Lausanne was the official Olympic capital for 30 years, but for even longer the rugged Swiss city has hosted a summer of spectaculars, with a dizzying array of artistic disciplines rather than athletic ones. This year’s programme of the Festival de la Cité – its 52nd edition – includes more than 80 shows over six… Read More »
Last month I put Ghost of Tsushima through a benchmarking meat grinder and tested every graphics preset on multiple CPUs and GPUs. Scaling and framing were also explored to see how good of a job Nixxes Software did in porting the PS4 to the powerful gaming PC. For the most part everything went really well,… Read More »
Discussions about artificial intelligence and robotics often focus on AI’s role as a tool that enhances our existing skills and increases our productivity. Whether in movies, popular culture, or your own Alexa, artificial intelligence and robotics are presented as an assistant that works for you. As artificial intelligence gets smarter, we dream of the tasks… Read More »
Symphony concerts are not supposed to be like this. This week, viewers of the world premiere of Huang Ruo’s Floating City of Sounds will download an app and stop at one of four designated starting points on the streets of Manchester. They will then choose one of the symphony’s 11 pre-recorded synchronized tracks on their… Read More »
Audience reactions to Carolina Bianchi’s surprising new stage show have varied. Some left in the middle of the performance. Those who were left behind eventually burst into sobs. However, the Brazilian artist also sent messages to people telling them how his performance affected them and how they spent the whole night discussing it. Normally, she… Read More »
Wilhelmenia Fernandez in Diva: Director Jean-Jacques Beineix cast her after seeing her role as Musetta in La bohème with Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa at the Paris Opera in 1979. Wilhelmenia Fernandez, who has died of cancer aged 75, was an American soprano known to European audiences for her performance in the title role… Read More »
The Masked Singer judge Davina McCall was left in shock after it was revealed that the celebrity behind the Dippy Egg costume was her long-term co-host Nicky Campbell. Radio and TV presenter Campbell, 62, has co-hosted with McCall since 2011 the series Long Lost Family, which reunites relatives after years of separation. After Campbell was… Read More »
Top rated hardware. Call us pedantic, overly critical, picky, fussy, whatever. The simple truth is that everyone at PC Gamer not only has very high standards, but also a lot of experience in many different fields. So when it comes to reviewing hardware, every piece of kit that passes through our hands is examined in… Read More »