In context: You are probably not liking being cooped up in your home during the coronavirus but, like most people, are trying to make the best of it. Hooking up your Switch to the big screen and challenging the family to a couple rounds of Mario Kart 8 can be a fun way to alleviate some of that stress and cabin fever associated with being locked down.

However, you might find yourself short a controller or two, depending on how many family members are wanting to get in on the action. Fortunately

In context: Yesterday's launch of Half-Life: Alyx was something of a turning point for Valve. After years of not making any actual games (except for ill-fated card game Artifact), some grew concerned that not only was the Half-Life franchise dead, but that Valve's interest in game development as a whole had waned. However, the outstanding critical success of Alyx has proven that neither of those concerns are well-founded these days.

Valve is returning to the Half-Life

Bottom line: Developer GSC Game World recently provided fans with a first look at Stalker 2 courtesy of a new screenshot shared on Twitter. It’s a true teaser in every sense of the word but given the game’s development history up to this point, any news is considered good news.

Stalker 2 was first announced in August 2010 following the successful releases of Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl, Stalker: Clear Sky and Stalker: Call of Pripyat in 2007, 2008

Why it matters: Cryptocurrencies still don't have nearly the same level of adoption as traditional digital money, but that also depends on what users can do with them in the real world. For instance, the Brave browser will now have an integrated Binance widget that allows crypto enthusiasts to do their transactions from the comfort of a privacy-focused browser.

The Brave browser isn't nearly as popular

History repeats itself: Officials have rescheduled Computex for September but did you know that a similar virus had an identical effect on the trade show years ago? In 2003, the SARS outbreak in Asia prompted event coordinators to push that year’s show back to September.

Computex, one of the largest annual computer expos in the world, will not take place in early June as originally scheduled.

Organizers on Tuesday said that to protect the health and safety of all participants, Computex has been rescheduled to September 2

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In brief: As the Covid-19 pandemic sets in, healthcare workers on the front lines are facing massive shortages of protective gear such as N95 face masks and gloves, thanks to a panic stricken public buying such items up. Suppliers have had trouble meeting demand, and the Covid-19 pandemic has plagued logistics and supply chains as well, leaving hospitals with little to nothing in the interim. Companies have begun stepping in to help, with Intel being the latest.

Intel announced that it would source

In a nutshell: It’s not unusual for YouTube, like other streaming leaders, to see increased traffic during evening hours when people are off work. With shelter in place orders now in effect across several communities around the globe, however, the Google-owned streaming giant is seeing a steadier flow of consumption throughout the day.

YouTube starting today will stream videos at standard definition (480p) quality by default for users worldwide in an effort to ease Internet traffic according to a report from Bloomberg.

The

In brief: Mobile-only banks are taking traditional banking by storm with their ease of use, but the one thing they still lack is the sheer scale of the latter services. Revolut, which is among Europe's biggest digital banking apps, is now available to US customers, and is set to give services like Venmo some healthy competition.

Today, British fintech company Revolut announced that its banking app and debit cards are now available for people in the United States. This marks an important step in the firm'