April 5, 2019 Noclip makes long-form gaming documentaries that break nearly every YouTube rule Noclip’s latest documentary, an hour-long exploration of the development of the popular spacefaring indie game Astroneer, doesn’t look like a normal YouTube video. Its…
April 5, 2019 Burned alive for using a smartphone This article was produced in partnership with Point, a YouTube channel for investigative journalism. Mosul, Iraq — Before the camera rolls, 34-year-old Fatima pulls…
April 5, 2019 Electronic music has a performance problem, and this artist is trying to solve it While rehearsing at SXSW last month, Chagall van den Berg ran into an unusual issue: her digital knee shot out in the wrong direction….
April 5, 2019 Apple lures another of Google’s top experts to its AI team When Apple appointed former Googler John Giannandrea as the first senior vice president of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the tech giant indicated…
April 5, 2019 EU accuses BMW, Daimler, and VW of collusion on emissions tech The European Commission has formally accused BMW, VW, and Daimler of colluding to impede the rollout of emissions limiting technology. These companies, whose car…
April 5, 2019 European Commission demands Valve stop geo-blocking games inside the EU The European Commission (EC) has been looking into how PC video games are bought and sold within EU Member States, and it doesn’t like…
April 5, 2019 The Morning After: A ‘perfect’ ultraportable laptop? Hey, good morning! You look fabulous. Friday has landed, and we have crowned the 2019 iPad Air as the Apple tablet that gets everything…
April 5, 2019 Snap has a new plan for taking over teens’ lives Snap is a great little factory for social-media invention, and a lousy business that loses money and executives at a higher rate than any…
April 5, 2019 Panasonic’s G95 is a do-it-all hybrid mirrorless camera With the release of the Lumix G95 (the G90 in Europe), Panasonic continues to build cameras that appeal equally to photographers and video shooters….
April 5, 2019 Jim Henson shows come to Amazon Prime Video, but not in the US Amazon has added a lot more Jim Henson Company programs to Prime Video after rolling out all four season of sci-fi series Farscape for…