OPINION: Microsoft has turned its gaming operation into a duality of boom and bust. Which one will win out?
A new patent filed by Microsoft purports to demonstrate how game designers and players alike can alter a narrative experience using generative AI.
Will Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — one of 2025's biggest new RPGs — come to Xbox when it launches next month? Here's what you need to know.
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Google recently announced a new update to its Google Drive cloud storage service that will make it much faster to synchronize your local copy of files on your computer with those stored in the cloud.
To understand how this wo
Grab AMD's flagship processor with 16 cores and 32 threads for $589
PC market grew modest 1% in 2024 as Lenovo maintained its lead
Taiwanese ministry lifts bars that prohibit TSMC to build 2nm chips at its facilities overseas.
Ongoing efforts to make the most efficient DOS port for Snake culminate (at least for now) at just 56 bytes.
Redditor shares a photograph and a GPU-Z screenshot of the allleged RTX Titan Ada GPU on Reddit.
I think it’s safe to say that most humans on this planet are growing, how can I put this lightly, weary of the current billionaire stewards of our social media ecosystem. X is a hateful mess. Meta
Samsung just announced new sleep-tracking tools available via the company’s Health app. This includes a new analysis tool that leverages other SmartThings enabled devices. Each morning, users receive a “sleep environment report” that takes factors like temperature, humidity, air quality an
Meta appeared to be blocking links to Pixelfed, a decentralized photo-sharing platform, on Facebook, according to both users on Bluesky and
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The principle of design variety states that multiple contrasting elements can capture user attention. This is based on the human desire to indulge and explore and the fear of missing out. Like all principles of design, variety isn’t inherently beneficial to users, but it’s a good rule of thumb to keep in mind when trying to capture their attention. https://webdesignernews.com/applying-the-principles-of-design-variety-in-ux-designs/
Designing a website is more than creating something that looks visually appealing. It is about balancing aesthetics with functionality, ensuring the site meets its goals while offering an intuitive user experience. This guide walks you through the complete web design workflow, from the initial planning stages to the final moments of review and launch. https://webdesignernews.com/the-complete-web-design-workflow/
In this article, I’ll walk you through the key accessibility principles I believe every front-end developer should apply when building components, including: https://webdesignernews.com/accessibility-essentials-every-front-end-developer-should-know/
Here’s a database of roles in UX/user research and operations from the past month. Please note: Some job posting may close before the next board update. https://webdesignernews.com/the-ultimate-ux-research-job-board-updated-january-2025/
For some time I’ve been working towards building a graphical code editor from scratch. https://webdesignernews.com/shaping-ligatures-in-monospace-fonts/
America, a country built on the principle of free markets, has decided to shut off around 120 countries from accessing the most valuable element that is powering the free market at present. But the United States has a global dominance in the fast-moving world of AI to defend—and that apparently means some core principles of the country can be compromised.
That’s the only way to react to the news that the U.S. government is proposing
The game, first announced in 2020, is available for gamers to try out on PC and on consoles. https://www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/eas-skate-game-is-now-open-for-playtesting-heres-how-you-can-give-it-a-try/#ftag=CADf328eec
SwitchBot showed up at CES 2025 with a doorbell kit that includes it's own smart portable display: It could be just what video doorbells were missing. https://www.cnet.com/home/security/a-new-kind-of-video-doorbell-from-switchbot-solves-a-long-term-problem/#ftag=CADf328eec
The Duchess of Sussex pushed back the release to "focus on the needs of those impacted by the wildfires in my home state," according to a statement released this week. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meghan-markle-delays-her-netflix-show-due-to-la-fires/#ftag=CADf328eec
Apple hinted the exploit is too complex to be viable.
Microsoft's red team uncovers AI vulnerabilities by thinking like adversaries to strengthen generative AI systems.
Committee on Foreign Investment in the US targeted as part of the recent incursions.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/more-alleged-chinese-intrusions-into-the-us-treasury-revealed
The downfall of a big star, as told by those close to him – here's how to watch Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy online no matter where in the world you are.
The handheld gaming PC race continues, as Tencent had its 3D handheld gaming PC showcased at CES 2025.
AGI is now on track to arrive in 2025.
Reliable sources suggest that the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal could be as soon as this week.
https://www.techradar.com/gaming/the-nintendo-switch-2-reveal-could-be-imminent
New portable Seagate SSD will be available in 2TB and 4TB capacities.
Amazon takes $100 off Apple's iPad mini 7 with A17 Pro.
Thanks to Evan Blass, we have the first official renders of the Galaxy S25 series phones, and they look pretty great!
The Xebec Snap baptized me in the cult of portable workstations and there's no going back
https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/xebec-snap-hands-on-ces-2025
Apple's MacBook Air M4 features a more powerful chip than the MacBook Air M3, but will there be any other major differences?
https://www.laptopmag.com/laptops/macbooks/macbook-air-m4-vs-macbook-air-m3
A remake of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion is reportedly on the way, with a new report detailing improvements to combat and gameplay.
Pump-and-dumps and other fraud schemes have become synonymous with cryptocurrency, with everyone from political leaders to YouTube influencers accused of using crypto FOMO to make a quick buck at the expense of their followers. But one Washington pastor decided his own church flock was an appropriate place to start fleecing, according to the US Department of Justice.
Fresh out of CES 2025, this high-capacity Anker power bank is already on sale. Sure, it’s not something crazy like a half-off deal, but a 10 percent discount less than a week after release is noteworthy.
Anker’s 25,000mAh portable power bank delivers a maxim
These days, getting a mini PC can make a lot more sense than splurging on a laptop or desktop PC, mainly because you can get better specs for less money. The price-performance is nearly unbeatable.
Right now, for instance, you can get this Beelink SER8 mini PC for just
One of my favorite things to come out of CES 2025 was the spread of SteamOS to other PC gaming handhelds, namely a new version of Lenovo’s Legion Go. On the show floor, PCWorld’s Adam Patrick Murray got his handheld-loving hands all over both versions of the Legion Go S — one running SteamOS, the other running Windows 11.
The white version of the new handhe
Hong Kong Customs recently stopped a truck containing a mixed load of undeclared electronic components with an estimated market value of $1.8M.
Asus has updated its ROG NUC design for 2025 featuring an updated chassis packing RTX 5080 laptop graphics and a Core Ultra 9 285HX CPU.
The listing includes gaming laptops featuring the new Nvidia RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070 mobile GPUs
The Core Ultra 9 285H and 225H have been put to the test against AMD's Strix Point APUs.
The Meta Quest 3S 256GB model is currently down to $349, its lowest price yet. This is our favorite cheap VR headsets, and at $51 off it's even cheaper than ever.
If you purchase a Meta Quest 3S now, you also get a copy of Batman: Arkham Shadow and a three-month free trial of Meta Quest+. Both freebies have a combined value of $70. The Meta Quest+ subscription unl
Sonos CEO Patrick Spence is stepping down from the company after eight years on the job, according to reporting by Bloomberg. This follows last year’s disastrous app laun
Amid signs of a stagnating economy, the UK is going all-in on AI. On Monday, British Minister Keir Starmer announced a new AI Opportunities Action Plan. At the center of the initiative are “AI Growth Zones,” which the government plans to establish in de-industrialized areas throughout the country.
In these areas, the Labour government will fast-track
At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that the whims of one person can upend an entire social network, Mastodon’s CEO and creator, Eugen Rochko, is heading the opposite direction. In a blog post published today, the Mastodon team announced its intention to let a new nonprofit organization take over the company. In other words, Rochko is voluntarily h
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Remember when maintaining a blog was THE way to build your developer brand?
When thoughtful technical writing could lead to speaking gigs, job offers, and meaningful connections?
But in 2025, the landscape has shifted dramatically:
- LinkedIn's algorithmic feed heavily favors short-form "broetry" over substantive technical content - Twitter/X has become a battleground of AI-generated hot takes - Medium is drowning in SEO-optimized tutorials that all say the same thing
Unless you're a
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The Biden administration is proposing a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance
Today, I want to look into one of those cases of impatient and how the community has waited for that feature, to be specific, two upcoming functions: sibling-count() and sibling-index().
How to Wait for the sibling-count() and sibling-index() Functions originally published on CSS-Tricks, which is part of the
January's full Wolf Moon will come between us and Mars. You can see the disappearance and the return. https://www.cnet.com/science/space/the-wolf-moon-will-make-mars-vanish-monday-night-heres-how-to-watch-that-happen/#ftag=CADf328eec
CES 2025 ushered in a multitude of home tech tools and upgrades we expect to hit the market in the coming year. Here are 23 of the best home launches from the most crucial tech showcase on Earth. https://www.cnet.com/pictures/all-the-best-home-tech-gadgets-launched-at-ces-2025-robot-maids-fog-gardens-and-more/#ftag=CADf328eec
Stolen Scholastic data will not be made public, the attacker said.
Cybersecurity breaches can result in significant financial losses for organizations. Ashish Khanna discusses the rising cost of cybersecurity breaches and how to mitigate them.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/rising-cost-of-breaches-forces-organizations-to-rethink-cybersecurity
Dan Erickson has seen plenty of wild Severance fan theories, but there's only one that he considers to be "ridiculous".
Microsoft’s apparent grand plan to improve Edge could see the browser morphing to match your Windows 11 environment.
The Samsung Galaxy Ring now comes in two extra sizes and is available in 15 new countries.
The workplace of tomorrow will be one where humans and robots collaborate seamlessly.
Four hackers claim to have broken into the Spanish telco giant.
Is ranked in Warzone really as bad as everyone says it is? I forced myself to endure it and spoiler alert, it really is.
Microsoft rolled out a feature for uploading images from a phone to the web last year, but for some reason X decided to highlight the tool today.
At CES 2025, non-profit organization VideoLAN announced that their open-source media player app VLC Media Player crossed an incredible milestone: over 6 billion downloads, TechCrunch reports.
Eight to nine years ago, the Windows world was full of companies who thought it would be a great idea to turn a Windows phone into a PC. Now, almost a decade later, a major peripheral company says that it’s time once again.
DisplayLink, which is owned by Synaptics, used CES to start pitching the idea of connecting an Android phone via a USB-C cable to a
If you type a lot, it’s pretty handy to be able to keep track of how many words you’ve typed, whether you’re filing a paper or any other document with a word count requirement, or even writing a novel.
Most word processors today can count how many words and characters exist in a document, but you usually have to dig around in menus or keep track of key comb
Could 2024 have been any worse for Sonos? The once-beloved connected speaker brand left its reputation in tatters after a rushed, misguided app update, then launched a pair of pricey headphones that, from all accounts, landed with a thud.
Faced with a mob of enraged users, Sonos has repeatedly apologized and laid out elaborate plans for how it will do bett
I’ve been trying hard to resist the urge to upgrade my monitors to OLED for a while now, reserving said money for silly inconsequential things like food and gasoline. But it looks like a lot of other PC gamers have made the switch already. According to a statement attributed to LG, more than a fifth of gaming monitors are now using upgraded OLED panels.
Th
For several months now, Microsoft has been urging Windows users to switch over to the new Outlook app, with classic Outlook recently getting an official “death date”. Many aren’t happy about this,
With all the excitement of the NFL postseason, it’s easy to forget about NFL Sunday Ticket, the YouTube-hosted home for streaming out-of-market NFL games during the regular season. Indeed, YouTube is probably hoping Sunday Ticket subscribers forget about their memberships–at least until next season’s kickoff.
The reason? NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTu
Ideatracker took matters into their own hands by designing and creating a solid aluminum Raspberry Pi case from scratch and manufacturing it with a CNC machine.
The Biden administration unveiled new AI regulations just a week before Trump’s second inauguration, and Nvidia isn’t happy about it.
The Symfony UX initiative was announced in December 2020. It was introduced to enhance the developer experience by integrating JavaScript tools and libraries more seamlessly with Symfony applications, focusing on improving the front-end development workflow.… https://symfony.com/blog/announcing-the-symfony-ux-core-team?utm_source=Symfony%20Blog%20Feed&utm_medium=feed
The Biden administration has unveiled its “AI diffusion rule,” which aims to restrict the export of GPUs that are most coveted for AI applications. Although it does not mention the nation by name, it's broadly viewed as a means to prevent China from outpacing the US in AI developm
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