Europe is ready to crack down on loot boxes and exploitative game mechanics
Have you looked around at the state of the game industry and wondered, “Geez, when did every AAA game turn into a mini-casino?” If so, you’re not alone.…
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TikTok gives users another small peek into its algorithm’s powerful mechanics
TikTokWhen scrolling the bottomless pit of videos on your TikTok #ForYou page, you've probably seen a video that makes you wonder, "What am I watching…
Racers, mechanics, tinkerers converting classic cars to EVs
Kevin Erickson's electrified 1972 Plymouth Satellite is seen at his Commerce City,…
A thin device triggers one of quantum mechanics’ strangest and most useful phenomena
Green laser light illuminates a metasurface that is a hundred times thinner than…
Tim Cook talks inspiration, privacy, and more in a far-ranging Popular Mechanics interview
Apple’s CEO doesn’t do a lot of big interviews, so the twelve questions asked and answered by Popular Mechanics is something of a treat for Tim Cook fans.…
‘Phantom Hellcat’ promises hack-and-slash action with 2D and 3D mechanics
Sometimes, a game trailer just catches your eye. Phantom Hellcat is the first title in an original hack-and-slash universe from Ironbird Creations, a new…
Diablo 4 Won’t Include Pay-to-Win Mechanics, Season Pass to Offer Cosmetic Rewards, Blizzard…
Diablo 4 will not feature pay-to-win mechanics. In a developer blog post, Activision Blizzard has confirmed that the hotly-anticipated dungeon crawler title…
Sophisticated fluid mechanics model: Space–time isogeometric analysis of car and tire aerodynamics
Credit: Rice University
The complex aerodynamics around a…
‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics
From Data to QuantaSlobodan PerovićUniv. of Chicago, $45
Ever since Max Planck introduced the idea of the quantum to the world, physicists have…
A century of quantum mechanics questions the fundamental nature of reality
Scientists are like prospectors, excavating the natural world seeking gems of knowledge about physical reality. And in the century just past,…