Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Bertie fixates on a fiendish roguelike with an outrageous mash of ideas; Matt ...

In an era dominated by social media, misinformation has become an all too familiar foe, infiltrating our feeds and sowing seeds of doubt and confusion. With more than half of social media users across ...

Opening moments of games can often feel long and slow, and may even be boring as the game must teach you how to play it first thing. They’re a necessary evil, but there's a new high bar, as the new ...

For all the attributes by which we evaluate a vehicle—powertrain, driving characteristics, exterior style—does anything really matter more than the interior? After all, this is the place where owners ...

For anyone getting caught up in who won’t be taking center stage at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it’s worth reminding yourself that there are going to be some pretty special soccer players lighting up the ...

Winning the Academy Award for best picture requires succeeding through a combination of factors. Winning the Academy Award for best director, though, is the Academy’s way of pointing directly at ...

If you’re going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, and many other platforms, use a “black-box” algorithm — an AI recommendation system that studies what captures ...

The TikTok algorithm learns what you spend the most time watching and shows you more of that in large volumes. If you're going to get sucked in by social media, at least make it worthwhile. TikTok, ...

First-person shooters are still one of the easiest genres to fall into because they cover every mood: sweaty ranked nights, chill co-op sessions, and campaign runs that feel like a weekend movie. This ...

A new study published today in Nature has found that X’s algorithm – the hidden system or “recipe” that governs which posts appear in your feed and in which order – shifts users’ political opinions in ...

Choosing a state in which to retire is a hugely important financial decision, particularly considering that roughly 65% of non-yet-retired adults maintain that their savings aren’t on track to allow ...