In games, nothing breaks player flow like a loading screen, and in virtual reality this problem is amplified tenfold. ‘Presence’ or ‘immersion’, the magical yet fragile feeling of ‘being there’, is ...

The cost of removing the 50ft-wide, 30ft-high mountain could be more than the entire annual budget of the local council. The pile of rubbish, which has been dumped illegally, appeared just metres from ...

One of Britain's 'biggest ever' fly tips has appeared in Oxfordshire and is a massive 500ft-long mountain of abandoned rubbish, prompting activists to condemn the 'environmental catastrophe'. The 20ft ...

Hundreds of tonnes of fly-tipped plastic rubbish was spotted on the floodplain near the A34 in Kidlington. Credit: Billy Burnell An investigation is underway after a mountain of waste has been ...

Fly-tippers have dumped a "grotesque" mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire. The "environmental catastrophe unfolding in plain sight" is up to 150m (490ft) long and 6m (20ft) high and has ...

Residents in north Oxfordshire will be able to recycle their glass bottles with other waste from next year, after a new kerbside collection was approved. Cherwell District Council said the change ...

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Microsoft announced that the Windows screenshot and screencast Snipping Tool utility is getting support for exporting animated GIF recordings. This new capability is rolling out to Windows 11 Insiders ...

Jay (He/They) is a fiction writer and high school teacher. He has a Bachelor's degree majoring in English and a Master's in Creative Writing. When he's not writing, he's either gaming (on the Destiny ...

Bethesda games are known for their sometimes lengthy loading screens. At a time when developers are aiming for as little loading as possible, it remains a big part of the Bethesda game experience.

A creatine loading phase is when a person takes a higher dose than the maintenance level for several days. Proponents suggest this saturates the muscles with creatine, allowing people to experience ...

The notorious “Blue Screen of Death” — or BSOD for short — is the biggest disaster that can befall a Windows user. The system shuts down with a cryptic error ...