“Our aim for Project Leonardo is that it enables many more players to enjoy the remarkable games that PlayStation Studios and our development community are creating for PS5,” Ryan says. “Millions of gamers play games to escape into a fun experience, build new friendships, or hang out together. The opportunity to make gaming accessible to… Continue reading Sony Releases Its First Accessible Controller
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The 9 Neatest Things at CES 2023 So Far: VR Gadgets, PCs, and More
The big spectacle of CES hasn’t fully spread its wings just yet, but we’re feeling the early rumblings of what’s to come. On Tuesday night here in Las Vegas, the assembled tech press got to take a peek at some of the gadgets launching this week. Here’s a collection of some of our favorite things… Continue reading The 9 Neatest Things at CES 2023 So Far: VR Gadgets, PCs, and More
What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
Digital swindles like business email compromises and romance scams generate billions of dollars for criminals. And they all start with a little bit of “social engineering” to trick a victim into doing something disadvantageous, whether that’s trusting someone they shouldn’t or sending money into the void. Now, a new variation of these schemes, known as… Continue reading What Is a Pig Butchering Scam?
The 14 Best EVs Coming in 2023: BMW, Kia, Hyundai, Ford, Jeep, and More
WIRED said 12 months ago that 2022 was going to be a pivotal year for electric cars. Judging by the 18 models we told you to watch out for, as well as the increasingly long wait lists for new electric vehicles, we were right. Despite those wait times, the trend of growing EV and declining… Continue reading The 14 Best EVs Coming in 2023: BMW, Kia, Hyundai, Ford, Jeep, and More
The Many Metaphors of Metamorphosis
As far as metaphors for change go, this is a potent one. Yet when we think about the future and the change we might want to make, the natural world provides all kinds of models and lessons. “What about the lowly cockroach or the lowly earwig?” says Jessica Ware, an associate curator of invertebrates at the… Continue reading The Many Metaphors of Metamorphosis
Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
This story originally appeared on High Country News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Dozens of once crystal-clear streams and rivers in Arctic Alaska are now running bright orange and cloudy, and in some cases they are becoming more acidic. This otherwise undeveloped landscape now looks as if an industrial mine has been… Continue reading Alaska’s Arctic Waterways Are Turning a Foreboding Orange
The Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key
In August, the internet infrastructure company Cloudflare was one of hundreds of targets in a massive criminal phishing spree that succeeded in breaching numerous tech companies. While some Cloudflare employees were tricked by the phishing messages, the attackers couldn’t burrow deeper into the company’s systems. That’s because, as part of Cloudflare’s security controls, every employee… Continue reading The Password Isn’t Dead Yet. You Need a Hardware Key
LastPass Data Breach: It’s Time to Ditch This Password Manager
You’ve heard it again and again: You need to use a password manager to generate strong, unique passwords and keep track of them for you. And if you finally took the plunge with a free and mainstream option, particularly during the 2010s, it was probably LastPass. For the security service’s 25.6 million users, though, the… Continue reading LastPass Data Breach: It’s Time to Ditch This Password Manager
12 Best Camera Accessories for Phones (2022): Apps, Tripods, Mics, and More
Moment offers several tripod mounts compatible with MagSafe-compatible phones, but my favorite by far is the multi-threaded mount. It’s just a flat disc of metal with several holes drilled in it (also why this kind of mount is affectionately called a Swiss cheese plate), and each hole corresponds to a different size of tripod screw. … Continue reading 12 Best Camera Accessories for Phones (2022): Apps, Tripods, Mics, and More
Let’s Go to Mars. Let’s Not Live There
Some people would rather invest these resources in solving global problems, not launching astronauts to other worlds. People in the 1960s questioned the Apollo program for similar reasons—it was also a time of systemic inequality and fears of nuclear war. Today, in public opinion surveys of US adults, NASA’s climate-related efforts and monitoring of near-Earth asteroids are more… Continue reading Let’s Go to Mars. Let’s Not Live There