The company behind the machines that make pretty much all our computer chips reckons it has worked out how to increase production capacity by 50%

If you haven’t heard of ASML, it’s the company that makes the machines upon which modern computing currently depends. Without ASML, well, computer chips would be very different. And now ASML is claiming a breakthrough in one of the key bottlenecks for manufacturing cutting-edge silicon thanks to a big boost in light production. ASML currently…

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Obsidian Moon is a Lovecraftian noir detective game about moving bits of paper around your desk and making sure you’ve got enough money for whiskey and beans

Sam, the grizzled detective protagonist of Obsidian Moon, spends most of his time moving little bits of paper around on his desk and worrying about whether he’s got enough money to afford whiskey and beans. As a former magazine editor, I find it all very relatable. The stakes are a bit more serious in his…

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