The Turkish government has denied reports that it is seeking a legal ban on Minecraft. Local media says officials are concerned the game could encourage children to become violent and even cruel. It appears the country’s Family and Social Policies Ministry began investigating the game after complaints that it allowed players to attack women characters. […]
From Gamergate to the toxicity of our game heroes, Topless Robot has some interesting thoughts on why nerd culture may need to step back and take a good, long look at itself if it intends to evolve as a movement. The last half year has not been the brightest hour for nerds and nerd culture. […]
Astronomers from two British universities say they’ve found evidence that one of the first discoveries of another planet that could support life really does exist, despite claims to the contrary last year. The debate is about a planet labelled GJ 581d, believed to orbit a red dwarf planet named Gliese 581 (pictured) that lies “only” […]
A solar-powered plane has completed the first leg of a round-the-world flight. The plan is to eventually circumnavigate the globe without ever using fossil-derived fuels. The plane,ย Solar Impulse 2, started with a short leg, flying the 500 miles from Abu Dhabi to Muscat in around 12 hours. The journey isn’t even close to non-stop. It’s […]
The very idea of a sink hole swallowing your car or even part of your town is scary and seems like something out of a movie. The kicker is, these things are real and happen with freakish frequency (as much as we would all like to pretend otherwise). Check out this video of the 15 […]
Self-driving cars could boost online business revenue by $140 billion a year according to a consulting firm. It’s one of a number of projections made by McKinsey & Company, though some of them are ambitious projections to say the least. The figure is based on the idea that the average driver would gain an extra […]
Nintendo and indie are not two words you hear next to each other too often, so that alone should compel you to check this out. It shows us a very different side of Nintendo than we are used to (more raw, unpolished, ground level) and at the same time, shows us Nintendo is willing to […]
AVG has attracted attention with a pair of spectacles designed to fool facial recognition systems. Though they build upon previous attempts, they are still very much at the concept stage. You may remember the first such gadget was unveiled a couple of years ago by Isao Echizen of the National Institute of Informatics in Japan. […]
The developers of a video game say it could help treat people with the lazy eye condition. Dig Rush adjusts the graphics to force players to use both eyes to progress through the game. Lazy eye, which is also called amblyopia, is a condition that can develop in childhood and involves visual impairment in one […]
There has been so much bad press about McDonald’s and fast food in general in the wake of the world becoming more aware of GMO and Monsato, that we knew some changes had to be coming soon. At last, they have arrived. The first big change we are seeing is McDonald’s. No more chickens fed […]