The first surprise came before I even opened a browser tab: The seven-year-old Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 booted faster than the brand-new laptops I tested it against.
That wasn’t supposed to happen. Whenever laptop or chip makers don’t have much to say about how a PC improved from the prior generation, they trot out a tried-and-true comparison: How the new PC compares to one that is five…
Microsoft is following through on a previous announcement with a new optional update for Windows 11 that makes the operating system genuinely faster, especially in certain situations. It’s called update KB5089573 and it includes the “Low Latency Profile”…
The Steam Deck, harbinger of a portable PC gaming revolution, has been out of stock for three months. Now it’s back… at almost double the price of the original model. It’ll cost you $789 USD to get the 512GB OLED version, $949 for the 1TB upgrade. The original LCD…
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Deathwatch was perhaps the biggest surprise coming out of the Warhammer Skulls 2026 showcase. It’s the sequel to the well received strategy adventure Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, a game I thoroughly enjoyed for its solid depiction of two of my favorite factions in the setting: the Grey Knights and the Death Guard.
Deathwatch, though, goes…
Strauss Zelnick, the boss of Rockstar Games parent company Take-Two, has pushed back at the suggestion Red Dead Online was a missed opportunity, insisting it “has been immensely successful and long lasting.”
Red Dead Online is the standalone multiplayer component of…
Destiny and Warframe Fans Spent a Decade Competing With Each Other — Now They’re United in Saying Goodbye
May 27, 2026
As the friendly rivalry between Destiny and Warframe players comes to an end, both communities are trying to find the best way to say goodbye.
You can probably guess how a bit of light-hearted competition between the two sci-fi shooter video games started. Digital Extremes…
Ripple received Bay Area workplace recognition after 95% of surveyed employees described the crypto solutions company as a great workplace, extending its multiyear presence on Fortune’s regional workplace lists.
Key Takeaways
Ripple earned Bay Area workplace recognition with strong employee scores across several workplace categories.
Employee feedback remains central because rankings weigh…
President Donald Trump posted a public statement Tuesday defending the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) exclusive federal authority over prediction markets and warning that the United States must protect its position as the world’s leading crypto…
Binance is entering a Philippine SEC sandbox to test digital-asset services under local oversight. The supervised model pairs domestic compliance approval with Binance’s technology, security, operations, and regulatory experience.
Key Takeaways
Binance is supporting a…
Anyone who has been paying attention to cosmology over the past few years is aware of problems with our best attempts to explain why the universe is the way it is.
Our standard model, Lambda-CDM (or LCDM), is one of the most successful theories in the history of science. It accounts for the cosmic microwave background, the large-scale distribution of galaxies, the abundances of light elements, and…
