Tag: author_name|Mat Smith
The Morning After: Valve warns you, again, against modifying your Steam Deck
Valve loves to warn people about the risks of do-it-yourself Steam Deck maintenance, and this time it’s reminding you that trying to upgrade the built-in storage could lead to problems. Following a PC Gamer article on modding the Steam Deck, Valve hardware designer Lawrence Yang warned against upgrading the device’s…
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The Morning After: Nothing’s Carl Pei wants to make smartphones exciting again
Carl Pei thinks there’s something wrong with the smartphone industry. Like a lot of us, Pei has started feeling like new phones just aren’t as special as the devices of five or 10 years ago. He thinks the big players are all circling the same ideas in smartphone design. (Something…
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The Morning After: A remastered version of 1997’s ‘Blade Runner’ game finally arrives
Yes, Juul e-cigarettes have been banned in the US, but we talked about that yesterday. But what’s like vapes? Replicants and ‘80s sci-fi? Maybe not, but anyway, Nightdive Studios has finally released Blade Runner: Enhanced Edition for Windows PCs (via Steam), PlayStation, Switch and Xbox consoles. The modernized version runs…
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The Morning After: The FDA could ban Juul’s e-cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to stop Juul from selling e-cigarette products in the US, and the decision could come soon, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Along with other e-cigarette makers, Juul submitted its products to the FDA for review in 2020. The agency…
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The Morning After: Cryptocurrency may be more centralized than you thought
One of the boons of cryptocurrency is meant to be that no particular company, central bank or government has control. Er, right? That might not be true. Researchers for a report commissioned by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) found there can be “unintended centralities” in these supposed decentralized…
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The Morning After: iOS 16 might let you skip those anti-bot login tests
Apple’s next update to its iPhone operating system might just help you avoid the CAPTCHA anti-bot systems that stand between you and some web sign-ins. Apple teased a Private Access Token system in iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS Ventura that skips CAPTCHAs altogether for some apps and websites. Enable…
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