The Board Game at the Heart of Viking CultureAn ancient game known as “hnefatafl” held immense symbolic and religious significance.
Watch 100,000 Dominoes Topple to the Ground in a Dazzling Eight-Minute DisplayArtist Lily Hevesh spent ten days creating the elaborate installation at the National Building Museum.
Parenting Impacts Video Game Genre Choices, And That’s OkayData shows that moms are gaming, and that they represent a large slice of the mobile-gaming market. Time and material conditions shape what we play and why. A report by Activision shows that, contrary to popular belief, most moms (87%) are playing games.
It's official : International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yetRecently the International Olympic Committee joined up with the National Olympic Committee of Saudi Arabia to announce the first-ever Olympic Esports Games, set to be held in 2025.
The Buzzing Nostalgia and Furious Competition of Electric Football TournamentsScenes from the California Electric Football League’s Super Bowl-adjacent ‘Fault Line Rumble’.
In New York, Wage Theft Violators Get Millions in Government ContractsInvestigating the prevalence of wage theft in New York and how the state is failing to protect workers. This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with Documented. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.
Claude Artifacts is the greatest innovation in AI this year — 5 prompts to try it nowAnthropic launched Claude 3.5 Sonnet last week, a groundbreaking new AI model that beats OpenAI’s GPT-4o in most tests. Along with the new model Claude also got a spate of new features including projects and my favorite AI innovation of the year — Artifacts.
Framework Laptop 16, six months laterIn January, I spent two weeks with the most modular notebook ever made: the Framework Laptop 16. It’s a gadget nerd’s dream: you can swap out its keyboard, touchpad, ports — even its entire discrete GPU.
Your Computer BIOS Is Full of Settings, But Which Should You Actually Change?Key Takeaways Set up a BIOS password to keep unwanted visitors out of your device. Also, adjust the boot order to boost your computer's startup speed. Make your computer's fans last longer by slowing them down with different fan settings in the BIOS.
The MTA’s Oldest Computer Controls Kept Going During Today’s OutageLines, delays, and cancellations piled up at La Guardia, Newark, and JFK. New York 1 struggled to get Pat Kiernan’s morning show on the air. The criminal courthouse in Manhattan couldn’t process arraignments. The DMV couldn’t do the one thing it’s supposed to do: push paperwork.
20 smart tweaks that make Windows 11 more productiveWindows 11 is now three years old, and over the years there have been several major updates that have both added new features and changed the look and feel.
Asus ROG Ally X review: the best Windows gaming handheld by a mileThe Asus ROG Ally X is the best a Windows gaming handheld has ever been. It’s got the most comfortable grip, the smoothest gameplay, and the longest-lasting battery — three of the elements that make a PC gaming experience truly portable for me.
A Chaotic History of Clickolding, the Year’s Most Disturbing GameThe man in the mask wants you to click the tally counter. So begins Strange Scaffold’s short, yet highly distressing new game, Clickolding—a very literal take on clicker games—released on Steam this week. The lore of how video games pitches are conceived is not always exciting.
A millennial moved from California to Utah for a lower cost of living. A few months later, she's hoping to move back.Kate M., 33, couldn't afford to live in San Diego anymore as a soon-to-be single mother on a $ 150,000-a-year salary. After just under three months of living in Utah, she's already planning to move back.
Inside Canada's booze battle over canned cocktailsLast week, Ontario Premier Doug Ford posted a video online with a message for his Canadian province. It seemed like a typical innocuous political advertisement - Mr Ford sporting a casual black polo shirt and a blue apron, standing at a barbecue grilling burgers, cans of beer at hand.