If Emma Pickett needs to make a long journey, she checks her calendar very carefully. She will often take an emergency change of clothes when she goes out, and if giving a lecture for work, has to ensure it is no longer than half an hour. Yet she rarely hears…

Source: Nick Sutrich / Android Central If you’re looking for a spotlight that can do quite a bit more than just light up, Ring has long made one of the best outdoor security cameras. However, the original Ring Floodlight Cam launched well over 3 years ago and has been due…

The opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium will be spectacular but has been shrouded in secrecy so far. Because of Covid restrictions fewer athletes than usual will be joining the parade of nations. As usual Greek athletes will lead the march behind the flags with the Americans and French last…

Sony has announced the Xperia Pro 5G “communication device.” Featuring HDMI connectivity and 5G, it is designed to work more as an external monitor and data transfer device, and less as a traditional smartphone. The Xperia PRO is the first smartphone with a dedicated HDMI input (a dedicated Type D…

To fans of a certain beloved Nickelodeon animated series, Raya and the Last Dragon may look oddly familiar. A younger version of the Disney film’s main character Raya (voiced by Kelly-Marie Tran) bears an uncanny resemblance to the character of Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, right down to the…

Is it weird that writing about trends actually makes me feel oddly hopeful? I think that since the majority of last year was focused on simply making it to the next day in one piece, dreaming up nonimportant things like trends was either impossible, seemed somehow insensitive, or honestly just…

Its Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: How did your parents feel about you playing video games? Brian My parents had no problem with video games. Granted, they…

One of the more unexpected shifts in media habits during the pandemic, at least for me, has been a new interest in those little bird-box book libraries that inhabit front lawns in the quieter neighborhoods here. I regularly pass a dozen of them on a circuit of five or six…

Yesterday, we learned which teams would go to the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is still happening, oddly enough, and it will see a match-up that I guess people wanted to see. Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills, and the Bucs beat…

With our smartphones and tablets being able to connect to the internet using cellular connectivity, we actually have to wonder why such a feature isn’t as widely-available in laptops. There are cellular-capable laptops, but oddly enough, they aren’t as common as one might think even though the benefits of such…