After days of booths and press conferences, gameplay reveals and story trailers, E3 2019 wrapped up in June. Some of the most prominent video games companies attended this year and brought a slew of announcements. Here are the biggest stories. MICRO

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super $499.00 4.5/5 Stars EXCELLENT PROS Superb price for performance. Stable overclocking results help it rival original RTX 2080. Runs quiet. RT and Tensor cores ensure future-proofing. CONS That it didn’t come sooner.

Bionic vision might sound like science fiction, but Dr. Michael Beyeler is working on just that. Originally from Switzerland, Dr. Beyeler is wrapping up his postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Washington before moving to the University of Ca

When you’re a student, a laptop is as essential as your textbooks and school ID—and not just because of your school work. It should also be able to handle your big extracurricular activities: keeping up with your social networks, streaming movies, li

Just like any place you keep stuff, Google Drive can get messy. You make a file or two, import a couple of documents from Gmail, accept a shared folder, and before you know it, the whole place is a disaster. You can organize Google Drive files by pu

AMD Ryzen 9 3900X $499.00 4.5/5 Stars EXCELLENT PROS Superb price-for-performance ratio in multithreaded scenarios. Among the first consumer CPUs to support PCI Express 4.0. Relatively low power consumption. Huge L3 cache. Easy overclocking tools

Raspberry Pi 4 Computer Desktop Kit $120.00 3.5/5 Stars GOOD PROS High-quality, stylish peripherals. Best-performing Raspberry Pi yet. Two video outputs. CONS Kit is relatively expensive. Pi 4 board runs warm when stressed. Impractical for use a

Studying abroad is a rite of passage (and tremendous privilege). It’s a chance to explore new places, meet new people, and experience new soul-rending, sleep-killing anxieties; but, if you’re smart, you can nix some pre-and post-departure paranoia by

If you’re searching for signs of alien life, head to Washington state. According to a new analysis by SatelliteInternet.com, Washington is the state with the most UFO sightings per capita: For every 100,000 people in Washington, some 78 have reported

The question of whether (and when) to buy your child a smartphone is fraught with concerns over responsibility, online safety, and much more. The same goes for buying a laptop, with an additional important difference: Some schools require parents to

For a long while, you’d rarely find a computer without an Intel CPU. But with the recent rise of GPU-centric processing in blockchain and AI as well as ARM’s dominance in mobile computing, Intel has struggled to keep up. To compete and remain innnova

Everyone needs a password manager. Most sites you visit insist you create a username and think up a password, from dating apps to hyper-secure banking websites. The human memory can’t keep up with dozens and dozens of these arcane combinations of let

As wonderful as the internet can be, it also lies to us every day. Fake reviews—seemingly legitimate reviews created by the seller or a paid lackey—are becoming harder to spot. We now make more and more of our purchases online, so if you’re not caref

Project management is a tough job. Teams and organizations are trying to work leaner, and often that means eliminating a dedicated project manager. While it’s still possible to earn an advanced degree in the subject, it’s not uncommon for people with

Pew Research Center’s recent survey of US citizens living in rural, urban, and suburban areas indicates that every one of them is using a lot more tech than they were not long ago—and in the case of broadband, use has increased exponentially since 20

Wacom Intuos Pro Creative Pen Tablet $249.95 4/5 Stars PROS Ideal for mobile use (in Small version tested). Highly portable. Good value for its price. Pen stylus with stand and extra nibs included. Supports multi-touch (finger) gestures. CONS Sma

If all you noticed was the big news that came out of Computex Taipei in May, the PC market seems to be doing great: DRAM prices have fallen, and new 7nm CPUs from AMD and 10nm CPUs from Intel are poised to deliver further gains. But under the hood, t

Asus ProArt PA34VC Professional Curved Monitor $999.99 4/5 Stars PROS Excellent color accuracy. Software calibration tools. Ultra-wide screen with 100Hz refresh rate, 1900R curvature, and HDR support. CONS Does not cover the full Adobe RGB color

Rage 2 $59.99 3.5/5 Stars PROS Excellent FPS combat. Massive list of abilities to utilize and upgrade. Some beautiful environments. CONS Lifeless open-world environment. Weak story that’s padded with busywork. Some performance issues in testing.