Everyday habits can quietly wear down a tablet's battery, and while most devices offer six to eight hours of use on a charge, capacity falls with age. A few simple changes can slow that decline and keep your tablet usable longer. Leaving a tablet plugged in overnight can

At the Game Developers Conference, Sandfall Interactive laid out how a four‑person programming team created Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Technical director Tom Guillermin and senior gameplay programmer Florian Torres led a panel titled “Delivering a Wide Scope of Features & Content When You Only Have Four Programmers,” and gave

Michael Bolin worked at Google, Meta, and OpenAI. He is the tech lead on Codex and spent almost 12 years at Meta before joining OpenAI in 2024. On "The Peterman Pod" he shared three steps for making an impact in Big Tech. First, figure out what you like

External GPUs can boost a laptop's gaming performance, but the market is slim and using a normal graphics card raises the problem of how to mount it safely. A 3D-printed eGPU "suitcase" addresses that issue and has an appealing design to boot. MakerWorld user MPKVR adapted

The RTX 5070 was initially judged harshly because of its pricing, but shifts in the graphics card and PC market invite a fresh look. On today’s market, this MSI RTX 5070 gaming PC stands out as a very good value at just shy of $1,500 from B&

Berlin-based Periwinkle lets people set up social media accounts on their own domain using the AT Protocol, the open source technology behind Bluesky. The startup provides the infrastructure to run a personal or organization-specific site, so you can have an account on your own domain or a hosted social space

The Flight Demonstrations and Capabilities (FDC) project conducts complex, integrated small-scale flight research to validate the benefits of new technologies. By modifying aircraft from its support fleet, FDC enables aggressive, success-oriented flight campaign schedules and supports technologies at all phases of maturation, even as many are at mid-levels of technology

Several Chinese cities are offering free housing, discounted office space, and cash subsidies to attract startups building on OpenClaw. In Wuxi’s high-tech zone, a policy draft posted on the city’s official WeChat account outlines 12 measures to support what developers call “raising the lobster,” the practice of deploying

Not long ago, the annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco was liberally sprinkled with ads for blockchain companies and sponsored talks about NFTs. They've all left. GDC 2023 featured talks such as "So, You Want to Build a Blockchain Game" and "How Polygon Labs

The XTAR-Link MP158 is a 158Wh power bank built specifically to run a Starlink Mini dish. It offers a 100W max input/output USB-C port, an 18W USB-A port and a DC5521 port that can supply the 15–21V at 5A the Mini needs. Rubber covers protect the ports and

I tried to create a font from my own handwriting using FontCrafter, a free browser-based tool from Chris Pirillo. The process is straightforward: print the supplied template, fill it out with a felt-tip pen (ballpoints are too faint; thick markers bleed), scan the page and upload it. Most of the

Counter-Strike 2 players in Germany will soon be able to use an "X-ray scanner" to see what’s inside loot containers before opening them. Beginning March 16, those players will have an X-Ray Scanner tab in their Inventory, and containers can only be opened via the X-Ray Scanner.

I'm focused on security and privacy. On my desktop I use Linux, but that doesn't help when I'm mobile, and although Android does a pretty good job of keeping data secure, I wanted more. Recently I made Tor Browser my default on Android; it

Marvel Rivals has hit a rough patch, with a lack of balance updates and a problem known as "incentivised throwing." A website and Discord channel placed bounties on players, leading some to deliberately lose matches so others could collect payments while the site took a cut. NetEase has

The Subsonic Flight Demonstrator (SFD) project engages industry and other government organizations to identify, select, and mature key airframe technologies. It focuses on advances—such as new wing designs—that have a high probability of transition to the next‑generation single‑aisle‑seat class airliner. Learn more about the SFD

Mode, a high-end keyboard maker that lets customers customise caps, stabilisers, switches, plate material, and PCB at checkout, has announced a refresh to its Encore keyboard. The 2026 Encore, developed with YouTuber Matthew Encina, is a 65% layout with a split wood top plate and a new crown mounting system,

Jay Graber is stepping down as CEO of Bluesky to assume a newly created chief innovation officer role. She will remain on the company’s board and help pick a successor, while a leader focused on scaling and execution takes over day-to-day operations. Born Lantian Graber in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she

I blinked, and it was Monday. I made a mistake most grievous on Friday by installing both the card-slinging roguelike Slay the Spire 2 and the new Disco Elysium-like RPG Esoteric Ebb on my ROG Ally. I thought I would sample a little of this, a little of that, and

Daedalic was widely viewed as the inheritor of LucasArts' point-and-click adventure crown a decade or so ago, when it was putting out some truly great adventure games. One of those, Deponia, is free on Steam right now — literally free until March 16. I really enjoyed the first Deponia: a

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple plans a slate of higher-end "Ultra" products for 2026, complementing the budget-oriented MacBook Neo. The "Ultra" label echoes existing names like Apple Watch Ultra and M-series Ultra chips and signals a push toward more premium hardware. At the top

Less than two weeks after New York state sued Valve for "letting children and adults illegally gamble" with loot boxes, a second consumer class-action has been filed making a similar claim: loot boxes in Valve titles such as Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2 are "

Acting program director Kate McMurtry and deputy program director Christopher Williams lead the Integrated Aviation Systems Program. The Flight Demos and Capabilities (FDC) project conducts complex and integrated flight research demonstrations in support of ARMD programs. FDC also operates, sustains and enhances the flight research and test capabilities—from test

The US Army is testing ground robots to evacuate wounded troops and perform tasks such as clearing minefields when medical evacuation crews cannot reach casualties. The push reflects lessons from Ukraine, where drones and artillery have made battlefield movements extremely hazardous. The 2nd Cavalry Regiment is providing feedback to industry

The Sony WF-1000XM6 and Apple AirPods Pro 3 are both top-tier wireless earbuds, but they focus on different strengths. Sony refreshed the design, added new drivers, and uses the same chip that powers the ANC in its WH-1000XM6 over-ears. Apple refined an already solid product with improved noise cancellation, a

A new Steam listing for Pickmon makes its intentions clear from the name: the game borrows heavily from familiar creature designs and other franchises. Where Palworld stitched together Pokémon-like parts, Pickmon leans into outright mimicry, showing creatures that look like Pikachu with dyed eyebrows and other small changes. Trailers and