Technology

  Over the past few years, we’ve seen a number of AI projects demonstrate how effectively artificial intelligences can play certain games, from classics like chess to the Chinese game Go and even DOTA 2 and Starcraft 2. Now, the non-profit OpenAI has released what it calls Neural MMO. The …

  A former judge and family law educator has teamed up with tech entrepreneurs to launch an app they hope will help divorced parents better manage their co-parenting disputes, communications, shared calendar and other decisions within a single platform. The app, called coParenter, aims to be more comprehensive than its …

  Facebook’s gaming efforts and challenge to Twitch are taking another big leap today, as the social network begins the initial rollout of a dedicated Facebook Gaming tab in the main navigation of Facebook’s app. The goal with the new addition is to help people more easily find games, streamers …

  Facebook usage has declined for the first time in a decade, while video-centric apps like TikTok are being touted as the future of social media. Entering this redefined playing field comes Firework, a fast-growing social video app whose clever trick is something it calls “reveal videos” — a way …

  Twitter’s new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of a tweet. The app, which Twitter is calling “twttr” as a throwback to its original name, was first introduced at the CES conference this January. It …

  ATT CEO Randall Stephenson said in December the company would soon adjust the content mix on its DirecTV Now streaming service and raise the monthly subscription to around the “$50 to $60” point — meaning, at least $10 per month more than it is today. This week, ATT is …

  Microsoft’s Xbox One unveil and initial positioning were, to put it simply, a disaster. The company’s vision of an all-in-one media center box that served as a sort of hub for home entertainment, streaming services, and gaming at a higher price point ultimately didn’t survive contact with Sony’s simpler, …

  Spinning hard drives are no longer the backbone of the average computer thanks to the increasing affordability and capacity of solid-state NAND chips. However, the spinning drive is far from dead — if you need the most bang for your storage buck, traditional hard drives are still king. It …

  Western Digital is launching a refresh for its WD Blue SSD product line, this time with a jump to NVMe. Where the current Blue SSD family is restricted to SATA interfaces, the new SN500 will support transfer rates roughly 3x faster. Sequential transfer rates of 1,700MB read and up …

  If you like seeing the latest and greatest technology the PC industry has to offer, reviewing is a pretty great job. It’s rare that I feel much in the way of jealousy as far as other people’s computers are concerned. Reviewing hardware isn’t the same as owning it but …