Image: Blizzard Overwatch 2’s launch has been beset by all of the typical problems that come with the arrival of a hotly anticipated title. Server queues are tens of thousands of players long, and once you do get to the end of your long wait, you’re either booted right then to unceremoniously rejoin the queue…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro might be Google’s “fastest-selling Pixels to date,” but they haven’t been what I’d consider a slam dunk in the hardware department. I’m not talking about aesthetics here: I’m a fan of the camera bar look, personally, though I detest curved displays. To…
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge Back in February, Microsoft announced that an HDR Calibration app to help Windows 11 users optimize color accuracy and consistency for gaming on their HDR displays was on its way. The app, spotted by Thurrott, has now arrived and is available for download. The app includes three test…
Submerge yourself in sound without capturing yourself in cords with the Focal Bathys wireless headphones. Tony Ware We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. The Focal Bathys is a first and yet another. It’s something fresh and familiar. It’s more connected and less tethered. It’s a…
Facebook looks to be playing catchup to TikTok. Deposit Photos Facebook users reportedly can soon better hone their Feeds through the introduction of “show more” and “show less” toggle options within posts. The update comes from Meta’s Newsroom blog earlier today, which details how users can qualify certain content with these two relevancy ratings, as…
In a new letter filed with Delaware’s Court of Chancery, Judge Kathaleen McCormick says it’s still game on — for now at least. In the letter, sent a day after news broke that Elon Musk would seek to seal the deal with Twitter under the original terms, Judge McCormick is weighing in with an important…
Space-based advertising has been on the minds of every marketer on the planet since the Apollo era, yet no one has made it happen. A new study suggests that a billboard-like constellation of about 50 satellites, costing $65 million all in, could shine ads to every corner of the Earth for months — and potentially…
On paper, the federal government looks like an ideal customer for an enterprise startup: Its seemingly endless budget doesn’t fluctuate with market conditions and it’s always in the market for new tech. But it’s a slog to break into, and for a long time, startups and VCs didn’t seem to want to associate with it….
President Joe Biden (behind) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (front) arrive for a family photo in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022. MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Oil prices rose Wednesday after OPEC+ said it will cut production by 2 million barrels a day starting in November. The group said “uncertainty” surrounding…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images US stocks closed lower Wednesday following volatile swings in the final minutes of the trading session. The S&P 500 energy sector gained on the back of rising oil prices, after OPEC+ decided to cut production by 2 million barrels a day. ADP said jobs at private-sector employers increased by 208,000 in September. …