Bill Atkinson, who died Thursday at 74, was an early engineer at Apple whose exceptional skill and ingenuity lives on in the fine details of graphic design. Given the limited resources of a Motorola 68000 CPU, he devised algorithms that could display rounded rectangles, render beautiful 1-bit dithered gradients and send ants marching. — Read the rest

Months after the initial reveal of The Witcher 4 filled certain kinds of gamers with blinding rage, CD Projekt Red has returned once again to pull the curtain back on its actual gameplay. Fair warning: if you got mad about the cinematic reveal, be warned that this demo contains almost ten minutes of playing as a woman. — Read the rest

After splitting from the Trump Administration last week, Elon Musk dumped on the president's "Big Beautiful Bill," calling it a "disgusting abomination."

"I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore," Musk said about Donald Trump's spending bill, Xitting out his criticism in a morning post. — Read the rest

PBS has censored a documentary about Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, Maus.

It removed a 90-second clip of Spiegelman at a public event. In the clip, Spiegelman reads aloud a few panels from a comic strip he drew for the 2017 Women's March newspaper: "I resisted drawing Trump's smug and ugly mug till now because narcissists thrive even on negative attention. — Read the rest

Death Grips' seminal debut, Exmilitary, will see its first ever official vinyl reissue since the original 2011 vinyl release via Ormolycka, who is also handling the reissue. The new reissue, limited to 500 copies, features a 140 gram "Camo Swirl" record, an insert of the original sleeve artwork, and a hand-numbered and stamped poster board note. — Read the rest

The devil works hard, but speedrunners work harder. The Switch 2 may not be out until this summer, but that hasn't stopped famed Zelda speedrunner Ikaboze from beating one of its system sellers anyway. Limited Switch 2 experiences have been made available to players, with a variety of games featured – the only caveat being a strict ten-minute time limit on any particular unit. — Read the rest

With no followup to the criminally underrated PS Vita on the horizon and the Switch dominating the handheld market, things look pretty bleak for the future of PlayStation handhelds. One PlayStation fan, however, has refused to take this lying down. Using the ancient power of "cutting up circuit boards and soldering them back together", technician Restore Technique has squeezed the PlayStation 4 into a portable package that looks good enough to be the Vita's successor. — Read the rest

The House of Representatives yesterday passed the "Take It Down" act, which requires that websites and platforms remove "non consensual intimate imagery" within 48 hours when flagged. Though the intent is to protect victims of revenge porn or AI fakery, the material is ill-defined and the bill contains no safeguards against frivolous or malicious takedown demands. — Read the rest

The Silicon Valley billionaires behind the Breakthrough Prize just proved they're better at deleting truth than funding it. As reported in The Hollywood Reporter, these tech titans memory-holed Seth Rogen's pointed criticism of their Trump-loving pals from the foundation's video stream. — Read the rest

Our favorite humanoid simulation Mark Zuckerberg discovered his deep passion for free speech around the same time he started lobbying Emperor Orange to drop that pesky antitrust case against Meta. He celebrated his transformation by releasing a video to announce his commitment to make Facebook the premiere retirement home for Boomer conspiracy theorists. — Read the rest

A story highlighting Hall of Fame baseball player and civil rights leader Jackie Robinson's military service has been deleted from the Department of Defense website, in a Stalinesque excising of black heroes.

The URL, which originally included the phrase "sports-heroes-who-served" has been changed to "deisports-heroes-who-served" and now leads to a "404 – Page Not Found" page. — Read the rest

The engineers squeezed as much performance as they could from the 16-bit processors of yore and then turned the job of optimization over to coders. Such was the hunger for power they provided co-processors in the game cartridges themselves. It's astonishing, then, to find that Super Nintendo consoles are getting faster decades later all by themselves. — Read the rest

House Speaker Mike Johnson defended the plunging stock market as part of Donald Trump's "strategy" after a reporter asked if the president needed to "rethink what he is doing" with tariffs. The subservient Congressman then pleaded with reporters to give Trump a chance. — Read the rest

TL;DR: Here's how you can bring movie and arcade nights to your home with this 2-in-1 console and projector, now under $100.

Tired of scrolling through TikTok for entertainment every night? So are we. Watching brain rot videos and stalking our exes on social media is so out, which is why you need something better, like this gadget that doubles as a console and a projector. — Read the rest

TL;DR: Turn any spot into a movie theater or gaming center with this 2-in-1 Android projector, now $99.99 (reg. $149). 

With projectors going viral on social media, any space can become a movie theater. This Android projector lets you stream TV or films and game from anywhere — no monitor required. — Read the rest

JD Vance was bored even before Donald Trump launched into his 99-minute speech last night, complaining to House Speaker Mike Johnson on a hot mic.

"By the way, I think the speech is going to be great. But I don't know how you do this for 90 minutes," said Vance, clearly longing for his couch. — Read the rest

Daniel "Dana" Puchau's Ink Console is a specialized e-ink handheld designed for playing gamebooks. There are several games on show that use the built-in game engine, and a game development kit for making and sharing your own on a gamebook platform, all under development—pre-orders open March 1 at Crowd Supply. — Read the rest

Twitter, renamed X by owner Elon Musk, is reportedly blocking links to the messaging service Signal. Matt Binder:

X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a "Signal.me" link through DM, public post, or even in their profile page. When trying to post a Signal link, users receive a variety of different "message failed" prompts depending on what version of the X platform they use (i.e.

The newly elected board of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC has decided to cancel a planned two year tour of the new childrens' musical Finn, which premiered at the center in the fall of 2024. Here's the official synopsis for the show:

Let's "seas" the day—it's time to sparkle and shine! — Read the rest

Tim Robinson is one of the most talented and underrated comedians of our time, and I will die on that hill. I Think You Should Leave is nothing short of genius, and even if SNL didn't appreciate his talent, clearly someone at A24 does – because he's starring in his very first feature film, out this May. — Read the rest