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New Steam Feature Adds Online Play to All Local Multiplayer Games
New Steam Feature Adds Online Play to All Local Multiplayer Games

Valve is introducing a new feature to Steam designed to allow local multiplayer games to stream seamlessly over the internet. Remote Play Together could reinvigorate this neglected multiplayer format, if it works.

Virgin Orbit Aims to Send First Commercial Cubesats to Mars
Virgin Orbit Aims to Send First Commercial Cubesats to Mars

Virgin Orbit, the rocket-based spinoff of Virgin Galactic, has signed a deal with Polish satellite company SatRevolution to send the first commercial Cubesats to Mars in 2022.

Capitalism Didn’t Bring Democracy to China, but It’s Yokin
Capitalism Didn’t Bring Democracy to China, but It’s Yokin

Opening world markets to China back in 2001 hasn't done much for the country's commitments to democracy, but recent events with Blizzard and the NBA have shown it's turning out wonderfully for Chinese censors who want to control the media and content produced in the United States and elsewhere.

New Windows 10 Insider Build Routes Android Phone Calls to Your PC
New Windows 10 Insider Build Routes Android Phone Calls to Your PC

Android is Microsoft's new mobile platform of choice — it's even making its own dual-screen Android phone called the Duo. That won't launch for another year, but in the meantime, users of other Android phones can route phone calls to Windows 10.

Google’s Plan to Overcome Stadia Latency Issues May Involve Play
Google’s Plan to Overcome Stadia Latency Issues May Involve Play

Google is claiming it can use 'negative latency' to hide the impact of distant data centers on local game streaming, including predicting player inputs using AI.

Everything We Know About the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL
Everything We Know About the Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL

Unlike in past years, Google has been completely upfront about the impending launch of its new smartphones. Next week, the company will unveil a raft of new hardware, including the Pixel 4 and 4 XL. Here's everything we know.

Intel Kills Kaby Lake-G, Ending Its Unique AMD GPU Experiment
Intel Kills Kaby Lake-G, Ending Its Unique AMD GPU Experiment

Intel has end-of-life'd Kaby Lake-G and will stop shipments of the unique chip in early 2020.

2020 Ford Expedition Review: For Big Trips, Big Families, Big Budgets
2020 Ford Expedition Review: For Big Trips, Big Families, Big Budgets

Expedition is a great highway cruiser and even the people in the third row have room. A big SUV benefits from driver assists: Shop carefully because it's not all standard.

Essential Teases Wacky Narrow Smartphone
Essential Teases Wacky Narrow Smartphone

The so-called "Project GEM" debuted on Twitter yesterday with an extremely unusual form factor. It's about half as wide as most phones, looking more like a fancy remote control than a phone.

This App Is Helping Readers Finish Books In Just 12 Minutes
This App Is Helping Readers Finish Books In Just 12 Minutes

The 12min Book Summary Library makes it easier than ever to power through important books on a wide range of interesting topics, and a lifetime premium subscription is available for over 85 percent off at just $39.

EA Recommends 32GB RAM for Jedi: Fallen Order, Before Altering the Dea
EA Recommends 32GB RAM for Jedi: Fallen Order, Before Altering the Dea

EA surprised gamers when it declared 32GB of RAM to be "recommended" for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, but the company has modified its original claim.

Astronauts 3D-Print Beef on the International Space Station
Astronauts 3D-Print Beef on the International Space Station

For the first time, we've made synthetic meat in space aboard the International Space Station.