Over-promised, under-delivered, and plays like an alpha – try again later The RPG Greetings, traveller, and welcome back to The Register Plays Games, our monthly gaming column. Merry Christmas? Maybe not if you found Cyberpunk 2077 in your stocking.… …read more Source:: Cyberpunk 2077: There’s a great game within screaming to get out, but sadly…

It’s a basketball gift for cord cutters! The NBA is back on ABC and ESPN and you can stream it live. …read more Source:: CNet

If you bought a wooden chess set after watching “The Queen’s Gambit,” the price you paid was most likely dictated by just four pieces. From a report: The knights alone can account for as much as 50 percent of the cost of a nice wooden set. While the rest of the pieces can be machine-made,…

There’s one certainty wherever schoolchildren come into contact with computers: the hardware will inevitably emerge worse for the encounter. The school laptops managed by [Neil Lambert] certainly suffered, losing keys and power supplies aplenty. Faced with a pile of broken machines, he came up with the X-PC, a stylish all-in-one desktop computer built around the…

Did Santa bring you a new wrist companion? Here’s a roundup of affordable bands, mobile chargers, headphones and more to go with it. …read more Source:: CNet

As the United States comes to grips with a far-reaching Russian cyberattack on federal agencies, private corporations and the nation’s infrastructure, new evidence has emerged that the hackers hunted their victims through multiple channels. From a report: The most significant intrusions discovered so far piggybacked on software from SolarWinds, the Austin-based company whose updates the…

HBO Max has all the regular channel’s offerings, plus extra shows, movies and exclusives. Starting today, Wonder Woman 1984 goes straight to streaming on Max, the first of Warner Bros.’ entire 2021 slate to do so. …read more Source:: CNet

Transactions using the technology have seen a steady monthly increase in 2020, according to research. …read more Source:: ZDNet

CD Projekt SA, the Polish video-game publisher of Cyberpunk 2077, was sued by an investor who claims the company misled him about the potential of the error-plagued game whose botched release this month caused shares to dive. From a report: Andrew Trampe sued Thursday in federal court in Los Angeles and seeks to represent other…

Error correction could make these revolutionary machines more practical sooner than expected. …read more Source:: CNet