One of Vladimir Putin’s favorite sabres to rattle seems to have lost its edge. A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) fired from an underground silo on the country’s southern steppe Friday on a scheduled test to deliver a dummy warhead to a remote impact zone nearly 4,000 miles away.…
Uncontrolled mining in areas of Myanmar ruled by powerful ethnic armies has boomed. In early 2025, Sian traveled deep into the mountains of Shan State, on Myanmar’s eastern border with China, in search of work. He had heard from a friend that Chinese companies were recruiting at new rare-earth…
CD Projekt Red says shift to Unreal Engine allows for more rapid development. It’s been over 10 years since the launch of the excellent The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and nearly four years since the announcement of “the next installment in The Witcher series of video games.” Despite those…
Microsoft has not one, not two, but three new sweaters available for $60 to $80. I can take or leave some of the things that Microsoft is doing with Windows 11 these days, but I do usually enjoy the company’s yearly limited-time holiday sweater releases. Usually crafted around a…
Netflix will only support Google Cast on older devices without remotes. Have you been trying to cast Stranger Things from your phone, only to find that your TV isn’t cooperating? It’s not the TV—Netflix is to blame for this one, and it’s intentional. The streaming app has recently updated…
The assassination of a Hungarian duke, why woodpeckers grunt when they peck, and more. It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across each month. In the past, we’ve featured year-end roundups of cool science stories we (almost)…
Interview: Storied designer talks lost RPG, a 3D Monkey Island, “Eat the Rich” philosophy. If you know the name Ron Gilbert, it’s probably for his decades of work on classic point-and-click adventure games like Maniac Mansion, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Monkey Island series, and Thimbleweed Park.…
