Minecraft can be made more beautiful with shaders, but it can be quite a chore to set them up and the game's default look is long in the tooth. The… Read the rest of the article: Minecraft's "Vibrant Visuals" update brings new polish to game's old look
The tone is angry ("Poorly Analyzed US-Centric Garbage") but the point is a salient one: the European world of 8-bit and 16-bit computer gaming is improbably excluded from retrospectives. Put… Read the rest of the article: European gaming history often ignored in US-centric retrospectives
Homeworld, the slow-burning deep space strategy game, is one of my favorites of all time. Coldly evocative of the artwork of Chris Foss, Peter Elson, John Harris and others, the… Read the rest of the article: The amazing art techniques of 1999's Homeworld
George Foreman, the two-time world heavyweight and Olympic champion who forged a unique second career promoting his eponymous cookware brand, is dead at 76. He won his first world heavyweight… Read the rest of the article: Boxing and grilling legend George Foreman dead at 76
With bird flu and inflation in ascendance during the winter months, egg smuggling became a thing. "Egg interceptions," as CBC puts it, "are up 116% so far this year." Officials… Read the rest of the article: Officials cracking down on egg smugglers as retailers exploit falling wholesale prices
The founder of Pirate's Booty, the puffed corn and rice snack food, has launched a "mutiny" in the Long Island community of Sea Cliff, New York. He falsely asserted that… Read the rest of the article: Pirate's Booty founder loses Long Island village mayoral race by 90% margin
Denmark joined Germany, Britain and other countries in issuing travel "warnings" for the U.S., where incoming tourists and other visitors have been detained at length in unpleasant conditions. Meanwhile, the… Read the rest of the article: Denmark latest country to issue travel warning for the U.S.
A thief and his accomplice were convicted Tiesday in the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet, stolen from an English palace. Insured for "nearly 5 million pounds" (~$6 million) the… Read the rest of the article: Thief of gold palace toilet convicted in English court
London's Heathrow Airport, one of the world's busiest, was closed for the whole day Friday after a fire tore through one it its electrical substations. Power to two terminals and… Read the rest of the article: Chaos as Heathrow Airport closed for whole day by fire
A survey by cars.com finds that the market for used Teslas is declining sharply. The Cybertruck's resale value is especially dismal—58% under original sales price—but the sedans aren't headed anywhere… Read the rest of the article: Market for used Teslas "crumbling"
Mariah Carey, accused of copyright infringement in her 1994 Christmas hit All I Want for Christmas is You, has won her case. A U.S. judge, Mónica Ramírez Almadani, rejected songwriter… Read the rest of the article: Mariah Carey wins copyright fight over All I Want for Christmas is You
Paul Lefebvre, author of the Goto 10 newsletter, chanced across a copy of the 1981 Atari VCS Catalog and shared his thoughts on the publication, which exemplifies the golden age… Read the rest of the article: Enjoy the 1981 Atari VCS Catalog
The New York Times posted an amusing correction today after it was pointed out to it that Mario, the Nintendo character, does not wear suspenders, as identified by a clue… Read the rest of the article: New York Times thought Mario wears suspenders
Fujifilm's GFX100RF puts a medium-format sensor (44x33mm against full frame's 36x24mm) in a compact, fixed-lens design that might fit in your pocket, so long as you have large pockets. It's… Read the rest of the article: Fujifilm's GFX100RF is a medium format camera for a large pocket
Fit and finish were never Tesla's strong points, and now problems caused by a stainless-steel exterior trim panel have resulted in a recall on more than 46,000 Cybertrucks—which is most… Read the rest of the article: 46,096 Cybertrucks recalled over detaching panels
Beset by Shein, Temu and all the other fast-fashion options, U.S. retailer Forever 21 is bankrupt again. This time it's game over, too, with every store in the U.S. scheduled… Read the rest of the article: Forever 21 bankrupt again
Apple must open its closed ecosystem to others, including competitors, in the European Union. Reuters reports that the bloc's antitrust regulators ordered the company to allow third parties to interoperate… Read the rest of the article: European Union orders Apple to open ecosystem
Atari-branded "smartwatches" with classic games are coming this summer, and you can pre-order now. They don't seem to have many features other than the games—Pong, Breakout, Centipede and Missile Command—but… Read the rest of the article: Atari watches offer the time (and timeless classics)
President Trump ordered the publication of remaining classified documents concerning the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, but nothing remarkable has so far been spotted in the release—and there… Read the rest of the article: No smoking gun found in JFK assassination docs
Nvidia's DGX machines are designed for running large language models and other "AI" applications on the desktop. Shown off at its keynote were a Mac Mini-size device called the Spark,… Read the rest of the article: Nvidia wants to sell you a personal AI "supercomputer"
