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Broadly relatable characters are a welcome change from usual RPG tropes.

County disputes Verizon claim that throttling "has nothing to do with net neutrality."

State-run media, military intelligence posted politically charged memes for years.

Family later falsely claimed purchases were "fraudulent," according to charges.

Steam Play uses a modified version of WINE and a new DirectX compatibility layer.

Filippo Brunelleschi left no detailed blueprints for how he built his famous structure.

Better graphics performance and reduced storage footprint are also key features.

Michigan Health Director Nick Lyon is highest-ranking official charged for Flint water issues.

One of Apple's alternatives costs $80 and hasn't been updated in over a year.

Fire dep't had to pay twice as much to lift throttling during wildfire response.

Plus deals on Dell laptops, Bose headphones, Xbox Live Gold, and more.

Zealous protection method can block unrooted devices, get around file permissions.

Flash will have to be enabled every time a site tries to use it.

Ground-penetrating radar is used to find land mines; now it can help cars see the road.

Console Classix and The Open Library show a way forward for online ROMs.

States will have the power to set efficiency targets if new rule goes through.

Phishing sites mimicked domains of Senate and conservative US think tanks.

Gawk at these pictures before we give the collectible system away later this year.

Their construction may have been a communal effort by mostly egalitarian herders.

California's worker-friendly approach may have boosted Silicon Valley innovation.

Google Fit will now educate users on the US government's activity guidelines.

Plush on the inside, this RAM 1500 variant has muscle to spare for work and play.

Was it ok for State Dept. to alter export laws, allowing release of gun CAD files?

Both could launch alongside or shortly after new iPhone and iPads this year.

The gamers' work was later used to train a neural network.

An actor in the commercial accidentally revealed the trick on her Instagram.

Support for the Windows Phone 8 store is also ending soon.

Nvidia's RTX announcement is a huge technological advance for gamers.

Hopefully, the aircraft will take flight for the first time this year.

If "Location History" was off, Google said it didn't keep data—but that's not true.

Judge guts lawsuit in which FTC sought refunds from AT&T-owned DirecTV.

RTX 2070 will ship later; 2080 Ti will start at $999. Pre-orders are live.

Study: 30 percent of ants in a colony do 70 percent of the work. That's a good thing.

But they won't be street-legal, and we don't think the ejector seat will happen.

Chinese media thinks Apple needs to do more to catch and remove illegal content.

Dreamcast classics deserve commemoration, but pacing, mechanical issues aged poorly.

"The guy literally knows everything there is to know about rockets."

Company's future still in doubt, but deal marks cheapest way into Android 9.

Fitbit updates its most popular device after heavy focus on new smartwatches.

Mouse available in September, connects over USB-C, Bluetooth, or USB dongle.

Is this an IRL butter-passing bot whose entire existence is doing an insignificant task?

Can you find the expressiveness of a guitar in a MIDI controller?

Workhorse, with its 120 employees, hopes to beat larger players to market.

Scientists call for evidence-based approach to approving new insecticides.

You can watch the live action of a putrid piece of our times.

Battling infection, paranoia, and a monster in Antarctica.

Including Best Buy's anniversary sale, deals on Switch games and Amazon devices.

Hansmeier's lawyer calls plea deal a "fair resolution."

EFF lawyer: "At least startups in the space won't immediately get sued."