On the left is Didymos, the large asteroid that Dimorphos orbits. On the right is Dimorphos and the plume of rubble DART’s impact created. ASI/NASA NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully crashed into an asteroid on Monday night. Ground- and space-based observations documented the encounter in detail. The mission is a test of NASA’s ability to deflect…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Former Attorney General Bill Barr and former President Donald Trump Drew Angerer/Getty Images Attorney General Bill Barr tried to get President Trump to scale back his personal attacks on others, a new book says. “People are tired of the fucking drama,” Barr told Trump in 2020, according to a Washington Post excerpt of “Confidence Man.”…
You’ll soon have an alternative if the Monster Hunter games are feeling a bit stale. EA and Dynasty Warriors creator Omega Force have introducedWild Hearts, a feudal Japan-inspired twist on the beast slaying formula. You (and your friends, in co-op) take on giant creatures using not just the usual bows and swords, but gadgets you…
Over the last year, Valve has been more forthcoming about plans for its biggest Steam sales, including by revealing the dates well ahead of time. The company says the cadence will change starting in 2023. It will replace the Lunar New Year sale (which debuted in 2016) with the spring sale, which will run from…
Jack Ryan has been a hit for Amazon Video. It’s based around Tom Clancy’s best-known protagonist, Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst who finds himself pulled from his desk job and thrust into the action. A reluctant hero, Jack Ryan often protests that he’s an analyst rather than a field agent and that lends Ryan a…
If you’re a serious gamer, you’ll have no doubt contemplated splashing out some serious cash on a nifty monitor – either to get the edge over the competition or just further immerse yourself. There are a lot of choices out there, and you might be struggling to work out what the right monitor is for…
Most of Google’s teaser marketing material for the Pixel 7 lineup has only included shots of the phones’ backsides, nothing of the frontside. From what we have seen, it was the Pixel Superfans who have gotten a decent look. This week, we’re getting even more looks, with a leak of fresh renders detailing exactly what…
Call of Duty: Warzone’s final major update has landed – two-and-a-half years after the phenomenally-popular battle royale launched and changed the series forever. Warzone, which launched as a standalone free-to-play battle royale in March 2020 following the successful launch of 2019’s Modern Warfare soft reboot, was an overnight phenomenon fuelled by lockdowns that made billions…
Lion King villain Scar will join Disney Dreamlight Valley in October, as part of the game’s first major content update. In a Twitter thread, developer Gameloft said it expected the update to launch “in around three weeks”, and fix several priority bugs such as issues with lost progress, missing founder’s pack rewards, and general console…
Introduction Looking for a CPU specifically for gaming? Then you’re in the right place, as we’ve rounded up the best gaming CPU options currently available in 2022. Our team of experts have reviewed all of the latest desktop processors that they can get their hands off, and benchmarked them in order to get comparable performance…