343 Industries has hinted that Halo 6 will not be arriving in 2018 – but there may be other releases that “surprise you”. On the 343 blog, a community manager wrote: “2018 has…
Intel debuts 49-qubit quantum chip as it wrestles with Meltdown, Spectre fallout
Intel’s keynote at CES on Monday night contrasted the company’s slickly produced showcase of new initiatives—culminating in the introduction of a 49-qubit chip for quantum computing—with the hard realities brought on by…
Netgear Armor is a $70 router update that defends your home network with Bitdefender
Don’t call it a trend, but D-Link isn’t the only router maker announcing a network-based security solution for home users during the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show. Netgear announced late Monday that it…
Netgear targets gamers with its Nighthawk Pro Gaming router and SX10 LAN switch
So you think you have a bad-ass home network? Let’s see how it stacks up against Netgear’s new gamer-oriented Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500 router and Nighthawk SX10 10G/Multi-Gig LAN Switch. The latest…
Lenovo’s Miix 630 lasts 20 hours on battery using a Qualcomm chip
Lenovo’s Miix 630 looks a lot like Microsoft’s Surface Pro, a Windows tablet with a detachable keyboard, but there’s a key difference. Announced Monday night at CES, the Miix 630 joins a…
Lenovo Smart Display makes Google Assistant a smart home sidekick
Lenovo’s Smart Display puts Google Assistant on 8- and 10-inch touchscreens. The result is a smart-home sidekick that adds a visual element to all the rich A.I. features we’ve already seen in…
Google unleashes ‘smart displays’ loaded with Google Assistant (take that, Echo Show)
Lest you doubt that Google is serious about spreading its AI. to every nook and cranny of the consumer electronics universe, consider today’s CES 2018 reveal: Google just announced four new “smart displays” from Lenovo,…
Ivy Doomkitty’s Dragon Cosplay
Welcome to Hero Makeover, our new video series where professional costume designers and makeup artists transform real-world heroes into their favorite characters. Ivy “Doomkitty” Turner is our hero in Episode 2, because she shows us how cosplay can…
Battlerite Review
There’s only one way to win in Battlerite, and that’s by directly taking down the enemy team. Behind the colorful art style is a free-to-play MOBA crafted specifically for intense, ultra-competitive teamfights….
The HTC Vive Pro’s upgrades make the Vive finally feel complete
Virtual reality’s second generation edges ever closer. We saw Oculus’s new Santa Cruz prototype this past October, and today HTC countered with its own plans: A “Vive Pro” upgrade, wireless adapter, and…