It’s been around 18 months now since we relaunched our Patreon as the Digital Foundry Supporter Program – and I wanted to take the opportunity to tell you what we’ve achieved in that time and where we aim to go next with the aid of your backing. For us at DF, it’s been an interesting…
No blue shells? ALL BLUE SHELLS? Beautiful, perpetual chaos can now be yours whenever you desire, thanks to a free new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe update enabling players to define exactly which items they want to appear in their games. As detailed in Nintendo’s announcement tweet, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s new custom item feature works…
Roblox is now over a decade old but is still as popular as ever, with over 40 million active users every single day in 2022. But what is Roblox? Despite its massive popularity, a lot of people have never even heard of this game, especially since itbs main demographic sits on the younger side. Read…
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The metaverse fashion stylists are here Fashion creator Jenni Svoboda is designing a beanie with a melted cupcake top, sprinkles, and doughnuts for ears. But this outlandish accessory isn’t destined for the physical…
Enlarge (credit: Scharon Harding) Specs at a glance: Dell XPS 13 2022 (9315) Worst Best As reviewed Screen 13.4-inch 1920×1200 IPS non-touchscreen 13.4-inch 1920×1200 IPS touchscreen OS Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro Windows 11 Home CPU Intel Core i5-1230U Intel Core i7-1250U vPro Intel Core i5-1230U RAM 8GB LPDDR5-5200 32GB LPDDR5-5200 16GB LPDDR5-5200 Storage…
Enlarge / One of the rifts in the Cerebrus Fossae area, potentially created by the stretching of the crust driven by a mantle plume. (credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona) The Mars InSight lander included the first seismograph placed on the red planet, and it has picked up everything from marsquakes to impacts and provided lots of…
Enlarge / The Squad Solar City Car is a low-speed vehicle that uses the power of the Sun to charge its batteries. (credit: Squad Mobility) It’s that time of year when the CES email spam goes into overdrive. I won’t be on the ground in Las Vegas in 2023 for the gigantic consumer tech trade…
Text yourself all the things you need to do before you close that laptop tonight. Emmanuel Ikwuegbu / Unsplash The idea of texting yourself might seem odd at first—a sort of descent into madness as you abandon your friends and retreat into your own company. But sending messages to your future self is a…
The global pandemic was tough on the restaurant industry, one that was already slow to adopt technology but then also had to quickly learn how to manage the back office and online orders or risk going out of business. As the global restaurant management software market is forecasted to reach $14.7 billion by 2030, startups…
Richard Potter Contributor Share on Twitter Richard Potter is the co-founding CEO of Peak, which provides the platform, applications and services to help businesses harness the potential of AI to grow revenues, increase profits and boost efficiency. We are in the grips of a fourth industrial revolution: the Intelligence Era. The next decade will be…