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Kuwait is cracking down on cryptocurrency miners throughout the country, as reported by Reuters. Officials have blamed the practice for blackouts and for causing stress on its power grid. The country started this crackdown just before the onset of summer, which experts say could reach scorching temperatures of 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior said in a statement that it has been conducting a "wide-ranging" security operation that targets homes suspected of being used for cry...

Could Paradox be about to reveal Europa Universalis V? A new trailer-for-a-trailer might indicate the next installment in the grand strategy series.

When it comes to handheld gaming, you could drown in the number of options to choose from. The best way to narrow things down is to consider what you’re looking for out of a handheld. Do you want something palm-sized that can easily slip into a front pocket? Or are you cool with something larger...

Last week, we asked to set off on the broken road of Days Gone Remastered and share epic moments of survival using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: calisarah1998 shares Deacon standing in the middle of a desolate street itsRyanUnicomb shares a look up at Deacon’s motorcycle and the night sky tulippooh3 shares Deacon...

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok owner ByteDance €530 million ($602 million) for breaching the European Union's privacy laws. The regulator said TikTok sent European user data to China without being able to guarantee that the information was safe from government surveillance.  It was reported last month that the DPC was going to slap TikTok with such a fine — the third-largest ever for a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) breach. The regulator confirmed that on ...

When an invitation to work on Assassin's Creed Shadows first dropped into Sachi Schmidt-Hori's email inbox, the Ivy League professor deleted it without a second thought. She'd never heard of the franchise before, nor Ubisoft - the company that was now keen to secure her services. And so when another email arrived, asking for a second time if she would like to lend her expertise to Shadows' development, Schmidt-Hori deleted the request once more, continuing to believe it was spam.

Keep Driving may not look like an RPG, but, mechanically at least, all the staples are there. ‘Battles’ are turn-based. You build a party of characters, each with individual, unlockable abilities. Like HP, mana, or any of the other fundamental resources in Final Fantasy and Diablo, you need to maintain your engine, watch your tiredness level, and make sure there’s enough gas in the tank. This is part of what makes it so special. While it’s the music, atmosphere, and dialogue that really make Kee...

This is just weeks before the implementation of the AI Diffusion Rule.

A few weeks out from the arrival of Elden Ring: Nightreign, developer FromSoftware and publisher Bandai Namco have released a lengthy overview trailer that offers an in-depth look at what's in store. The run-based Elden Ring spinoff gives players three in-game days to prepare for a final boss battle with the help of up to two human-controlled allies. The new trailer explains that you'll have a limited time to strengthen your character. You can level up by fighting dangerous grunts or scour the l...

Poor quality products haven't disappeared, but gaming going mainstream has raised all boats.

From XCOM 2 to Baldur’s Gate 3, we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to great turn-based strategy games and tactical RPGs. Yet I’m always on the lookout for the next potential winner, and Prelude Dark Pain is shaping up to be a serious contender. A dark fantasy tale where your group of heroes attempt to save the land of Statera from a generations-old force of evil, it matches a beautiful art style with grid-based combat. The results have been immediate; just a few short hours after launching it...

With graduation season approaching, a new cohort of students is embarking on next steps, aiming to use their passions and skills to make a real, tangible impact on the world. For many, this means — first and foremost — landing a job. According to a survey by Inside Higher Ed, more than 60% of students Read Article

We interviewed Frederic Plourde from Collabora and Daniel Castellanos from Decasis about the Somar project.

As planned, Spotify has updated its iPhone app in the U.S. with out-of-app pricing and subscription options for its Premium plans. The latest version of the app is now available in the App Store, and the added pricing information is rolling out. Spotify users in the U.S. can now view pricing information for its Individual, Duo, Family, and Student plans directly in the iPhone app, and there are buttons that lead to Spotify's website, where users can complete the payment process. For many years, ...

Just when you thought the situation couldn't get any worse for the Steam Deck game rating system, Valve has just trodden on another rake. With Oblivion Remastered still somehow holding a Verified rating, despite widespread criticism of its performance, Valve has now changed the rating of Clair Obscur Expedition 33 from Unsupported to Playable, seemingly just because its settings have been locked on the Steam Deck. While it may still be the best handheld gaming PC for most players, the Steam Deck...

Q: I'm a Gen X Windows user, I've been building my own systems for decades, and I work mainly in 3D design for the building and construction industry. I would like to know if you feel switching to Mac makes sense with all this unnecessary tariff turmoil? I've been trying to make the leap for years ... I feel like I need someone to just tell me to go for it and not look back. — Jim from Bainbridge Island, Washington A: It's undoubtedly a great time to make the jump from Windows to Macs. The MacBo...

Still, it's a new GPU to ponder over at the very least.

I don't make the rules.

Anything that might keep Nvidia honest would be incredibly welcome.

“2025 will change League of Legends forever,” game director Pu ‘Pupulasers’ Liu said back in 2023. This is the year that the MOBA supposedly levels up: new lore-inspired Rifts, new modes, a new battle pass - the list goes on. Yet, as the excitement around Arcane Season 2 tapers off and the seasonal model continues to struggle, 2025 feels like it’s been more turbulent than transformative. The gacha-esque Sanctum continues to prove divisive, skin quality has been variable (with one being pulled en...

Just in case your old GPU randomly decided to set itself on fire, here are a few options to consider in this dire market.

Amazon this week had a huge sale across a number of Apple products, offering the best prices of the year so far on AirPods Pro 2, AirPods 4, 11th generation iPad, M3 iPad Air, Apple Watch Series 10, and M4 MacBook Air. All of these record low prices are still live today. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running. AirPods What's the deal? Take up to $80 off Air...

Since watchOS 7 in 2020, parents have been able to pair their iPhone to their child's Apple Watch. Formerly known as Apple Watch Family Setup, and now marketed as Apple Watch For Your Kids, this option allows kids to use an Apple Watch with a cellular plan for texting, calling, and location sharing, even if they do not own an iPhone. For children, a cellular Apple Watch can be a stepping stone towards an iPhone, and Apple has now marketed that idea in a series of new ads. On its YouTube channel ...

Sandfall's not out of paint just yet.

You can either choose to be intrigued by the playful asterisk at the end of Thunderbolts*, or you can be annoyed by it. Whichever side of that aisle you come down on, though, it’s clear that Marvel hoped it would raise some questions. Thunderbolts* answers those questions in the form of a surprisingly fun updated...

Since 2017, the Vespa-maker Piaggio's Fast Forward division has been exploring a unique way to cut down on car trips: Building robots that can follow you around and carry your stuff. We called its original Gita (pronounced "jee-tah," Italian for "trip") robot an attractive rolling porter, but its size and initial $3,250 price made it more of a robo-curio than something you'd actually want to buy. The company followed that up with the Gitamini, a smaller and slightly cheaper $1,850 model, but eve...

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Hellfire Gala's mid-season update finally invites Ultron to the party.

Transpose the deckbuilding core of games like Slay the Spire into a dark fantasy setting, with art and creature designs inspired by classic RPGs and DnD, and inject a little of the positional combat trickery of Darkest Dungeon, and you have Deathless: The Hero Quest. Formerly known by a different subtitle, Tales of Old Rus, the roguelike now has a new name as developer 1C Game Studios delivers its conclusive, final update, including visual upgrades, a fresh opening cinematic, and a dangerous new...

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In the wake of the goliath-vs.-goliath battle between Epic and Apple, which resulted in a court order mandating that Apple can’t collect fees on purchases made outside of apps, Epic is back with even more incentives to lure people into its own storefront ecosystem. Epic announced on Thursday that, beginning in June, for any payments...

Publisher Take-Two fully supports Rockstar Games following its decision to delay GTA 6 into next year.

Epic has announced that its Epic Games Store will hand developers 100% of their revenue for their first $1m, and that's on a per-year, per-app basis.

The Logitech PowerPlay 2 is here, eight years since the original version of its clever wireless charging mousepad launched. This new version takes the idea of a mouse mat that continually charges your mouse and simplifies it to its bare essentials. Gone is the included wireless dongle for your mouse, gone is the RGB lighting, and gone is the reversible hard mousepad. Instead, the PowerPlay 2 simply provides its wireless charging ability, which it fires through a thin soft mousepad surface. All t...