NASA seems to be in full “send it” mode for the Artemis I mission

Enlarge / Storm clouds threaten the Space Launch System rocket earlier this year. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann) On Friday afternoon, senior officials at NASA joined a teleconference to speak with reporters about the current plan to launch the Artemis I mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be the third attempt to get the massive […]

‘Splitgate’ will go into maintenance mode as 1047 Games moves on to a new shooter

Sci-fi arena shooter Splitgate exploded in popularity after it hit consoles last summer, two years after it debuted on PC. It racked up more than 10 million downloads in the space of a month thanks to its blend of Halo and Portal gameplay. The fact it's free-to-play didn't hurt. However, developer 1047 Games is now winding […]

Microsoft adds Dark Mode support and more to Office 365 for Mac

Nate Anderson Microsoft has released version 16.20.18120801 of Office 365 for the Mac platform, bringing support for a couple of key Mac features introduced in September’s macOS 10.14 Mojave release, as well as a number of small features and user experience improvements not related to Mojave. The headline feature is, of course, dark mode support, which […]

Amazon brings Alexa’s Follow-Up Mode to Fire TV Cube

Last week, Amazon updated Fire TV Cube with the Alexa Announcements feature (which lets you dictate a message that the other Echo devices in your home will broadcast) and notifications from your smart doorbell and camera. Now, Amazon’s giving the device even more parity with the Echo ecosystem by adding Follow-Up Mode and multiroom audio. […]

Office 365 for Mac now supports Dark Mode

As promised, Office 365 is ready to wring more out of macOS Mojave. Microsoft has updated the Mac version of its subscription productivity suite with several helpful features, two of which are tied to Apple’s latest software. The obvious one is Dark Mode support — you won’t strain your eyes quite so badly if you’re […]

macOS Mojave’s dark mode is coming to Google Chrome

Enlarge / Google Chrome in macOS Mojave. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple added dark mode to macOS with its Mojave software update in September. Since then, third-party apps have been adding dark themes to go along with it, but there have been a handful of notable outliers, like Slack and Google Chrome. We’ve now learned that […]

Fortnite update 7.01 Creative mode PATCH NOTES: New featured islands, creative tools, more

Fortnite Creative mode (Image: EPIC GAMES) Fortnite update 7.01 is live for Battle Royale, Save the World and Creative mode. The brand new Fortnite update makes a whole host of changes to the Creative mode, introducing new featured islands and lots more. *Fortnite 7.01 update PATCH NOTES: Infinity Blade, Polar Peak changes, Close Encounters LTM* […]

Fortnite news: Creative Mode reveal, The Block rules and Season 7 update

Epic Games have done a lot of work this week, providing the Season 7 update with a range of other new and surprising features. Fortnite update 7.0 will be quickly followed by more patches over the week’s to come, the next one likely being a content release. Fortnite Season 7 update 7.10 will arrive at […]

Counter-Strike GO becomes F2P, adds a shrunken battle royale mode

On Thursday, Valve Software surprise-launched a comprehensive update to its five-year-old game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) with two equally major changes: a new battle royale-inspired combat mode and a shift to the free-to-play economic model. The battle royale mode in question, dubbed “Danger Zone,” resembles popular fare like PUBG and Fortnite in that it revolves […]

Red Dead Redemption 2 Online Battle Royale: How to play the Fortnite inspired game mode?

Red Dead Online has its own story-line to discover, missions to complete and the ability to explore Red Dead’s enormous map with a posse of up to eight other real-world players. The success of Fortnite is partly due to the popularity of the battle royale genre. And now Red Dead Online has its own battle […]