The imminent arrival of Sins of a Solar Empire 2 feels like a potential landmark moment for PC strategy games. A sublime blend of RTS and 4X game, the original Sins of a Solar Empire remains one of those immense, sprawling experiences that rivals the likes of Stellaris and Elite Dangerous for sheer scope and ambition. As we await Civilization 7 and the Starfield DLC, this could be just the space game we’ve been hoping for, and now we finally have a confirmed launch date. Continue reading Sprawling strategy game Sins of a Solar Empire 2 now has a launch date

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The roof of the stadium is made with polygonal shapes. | Image: Saudi 2034 Saudi Arabia has revealed the 11 soccer stadiums it plans to build as part of its bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup — and one of them looks like it came out of a video game. The Neom Stadium would be located within the country’s dystopian smart city at more than 350 meters (383 yards) above the ground. You’ll instantly notice the polygonal shapes making up the roof of the stadium, with the fractured pieces creating a mirror above those seated within the beehive-like setup. The Neom Stadium will be able to hold 46,000 people and “run entirely on renewable energy, generated primarily from wind and solar sources.” Construction is expected to be completed in 2032. Image: Saudi 2034 How can you focus on the game with... Continue reading…

Photo by Michael Reaves / Getty Images At prime time each night, NBC airs the day’s highlights from the Paris Olympics to tens of millions of people. Viewers have watched the US women’s gymnastics team clinch gold in a “redemption tour” after winning silver in Tokyo; they’ve been in awe when US swimmer Katie Ledecky finished a race, her competitors so far behind her that they’re not even in the frame. But the most fascinating and eccentric Olympics coverage is happening on TikTok. The appetite for Olympics content was evident before the opening ceremony. For weeks, the official Olympic and Paralympic accounts shared videos meant to get people excited across different social media platforms. The Olympics (and other sporting big events in general) thrive on the storylines:... Continue reading…

Spectre Divide. | Image: Mountaintop I am getting absolutely stomped in Spectre Divide, the just-revealed 3-on-3 online shooter from a new game studio staffed by talent from Oculus VR, Valorant, Apex Legends, Halo Infinite, and more. I am not good at this free-to-play PC game. But I can’t stop thinking about how I might get good — by intelligently swapping between two bodies to outmaneuver my enemies. If only I’d placed my doppelganger here instead of there, I could’ve had my own back. What if I had teleported my clone behind enemy lines to flank them while I drew their attention elsewhere? Maybe if I’d planted the bomb with one body while camping that door with the other, I’d have caught them unawares? I’ve never played a shooter like this before — even if, at first, it... Continue reading…

Image: Google Google wants to help ease the pain of comparison shopping across multiple tabs in Chrome with a new AI-powered tool that can summarize your tabs into one page. The tool, which Google is calling “tab compare,” will use generative AI to pull product data from tabs you have open and collect it all into one table. Assuming it works and pulls accurate information, the tool seems like it could be a handy way to look at a number of different products in one unified view. But while it’s potentially useful, the tool could also take away traffic from sites that collect and compare product information — which might be especially worrying for independent publishers that are already struggling to be seen on Google. I’m also skeptical that Google... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge Google Lens in desktop Chrome is getting an AI-powered upgrade that could make it feel like a desktop version of Circle to Search. As part of a Chrome update, Google will let you click a new button right in the search box to activate Google Lens so you can select things that you want to search for. Then, thanks to a sidebar that pops up right within the tab you’re looking at, you’ll be able to do a “multisearch,” or a search containing both text and the image that you found with Lens. The feature could prove to be a more useful way to search, especially since you won’t have to navigate away from the page you’re looking at by doing a separate Google search or opening a new tab. (Note that you’ve already been able to activate Google Lens... Continue reading…

tvOS 18 is Apple TV's upcoming software update, which will launch alongside iOS 18. Once again, 2024 looks like a packed year for Apple TV users, as Apple is working on several new functions for its set-top box. While I recently wrote about the 10 best tvOS 18 features coming to your Apple TV, there are three features that really stand out on the Apple TV with iOS 18: InSight: An Amazon Prime Video-like feature that displays timely information about actors, characters, and music from Apple TV+ movies and shows onscreen in real-time. Users can select an actor to view their background and filmography page or quickly view the song that is playing in a scene and add it to an Apple Music playlist. Enhance Dialogue: This feature is getting smarter, leveraging machine learning and computation audio to deliver greater vocal clarity over music, action, and background noise on Apple TV 4K. In addition to HomePod speakers, users can now enjoy Enhance Dialogue when listening through built-in TV or HDMI-connected speakers, AirPods, and other Bluetooth-connected devices, and when playing supported content on iPhone and iPad; Automatic subtitles: Subtitles now automatically appear at just the right moments with tvOS 18, including when the language in a show or film does not match the device language, when users mute, or when they skip back while watching something. While Enhance Dialogue is available in all streaming services, I really love the new automatic subtitles feature. It's so useful when the show briefly changes the main language or when the audio feels too low, and I have to go back to understand what was just said. Even though these features are still in beta, they've worked great for me, and they're making my experience with Apple TV+ originals even better. Fortunately, you can try tvOS 18 before it officially comes out. You just need to open the Settings App, choose Software Update, and change to the beta version. Below, you can learn more about tvOS 18 features. Don't Miss: tvOS 18: Release date, features, download, Apple TV compatibility, more The post tvOS 18 makes Apple TV app even better with these 3 new features appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $179 AirPods Pro 2, $40 foldable camera drone, $899 M3 MacBook Air, $16 wireless charger, more Stunning Yaber T2 Outdoor Projector has a massive 20% discount Best Apple deals for August 2024 Today’s deals: $299 Apple Watch S9, $29 Thermacell mosquito repellent, $99 TP-Link WiFi 7 router, more