Turns out the United States' new Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE sure lives up to it's namesake. According to a whistleblower report, it barely took a few minutes after DOGE workers had accounts created in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for the system to receive login attempts from Russia featuring the correct user credentials. Now that's efficient.ArsTechnica has the initial report on what appears to be a pretty...
Brain Computer Interfaces, or BCIs are futuristic devices that do exactly what it says on the tin; Allow a brain to interface directly with a computer. While this may sound like pure science fiction, it's actually even better, it's science fact. BCIs are being used all the time to help aid people in all sorts of ways. One BCI might be used to help a paralyzed user navigate their phone...
Take a look at our hint for today's Wordle any time you'd like to give your game a bit of a boost. Use it before your opening word if you want to make sure you get your guessing off to an incredible start, or keep it to one side, just in case you get stuck. Not enough? No problem. The April 22 (1403) answer is only a click away.I had...
After nearly two years of waiting and a leak that blew the surprise, Bethesda has finally made it official: Oblivion Remastered is real, and will be formally unveiled on April 22. There's an awful lot of excitement for this one, but I think the hoopla is leading us to overlook one important but awkward question. Andy Chalk, News Lead(Image credit: Future)Andy is PC Gamer's foremost Daggerfall defender. His RPG tastes...
“A New Clue” is a book that can be purchased from the Bookshop in Blue Prince. Written by Mary Marigold, “A New Clue” is full of riddles and hints in which you constantly hit wall after wall. To make things worse, there are clues relating to major keys, other books, and hidden signs — as long as you can find them. Here’s how to solve all of the puzzles in...
I'm a comic book nut, but I stay away from Marvel Rivals to keep my blood pressure in check. I do love the radical, supremely over-the-top character designs that NetEase landed on for Marvel's coterie of costumed heroes, though. You might be surprised to learn that the game used to be even more stylized—so much so that finding a hero before a match was borderline obnoxious.In the debut for a...
Nearly a week after a major hack forced it offline, the notorious imageboard 4chan remains inaccessible, and there's a growing feeling that it's going to stay that way—and that maybe it's not so bad.Founded in 2003, 4chan is—or was—something of a waypoint for a particular part of online subculture: Basic, unrefined, unmoderated, and almost entirely anonymous, which is what made it so notorious. Vice called it "the internet’s favorite hotspot...
Bungie’s recent Marathon stream where it showed early footage of the first-person extraction shooter sparked skepticism on social media and Reddit, prompting some people to predict it will suffer the same fate as Concord, the hero shooter that Sony took offline less than a month after its release. In response, a former Concord developer made a post on the Marathon subreddit asking people to give it a chance. “Concord failed...
We know a lot more about Bungie's Marathon reboot now than we did a week ago. We learned that it's a hero-based extraction shooter with abilities, economy, and a handful of maps in the vein of Escape From Tarkov. We know it's got weapon mods that should tickle the brains of Destiny buildcrafters, and Bungie also shared details on proximity chat, solo play, and cosmetics (it'll have them).Weirdly, one important...
Weekend box office reporting is a seminal part of entertainment media. In recent years alone, it has served as everything from a checkup on the general health of movie theaters to a litmus test for each new Marvel film. But recently, box office reporting has gotten a little weird: All the earnings are being reported in terms of budgets and profitability. This used to be language reserved for obvious box...