Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. June 10, 2026 Add as a preferred source on ...

Ubisoft has confirmed Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced will still let Edward Kenway get drunk and stumble around the Animus load screen, despite concerns to the contrary. The publisher behind the ...

There’s a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do ...

Google Chrome 148 introduces lazy loading for audio and video. The function delays off-screen loading media to improve speed and reduce data usage. The feature will roll out across desktop, Android, ...

The first time I geared up for a run during the Marathon server slam on Feb. 27 with two friends I used to play Destiny with, we all admitted to being disoriented. The extraction shooter’s UI throws a ...

In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

The powerful, compelling nature of screen time is with us 24/7. For the 70 percent of people who always have their cell phone within arm's reach, this is literally true. It’s hard enough for adults to ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how parents of kids ages 12 and younger approach their children’s technology use and screen time. For this analysis, we surveyed 3,054 parents ...

School’s out. Teens are bored. And the siren call of social media and video games beckons. Parents and caregivers bungling through new summer routines, or lack thereof, have long sought to balance the ...

While a screen protector can’t save your phone from a nasty drop — that’s what a good case is for — it’s still worth having. It can keep your screen safe from cracks and scratches that make scrolling ...

Things have never been easy for Metallica’s 1996 album Load, a multiplatinum record nobody ever admits to liking, especially the band’s most avid fans. In early 1995, Metallica had a “good problem”: ...