China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced a six-month campaign on Monday to regulate internet companies, particularly practices that “disrupt market order, damage consumer rights, or threaten data security.” That followed repeated fines against tech giants including Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent for violating antitrust laws, and a new... Read more

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Can technology and data analysis make it possible for an insurance company to offer better prices for drones and fleets? U.K.-based insurance company Flock thinks so and has built a sophisticated model for evaluating risk in real... Read more

Fez first came out on the Xbox 360 in 2012, which is just insane. It speaks to the quality of the game that people got excited when it was ported to the Nintendo Switch nine years later.  But it’s also testament to the power of the Nintendo Switch as... Read more

It didn’t need to be this way. This spring, as people lined up for newly available, miraculously effective Covid-19 vaccines, it was easy to imagine a direct and speedy path to a protected society. The curve of administered doses appeared limited only by the supply, and the curve was... Read more

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Sony confirmed this morning that its new PlayStation 5 beta software enables console owners to upgrade their storage. This activates the built-in M.2 SSD expansion slot, so you can bring your own NVMe PCIe Gen4 drive to... Read more

Over two decades old, blockchain has become the actual foundation for mining, security, and the creation of cryptocurrency. It is dependable, trusted, and widely used for multiple forms of digital currency around the world. DDoS Can Cripple a Blockchain Merely due to its digital nature, blockchain is susceptible to... Read more

Vitamix If it’s power you seek in a blender, the Vitamix 7500 is where you’ll find it. Just ask CNET’s Ry Crist, who reviewed the high-end blender and dubbed it “a muscle car for your kitchen” and “one of the most consistently powerful blenders that we tested.” He also... Read more

Olympic athletes are used to pressure. Before every Games, a handful of stars from each country get singled out as medal contenders, their faces plastered across billboards and newspapers, on social media and in yogurt ads. They work with sports psychologists and performance coaches to help them handle the... Read more

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Annapurna announced it is backing Skin Deep, an immersive sim shooter based in space. The stealth-action title is coming out for the PC at an unannounced date, and it’s being developed by Blendo Games. You’re outfitted with... Read more

Robinhood helped usher in the latest day-trading wave. Now, the company is about to find out just how far it can ride it. The free trading app started trading publicly on Thursday as part of its initial public offering that priced its shares at $38. It’s been a long... Read more