Animal Crossing: New Horizons has taken the world by storm, but it’s not the only huge, long-awaited 2020 game release–Final Fantasy VII Remake finally released in April, and scored a very rare GameSpot 10/10 review. And now, you can (kind of) combine the two games.Twitter user The Regressor, an animator and cosplayer who has been…
The battle of the next-gen heavyweights featuring Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5, looks set for later this year. So far, we have a vague idea about both the technologically advanced machines. Much of their power is drawn from the ultra-fast SSD; both have opted for instead of the traditional HDD. It will massively diminish…
My late colleague, Neil Postman, used to ask about any new proposal or technology, “What problem does it propose to solve?” When it comes to Facebook, that problem was maintaining relationships over vast time and space. And the company has solved it, spectacularly. Along the way, as Postman would have predicted, it created many more…
Mobile phone masts in the UK are still being attacked by arsonists on a daily basis because of a conspiracy theory linking 5G to the spread of coronavirus. New data seen by WIRED UK reveals that dozens of attacks have taken place in the last fortnight, with conspiracy theorists targeting both infrastructure and key workers…
If you are looking for life in the solar system, maybe start with the icy moons. One of the most likely to harbor life is Jupiter’s third Galilean satellite, Europa. Hidden beneath its thick crust of ice is thought to be a massive interior ocean, containing more water than all of Earth combined. It’s salty…
Well, it finally happened: Defcon is canceled. Except, for real this time. The popular hacking conference and its sister event, Black Hat, have both been called off over Covid-19 concerns, meaning a long-standing meme has become reality. Don’t worry; organizers have promised online sessions to make sure those bugs and vulnerabilities still see the light…
On April 24, the Federal Communications Commission told four Chinese-incorporated telecommunications firms to present evidence to the US government that their US units don’t pose national security risks. According to The Wall Street Journal, a representative of China Telecom’s American arm said the company looks forward to “sharing information with the FCC that speaks to…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. The Last Unicorn has aged pretty well. Photograph: ITC FILMS/AlamyThe movie The Last Unicorn, based on the novel by Peter S. Beagle, is surprisingly beautiful and moving, particularly for a children’s cartoon from 1982. Science fiction author Matthew Kressel says that the story draws much of its…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. The Last Unicorn has aged pretty well. Photograph: ITC FILMS/AlamyThe movie The Last Unicorn, based on the novel by Peter S. Beagle, is surprisingly beautiful and moving, particularly for a children’s cartoon from 1982. Science fiction author Matthew Kressel says that the story draws much of its…
The best moment in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is one of near-absolute uncertainty. In it, an electromagnetic pulse has just shut down all electronics and communication systems in the game’s war-torn depiction of Washington, DC. As an Army Ranger, you and your squad, stranded in the middle of a battlefield gone silent, have…
