Valve’s latest beta Steam Deck update enables users to set longer custom startup videos on the handheld. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Valve released its latest Steam Deck beta update yesterday, which includes longer boot animations among the usual array of bug fixes and optimizations. Now, the maximum length of a boot…
Autonomous vehicles are paving the way as the next big innovation in personal transportation. With new technology, first comes the excitement of breakthroughs in any industry. Then comes the patent litigation arguments over who owns the technology and who can profit off the patents related to the technology. We are seeing this pattern again and…
Enlarge / The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook (pictured) is one of three cloud gaming-focused Chromebooks announced today. (credit: Google) The final nail is all but driven into Google Stadia’s coffin, with Google announcing that it will shut down the game streaming service on January 18. In a meeting with the press this week, Google said…
Rings of Power fans, it’s time. Sound the alarms, light the beacons, and get your fan theories ready, because we finally know who Sauron is. The Dark Lord unveiled himself in dramatic fashion in the Season 1 finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, which reveals that Middle-earth’s Big Bad has…
Cloud storage specialist pCloud unveiled its password manager, known simply as Pass, at a time where the need for such an application is becoming almost universal amidst a quasi-endless stream of stories about credential leaks and hacks. A potential addition to our best password manager or even our best free password manager list? Read on……
Microsoft has allegedly showcased the next major version of Windows with a user interface that features a floating Taskbar alongside a translucent information bar at the top of a display. According to Zac Bowden at Windows Central, the next major release of Windows is called ‘Next Valley’, carrying on the Valley naming convention that began…
If you’re close to buying a Canon EOS R6, we’d hit the emergency brakes on that decision – there are now strong rumors than an EOS R6 Mark II successor is just around the corner. The full-frame camera – which is still riding high in our guide to the best cameras for photography – launched back…
You might take good care of your online privacy. You might use one of the best VPN services every time you go online. You also make sure to secure your important communications with encrypted messaging apps. However, one day you may realize that your name and phone number are available for anyone to access them…
Sound quality is king when it comes to headphones and that’s a fact – an inescapable one which pains me given the sonic mediocrity of some otherwise beautiful audio products. But wouldn’t it be nice if we could have sonic and aesthetic brilliance in earbuds? Meet Beyerdynamic’s new second-generation Xelento, gloriously shiny earbuds which wouldn’t…
A new strain of ransomware is posing as an update for Windows, forcing individual web users to pay roughly $2,500 in exchange for the safe return of their data. These are the findings of an investigation by HP Wolf Security, whose experts discovered the Magniber ransomware being distributed in September this year via a website…