Technology

After years of requests from users, Instagram will finally have a dedicated app for iPad. Beginning Wednesday, September 3rd, users will be able to download the new app built specifically for Apple’s tablet. But it will be slightly different than the mobile app users are accustomed to. Most significantly, the iPad app will open directly to a feed of Reels, …

Disney Dreamlight Valley’s newest expansion has finally been announced, with Wishblossom Ranch officially following the success of A Rift in Time and Storybook Vale. There may be tons to do in the base game of Disney Dreamlight Valley thanks to the countless updates bringing new characters, recipes, and adventures to the game, but there’s nothing quite like a good expansion, …

Microsoft has confirmed the next wave of titles coming to Game Pass for Xbox console, PC and cloud streaming. The six games, which are set to release during the first half of September, include the long-awaited Hollow Knight: Silksong, which will be available on Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass from Thursday, September 4. The full list of games …

Ever since the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses arrived on the market, the elephant in the room has always been: what if someone uses them for clandestine recording? And it struck one New York woman who was attending a Brazilian wax appointment at the Europan Wax Center and noticed midway through proceedings that the beautician was wearing a pair of the …

We’ve all heard the No Man’s Sky story by now: controversial launch followed by, as commenters often put it, the greatest redemption arc in the history of gaming. Somewhat remarkably, developer Hello Games’ exploratory space sim has now received almost forty major updates since its launch in 2016, all helping No Man’s Sky turn its initial “Overwhelmingly Negative” rating …

Microsoft’s analog optical computer cracks two practical problems and shows AI promise  Microsoft Source Analog optical computer for AI inference and combinatorial optimization  Nature Microsoft shows potential of analogue optical computing in AI  Computer Weekly Microsoft : analog optical computer cracks two practical problems and shows AI promise  MarketScreener Analog Optical Computer Breakthrough Promises Major Efficiency Gains for AI Problem Solving: Nature Publication Reveals …

It’s rare to find a gadget that can handle two totally separate tasks very well, but Google’s TV Streamer 4K pulls it off. The 4K set top box allows you to stream your favorite TV shows and movies, and is also an impressive smart home hub, with support for Matter and a built-in Thread radio. It’s currently on sale for …

Google is set to reveal more information about its “Gemini for Home” plans, including new Nest devices designed for the AI assistant, the company announced on X. “Gemini is coming to Google Home,” the teaser states, while showing what could be a new Nest camera. That follows the company’s Made By Google announcement last month revealing Gemini for Home and …

Octopath Traveler has always been the kind of old-school, massive retro game that real RPG sickos can sink our teeth into. The original pitch–a sprawling game that tracks the individual stories of eight different party members, each with their own individualized skills in both combat and towns, who then come together to face some grave threat–can easily last dozens of …

Gameplay footage for the cancelled Prey 2 has emerged online over a decade since the games cancellation. The gameplay has been suddenly uploaded onto an otherwise desolate YouTube channel called “David Halsted”. Gameplay footage uploaded includes a playthrough of the demo, the game’s opening, a flythrough of the Undercity, a chase prototype and a combat segment titled “agile combat” which …