I recently had the chance to dive into a pre-release version of Forsaken, the upcoming major expansion to Destiny 2, and detailed my thoughts in our cover story. That experience offered a glimpse into some of the core aspects of gameplay (like new supers and a new bow archetype) that players ...

NASA’s ambitious mission to go closer to the Sun than ever before is set to launch in the small hours between Friday and Saturday — at 3:53 AM Eastern from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to be precise. The Parker Solar Probe, after a handful of gravity assists and preliminary ...

While it might seem like a mindless convenience to grab an Uber or Lyft straight from your smartphone to get to your next obligation, the two ridesharing companies are actually at odds and locked into an ugly clash with regulators in metropolitan areas. More specifically, in New York City, city ...

Graphene, the versatile miracle material that can be used for everything from creating better speakers for hearing aids to body armor that’s stronger than diamonds, has another application to add to its résumé. In the U.K., engineers at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) recently unveiled the world’s first graphene-skinned ...

Share. Salt not included. By Seth G. Macy If you buy something through this post, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. Nintendo’s most recent Direct presentation focused solely on Smash, and for good reason: Smash is good. People want Smash. It’s ...

I never actually finished one of these battles, I must admit. During one encounter, my crew ran out of cannonballs, and when ramming the skeleton ship didn’t seem to be doing any significant damage, we had no choice but to abandon the fight. Another time, I was part of a ...

Take me down to the Virus City The branding problem is real. QAnon insists they are the “real” Anonymous, all but encouraging public confusion as they’ve co-opted the hacktivist group’s name, tags, phrases, and terms, like calling their members “anons” and saying “[we] are legion.” Calling QAnon “a deformed Alex ...

Facebook is invading the blockchain, but how? Back in May, Facebook formed a cryptocurrency team to explore the possibilities, and today it removed a roadblock to revealing its secret plans. Former head of Messenger David Marcus, who leads the Facebook Crypto team, today announced he was stepping down from the board ...

Samsung and New Zealand’s three carriers — Spark, Vodafone NZ, and 2degrees — have unveiled their Galaxy Note 9 pricing alongside pre-orders from August 10 ahead of launch on August 24. Buying the Galaxy Note 9 outright from Samsung costs NZ$1,699 for the 128GB model and NZ$1,999 for the 512GB ...

VCs around the world are trying to wrap their head around crypto, and the new investment paradigm it brings. Some have made one-off deals but a few have jumped in off the deep end with dedicated crypto funds, with A16z in the U.S. the most prominent example. Now Singapore has ...