology. Ke...