Category: feature

‘GTA V’ brings transphobia to the next console generation

[ad_1] “It just reinforces this idea that you can always tell who’s trans and who’s not, and that trans women will always be that slightly bit masculine,” Dr. Colliver said. “It has all of these stereotypes. They talk to real-life problems, but they don’t do it in a way that tackles problems. They do it […]

The best Chromebooks you can buy

[ad_1] What are the most important specs for a Chromebook? Chrome OS is lightweight and usually runs well on fairly modest hardware — so the most important thing to look for might not be processor power or storage space. That said, I’d still recommend that you get a Chromebook with a relatively recent Intel processor, […]

‘Predictive policing’ could amplify today’s law enforcement issues

[ad_1] Predictive policing in and of itself is nothing new. It’s the straightforward evolution of intelligence-driven techniques, based on long established criminology principles that have been used by law enforcement for decades. The idea of forecasting crimes started back in 1931 when University of Chicago sociologist Clifford R. Shaw and Henry D. McKay, a criminologist […]

After Math: Space toilets and long-haul hybrid pickups

[ad_1] Engadget Tesla may push the boundaries of automotive technology but its production process is a bit of a mess. In a recent initial quality survey from JD Power and Associates, Tesla customers reported 250 build defects (misaligned body panels, shoddy paintwork, things of that nature) per 100 vehicles. The national average is around 166 […]

Hitting the Books: The media’s role in history’s most damaging data dump

[ad_1] Farrar, Straus and Giroux Excerpted from Active Measures: The Secret History of Disinformation and Political Warfare by Thomas Rid Reprinted with permission from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Copyright 2020. “What would active measures be without the journalist?” asked Rolf Wagenbreth in 1986. Three years later, the Berlin Wall came down. The Russian intelligence community […]

The best Switch controllers for every player level

[ad_1] Buy FastSnail Grips at Amazon – $13 Buy Hori Analog Caps at Amazon – $9 There’s really no good way to replace the Joy-Cons entirely with a third-party copy. Some Joy-Con-like controllers won’t connect wirelessly, while others lack key features like vibration or an NFC reader. But there are some tradeoffs that are worth […]

How to guesstimate the number of alien civilizations in a galaxy

[ad_1] “It is true that the greatest challenge in any Astrobiological study is the fact that we are restricted to a single known example of life and indeed intelligent life in the Universe, and inevitably, we do have to appeal to knowledge about the way that we ourselves have formed in order to make assumptions […]

Acer updates its gaming laptops with new Intel chips

[ad_1] Acer says that the Helios 700 will be better at dissipating heat thanks to its new thermal solution, PowerGem, which it first announced last September. It’s a pad that sits on the chip, pushing heat away 3.83 times more efficiently than existing solutions. That’s been paired with three copper heat pipes, a vapor chamber […]

Do Apple’s new Mac chips mean ARM has won?

[ad_1] RISC stands for “Reduced Instruction Set Computing,” and it was developed in the early ‘80s to fix a lot of the problems in early processors. As chips got more complex, they also became harder to program for, more error prone and less efficient. RISC tried to streamline chip design by simplifying the instructions — […]