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Cheeky household object romance sim Date Everything! is now arriving in June
The absurdist romance sim Date Everything! has yet another release date. After two delays, creators Sassy Chap Games and Team17 said on Thursday that the cheeky sandbox dating game will launch on...
Global emissions due to AI-related chipmaking grew more than four times in 2024
A pair of studies analyzing the effects of AI on our planet have been released and the news is fairly grim. Greenpeace studied the emissions generated from the production of the semiconductors used...
Here come the e-bikes using DJI’s excellent Avinox drive system
DJI’s Avinox e-bike drive system includes everything you need to electrify a bicycle. | Image: DJI Bosch should be worried after several bicycle brands just announced their first e-bikes built on...
Microsoft’s 50th birthday party sure was eventful
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary stage. I wasn’t really sure what to expect from Microsoft’s 50th birthday party. Sure, cofounder Bill Gates and former Microsoft...
OpenAI gets ready to launch GPT-4.1
OpenAI is getting ready to unveil a number of new AI models, sources familiar with the company’s plans tell The Verge. Among the new AI models will be a release of what...
Why hundreds flock to play with decades-old computers
Over a weekend in April each year, the InfoAge Science and History Museums in Wall Township, New Jersey host the Vintage Computer Festival East, which welcomes hundreds of attendees to a former army...
Why DOGE is killing the agency that keeps banks from ripping you off
Today, I’m talking to Rohit Chopra. He was the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) until the end of January, when President Donald Trump fired him and Elon Musk’s Department...
There are several ways to save on a Google Pixel 9A
After a bit of a brief, unexpected delay due to a component issue, the Google Pixel 9A is here — and it was worth the wait. Allison Johnson’s review of the midrange phone just went live today, and...
Bungie's Marathon won't force Xbox and PC players to log in with a PlayStation account
Bungie is set to take the wrappers off Marathon this Saturday and reveal gameplay from its first non-Destiny project in many years (and its first new one since joining Sony in 2022). Before that...
A UK edition of Saturday Night Live is premiering in 2026
James Austin Johnson and Devon Walker as British rappers Milly Pounds and Shirty. | Image: NBC “Live from London, it’s Saturday Night” is a phrase you’re going to start hearing on a weekly basis...