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A Devolo Magic 2 Wifi Set To Speed Up Your Home Internet

Enjoy a solid, speedy connection for good!

Whonix 15

If routing all traffic through Tor doesn’t satisfy your need for privacy, Mayank Sharma tests a resource-intensive solution with a novel approach.

The Future Of The Database

Twiddling thumbs between sessions at a database conference, Mayank Sharma ponders on the impact of the web on databases…

Sparky Linux 2019.08

Sparks often fly when Jonni Bidwell puts his review hat on and uses something that isn’t (gulp) Arch.

Raspbian Buster

Les Pounder hasn’t seen the latest Toy Story 4 movie as yet, but nevertheless he’s already met Buster…

LattePanda

Is it a PC, a Raspberry Pi competitor or an Arduino board? Mike Bedford put this unusual product through its paces in order to find out.

Enterprise Soaring Success

Mayank Shama meets Robin Schumacher of DataStax to talk about  building success with open source while nurturing the community.

Dirt 4

Management is petrified, hiding from the mud monster entering the building, but it’s just Andy Kelly after a season of rallying.

Beware Of The Ransomware

Jonni Bidwell knows how not to do a lot of things,  including how not to pay ransoms and how not to  be fooled by social engineering scams…

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X

As AMD’s third-generation Ryzen vies for the CPU throne, Jarred Walton goes all Zen 2 on us.

Gears 5

It’s the Year of Shooters! Here Are the Upcoming Games We’re Most Excited About, Starting With What’s Sure to Be the Most Adrenaline-filled Gears to Date Adam Bryant

Wolfenstein: Youngblood

Not Quite Reich on the Night

SolSeraph

For heaven’s sake

Call Of Duty Modern Warfare

Developer infinity Ward isn’t continuing the original modern Warfare series – its grounded action, believable characters and take on military combat has rarely been bettered. instead, the studio is taking that idea of the original and reimagining it. So captain Price, the cinematic take on military conflict and story have been rebuilt for both today’s gameplay and expectations. as studio narrative director Taylor Kurosaki puts it, “What do the words ‘modern warfare’ mean in 2019?”

The Surge 2

Deck13 doubles down on limb-cutting surgery

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 Thirsty For More

Everyone loves a vampire. From Christopher Lee’s charismatic Dracula, via the insipid toothsome teens of Twilight to the sexier vampires of True Blood or The Lost Boys, there’s an appeal to sleeping all day, partying all night, never growing old and never dying. Yet still role-playing as an actual vampire in a videogame is something we’ve had few real opportunities to do.

Ninja Mixes Things Up

Streaming superstar Ninja surprises everyone by moving to Microsoft’s Mixer service with an exclusive deal

New Console, New Games – And A Whole New Set Of Demands

With the next-generation Xbox, currently known only as Project Scarlett, looming on the horizon, we discuss what we want to see from the new machine

LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga

Rebuilding a galaxy far, far away

Journey To The Savage Planet

Astronauts needed, no experience necessary

A Spot Of Home Improvement

Microsoft experiments with changes to Xbox Home and Cortana through the Insider program

Shortcut Design Systems

Vladimir Khokhlov explains how going off the shelf can help you get a design system in place without breaking the bank

Pokémon Cards

When Alexandra Lofthouse isn’t designing, she’s on the hunt for Pokémon cards or opponents to face off against

Nemo Design

Jon Stierwalt discusses how screen printing, snowboards and Star Wars set the Portland agency apart

Krystal Higgins

UX and interaction designer Krystal Higgins takes us through the dos and don’ts of designing an effective onboarding experience for new users that will go a long way to helping ensure your service provides value beyond the first run

Honest Feedback

Natasha Hockey your design portfolio evaluated

Finding Ctrl

Innovation foundation Nesta commissioned a book on the internet’s past and future. ToyFight explains how it brought it online with style

Faculty

Though small and relatively new, this studio in Boulder, Colorado already has some big-name clients

Efficient Competitor Analysis Studies

Vamsi Batchu examines the benefits of performing competitive analysis and reveals a step-by-step process for analysis study

On The Hook

In our rush to capture users’ attention and custom, Jamie Stantonian asks if we’re neglecting our ethical responsibility to put their interests and voices first