Lethal Company dev says they want updates “to feel like I broke into an alien zoo and released all the animals,” teasing Version 50 content

What you need to know Lethal Company was one of 2023’s biggest indie games, and has remained one of the most popular multiplayer PC games you can play in 2024. Its developer, Zeekerss, has posted that they “could release” the upcoming Version 50 update for the game now, but want it to be “really substantial” […]

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Apple Just Broke a Tradition It Held for 12 Years

Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 – the first time that the company has chosen to not launch a new tablet in an entire calendar year since the introduction of the product line. From its debut in 2010, the iPad has been an important product […]

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Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records

Ann, a stroke survivor, can communicate using a digital avatar that decodes her intended speech. Photograph: Noah Berger/UCSF There are trade-offs to both group’s approaches. Implanted electrodes, like the ones the Stanford team used, record the activity of individual neurons, which tends to provide more detailed information than a recording from the brain’s surface. But […]

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This Intel chip just broke the Cinebench R23 world record, beating out an AMD Threadripper

What you need to know The Intel Xeon W9-3495X processor recently broke the Cinebench R23 world record. The top spot was previously held by the AMD Threadripper 5995WX. The Xeon W9-3495X earned the highest Cinebench R23 score to date even though it features fewer cores and threads than the previous record holder. Intel just set […]

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Bungie just broke Destiny 2 on Steam Deck (if you’re on Windows)

What you need to know Bungie appears to have blocked Destiny 2 from running on Steam Deck even when the handheld is running Windows. Destiny 2 and some other popular titles do not work on Steam Deck when it’s running SteamOS 3, leading some to install Windows on the device. That no longer seems to […]

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TF2’s latest update just broke everyone’s hats, and players are freaking out

What you need to know Valve’s classic class-based shooter Team Fortress 2 allows players to customize the game’s nine classes with a huge variety of hats and other miscellaneous cosmetics. Ever since cosmetics were added in 2009, players have been crafting, trading, buying, and collecting these items. A new update to the game broke the […]

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TF2’s latest update just broke everyone’s hats, and players are freaking out [Update]

Update 9/26/2022 at 9:46 p.m. ET: Valve has patched the issue in a follow-up update to the game, allowing players to wear their usual cosmetic loadouts again. Our original story follows below. What you need to know Valve’s classic class-based shooter Team Fortress 2 allows players to customize the game’s nine classes with a huge […]

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How Janet Jackson broke laptops running Windows XP

What you need to know The music video for Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation caused certain laptops from the 1990s to crash. The issue was caused by the song emitting a tone that was the resonant frequency for a popular hard drive used at the time. Manufacturers solved the problem by filtering out the frequency during […]

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A fire broke out at a Samsung Electronics warehouse in Thailand

A fire broke out late Sunday night at a Samsung warehouse located in the Samut Prakan province in Thailand. Thankfully, there were no injuries or casualties, but unfortunately for the company’s bottom line, some goods were damaged. Local authorities were alerted about the fire at around 11 PM, according to reports (via NationThailand). Bang Phli […]

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