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Amazon Set to Open its First High Tech Apparel Store in Los Angeles
Amazon Set to Open its First High Tech Apparel Store in Los Angeles

The company's first physical apparel store will offer smartphone and touchscreen interfaces for shopping and browsing, among other innovations.

NASA Offering $1 Million Prize for Better Space Food
NASA Offering $1 Million Prize for Better Space Food

NASA has announced a new round of Deep Space Food Challenge, and this round of the competition comes with $1 million in prizes for teams that can come up with innovative foods that can be prepared in space.

How Will Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Buy Impact Sony?
How Will Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Buy Impact Sony?

Microsoft's decision to buy Activision Blizzard has raised questions regarding what kind of support Sony PlayStation customers can expect in the future.

AMD’s New Radeon RX 6500 XT Tested with PCIe 3.0 and the Results Aren’t Pretty
AMD’s New Radeon RX 6500 XT Tested with PCIe 3.0 and the Results Aren’t Pretty

This week AMD launched launched the first “budget friendly” RX 6000-series GPU with its RDNA2 technology, the RX 6500 XT. The launch was not without controversy however, as in order for AMD to hit its desired $199 price point it neutered the Navi24 GPU to the point where it is missing a lot of features…

Google Releases Very Limited Beta of Android Games on Windows
Google Releases Very Limited Beta of Android Games on Windows

Microsoft has its Android framework in Windows 11, but Google is not going to be outdone. It's launching an early beta of Google Play Games, which will bring mobile games to Windows PCs… eventually. So far, only a few regions have access to the beta.

Roku Shamed For Running Banner Ads On Top of Live TV
Roku Shamed For Running Banner Ads On Top of Live TV

Ads aren't new to the streaming experience, but this is truly something else.

AT&T and Verizon Launch Mid-Band 5G, Agree to Even More Airport Restrictions
AT&T and Verizon Launch Mid-Band 5G, Agree to Even More Airport Restrictions

The carriers made a number of concessions late last year and earlier this month to assuage the FAA's fears of C-band interference with airplane electronics, but in the end, AT&T and Verizon have agreed to shut off C-band around all US airports for the time being.

Astronauts Going to Mars Could Get ‘Space Anemia’
Astronauts Going to Mars Could Get ‘Space Anemia’

A study from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) points to the effects of weightlessness on the blood as yet another issue that will complicate long-term human space missions. So-called "space anemia" could cause health problems during and after an extended trip like going to Mars.

Amazon Japan is Selling GPU ‘Loot Boxes’ with 2015-era Cards
Amazon Japan is Selling GPU ‘Loot Boxes’ with 2015-era Cards

Step aside Newegg Shuffle, something way more sketchy has arrived.

AMD’s Entry Level Radeon RX 6500 XT Launch is Not Going Well
AMD’s Entry Level Radeon RX 6500 XT Launch is Not Going Well

AMD's previous attempts to trash-talk 4GB GPUs have aged like milk.

Microsoft Game Pass Tops 25 Million Subscribers
Microsoft Game Pass Tops 25 Million Subscribers

Despite such an applaudable number, Microsoft is disappointed in Game Pass's gains.

Nvidia Announces New CPU R&D Effort in Israel
Nvidia Announces New CPU R&D Effort in Israel

Nvidia is moving into Intel's turf with its latest expansion.