Snap will let augmented reality creators make money on lens purchases

A GIF showing three animated phone screens with Lenses. One includes buttons and sliders with different options.

Augmented reality isn’t really a thing yet. But you know what is? Face lenses. Millions of users across Snapchat, Instagram, Zoom, TikTok, and countless other apps are already used to tapping a button and having […]

This Hollywood influencer company is helping internet stars

Three men sit and another man stands at FaZe Clan's headquarters in Los Angeles.

More than 1,000 people came to see Brian Awadis. They queued up outside the Hollywood headquarters of his parent company, FaZe Clan, in a line that snaked around the block: a gaggle of eager preteens, […]

Notorious B.I.G. VR Concert Experience Announced for December

Sotheby's hip hop auction

Photo Credit: Hoodgraffix Meta has announced a virtual-reality concert featuring a “hyper-realistic avatar” depiction of Notorious B.I.G. to celebrate what would have been his 50th birthday. Meta and the “Big Poppa” artist’s estate just recently […]

Andor’s designers approached it like a Star Wars period drama

A photo of Diego Luna and Fiona Shaw in Maarva’s home in the Star Wars show Andor.

When production designer Luke Hull was first approached about working on Andor, he felt some trepidation. He was just coming off HBO’s Chernobyl series and was worried that working within the well-established Star Wars universe […]

Andor’s designers approached it like a Star Wars period drama

A photo of Diego Luna and Fiona Shaw in Maarva’s home in the Star Wars show Andor.

When production designer Luke Hull was first approached about working on Andor, he felt some trepidation. He was just coming off HBO’s Chernobyl series and was worried that working within the well-established Star Wars universe […]

I’m with the brand! How merch saved the music industry | Music

A Billie Eilish fan with a hat and poster going into the singer’s show in Bangkok.

Travis Scott’s two shows at London’s O2 in August were a huge success, selling out in less than two hours – with tickets for the 20,000-capacity venue going for as much as £180. But when […]

Can Netflix reclaim the ‘Netflix for games’ crown from Xbox Game Pass?

A screenshot from the game Into the Breach.

Netflix wants to try where Google Stadia failed. Just a few weeks ago, Google publicly retreated from cloud gaming with the surprise announcement that it would be shutting down Stadia. By throwing in the towel, […]

Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google

Gaming market revenue.

Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile store to directly offer games on mobile devices, challenging Apple and Google. The software giant first hinted at a “next-generation” store it would “build for games” earlier this year […]

Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld review: terminally online

The Logitech G Cloud Gaming Handheld displaying the Xbox Cloud Gaming app. The author is pressing a yellow G button, which activates the Xbox menu in the app.

Logitech’s G Cloud Gaming Handheld is a heartbreaker. It’s a joy to game on: it’s much more comfortable to use than the Nintendo Switch, and when the conditions are right, it works like a dream. […]