The best Christmas gifts for everyone on your 2024 holiday shopping list
This time of year has a lot of merry and bright things to be excited...
Technologies
Skype phases out credits and phone numbers
Microsoft has cut two of Skype’s central premium features: credit and custom phone numbers. Instead...
The Game Awards 2024: The 15 biggest announcements and new trailers including The Witcher 4 and Elden Ring
The Game Awards are over — congratulations to Team Asobi for Astro Bot taking home...
Xbox Series X review (2024): Unfulfilled potential
The Xbox Series X was the perfect opportunity for Microsoft to run far away from...
A US Congressman tried (and failed) to fake his Spotify Wrapped for political gain
There are some things you just don’t do in certain parts of the US. You...
TikTok loses its bid to pause the law that could ban it next month
A federal court has denied TikTok’s request for a temporary pause of a law that...
OpenAI published more of Elon Musk’s emails if that’s something you want to read
OpenAI published receipts, in the form of a long timeline of emails, texts and legal...
The FTC warns gamified job scams are on the rise
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has seen an alarming rise in gamified job scams over...
Google’s NotebookLM Audio Overviews will now let you call in with a question
Google’s NotebookLM made a pretty big splash with its AI-generated podcast feature Audio Overviews, and...
Bosch signs agreement for up to $225 million in CHIPS Act funding
Bosch is the latest recipient of (preliminary) CHIPS and Science Act funding. The company signed...
Airbnb is deploying “anti-party technology” to ruin your NYE party
Airbnb has announced it’s deploying “anti-party technology” to prevent “unauthorized and disruptive parties” from happening...
ZeniMax Online Studios workers form their own union
Staff at another video game studio have organized their own union. The Communication Workers of...
Elden Ring Nightreign is a co-op spinoff coming in 2025
Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is just barely in the rearview mirror and FromSoftware...
Balatro is an almost perfect mobile port
2024 is unquestionably the year of Balatro. It came out of nowhere to fill our...
Sonos soundbars and speakers are up to 39 percent off
If you missed out on picking up Sonos soundbars and/or speakers on sale during Black...
Onimusha’s back!
Capcom has announced Onimusha: Way of the Sword, the first new Onimusha game since the...
Dispatch is a new narrative game from ex-Telltale developers
One of the highlights from The Game Awards last night was the moment Breaking Bad...
Engadget Podcast: Apple’s Genmoji are AI disappointments
At long last, iPhone users have access to Apple's AI image generation tools, Genmoji (for...
Borderlands 4 gameplay trailer shows four new Vault Hunters having a bad day
It’s only been a short few months since Gearbox announced Borderlands 4, the next game...
RGG reveals a Virtua Fighter revival and a brawler set in the 1910s
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio delivered a meaty one-two punch at The Game Awards. First came...
Squid Game: Unleashed will be playable at launch without a Netflix subscription
Netflix announced at The Game Awards that its Squid Game multiplayer mobile title will be...
Mafia: The Old Country is a Sicilian prequel arriving summer 2025
2K Games’ consistently sporadic Mafia series will return in 2025. Mafia: The Old Country is...
An Okami sequel is on the way, nearly two decades later
There were several major surprise announcements during this year's edition of The Game Awards, but...
Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a new sci-fi game from Naughty Dog
And now for something completely different. Naughty Dog is pivoting from post-apocalyptic fungal drama to...