Sony’s souped-up PlayStation 5 Pro is $100 off for the rest of today
Sony’s full suite of PlayStation 5 consoles jumped in price in August due to increased US tariffs, but now through Christmas, you can save $100 on several models. This discount…
The best shows and movies to stream on Netflix in 2025
Netflix has had an interesting year. Its ad tier, introduced last year, has grown significantly, and its live TV initiative has expanded to include not only weird one-offs like hot-dog-eating…
In 2025, AI became a lightning rod for gamers and developers
2025 was the year generative AI made its presence felt in the video game industry. Its use has been discovered in some of the most popular games of the year,…
The Pluribus finale showed there’s a lot more to the story
It’s a good thing that we already know a second season of Pluribus is on the way. Because the season finale for the show – a sci-fi drama on Apple…
How Europe’s new carbon tax on imported goods will change global trade
For people living in the European Union, the price of their next car, home renovation, and even local produce may soon reflect a climate policy that many have never even…
Google lobs lawsuit at search result scraping firm SerpApi
Google has filed a lawsuit to protect its search results, targeting a firm called SerpApi that has turned Google’s 10 blue links into a business. According to Google, SerpApi ignores…
The evolution of expendability: Why some ants traded armor for numbers
The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers describes how it applies to biology, as well. They have…
Switch 2 pub backs off Game Key Cards after leaking lower-cost cartridge options
The Switch 2’s data-free, download-enabling Game Key Cards have proved controversial with players who worry about long-term ownership and access issues to their purchases. But they’ve remained popular with publishers…
LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems
Online fury erupted this week after an LG TV owner claimed that a firmware update installed unremovable generative AI software on their smart TV. The controversy began on Saturday, when…
Riot Games is making an anti-cheat change that could be rough on older PCs
At this point, most competitive online multiplayer games on the PC come with some kind of kernel-level anti-cheat software. As we’ve written before, this is software that runs with more…