It was an unusually crisp, oddly cool August morning, as I listened to the crack and burble of a naturally-aspirated V10 waking from its overnight slumber. There are few sounds in the world that instill as much joy as the cold-start of an Audi R8. Especially when it serves as…

Long-running video game franchises all have to start somewhere, and its not always pretty. Looking back to that origin point can show us not just how the greats began, but how far theyve come since. Today we unearth the very first skateboarding video game. So, What Was The First Skateboarding…

A Red Dead Redemption 2 trailer in the style of last year’s film 1917 gives the cowboy shooter the Hollywood treatment. Players have been wreaking havoc in the multiplayer sandbox as they transform into bucks thanks to a recent update from Rockstar, which provides fans the opportunity to undertake a new sighting…

It’s been about six months since coronavirus came stateside and brought travel to a near standstill. Most airlines and hotels were quick to introduce change-fee waivers and elite status extensions. In fact, many major U.S. airlines have now eliminated most change fees permanently. However, there’s still work that some travel companies…

Choosing the right localization vendor is important for globalization yet successful partnership relies on unique factors that characterize each company/vendor combination. Ultimately, companies can maximize their chances of success by optimizing their approach to vendor selection.   People frequently ask me to recommend localization vendors. However, Ive learned the hard way…

Over the last month the state of California and much of the West Coast have been battling massive wildfires. While the dry summer months often create a suitable environment for these kinds of large-scale fires, this years have been particularly disastrous due to a number of factors including climate change.…

Before the pandemic, Kenny Ortega was hard at work on a new series about a teenage girl who rediscovers her passion for music when she starts a band with three ghosts from the past. As Ortega was reviewing a scene, something struck him as oddly familiar. “For years and years and years, people have been…

Stand With the Children This essay concludes our series on how makers can decarbonize our world. Read the whole series and find hands-on projects to make a difference at makezine.com/go/fix-our-planet. Adapted from Rewiring America: A Handbook for the Climate Fight, rewiringamerica.org/handbook. Also coming in 2021: an expansion of these ideas…

The Android 11 stable update is now available for all Pixels, but oddly enough, the OTA update isn’t available in India at this moment. Google’s OTA images page has download links for the Android 11 stable builds for all Pixels, and the version notes suggest the build is available for…

Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg BLOOMBERG NEWS There’s something suspicious about this past week’s correction: no one really seems to care. Yes, sure, headlines are running and the tweeters are tweeting, but for a selloff that’s moving even faster than the one in March that’s right, it took just two days for…