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Jacob Roach / Digital Trends We all have that one PC horror story. Maybe you can laugh about it now, or maybe it’s just a lesson learned, but it probably wasn’t all too funny at the time when everything broke down. I have plenty of stories like that, but a few of the worst ones that come to mind are all related to prebuilt PCs. Here are some of the prebuilt disasters I’ve seen over the years, and what to look out for if you’re trying to buy a desktop PC. It’s better to be patient I’m no custom PC snob, or at least I…

Image: Naughty Dog/PlayStation2020's The Last of Us Part II is a revenge story built around two sides: that of Ellie (as played in the show by Bella Ramsey) and newcomer Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). Both women have their own respective supporting casts, and the HBO adaptation has mainly cast the folks in Ellie’s social circle like Dina and Jesse.Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewAccording to Variety, HBO’s managed to lock down four actors who’ll play the people in Abby’s friend group. Top Gun:…

AI chatbots aren’t much good at offering emotional support being—you know—not a human, and—it can’t be stated enough—not actually intelligent. That didn’t stop The National Eating Disorder Association from trying to foist a chatbot onto folks requesting aid in times of crisis. Things went about as well as you can expect, as an activist claims that instead of helping through emotional distress, the chatbot instead tried to needle her to lose weight and measure herself constantly.Caleb McLaughlin Wants to Play Static…

With the Pixel line, Google introduced the concept of Feature Drops — small quarterly updates delivered to push quality-of-life improvements to Pixel phones. The promise is simple: your Pixel phone gets better over time. Still, Google’s approach to updates has recently left much to be desired, with most Feature Drops this year consisting of little but emoji updates and new wallpapers for most Pixel users. At the same time, improved software update timelines from other smartphone makers continue to leave Google’s…

I have made a career out of being an author. It has been a great privilege to be able to do that. But I am deeply saddened that the job I love has become inaccessible and unsustainable for others – and increasingly ruled by luck.I’m not talking about the luck that plays a part in the writing process, or in getting our work in front of the right agent or the right editor at the right time. I’m talking about the luck that comes later, once our work has been signed and contracted, and we’ve earned our way to the status of…

A new report suggests that Nintendo already has a 1-2-Switch sequel in the works for Nintendo Switch, but that it’s holding onto it after negative feedback. Word on a sequel to 1-2-Switch follows multiple reports from earlier this year that one was in development, and according to a Fanbyte report from yesterday (June 7) it may be called Everybody’s 1-2-Switch. Also in the report is the idea that Nintendo felt inspired by Jackbox Games, turning the sequel into a game show with smartphones that could create lobbies as…

I’ve lived and worked on islands and I’ve holidayed on islands and nothing (terribly) sinister has ever befallen me. That’s because, of course, in reality islands are often very nice.But novelists are not very nice, and fictional islands are pressure cookers, the smaller the hotter. It doesn’t matter if the island in question is lush and tropical or a hunk of rock in an Austrian lake. When there’s nowhere to go but the shore and back and the shore and back, everything is familiar and familiarity breeds resentment.…

The Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov famously doesn’t pull his punches. Previously sentenced to 20 years in prison by Moscow – the charge was terrorism, his crime was speaking out against the Russian annexation of Crimea – he was released in a prisoner swap and went on to make films that are every bit as muscular and confrontational as his political presence.The latest, Rhino, is a morality tale that unfolds in a 90s Ukrainian underworld full of bullet-headed hard men intent on creating chaos and division. But even among…

A lot of the focus in 2022 has been on Mercedes' huge porpoising problems and that's not wrong, given how dramatically off the pace Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have looked this year at times. But after three races, Red Bull is looking like it might have pace but not reliability, after two AlphaTauri and three Red Bull failures, the latest seeing Max Verstappen retire from the Australian Grand Prix.In Formula 1 there's two things you need to win a race: a fast car and to see the checkered flag. Points aren't awarded…