All the buzz around Grand Theft Auto 6’s official reveal made it the most-viewed non-music video on YouTube in the first 24 hours after publish, according to Guinness World Records. At just 90 seconds long, the Grand Theft Auto 6 debut accrued over 90 million views after a single day. It also holds the record […]
The 2023 edition of The Game Awards, hosted by Geoff Keighly, airs tonight starting at 4:30 p.m. P.T./7:30 p.m. E.T. The event is expected to run between 2.5-3 hours, including a 30-minute pre-show. You can catch the big event by watching the video below, and it will also be streaming live on Twitch. Be sure […]
Fairphone has retained top marks for repairability, with the Dutch manufacturer’s fifth iteration scoring high for software longevity, even if some components are starting to get a little more “conventional.” The iFixit team pulled apart the latest in the line of modular phones with little more than tweezers and screwdrivers and found the device just […]
Rolling out now, Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is adding support for “Tags,” a simplified version of hashtags. Here’s what you should know. Announced in a post on Threads today, Meta is adding “Tags” to the social platform as a way to categorize a post and have it show up alongside other posts on the same […]
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Starting with the upcoming iOS 17.2 software update, there is a new NameDrop-like feature that allows an iPhone user to quickly share boarding passes, movie tickets, and other Wallet app passes with another iPhone user. To use the feature, open the Wallet app and tap on the pass that you want to share. Then, hold […]
Realme Not too long ago, the Google Pixel 4 arrived on the scene packing a Soli radar system that allowed Motion Sense. It enabled you to snooze alarms, mute calls, control music playback, and more — all by waving your hand over the screen. LG attempted something similar called Air Motion on the LG G8 […]
If you’re watching The Game Awards tonight, you’ll want to sign up for a pair of sweepstakes for your chance to win a free Steam Deck OLED and/or a free Lenovo Legion Go. The Game Awards did a similar promotion last year, giving away 100 Steam Decks. This year, however, the show has upped the […]
It’s crunch time. Dietitians will attest that one of the first rules of weight loss is to eat slowly, allowing your body time to feel full once enough food is in the belly. Nevertheless, when hunger strikes, it can be hard not to power through every bite. So, for those who struggle to savor a […]
It’s no secret that Grand Theft Auto VI takes a lot inspiration from IRL events and people, but one person colloquially called the “Florida Joker” has seemingly taken umbrage with Rockstar Games for possibly copying his whole entire vibe. Grand Theft Auto 6 Comments: A Dramatic Reading Off English Toward the end of the GTA […]
This was a best-of-times, worst-of-times type of year for video games. The aftereffects of post-pandemic contraction and a wave of acquisition and consolidation cost thousands of designers their jobs, even as the industry reckoned with AI’s potentially transformative (and terrifying) impact on game development and voice acting. The games, though? They were great—possibly better than […]
Robert lives in Florida and is finding that his 2014 Mustang not the ideal vehicle for talking the kiddo to school. Since the Ford is getting up there in age, it’s time for an upgrade with four doors. He wants something sporty-ish with respectable fuel economy. What car should he buy? The Mustang Mach-E Rally […]
My fellow Autopians. Welcome to another edition of Ask An Engineer. This time we are going to look into a question sent to me by one of you astute readers relating to towing a trailer. The question is: Why do some trailers sway back and forth as they are being towed while most others track […]