2025-09-04

Civilization developer Firaxis is laying off staff

Firaxis, longtime developer of the strategy series Civilization, is laying off an undisclosed number of staff, Game Developer reports. The studio's publisher and owner 2K confirmed that the layof [...]

2025-09-04

How Dutch startup Tap Electric is fixing EV charging chaos

Driving electric can be a pleasure, but charging often feels like a pain. Public facilities can be hard to find, prices swing wildly, and hidden fees add up. Incompatible systems and long waits only d [...]

2025-09-04

The Google TV Streamer 4K is 20 percent off right now

A good streaming device can revamp an older TV for much less than it would cost to replace the set all together. One of our favorites in the Google TV Streamer 4K, and you can pick it up for 20 percen [...]

2025-09-04

I tried Netflix’s new Moments feature and loved it, but it comes with one big downside

Netflix’s new Moments feature is great, but could lead to more spoilers than ever landing on your social feeds. [...]

2025-09-04

Threads posts now support 'text attachments' up to 10,000 characters

That was fast. A week after a new feature for sharing long-form text was spotted in the Threads app, Meta is making the experiment official. Threads users will now be able to append text snippets of u [...]

2025-09-04

LinkedIn will require recruiters and executives to verify their identity to cut down on scams

LinkedIn will now require some users to verify their identity before they change job titles in an attempt to cut down on scams on the platform. The new identity verification rules will specifically ap [...]

2025-09-04

Sesame Street's new partnership with YouTube will bring 'hundreds of full episodes' to the video platform

Sesame Street creator Sesame Workshop and YouTube have announced a new "extended partnership" that will bring episodes of the iconic children's show to the platform and a series of work [...]

2025-09-04

Google's Circle to Search can now translate text as you scroll

Google's Circle to Search tool just got a bit more useful, as it can now continuously translate text while scrolling. Until now, people had to restart the process every time the content on the sc [...]

2025-09-04

Researchers find alarming overlaps among 18 popular VPNs

A new peer-reviewed study alleges that 18 of the 100 most-downloaded virtual private network (VPN) apps on the Google Play Store are secretly connected in three large families, despite claiming to be [...]