A British effort to build a 1,000-mph car has shut down due to lack of funds. The Bloodhound supersonic car (SSC) is now for sale at an asking price of $319,000, according to the BBC, just in case you need any last-minute holiday gift ideas. The Bloodhound team aimed to beat the existing world speed record for a car, which… Continue reading "Bloodhound Supersonic Car Project Shuts Down Due to Lack of Funds"
Magic: The Gathering, a 25-year-old trading card game that makes the headlines for its expensive cards, overhauled its competitive structure to place a bigger focus on esports with a prize pool worth $10 million. The new Magic competitive structure will be made up of two major programs, namely the Mythic Championships and the Magic Pro League. The Mythic Championships will… Continue reading "Wizards of the Coast Pushes Magic: The Gathering into Esports"
The PC industry is a business of very old partnerships. They aren’t easily broken. On a rainy California afternoon in advance of the Snapdragon Summit in Maui, we were granted a glimpse into the inner workings of a company that has become synonymous with smartphones to discuss Qualcomm’s venture into the PC space. It’s a newcomer, plain and simple. Yet… Continue reading "Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx: Doing Windows on ARM Just Right"
Iryna Tiumentseva/Shutterstock With the latest mobile gaming platforms and 4K-ready machines like the PS4 Pro or Xbox One X, you may find yourself needing a great gaming router to support your high-speed games with minimal lag. Rather than throw your controller every time you start to rubber-band or glitch around the screen, think about investing in one of the best routers… Continue reading "The Best Routers for Gaming"
Hackers controlling a “botnet” of over 20,000 infected WordPress sites are attacking other WordPress sites, according to a report from The Defiant Threat Intelligence team. The botnets attempted to generate up to five million malicious WordPress logins within the past thirty days. Per the report, the hackers behind this attack are using four command and control servers to send requests to over 14,000 proxy… Continue reading "Botnet of Over 20,000 WordPress Sites Is Attacking Other WordPress Sites"
Winter may be cold, but only the hottest tech news stories make the cut on Digital Trends Live, DT’s live morning show. On episode 32, host Greg Nibler and guest Jeremy Kaplan dove headlong into the news of the day. The trendiest news was the aftermath of The Game Awards, the annual awards ceremony founded by games journalist Geoff Keighley,… Continue reading "Live: The Game Awards, Smart Home Hackers, and More"
