Microsoft Preps DirectStorage 1.1 With GPU Decompression For Faster Game Loads

An anonymous reader shares a report: One of the newer Xbox features that Microsoft has been working to bring to Windows is DirectStorage, a ...

Firefox's New Service Gives You a Burner Phone Number To Cut Down on Spam

Firefox Relay, a Mozilla service designed to hide your "real" email address by giving you virtual ones to hand out, is expanding t...

Take-Two is shutting down the developer of the puzzle game Two Dots

Although Playdots is going away, Two Dots will live on. | Image: Take-Two Take-Two is shutting down the gaming studio Playdots, the cre...

In the Ultimate Amazon Smart Home, Each Device Collects Your Data

Geoffrey Fowler, writing for The Washington Post: You may not realize all the ways Amazon is watching you. No other Big Tech company reaches...

The best smart locks you can buy right now

Illustration: The Verge Never get locked out again with a smart lock you can control from your phone, with your voice, or with just a tou...

Yale Assure Lock 2 review: a promising all-rounder

For $160, this sleek Bluetooth smart lock supports Apple Home and will auto-unlock for you as you walk up to your door. Yale’s Wi-Fi and Z-W...

World's Top Chip Equipment Suppliers Halt Business With China

Leading chip equipment suppliers have suspended sales and services to semiconductor manufacturers in China, as new US export controls disrup...