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Meet London's new optical illusion zebra crossing designed to make drivers take notice
The first 3D zebra crossing in the UK has been painted on a road in north-west London – very close to one of the world's most famous zebra crossings – in an
Blizzard says positive play systems have reduced toxicity in Overwatch by 40%
Online games and toxicity. Like flies on the proverbial, it's just something that has been deemed an inescapable part of playing online. But it really
The great Danny Trejo will bring some hardcore energy to the role of Boots in the ‘Dora the Explorer’ Movie
Don't mess with Boots. I mean, why does a monkey wear those boots anyway? He's got some attitude. And those boots are made for walking. All over you...
Bill & Ted 3 will face the music in August 2020
Wyld Stallions needs to save us ASAP. But if we can hold it together until second half of 2020 they'll finally bring about World Peace.
Overwatch League is sending teams to their home cities in 2020
The OWL grand concept of city-based teams playing regularly out of their home cities is set to become real in 2020. A lot doubted if the idea could truly
Finally, an ethicist is warning us that the way we treat AI today might make them murder us tomorrow
All those videos of engineers abusing robots to show how stable or agile they are really might bite us in the butt in the future, according to one ethicist.
Steam Link Anywhere links your Steam PC gaming anywhere (obviously)
I've been a Steam Link user for a good while, especially for displaying what's happening in a HTC Vive headset on the living room TV. But I've also played
This Stephen Hawking tribute coin is dizzyingly beautiful
"Hey, let's make a new coin for Stephen Hawking that honours his life by portraying the beauty of a black hole that can be carried around in someone's
A union of Microsoft, Adafruit, and Cartoon Network is promoting cool maker fun for kids
It can be so much easier to get kids excited about making and coding and playing with cool ideas when they can bounce off characters and ideas they know and
The original Diablo is running on modern PCs thanks to Blizzard and GOG
Good Old Games (GOG) has partnered with Blizzard to bring classic Diablo back to life. While we've had the recent anniversary events in January to give us the
An Edge Of Tomorrow Sequel Is Officially In Development
I loved it. You should love it. It was Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers in the best way possible. Emily Blunt rocked as a battle-hardened bug destroyer
Hearthstone reveals the Masters Tour system (yay!) and the new Specialist tournament format (nay?)
It has been a very nervous wait for Hearthstone esports fans, with a slow road to finding out how they were changing things up for the 2019 season and beyond.
The Vatican Swiss Guard rolls with 3D printed helmets now
Next time you're visiting the Vatican to say hi to the Pope, or just check out the amazing art collections, take a second look at the helmets worn by the
Ubisoft wants to make it easier to fall in love with Rainbow Six Siege in 2019
Between a new price drop and the addition of a simplified set of starting choices for Newcomers, Rainbow Six Siege is making it easy for anyone who’s ever
Rainbow Six Siege comes down under, with bloody tops results
Welcome to the Outback, ya bloody drongos. Or maybe that should be flamin’ galahs? Thankfully, Siege’s take on bringing Aussie operators and an Australian map
Every D&D nerd deserves a Mind Flayer mounted trophy
Tabletop trophy hunters rejoice! For all those times you've taken out illithid nests, whether in the Forgotten Realms or maybe an old school Spelljammer
Fortnite Summer Smash: chasing heroes, chasing dreams
Who’d have guessed twelve months ago that Fortnite would hold a major esports event at the Australian Open with the biggest prize pool in our nation’s history?
Here's five things Sonos should do before trying to compete in the headphones market
Sonos wants to make headphones? Hmmm... instead of going to fight a new warfront in consumer tech land, here's some suggestions to extend what they already do
Heroes of the Storm is getting a new community tournament in February
Blizzard shocked fans when they announced they were shutting down the Heroes Global Championship at the end of 2018. But now the esports community is stepping
A 'self-driving' Tesla ran down an autonomous robot at CES 2019 in the most CES incident possible
Who's at fault? The Tesla driver? The Tesla autopilot? The Promobot that was weirdly standing on the street like it'd been out late drinking? Is somebody
