Category: author_name|Devindra Hardawar
Elaborate hack of ‘Axie Infinity’ tied to fake LinkedIn job offer
Axie Infinity was the prime example of crypto gaming last year, when its play-to-earn formula helped it reach up to 2.7 million daily active users last November. But that all came crashing down in March, when hackers stole $625 million from the Ethereum-linked Ronin sidechain powering the game. Now, it…
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MacBook Pro 13-inch review (M2, 2022): Pro in name only
Say hello to Apple’s most baffling laptop, the 13-inch MacBook Pro with an M2 chip. It was already a confusing computer when we reviewed the M1 model in 2020, which was out-shined by the fan-less MacBook Air. But now that there’s a new MacBook Air with a bigger screen and…
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Meta’s latest VR headset prototypes will help it pass the ‘Visual Turing test’
Meta wants to make it clear it’s not giving up on high-end VR experiences yet. So, in a rare move, the company is spilling the beans on several VR headset prototypes at once. The goal, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is to eventually craft something that could pass the “visual…
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Meta’s latest VR headset prototypes could help it pass the ‘Visual Turing test’
Meta wants to make it clear it’s not giving up on high-end VR experiences yet. So, in a rare move, the company is spilling the beans on several VR headset prototypes at once. The goal, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, is to eventually craft something that could pass the “visual…
Read MoreI’ve fallen for Chrono Trigger’s text adventure pseudo-sequel
I’ve been haunted by Radical Dreamers since I was a nerdy, RPG-loving teenager. In 1996, I heard internet whispers about a pseudo-sequel to the SNES masterpiece Chrono Trigger, which remains my favorite game to this day. But Radical Dreamers wasn’t your ordinary title: It was a text adventure released solely…
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Dell XPS 15 review (2022): Still the best 15-inch Windows laptop
How can Dell improve on its already excellent XPS 15? By adding the latest hardware from Intel, whose new hybrid chips promise far better multitasking performance than before. We loved the XPS 15’s updated design when it debuted two years ago, and last year, Dell added an OLED screen option,…
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