There’s a movie genre I tend to find moderately amusing but cannot in good conscience respect: the meme flick. You know what I’m talking about. Snakes on a Plane. The Grumpy Cat Christmas movie starring Aubrey Plaza. The upcoming Cocaine Bear. These are forthrightly bonkers movies that exist so people will watch... Read more

CCP Games announced its plans for EVE Online in 2023, the 20th anniversary of the online title. The year’s roadmap includes two expansions, several smaller updates and the integration of Microsoft Excel for some reason. The first batch of these updates roll out in the year’s first quarter. CCP... Read more

Abbott wants your blood, and it has new mixed reality technology to get it. At CES 2023, the health tech company unveiled a new mixed reality experience designed to make the blood donation process more pleasant.  Because it’s mixed reality, not virtual reality, donors using the tech will be... Read more

Genesis Global Trading, one of crypto’s oldest and most storied institutions, is in dire straits. In November, in the wake of the implosion of the crypto exchange FTX, the company’s lending unit was forced to freeze customer withdrawals—never a good sign. Almost two months later, Genesis is reportedly on the... Read more

Last week we finally wrapped up 2022, a chaotic year by any metric. Since this week has been relatively slow (for me, as I did not attend CES), and in the interest of keeping things lighthearted, let’s talk about what we’re going to do as gamers in 2023. I’ll... Read more

Getty Images Since its beta launch in November, AI chatbot ChatGPT has been used for a wide range of tasks, including writing poetry, technical papers, novels, and essays, planning parties, and learning about new topics. Now we can add malware development and the pursuit of other types of cybercrime... Read more

Walking the halls of CES 2023, a lot feels the same as ever. Packed spaces, big TVs, lots of new laptops. But in the three years since I was last here in person, a lot has changed, and I’d argue some of the biggest and most consequential changes are... Read more

Shortly after taking over Twitter, Elon Musk laid off around 50 percent of the company’s staff. On the same day, he tweeted that all those laid off would receive three months of severance pay. But, after two months of waiting for the company to say what kind of severance and benefits... Read more

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Data science and software engineering are two important functions in managing the ever greater flows of data in an organization. As the terms connote, data science is more focused on applying scientific principles to the analysis of... Read more

For the past decade or so, smart home tech has been about as prevalent as it gets at CES. That’s once again the case here in 2023, with the usual flood of new device announcements from brands both big and small (plus some weird and wonderful ones). This year’s... Read more