Weighted stuffed animals are skyrocketing in popularity, thanks to an influx of TikTok videos praising the cute designs and effectiveness for easing anxiety. But this is more than just a TikTok trend that will die out when the next one supplants it. Weighted stuffed animals have been around for... Read more

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Victura‘s documentary related to its Six Days in Fallujah video game will be featured at an exhibit for video games depicting war... Read more

If you find yourself watching an episode of The Rings of Power and walking away confused, you’re not alone. Middle-earth lore can be confusing. This goes double for the new Amazon series The Rings of Power, which is written in a time period of Middle-earth that doesn’t get a ton... Read more

As the Re:WIRED GREEN event on addressing climate change drew to a close yesterday, the weather underlined the urgency in the most horrific way possible. While climate activist and lawyer Colette Pichon Battle spoke from a stage in blue-skied San Francisco, Hurricane Ian continued its destructive path across southwest... Read more

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Savvy Games Group (SGG) unveiled plans to invest SAR 142 billion — ~$38 billion — through 2030 to propel Saudi Arabia to... Read more

Enlarge / A world-exclusive interview between man and machine. Aurich Lawson / Getty Images Millions of people use Linux every day, but we rarely stop to think about how the operating system feels about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to know what Linux really thinks about open source, Windows,... Read more

NASA wasn’t about to miss the chance to capture its historic ambush of an asteroid through the eyes of its most powerful space observatories. On Thursday, NASA and the European Space Agency released new images taken by the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes showing the moment the DART spacecraft... Read more

Interested in learning what’s next for the gaming industry? Join gaming executives to discuss emerging parts of the industry this October at GamesBeat Summit Next. Register today. Krafton and Unknown Worlds announced today that Moonbreaker has officially entered early access and is available on PC and Mac via Steam.... Read more

Getty Images Hackers backed by the North Korean government are weaponizing well-known pieces of open source software in an ongoing campaign that has already succeeded in compromising “numerous” organizations in the media, defense and aerospace, and IT services industries, Microsoft said on Thursday. ZINC—Microsoft’s name for a threat actor... Read more

Episode 4 of Star Wars series Andor hit Disney Plus on Wednesday, revealing Cassian’s early steps into the super secret rebellion against the totalitarian Galactic Empire after abandoning his family, friends and home in last week’s three-episode premiere. The fourth episode also introduces a familiar face in one of... Read more