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Breadwinner is the new smart sourdough starter tracker of my dreams

Sourdough bread is a tricky thing to get right. But Breadwinner, a new smart gadget in development from hardware designers (and bread lovers) Fred Benenson and Sarah Pavis, is looking to try to take a little bit of the mystery out of the yeast by offering an app-connected gadget that can track the volume and… Read more

Gotham Knights is delayed until 2022

Gotham Knights, the upcoming title by Warner Bros. Games Montreal, has been delayed into 2022, the company announced today. In a statement posted on Twitter, the development team explains that it wants to give the game “more time to deliver the best possible experience for players.” While not directly stated, the delay is likely COVID-related,… Read more

Stress Testing Just Became a Lot Easier for AMD Graphics Cards

Home News (Image credit: Shutterstock) AMD’s latest Radeon driver update, Adrenalin version 21.3.1, adds several new features to team red’s graphics cards, but the biggest update is a new stress testing utility that allows you to check the stability of your overclocked AMD graphics card right from the Adrenalin software. When you install the 21.3.1… Read more

MatPat looks at YouTube’s biggest changes over the last decade — and what lies ahead

An interview with one of gaming’s longest-standing personalities Matthew “MatPat” Patrick was on YouTube for two years before he hit publish on the first entry in the series that changed his life — and YouTube culture as a whole. “Game Theory,” a series that examines the ins and outs of popular video game franchises like… Read more

NASA’s future Moon rocket completes critical hot-fire test

NASA test-fired the core stage of its massive Space Launch System rocket in Mississippi on Thursday. The team appeared to clinch its second attempt at a hot-fire run after cutting short an initial firing in January. Pending a review of the test’s data, engineers are aiming to ship the rocket stage to Florida ahead of… Read more

The federal government is investigating yet another Tesla Autopilot crash

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating another Tesla crash in which Autopilot was allegedly in use. The crash took place outside of Lansing, Michigan, when the driver of a Tesla Model Y smashed into a state trooper’s cruiser. Michigan police said the driver was using Autopilot, Tesla’s advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS), at the… Read more

Fortnite’s experimental story is an attempt to create ‘the entertainment experience of the future’

Epic’s chief creative officer, Donald Mustard, explains the game’s bold narrative ambitions Why does Fortnite have a narrative? It’s a game where 100 players drop onto a cartoonish island, dress up as bananas or Star Wars heroes, gather up guns and other gear, and attempt to eliminate each other until only one remains. When that’s… Read more

Tesla’s co-founder is teaming up with Specialized to solve the problem of e-bike batteries

The growing popularity of electric bikes has raised a lot of exciting possibilities about the future of transportation, but it also presents a number of unique challenges. Chief among them is what to do with all those e-bike batteries when they eventually run out of juice. Rather than send them to a landfill, one major… Read more

Bluesound claims new Dolby Atmos Pulse Soundbar+ “is to audio what the 8K TV is to video”

Home News (Image credit: Bluesound) Looking for a brand new Dolby Atmos soundbar? Bluesound just added the Pulse Soundbar+ to its lineup of wireless home cinema products, and this one features a ‘3D immersive audio engine’ with support for Dolby Atmos. Bluesound says the Soundbar+ takes the firm’s original Pulse Soundbar 2i (which we awarded… Read more

YouTube Shorts arrives in the US to take on TikTok, but the beta is still half-baked

YouTube Shorts, the company’s short-form answer to TikTok, is launching in beta in the United States starting today. The short video format has already been available for several months in India, but today marks its debut stateside (along with the addition of several new features). For the beta launch, YouTube Shorts will feature all the… Read more

Nvidia is doubling the price of its GeForce Now cloud gaming service for new users

Nvidia on Thursday announced a new subscription tier for its GeForce Now cloud gaming service called Priority that will replace its existing paid Founders tier and contain the same perks like extended session length and RTX support. The catch: the change will come with a price increase, from what used to be a $4.99-per-month subscription… Read more

The Verge’s Nicole Wetsman on the tools she uses for covering health news

We wouldn’t have tech without science, and The Verge wouldn’t be what it is without its team of science reporters. In this time of pandemics, Mars landings, and climate controversies, our skilled science team is more important than ever. We talked to Nicole Wetsman, one of our top science and health reporters, to find out… Read more

Fortnite’s season 6 opening cinematic was co-directed by the Russo brothers

The start of Fortnite’s latest season began with a three-minute-long cinematic that set up season 6’s story, along with the game’s first narrative-driven single-player experience. It was like a short, animated action movie — which makes sense, since it was co-directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, the pair best known for their work on The… Read more

Dolby Atmos to make its in-car debut in the Lucid Air electric vehicle

Home News (Image credit: Dolby Atmos, Lucid Motors) We all know about Dolby Atmos’ application for the home (think select 4K TVs, Dolby Atmos soundbars and AV receivers), but there’s still one arena where the immersive audio tech hasn’t made any inroads. Until now. It’s always been a matter of when, not if the technology… Read more

My favorite artist of 2020 was Animal Crossing’s singing dog

I never play Animal Crossing: New Horizons on mute. I love hearing the grass crunching under my character’s shoes, the cutesy language that all of the villagers speak, and, of course, the sound effects tied to all of the emotes, like the signature piano noise that plays right before you’re about to get messed up… Read more