Buying a new TV and a new streaming device used to be separate decisions, as televisions didn’t always come with adequate smart TV software.
These days, though, it’s virtually impossible to buy a television that isn’t a smart TV, with Roku, Fire TV, or other streaming platforms built in. So whenever I write about the latest streaming devices—like Amazon’s new Fire TV Stick or Walmart’s…
How much should a gaming laptop cost? The answer is—depressing and unhelpful as always—”it depends.” If you insist on an Alienware logo on the top and you’re looking at the Dell shop today, then the answer starts at a hefty $1,299. That gets you a relatively recent…
FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) is AMD’s alternative to upscaler tech like Nvidia DLSS, and it’s pretty good. But the latest frame generation goodies in FSR 4 are only available to the latest Radeon 9000-series cards on the RDNA 4 architecture, a move that has rankled…
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Has a Real-Life $500,000 Treasure Hunt You Can Pay $41 to Try and Solve
May 14, 2026
Ubisoft has announced a real-life Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced treasure hunt with a $500,000 prize, buried somewhere in the Caribbean.
The hoard is made up of specially-minted solid gold coins (collectively worth $350,000) and a rock crystal skull adorned with a red opal jewel (valued at a further $150,000) — a nod to Black Flag’s mysterious macguffin.
This prize has been…
Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic won’t be another bloated single-player game that takes over half a decade to develop, game director Casey Hudson has insisted. Via an interview with Bloomberg, we learned a few new details about the highly anticipated Star Wars RPG…
Former Call of Duty: Black Ops multiplayer design director, David Vonderhaar, has teased his next game and it sounds nothing like Call of Duty. In an interview with Bloomberg, Vonderhaar confirmed that he is not making another military shooter like Call of Duty and instead…
Schwab Crypto is rolling out spot bitcoin and ethereum trading for selected retail clients through Schwab-linked accounts. The offer includes 24/7 support, education, research, and pricing at 75 basis points on each trade’s dollar value.
Key Takeaways
Schwab Crypto will let selected retail clients trade bitcoin and ethereum through linked accounts.
Clients will use separate Schwab Crypto…
Ripple and crypto industry leaders backed the Senate’s CLARITY Act ahead of a key markup, citing clearer rules, stronger consumer protections, and U.S. leadership. Ripple’s legal chief cited a report estimating 67 million Americans hold crypto.
Key Takeaways
Ripple…
Peter Brandt warned that bitcoin has not formed a recognizable bottom, citing a possible bear channel from the February low. His key trigger is an ATR close below $79,145, which he said could signal renewed downside.
Key Takeaways
Brandt said bitcoin has not completed a…
30-mile-high clouds of acid on Venus are made by the largest 'hydraulic jump' in the solar system
May 14, 2026
A monstrous bank of cloud 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) long that sweeps around Venus every few days is being generated by rising sulfuric acid vapor pushed high into the atmosphere by what is essentially the same phenomenon that describes how water from a running tap spreads out in the basin of your kitchen sink.
In 2016, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)’s Akatsuki mission…
