Battlefield 1 remains a high point in the EA DICE FPS series. Brutal, realistic, and with a distinctive WW1 aesthetic compared to many of its modern-lilted genre peers, it’s been almost eight years since BF1 first launched, and no other shooter has successfully followed in its footsteps - until now. Available to play today, a new FPS combines first and third-person combat across battles with 200 players. Sprawling, grueling, and very, very loud, if you miss Battlefield 1, you owe it to yourself to try this. Continue reading New Steam FPS, playable now, is like a huge sequel to Battlefield 1 MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best FPS games, Best multiplayer games, Best war games

Get your boots and stirrups on, cowpoke, because you're about to take a trip back to the Wild West. Most extraction shooters like Tarkov are set in almost post-apocalyptic settings, but a new FPS that just hit Steam swaps out the gray for the lush greens and blues of 1899 frontier America. This is an early-access PvEvP shooter where you'll fight through other players, the military, ranchers, and bandits. A new rival to Escape From Tarkov and Hunt Showdown, with a few dashes of Red Dead Redemption 2, you can try this one via Steam Early Access today. Continue reading Hunt Showdown and Tarkov have a rival as new Steam shooter goes live

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Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Following rumors that Humane is hunting for a potential buyer for its AI Pin business, a new report suggests that HP may be a contender. According to The New York Times, Humane started talking to HP about selling itself for more than $1 billion around a week after reviews emerged that widely panned its $699 wearable AI computer pin. That figure is also reflective of a similar report from Bloomberg last month that said Humane is “seeking a price of between $750 million and $1 billion.” It also isn’t inconceivable for HP, which previously acquired Palm hardware and its webOS operating system for $1.2 billion in 2010. HP killed all Palm-related production and support the following year, citing poor sales. LG now owns webOS. Humane... Continue reading…

The best deal is on the black version, but the white and blue options are also on sale right now. | Image: Bose There are many wireless earbuds to choose from these days, but the best ones for those prioritizing noise cancellation are on sale for less than ever before. Right now, you can get the Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds at Amazon in black for just $239 ($60 off), an all-time low. If you prefer a brighter shade, Amazon, Best Buy, and Target are selling the white and blue models starting at $249 — just $10 more. The QC Ultra Earbuds are our top pick among wireless buds for drowning out loud noises and everyday sounds. They have the best ANC you’re going to find in a pair of wireless earbuds right now and are only eclipsed by full-size noise-canceling headphones that fully cover up your ears. Although they’re similar to the last-gen Q... Continue reading…

Screenshots from the Leica Lux camera app. | Images: Leica Leica wants in on Fujifilm’s film simulation hype, so it’s bringing its own color profiles to iPhone users by way of a new Leica Lux app — complete with a paid subscription. Leica Lux is a new camera app available on the App Store loaded with 11 color profiles (dubbed “Leica Looks”) designed to match current Leica cameras and classic film-inspired aesthetics. The Lux app can be used in a fully automatic mode like Apple’s own camera app, but it also has an “Aperture mode” using software to mimic the style and bokeh of multi-thousand-dollar lenses like the Summilux-M 35mm f/1.4 ASPH and classic Noctilux-M 50mm f/1.2 ASPH of 1966. Image: Leica The Lux app’s manual exposure controls, which are restricted to paying... Continue reading…

U.S. interest rates are likely to fall by a "surprisingly large" amount this year, technology investor Cathie Wood said at the Greenwich Economic Forum in Hong Kong on Thursday.

The aggressive Chinese military expansion and accompanying rhetoric, countered by U.S.-led solidification of alliances and military cooperation, is being increased again.

The U.S. and other "Five Eyes" countries on Wednesday warned that China has been circumventing measures aimed at halting its recruitment of current and former Western military pilots and other personnel to train the Chinese military.