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ThrustMaster (TM) has been kicking out video game controllers since 1990. Whether you're a hardcore flight simmer or just a weekend space jockey zipping around the galaxy fragging TIE Fighters, a hands-on throttle-and-stick from TM is the kit you want on your desk. It also makes some crazy good, and…

Say, you look mighty familiar… Nope, you’re not seeing things. These familiar little characters, whom you no doubt recognize from the 1986 hit Bubble Bobble, first made their gaming debut two years earlier. They were the enemy characters in Taito’s formative platformer Chack’n Pop, which is, incidentally, this week’s entry…

Brenda Rocha - Blossom/Shutterstock What if video game streaming was available in the 90s? Well, it's not a hypothetical — it actually was. In 1994, Sega released what was known as the Sega Channel for their Mega Drive/Genesis console. This service was unlike anything that had been released before, closer…

Amid various investigations by regulatory authorities, and escalating revenue concerns within its parent company ByteDance, the pressure is rising on TikTok, which has been evident in some of its announcements and public statements of late. That could mean that more problems are coming for the app, which could spook the…

Member, Board of Trustee (BOT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Jim Nwobodo has described the electoral victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke of Osun State as a preamble to the prostective fortunes of the PDP in next year's general elections. Reacting to Adeleke's declaration as Governor-elect of Osun state,…

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad rebels said on Saturday they would suspend their participation in talks with the government, a move that raises doubt about their involvement in a national dialogue in August that is meant to be a precursor to long-awaited elections. The peace-building talks in Qatar with Chad's transitional…

Author of the article: N’DJAMENA — Chad’s government said on Thursday it will hold a national dialog starting Aug. 20, a precursor to elections promised by interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby when he seized power following his father’s death last year. Deby declared himself head of a Transitional Military Council…

‘Hero’ dad arrested in drug chemical stingA young father of four allegedly had kilograms of illegal precursor chemicals sent to his mother-in-laws’ house in exchange for a drug debt being cleared, a court has heard. There is more to this story But it’s a member-only story. Subscribe today to unlock…

The two firebrand politicians have both been key figures in the Republican Party's shift over the past decade to target the aggrieved working class. — Getty Images via AFP pic Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to know.…

Enlarge / Yes, those are gills on this Cambrian animal. Because we're a member of the group, it's easy to see vertebrates as the pinnacle of evolution, a group capable of producing bats, birds, and giant whales in addition to ourselves. But when they first evolved, vertebrates were anything but…