While self-driving cars have hogged the headlines for the past few years, other forms of autonomous transport are starting to heat up. This month, IBM and Promare — a U.K.-based marine research and exploration charity — will trial a prototype of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered maritime navigation system ahead of a September 16th venture to send […]
The best 1080p graphics card for PC gaming
Sure, 4K and ultrawide-resolution monitors may dominate headlines, but most PC gamers play at 1080p resolution or below, according to the Steam Hardware Survey. And what a time it is to be gaming at HD! You used to have to spend around $250 to $300 to pick up a decent 1080p graphics card. These days, […]
VALORANT agent Omen is the name of a scrapped League of Legends champion
Riot Games’ long-awaited first-person shooter, VALORANT, was revealed today along with all of its agents and weaponry. One agent is a secretive hunter named Omen. But his name was actually going to be used for a now-scrapped League of Legends champion. In VALORANT, Omen is a character that uses teleportation and shadows to outplay his […]
Editorial: SideQuest Is The Beta Channel Oculus Quest Needed
The generally positive reception for Oculus Quest in its first year has been helped in subtle but significant ways by the existence of SideQuest. This is a tricky position to take because Facebook won’t share how many Quests sold and the majority of Quest owners likely don’t even know SideQuest exists. Given these conditions, how […]
Breath of the Wild turns 3, inspiring a new wave of Twitter fandom
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild turns three years old today, but fans aren’t ready to stop celebrating the game quite yet. There’s a sequel on the horizon, with a short-haired Zelda and a dehydrated Ganon, but we don’t have much in the way of details quite yet. With Breath of the Wild […]
The Most Equipped Weapon By D&D Beyond Players Is… A Dagger
Surprise surprise, but the most equipped weapon in Dungeons & Dragons by far is the humble dagger, according to D&D Beyond. Every so often, D&D Beyond heads to Twitch to share a developer update. Sometimes it’s just to talk about new products and services, and sometimes it’s to dish on all the juicy statistics that […]