If shopping on Amazon has become a bit difficult because you keep inadvertently adding knock-off brands to your basket, there's now a Google Chrome extension to help.Shared on X by creator Josh Pigford, once added to your browser, Knockoff.shopping declares the name of the brand on the listing. That means you no longer have to click in to verify it. It also greys out any brands that are not trusted...

Yesterday's layoffs at Xbox took, and will continue to take, a terrible toll. Some trumpeted the fact that no studios were closed, although the practical impact of spinning them out to independence or new ownership remains to be seen, but that has no bearing on the blow to morale caused by such deep cuts to long-standing dev teams.One former Elder Scrolls Online developer put words to those feelings in a...

Yesterday's 1,600 layoffs at Xbox—just half of the 3,200 job cuts Microsoft intends to inflict on its gaming division by the end of its 2027 fiscal year—seem to have taken a heavy toll on the company's celebrated accessibility efforts.In the 24 hours since CEO Asha Sharma pronounced Xbox's "reset," senior and lead accessibility specialists have confirmed that they've been affected by the associated layoffs, casting into doubt how committed the...

US senator Bernie Sanders is famous as not-exactly-a-friend of powerful corporations: He's previously called for OpenAI to be broken up, for instance, and earlier this year announced a bill that would pause the construction of data centers in the US, to give lawmakers a chance to catch up with, and regulate, AI companies.But AI isn't Sanders' only PC-centric bugaboo: He's also pretty pissed off about the Xbox situation."Last year, Microsoft...

When Elvira cooks up a little treasure hunt for you in Moonlight Peaks, you may find yourself stumped if you haven't explored too far out of town. A couple of her poetic little hints refer to locations you've got to really pay attention to. Down below I'll go into detail on the clues and where to find them, but here's a quick reference list of all five clue locations:Clue 1:...

I was pleasantly surprised to find that going on dates in Moonlight Peaks is more involved than your average farm sim. After you extend an invite, your beau will take you out for a little activity featuring some of Moonlight Peaks' minigames. You're free to date around, too, so don't be stingy with your time. Here's how to start stepping out with all the locals.How to go on dates in...

Everyone likes Subnautica 2. We sure do: after all that drama, it turns out the early access survival sequel is quite good, actually. Players also dig it: it's got smashing reviews on Steam and it sold a million copies in its first hour on its way to more than four million in its first week.One little point of contention: Subnautica 2 is home to a collection of large, angry alien...

I think moths are great. Their hardiness, fuzzy little bodies, and the fact that I relate to their obsession with bright lights;I too find them fascinating. Unfortunately, other than the Scalloped Oak and the Puss Moth, I've not been able to see many of the 2,500 species of moths recorded to be in the British Isles, which is why I've now turned to Mothkeep's demo to take the edge off...

It often seems like there's no light at the end of the memory crisis tunnel. That's not just my opinion; it's what I was told a few months ago by Maingear CEO Wallace Santos. But analysts from Bernstein have forecast something quite positive for DRAM at the end of 2028, as long as you can hold out for that long. As spotted by tech analyst Jukan05, Bernstein research analysts recently...

The humble mouse has been through some changes in its time. When it’s not adding extra buttons all over the place it’s twisting your wrist into unlikely positions or looking like whatever the Mad Catz RAT was. A general theme over the years, however, is that they’re getting bigger, and perhaps there's a study to be done into whether PC gamers’ hands are getting larger too, the better to cradle...