The experimental feature launched in Europe last year. Lixu/Getty Images YouTube’s experimental Direct Messaging feature for mobile is now available in the United States. The Google-owned video-sharing platform began testing DMs late last year in Ireland and Poland, before expanding to more European countries in March. Now you can also try…
Maridav/Shutterstock Water and electronics don’t always mix, but there are water-resistant devices like waterproof Bluetooth speakers that are perfect for poolside fun. There are even wearable devices that can survive water, some of which are perfect for swimmers. If you’re looking for something you can keep going…
Primakov/Shutterstock Instagram users rejoice: Meta finally provides something the platform needed a long time ago. It looks like someone at the company is finally listening, as Instagram also recently gave users the green light to edit comments in April 2026 (with a catch, of course)….
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Controversy over secret public recordings has existed almost as long as video cameras, but a new frontier is now opening due to the growing popularity of smart glasses. According to journalist Joanna Stern’s report on YouTube, the latest front in the war…
The latest Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 is among the heaviest in recent memory, bringing a new low-latency mode for smoother system navigation in addition to new features and hundreds of bug fixes and exploits. It’s a much-needed fallback program for Windows 11 as Microsoft puts renewed emphasis on its flagship operating system, which…
As Summer Game Fest draws to a close, it’s a great time to reflect. Not just about the cool games we saw announced (and there were a bunch), but also about an industry that, in recent years, has reached exciting new creative and artistic heights alongside deeply depressing lows in the form of layoffs, cancellations,…
The French publisher would try to reduce its costs without leaving aside key franchises like Rainbow Six: Siege. Alex Van Aken/Shutterstock After a series of layoffs in January and February, Ubisoft is reportedly once again restructuring its studios and laying off staff. According to The gaming businessthe publisher is closing its studios in…
This remake of the story of the first game will be released on consoles on July 28. We are about six weeks away from the launch of Halo: Campaign Evolvedwhich is a remake of the single-player campaign from the very first game in the franchise. You know what that means: Marketing is starting to heat…
I got a sense of this new approach from the game’s prologue, which served as an extended tutorial. As Blake, I had to maneuver through the dead forested area of the planet to reach the crashed module. Compared to the eerie silence of Sevastopol Station, the colony is noisy and chaotic, with limited visibility of…
The delayed reboot comes to Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC on February 23. Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Xbox has shared a lengthy gameplay video for Fablewhich shows what the developers at Playground Games call the Living Population system. It’s about the over 1,000 non-playable, fully voiced characters in the action RPG, and…