Atari opened pre-orders for a wood-clad Tribute Edition of its Video Computer System (VCS) this morning. The company originally released the VCS through crowdfunder Indiegogo a little under a month ago. At the time, it said a wood-paneled Collector’s Edition of the console would only be available in limited quantities. Well, with today’s announcement, it now […]
OpenBSD, an open source operating system that focuses on security, announced that it will disable Intel’s Hyper-Threading (HT) feature so that attackers can no longer employ Spectre-like cache timing attacks. Intel Hyper-Threading Vulnerable To Side-Channel Attacks Simultaneous Multi Threading (SMT) such as Intel’s HT technology typically share translation lookaside buffers (TLBs) and L1 caches between […]
International Data Corporation (IDC) this week released its Worldwide Quarterly Augmented and Virtual Reality Headset Tracker, and the results paint a grim picture of the current state of the market. But don’t fret–the report also points to a booming future. According to IDC’s research, first quarter shipments of AR and VR headsets plunged by as […]
Each country has its own criteria on whether loot boxes in video games constitute a form of gambling. While New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States are okay with loot boxes in video games, others such as Belgium and the Netherlands disapprove of loot boxes as they feel it promotes gambling among minors. […]
Benchmark programs are great for many things, such as assessing your system to see if it’s performing in line with its specifications or to evaluate the impact of a recent upgrade. Whichever the case may be, you can find a specialized program to benchmark nearly every aspect of your system. Finnish developer Basemark recently added […]
The cell phone number for Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for policy, was posted by a news site Wednesday. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Twitter’s rules against harassment are again drawing the ire of users who accuse the social media site of engaging in censorship. The latest row comes from Splinter, a news […]
Special Features Refinery29’s traveling immersive art installation features collaborations with Janelle Monáe, Jake Gyllenhaal, Haagen-Dazs and more. 1:38 / June 20, 2018 Transcript Transcription not available for 29Rooms in 90 seconds: Art at high speed.
Videos of people eating colorful ice is a new viral trend. Video screenshot by Bonnie Burton/CNET Watching videos of people eating ice, squishing slime or clicking Lego blocks can trigger a tingling sensation on the skin that some people find pleasurable, but China charges this content is too sensual for its citizens and has banned […]
CNET News Video Instagram now lets you upload longform vertical videos up to an hour in length, in direct competition to YouTube and Snapchat. 1:35 / June 20, 2018
Insomniac Games If you’ve been waiting to play Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4, you’ve been in the dark for awhile. The game was announced over two years ago, and for most of that time, we’ve known almost nothing about it. We knew that it was a PlayStation 4-exclusive take on the iconic hero made by Insomniac Games […]