Ubisoft is back to releasing games on Steam, including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

Key art for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. | Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft is bringing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800, and Roller Champions to Steam, arguably its first major releases on Valve’s PC distribution platform since 2019. “We’re constantly evaluating how to bring our games to different audiences wherever they are, while providing a consistent player ecosystem through…

Sony and Honda might stick a PS5 in their upcoming autonomous electric car

Sony’s Vision-S concept on display at CES 2020. | Photo by Sean O’Kane / The Verge Sony and Honda are mulling cramming a PS5 into their upcoming entertainment-focused electric vehicle as they set up to challenge Tesla (via Eurogamer). Speaking to the Financial Times, Izumi Kawanishi, the joint venture’s president, said that it’s “technologically possible”…

Google’s Black Friday deals: It’s hard to say no to a $300 Pixel 6a

Enlarge (credit: Google) This week is everyone’s favorite shopping holiday: Black Friday. Google’s Black Friday deals are already running on the Google Store and Amazon. Many of these represent the first discounts for Google’s new hardware announced last month. First up, we have phones, with Google offering $150 off the Pixel 7 Pro (Google, Amazon)…

Tomb of a forgotten queen is one of several new stunning Egyptian discoveries

Located in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa (Aswan), the tomb is precisely oriented to the sunrise of the winter solstice. University of Jaen and Malaga The United Nations climate change conference hasn’t been the only big news out of Egypt this month. There have recently been some exciting archaeological finds, dating back thousands of years….

Meet SharkGuard, a tiny electric field that protects sharks from fishing nets

The new gadget reduced accidental shark catches by over 90 percent. Deposit Photos Millions of sharks, rays, and skates are accidentally killed every year as bycatch within the global fishing industry—an especially staggering number when considering that a quarter of all those species are currently considered endangered. Previously, fishers could do very little to discourage…

NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen tackles cosmic questions at TC Sessions: Space

If you follow NASA’s many interplanetary and orbital missions, you’re no doubt familiar with Thomas Zurbuchen, the agency’s associate administrator of science. He also oversees NASA’s science program with a total budget approaching $7 billion a year. That’s a mighty big number, but there’s an even bigger reason why we’re thrilled that Dr. Zurbuchen will…