Doom Eternal ushers in idTech 7, bloody new powers

id Software Friday’s QuakeCon keynote included a 15-minute Doom Eternal gameplay premiere, showing off the idTech7 engine in action for the first time. As predicted after its E3 tease, this sequel will follow Doom II‘s lead from 1994 and bring the new series’ demons and terrors of Hell to Earth. The gameplay sequence confirms that […]

DOD “Red Flag” exercise ushers in GPS jamming season across West

This is the official 2018 season kickoff for Sitrep, a (mostly) regular Ars video series. We’ll be presenting quick updates every few weeks on the latest tech-focused developments in defense and national security and how those developments affect the world at large. Video edited by Justin Wolfson. Click here for transcript. (video link) For much […]

Sanctions reload ushers in the ‘new normal’ for Russia

With US President Donald Trump signing off on the latest round of sanctions against Russia over its alleged meddling in the 2016 US election, the country is resigned to living under sanctions for a long time to come. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev called the move by Washington “a full-fledged economic war on Russia,” adding […]

US delegation ushers out media as Tillerson starts talking to Lavrov at G20

Journalists were asked to leave as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson began addressing the Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, during their first meeting in Bonn, raising questions and surprising the Russian FM. The meeting between the two senior diplomats began with a protocol handshake in front of the cameras. The Russian Foreign Minister then stepped in […]