We’ve already seen artificial intelligence systems trounce human beings at the ancient board game Go, and now computers are winning at multiplayer video games too – the OpenAI engine backed by Elon Musk has been beating the best Dota 2 players in the world championships in the US. The AI took on three of the best Dota 2 players on the planet and beat them all, having learned the game from scratch through playing itself over and over again and working out the best way forward in any given situati

Really, music is the fuel of all emotions, and to be totally frank, the movies, TV shows, and games that we enjoy would be nothing without it. Nowadays it’s extremely fashionable, lots of people want to be in film music, or music for the screen, or games. In search of geniusTR: When you’re working on a project, where do you draw your inspiration from? In search of WooHooTR: How is that different when you’re working on something like Sims 4 where you know it’s going to endlessly loop? That’s real

The weekend is a wondrous time, full of unlimited potential and infinite possibilities. Here’s how it works: Week after week, I test a TON of products – everything from fantastic-sounding headphones and Bluetooth speakers, to the latest and greatest TVs and video game consoles. Here’s three recommendations for the weekend of August 11. The Founder is available to stream on Netflix or available to buy on Blu-rayPlay: Hey! Songs to Test Your Headphones With is available to stream for free on Spoti

All eyes are on the next super-sized smartphone that Samsung’s planning to unveil, but we may well see a new fitness tracker device alongside it later this month – reference to an as-yet-unannounced device called the Gear Fit Pro 2 has appeared on Samsung’s website. A successor to the Gear Fit 2 then? Fitness firstThis looks to be different to the new Samsung Gear smartwatch that’s also in the pipeline, basically a Gear S3 with some extra fitness features. This one is going to be more fitness tr

In Ark: Survival Evolved, staying alive is your main task. When you’re on an island inhabited by a dinosaurs, ravaged by natural hazards and populated by other hostile humans that’s not a particularly easy thing to do, even if you do have weapons and bases at your disposal. To help you get off to the best possible start during the game’s single-player mode we’ve put together this useful tips and tricks guide. Whether you’re playing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One or PC we’ll try and help you stay ali

Take, for instance, Carnage: Legend of Quiltface, now streaming on Amazon Prime and reviewed below. And with that, here’s what I think about Quiltface and three other movies not fit for human consumption. The bad thing is that those 73 minutes will feel like the longest 73 minutes of your life. The movie has spawned a number of sequels, including Leprechaun 2, Leprechaun 3, Leprechaun 4: In Space, Leprechaun in the Hood and Leprechaun: Back 2 tha Hood. More bad movies you shouldn’t be watchingMa

Most of the companies have Hyperloop in the title, but there isn’t a company that is Hyperloop. It claims that its Hyperloop technology will be so energy efficient that it will create energy that it will be able to sell. That profit would then be passed on to the user, making Hyperloop free to use. He tweeted that The Boring Company had received “verbal government approval” to dig a Hyperloop tunnel between New York and Washington DC. When asked by Wired who would be building the Hyperloop syste

However, companies are already using an enterprise/business version of Google Glass, out of the public eye, and have been working with Google on developing for Glass since it first appeared. Who’s using Google Glass? It may have been the first, and last, time Bungay saw Google Glass. The scale of its operation gives you some idea of how much Google Glass action we’ve missed. It’s not quite the cool side of AR headsets most of us thought about on first seeing Google Glass, but it’s pretty importa

Android O was unveiled by Google in March and we’ve had several public betas since then, but we’re still waiting for an official launch date for the finished version. That date could be August 21 according to two well-placed sources in the Android community. If it doesn’t show up on Monday, it will be sometime later that week, Blass says (Android O, not the solar eclipse). The inclusion of an octopus as an Easter egg inside the latest Android O beta suggests Google might be ditching desserts and

The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 price drops continue into the summer, which each Android phone deal beating the last, much to consumers’ benefit. The total cost is $574 for an unlocked Samsung Galaxy S8 from Amazon, and the bigger S8 Plus is just $100 more. Well, the upcoming launch of the Galaxy Note 8 may be playing a part in the ever-declining price of the two Galaxy S8 handsets. After the Galaxy Note 7 recall and the shift to exciting new Galaxy Note 8 features like a dual-lens camera, r

The Essential Phone is the new smartphone we officially know about, yet it’s somehow more of a mystery than the still-rumored iPhone 8, Note 8 and LG V30. We are in full mass production, ramping up to deliver your Essential Phone. Rubin, the co-founder of Android, recently tweeted that Essential Phone production has begun after several weeks of delays. Why The Essential Phone is one to watchThe Essential PH-1 is proving to be an interesting phone. The Essential Phone price is $699 (about £536, A

The usually reliable ETNews says LG plans to announce a LG V30 Plus to go along with the standard V30 during its IFA 2017 event on August 31. Just how does the LG V30 Plus stack up against the regular V30? The LG V30 Plus price will be higher, too, coming in at 1 million South Korean Won (about $875 / £675 / AU$1110) compared to the LG V30 price of 800,000 South Korean Won (about $700 / £540 / AU$890). Take noteThe LG V30 and V30 Plus are said to be launching on three South Korean networks on Se

Look, you don’t even have to tell us: you’ve been eyeing a MacBook Pro as your next laptop for college . Luckily for you, B&H Photo is holding a back to school sale on 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pro models for up to hundreds of dollars off. Leading with the best deal first, last year’s 2016, 13.3-inch MacBook Pro with Touch Bar housing 256GB of storage is $300 off at just $1,499 on B&H . Essentially, you’re getting the complete new MacBook Pro experience for the price of one without the Touch Bar – n

Using a technique called microwave assisted thermal sterilization (MATS), Amazon is looking into selling already-cooked dishes that don’t require refrigeration, according to Reuters. Designed primarily for military use, MATS puts sealed food in pressurized containers of water that are then heated using microwaves for several minutes until cooked and sterile. These sealed packages can be stored on shelves for up to a year without refrigeration. No ice, no problemThe MATS technique could be especi

Moto X4, the name donned by the rumored device, is said to be the next of Moto’s many 2017 devices to be released. Like other Moto options available this year, like the Moto E4, Moto G5 and Moto Z2 Force, the front of this new smartphone has a widened fingerprint sensor that will likely aid in navigation like the others. Compared to Motorola’s budget and flagship offerings, the Moto X4 is said to sit comfortably in the middle with its 5.2-inch 1080p display, Snapdragon 630 processor and 3GB of R

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Bokeh is a term that’s become increasingly common in recent years. It’s achieved by shooting with a wide-aperture lens, such as one with a maximum aperture of f/1.8, or, in the case of longer telephoto lenses, f/2.8. Lens design plays an important role in the appearance of bokeh, with lenses that have more blades in the aperture diaphragm said to produce more pleasing bokeh. Creative techniquesWhile bokeh most commonly refers to the out-of-focus areas in front of and behind a subject, it can als

When you think about it like that, it’s not the most appealing human trait we have, feeling caught in the web of connectivity. Using a portable Wi-Fi hotspotBy far the simplest way to stay connected without a smartphone by your side is with the use of a portable Wi-Fi hotspot and packing another basic screen with connectivity, that’ll do the bare minimum you need. These little hockey-puck shaped objects have SIM-card connectivity, and often come with generous data plans, which comes in especiall

The first and most obvious thing for Snap to do now that it’s a public company is to act more like one. This is a figure that’s actually grown since 2016 so Snap must be doing something right here. Snap and Google working together could certainly be beneficial, not just to Snap but also to Google. Even bringing Snap and the YouTube arm of Google together would be another potentially profitable move. At the moment, though things don’t look entirely promising for Snap it’s hard to say that the onl